Events
From Dota 2 Wiki
Current Events
- May 5, 2012 The International 2012 Announced. It will open for August 31, 2012 to September 2, 2012 in Seattle, United States.
- May 3, 2012 Team Phantom Lancer is back and they don’t like the way you’re looking at them.
- April 24, 2012 joinDOTA's Tobi Wan has returned from Valve HQ and has a few things to reveal. Hear what he has to say about Valve, upcoming changes and the inevitable International 2.
- April 19, 2012 Brewmaster staggers his way onto the battlefield.
- March 28, 2012 Lone Druid emerges from exile to fulfill his consecrated duty.
- March 22, 2012 Lycanthrope shapeshifts his way into the game, bringing with him the XP and Player Performance Graphs.
Past events
- March 15, 2012 Shadow Demon extends his dark domain to the mortal plane, along with a heap of changes to game balance.
- March 1, 2012 Bane has crept out of Nyctasha's nightmares and into the field of battle, bringing atramentous terror (and co-op matchmaking versus bots).
- February 16, 2012 The Outworld Destroyer has broken out of his astral prison and brought a new replay system and huge update with him.
- January 26, 2012 Everyone's favorite flaming skeleton, Clinkz, has been added to the hero pool.
- January 19, 2012 So begins a new age of knowledge, as Invoker shows up to enable the Dota 2 Profile feature.
- January 12, 2012 After a long wait, Silencer, Spirit Breaker, and a list of updates long enough to reach the Mad Moon come to Dota 2.
- December 21, 2011 Gondar the Bounty Hunter is added to the steadily growing list of heroes.
- December 15, 2011 Ulfsaar the Ursa Warrior comes out of his great hibernation.
- December 8, 2011 Krobelus the Death Prophet is back from the grave, and she brought a few changes to Dota 2's loading process.
- December 1, 2011 Lifestealer has been added to the roster of heroes.
- November 24, 2011 Dota 2 has added auto save/load functionality!
- November 17, 2011 Alchemist is the newest addition to the hero pool!
- November 10, 2011 Warlock has been added to the roster of heroes. Get ready to use the Dark Arts to summon your flaming golem.
- November 3, 2011 Valve has released the first wave of beta keys, so check your email! Dragon Knight and Omniknight have been added to the hero pool, the crusade continues.
- October 31, 2011 Valve has made significant progress setting up Dota 2 servers around the world and are preparing to send out the first wave of keys. Be sure to opt in by filling out the survey on the blog. And while you wait for the key to arrive, why not read a comic?
- October 27, 2011 Huskar, Batrider and Jakiro have joined the fight. Things are getting a little hot.
- October 20, 2011 Queen of Pain, Broodmother and Skeleton King have been added to the ever growing roster of heroes.
- October 13, 2011 Riki reveals himself and joins the beta, and Practice Bots receive some much needed additions.
- October 7, 2011 The Dota Team announce the addition of Kunkka, Bloodseeker and the Practice Mode bots.
- September 29, 2011 The Dota Team celebrates Juggernaut's release on the Dota 2 Blog, along with ESWC's announcement of Dota 2 support in their upcoming tournament.
- September 23, 2011 IceFrog posted on Dota 2 Blog announcing that the NDA has been lifted and that they're going for an ASAP release.
- September 20, 2011 - PlayDota.com begins first Dota 2 beta key contest which will take place from Sep. 21st till Sep. 27th : Win Your Own Dota 2 Beta Key.
- August 21, 2011 - Na`Vi are crowned champions of The International winning $1,000,000.
- August 15, 2011 - Dota 2 Blog updated. Valve released a trailer for Gamescom 2011 as well as a schedule view for The International matches. From now on players can sign up for the Dota 2 Beta.
- August 1, 2011 - Dota 2 Blog updated. - The International - First public unveiling of Dota 2 and $1,000,000 tournament at GamesCon
