Dota 2 News

Dota 2's battle pass gets extended, and Immortal Treasure 3 is here

Following the recent Dota 2 Windranger Arcana release, the MOBA game's developer Valve has launched the current battle pass's next chunk of content: Immortal Treasure III. It's packed with new goodies for Dota 2 heroes Clockwerk, Gyrocopter, Lich, Oracle, Pugna, and Treant. Oh, and if you're keen to keep pushing ahead with the battle pass's offerings, there's good news on that front, too - it's been extended.

As with the two Immortals packs before it, each treasure "offers increasing odds of receiving a rare reward of 50 battle pass levels, a very rare golden version of the Pugna item, or the ultra rare phoenix wings," a blog post explains. And, "as always, there is a cosmically rare chance you'll discover a divine emblem".

According to the battle pass's page, the new Treasure's items include 'Rabid Watchdog' - a weapon featuring "hookshot effects" - for Clockwerk, a 'B.U.S.T.E.R' homing missile compartment item for Gyrocopter, and a spooky-sounding head item with "sinister gaze effects" for Lich. Gulp.

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Dota 2 update for 17 September 2020

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Dota 2 update for 17 September 2020

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Team Liquid's new facility is a show of faith in its European players

Over the years, Utrecht has oozed with sporting talent. The Netherlands' fourth-largest city has produced footballing icons like Marco van Basten and Wesley Sneijder, or Olympic athletes like sprinter Dafne Schippers. But it's not just traditional sports Utrecht is famous for - it's also the birthplace of Team Liquid, one of the most iconic organisations in esports.

Earlier today, Team Liquid officially cut the ribbon to its second state-of-the-art esports facility. After opening the doors of its California space in 2018, the new Alienware Training Facility in the centre of Utrecht brings all the shiny toys over for the European teams to have a go - as well as seeing Liquid invest in the city where it was first dreamt up.

From Liquid's Dota 2 team to its fresh new Valorant roster, this will be the base for a number of its esports teams to not only train, but in some cases live. The 10,000 sq ft facility is not only packed to the rafters with top-spec gaming equipment, but with all the health and wellbeing features that the world's biggest organisations are beginning to invest in heavily.

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Dota 2 gets a Windranger Arcana, with new model, second style, effects, more

Hot on the heels of Valve's update on when the Dota 2 Pro Circuit will resume, the developer's now revealed the latest batch of goodies for the MOBA game. It's a shiny new Arcana bundle for Lyralei, the Windranger, which features a completely new hero model, items, and loadout pedestal, as well as custom animations and effects, VO, and more to reflect her mystical new style.

"Not even Lyralei herself understood the true extent of her connection with the guardian wind," the bundle's description goes. "With no knowledge of her forebears, or memory of her first days, she could but listen for the truth in the whispers of sun-dappled trees around her, or the howling storms that keep even daylight at bay. But as she grew, and her strange connection with the guardian wind became ever stronger, an unease about her origins began to take hold."

Windranger's new pack is all about unleashing this power of the guardian wind. Her new character model, items, pedestal, and special new animations and effects reflect this, giving the hero a glowing blue aura and ambient swirling breeze that surrounds her. She also gets new death effects for both her and enemy heroes she's taken out.

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