dota 2
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Almost Nobody Predicted This Weekend’s Wild Dota 2 Tournament
The International 2018 ends tomorrow. By day’s end, over $US25 million ($34 million) will be divided up among 18 teams from around the world with the lion’s share, $US11.1 million ($15 million), going to first place. Whoever that turns out to be at this point, though, will be a team almost nobody saw coming. The…
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Valve Launches Steam.TV, Which Could Be A Twitch Competitor [Update]
Today, Valve quietly debuted what appears to be a new video game streaming platform, which could be a direct competitor to Twitch, called Steam TV.
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Dota 2 Pros Play Bots, Get Wrecked
A team of three former Dota 2 pros, one current pro and a commentator played against five artificial intelligence bots last night at an event in San Francisco. The bots defeated the humans, 2-1, talking plenty of smack along the way.
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Valve Now Lets Dutch Players Preview What’s Inside Dota 2’s Loot Boxes Before Buying
Players in the Netherlands can now see what’s inside a Dota 2 loot box before opening it. The change is part of Valve’s shifting approach to how it handles micro-transactions in some European countries that have made moves to regulate gambling in games.



