Neowin News Feed for: Moba

Valve introduces a frog bard hero to DOTA 2 with Guitar Hero-like ultimate

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:24:01 +0000

DOTA 2's first bard hero has landed, bringing with him a unique mechanic that will test players' rhythm skills. Read more...

Valve makes major changes to DOTA 2 map and mechanics again in new update

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:00:01 +0000

DOTA 2 just received another major update that reworks many of its map mechanics, heroes, items, and much more. Check out the details here. Read more...

Bungie team reportedly developing a MOBA game with Super Smash Bros-style elements

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 22:12:01 +0000

The next multiplayer game coming from Bungie and Sony is reportedly a MOBA experience akin to League of Legends or DOTA. It's said to be aimed at younger audiences, though. Read more...

Valve just gave every DOTA 2 hero new abilities in wild 7.36 update

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 23 May 2024 07:50:02 +0000

DOTA 2 update 7.36 has delivered drastic changes to the popular MOBA by Valve. This includes giving brand-new Innate and choice-based abilities for all 100+ heroes to shake up the playing field. Read more...

Valve calls latest DOTA 2 ban wave for smurfing a "bloodbath," even pros are affected

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:16:01 +0000

Another massive ban wave has hit DOTA 2 players using smurf accounts to abuse matchmaking. Valve says not even professional players are exempt from punishments for smurfing and toxic behavior. Read more...

Valve cracks down on Dota 2 smurfing, begins by banning 90,000 accounts

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:22:01 +0000

Valve has swung the ban hammer on smurf accounts in its hugely popular MOBA title Dota 2. 90,000 alternate accounts have been banned already, with warnings being given to main account holders. Read more...

Dota 2 Battle Passes are no more as Valve shifts focus to shipping new features instead

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:54:01 +0000

Valve is making major changes to the update structure of its popular MOBA Dota 2. It is moving developer resources away from Battle Passes to focus on free game updates for everyone. Read more...

DOTA 2 now has a drastically expanded map as Valve delivers titanic changes

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:14:01 +0000

Valve has made massive changes to DOTA 2 as part of the New Frontier update, bringing a 40% larger map, a new matchmaking algorithm, new hero attribute type, major reworks, and so much more. Read more...

Valve's Dota 2 to drop support for 32-bit systems, DirectX 9, and OpenGL

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:06:01 +0000

Valve is planning to remove support for a number of aging configurations in Dota 2, including 32-bit systems, DirectX 9, and OpenGL. The changes will roll out in the coming months. 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...

Blizzard is moving resources away from Heroes of the Storm, cancels esports plans

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:02:01 +0000

Heroes of the Storm is losing a part of its development team as Blizzard is putting its focus on other games. The MOBA's upcoming esports plans have been outright canceled as well. Read more...

Gigantic is finally available on Steam, Arc, Xbox One, and Windows 10

George Karmpoulonis — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:26:01 +0000

After an agonizing, two-year closed beta period, Gigantic, the free-to-play strategic hero shooter has finally launched and it's available on a plethora of platforms including Windows 10 and Xbox One. Read more...

Gigantic to finally hit Xbox One and PC next month after two years of (mostly) closed beta

Boyd Chan — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 07:00:01 +0000

Nearly two years after the commencement of its closed beta, Gigantic will finally see its full public release towards the end of next month via the Windows Store, Xbox Store, and Steam. Read more...

2D MOBA Awesomenauts to go free-to-play in May, major update 4.0 goes live in preparation

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:36:01 +0000

Awesomenauts received its 4.0 update today, adding a new progression system, new customization options, and more. The update arrives to ready the game for its free-to-play transition arriving in May. Read more...

Heroes of the Storm 2.0 update goes live, includes Overwatch's Genji, Loot Chests and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:18:01 +0000

Heroes of the Storm received its much anticipated 2.0 update today, adding new and easier methods of unlocking heroes, a Loot Chest system, Genji from Overwatch as a hero and more. Read more...

DOTA 2's Ranked Matchmaking will only be available to accounts with a linked phone number

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:40:01 +0000

In an effort to crack down on smurf accounts, Valve is enforcing a new requirement for Ranked Matchmaking. Accounts without a linked phone number will soon be restricted from using this system. Read more...

Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm will finally launch this June

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:38:01 +0000

After a long wait Blizzard's MOBA is finally getting a firm launch date, as Heroes of the Storm will launch on June 2nd after an open beta period, starting on the 20th of May. Read more...