Dota 2 News

Dota 2 modders making custom tutorial for fans of Netflix show

A group of Dota 2 players and modders have gotten together to make a tutorial for the MOBA game, ahead of the upcoming Netflix animated series. Crowdfunding has been opened on the project, to pay the modders for working on it full-time for the next month.

The idea is to make a Dota 2 custom game that provides a simple gateway for anyone intrigued by Dota 2: Dragon's Blood who hasn't played before. From the Indiegogo description, the variant will be based on "the current patch, with the current map, talking about current mechanics." Due to custom games requiring maintenance against disruption from major updates, the tutorial will only be available for as long as the current version lasts.

Guides, discord invites, and other community resources will be included as part of the custom game, making it like a guided tour through the Dota 2 fandom. The one barrier to entry that can't be changed is that playing in a mod requires you to complete 30 regular rounds first, and though the group is hoping Valve might change this, it's something that'll just have to be worked around for now. The crowdfunding has already met its $10,000 minimum, aiming for $50,000 to really compensate the developers for their work, and bring in other features, like localisation for South American and Chinese players.

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Dota 2 update for 27 February 2021

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Dota 2 update for 26 February 2021

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Dota 2 update for 26 February 2021

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A Dota 2 fan is helping League of Legends and Smite players get into Valve's MOBA

Like many of the biggest and best MOBA games around, Dota 2 has a pretty steep learning curve, and can be a little intimidating for newbies to give a go. But, one fan of Valve's battler is looking to change that by helping bring new players aboard and give them the confidence to get stuck in.

YouTuber and Dota 2 fan YodiBrodi has posted the second of two videos about his experience of helping a group of newcomers give the multiplayer game a go for the first time. "I got a huge amount of support for the last one - I got people reaching out to me saying they got the confidence to try Dota for the first time, so that's exactly what this is about," the YouTuber says in the clip (which is included below).

He kicks things off by asking the group of Dota newbies about their experience with MOBAs so far. Some of them say they have been playing others like League of Legends and Smite for a while to only a short time, and some weren't all that familiar with what Dota is beforehand.

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