Valve are trying to communicate a little more now, and they've announced some major changes for Dota 2 along with info on more to come.

As the Dota 2 Battle Pass for The International 10 tournament continues shattering records, Valve have given an update on when they expect the competitive scene to get going again.

Surprised? I doubt anyone will be. Valve have managed to gather what's now the single biggest prize pool for an event - ever. It's now absolutely massive.

The International 10, Dota 2's upcoming major tournament is getting close to breaking another record for the prize pool. Plus there's a new Collector's Cache up.

Valve have updated Dota 2 with a Summer Event that's free for everyone to play even if you don't have the Battle Pass.

Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Valve have been battling an issue with the Dota 2 Game Coordinator, that's caused so many match problems that they've extended the end time for The International 2021 Battle Pass.

While the date for The International has been pushed back likely into 2021, the Battle Pass has gone ahead to help provide funding for it.

As health concerns continue worldwide, Valve has done the expected and delayed the next championship tournament The International for Dota 2.

Four years ago, Valve's free to play MOBA Dota 2 hit 1,295,114 concurrent players and today it's finally been beaten by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Asteroid Fight had a great idea but little to no marketing and it went unnoticed, now it's left Early Access as a full game and the developer has made it free to play.

Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.

Tonight, Valve will be releasing a documentary of the recent The International 2019 tournament, focused on the Grand Finals.

The Outlanders Update has arrived for Dota 2, with it introducing new heroes and some pretty big changes to the gameplay.

Valve continue to do some pretty big tweaks to the matchmaking system in Dota 2, with another blog post and update talking about all the improvements they're implementing.