Neowin News Feed for: Dota

Valve has banned over 40,000 Dota 2 cheaters by tricking them into checking marked data

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:52:01 +0000

Valve has announced it has permanently banned over 40,000 Dota 2 accounts. It used a software "honeypot" to entice these cheating players into checking data that would be read by their exploits. Read more...

Valve's MOBA Dota 2 gains an anime series from Netflix

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:06:01 +0000

Netflix and Valve are collaborating on a fantasy anime series that will explore the universe of the popular MOBA Dota 2. DOTA: Dragon's Blood will tell the tale of Dragon Knight from the game. Read more...

Valve to Washington regulators on gambling: Tell us which law we're breaking or go away

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:52:01 +0000

Valve has sent a formal letter to the Washington state Gambling Commission, explaining that the company did not engage in gambling. It also asked to see which specific law it was accused of breaking. Read more...

TechSpot: 8 Free to Play Games That Are Too Good to Be True

Julio Franco — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:34:12 +0000

The gaming world is making a dramatic shift towards free to play games. Of course, full price retail titles still make up for a majority of releases on the PC and most other platforms, but playing a.. Read more...

Shanghai could be home to secretive Chinese hackers

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:28 +0000

Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai. Read more...

Blizzard and Valve settle DOTA trademark dispute

John Callaham — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:38:22 +0000

Blizzard and Valve have settled their DOTA trademark dispute, with Valve still able to use DOTA 2 for its upcoming action-RTS game while Blizzard will now called Blizzard DOTA Blizzard All-Stars. Read more...

Valve to show off Dota 2 for first time in mid-August

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:19:45 +0000

Valve has now officially announced it will show off Dota 2, the sequel (sort of) to the popular Warcraft III mod, at Gamescom in mid-August in Germany, along with the first ever Dota 2 tournament. Read more...