Official Site:Â Dota 2
Studio:Â Valve
Launch Date:Â July 9, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy MOBA
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac
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The MOP Up: Free Overwatch this Thanksgiving
Don't have Thanksgiving plans past gorging on dead bird carcasses and mashed-up roots? Blizzard has just the thing for you: Free Overwatch!
"From November 20th...
MMO Business Roundup: Discord’s new TOS, Steam China, EA vs Actiblizz, Dota 2’s transparent lockboxes, WASD
Welcome back to another roundup of businessy things of interest to MMO players this week!
Discord
If you're one of the bajillions of MMO players who...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds lets gamers tattle on each other (September 2, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Blizzard is disabling Overwatch and HOTS lockbox purchases for Belgian players
Earlier this year, Belgium took up the anti-lootbox cause, becoming one of the first countries to investigate lockboxes in online games and ultimately threatening...
Dota 2 apes Path of Exile with transparent lockboxes for Dutch players
Remember when the Dutch gaming authorities effectively threatened to prosecute prosecute companies like Valve for vending and trading lockboxes the government agencies considered a...
PUBG had a great June thanks to the Steam sale, SuperData says in its latest revenue ranking
SuperData's global revenue report for June 2018 is out, and it's actually not particularly exciting for the summer months as not that much has...
SuperData: Fortnite’s success hit League of Legends and PUBG hard, but not all online games are struggling
There's a new thinkpiece out on how Fortnite happened and what it all means every week lately, but SuperData's latest might be a comfort...
Three quarters of European gamers don’t even understand what the heck lootboxes are
A new report on GIbiz suggests that most gamers are pretty darn clueless about lootboxes, which probably won't surprise anyone reading here. Researchers for the...
One of the competitors in Dota 2’s championship is an AI team
Perhaps in the future, we'll all be looking back at the time when e-sports were an actual thing played by humans rather than simply...
SuperData’s May 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite slowing down, Pokemon Go picking up for summer
May 2018 was good to Fortnite, again, SuperData's latest global revenue report shows, but its growth rate may be coming to a middle. "Fortnite...
Valve turns off lootboxes in the Netherlands for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: Global Offensive
If you were in any way hoping that the Dutch Gaming Authority's ruling about lockboxes would lead to a worldwide shift, it seems that's...
E3 2018: Perfect World is paving the way to bring Steam to China
If you want to go somewhere to escape Steam's spreading influence, you might be tempted to head to China, where the country has officially...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
DOTA 2 is bleeding players, SuperData says
Things are looking slightly grim for Valve's MOBA, as SuperData reports that DOTA 2's playerbase is in decline as the game continues to lose...
Dutch Gaming Authority calls out four games as violating its lootbox policies
If you had expected the Netherlands to be leading the fight against lootboxes, you may be more clairvoyant than the rest of the population....
The MOP Up: Enter the Phantom Halls — if you dare! (March 18, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Dota 2 introduces a subscription option for players
After a long time of being free-to-play, Dota 2 is exploring the possibility of letting you pay money for it on a regular basis....
The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Dota 2 fans boycott ESL’s Facebook streaming platform over Twitch banwave
In today's edition of "who's boycotting whom now," it's Dota 2 players' turn in the spotlight!
According to Polygon, the community unrest began last week,...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World merch (January 14, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
