Valve’s ‘DOTA: Dragon’s Blood’ teaser unsurprisingly includes dragons

Valve has shared the first teaser for its upcoming Netflix Dota 2 animated series. The trailer for Dota: Dragon's Blood introduces us to Davion, who fans of the company's MOBA will know as the Dragon Knight. Here, he's voiced by Yuri Lowe...

Valve patched Steam bugs that could have allowed hackers to take over PCs

Valve has dodged what could have been a potentially nasty cheating situation for Steam users. Check Point Research found four vulnerabilities within the company’s Steam Sockets network library. The library is included as part of a networking plugin V...

Dota 2’s biggest esports tournament will likely be pushed back until 2021

Valve has announced that the 2020 edition of its massive The International Dota 2 tournament will likely be delayed until 2021. The tournament was set to take place this August in Stockholm, with last year’s Shanghai tournament boasting the richest p...

Social distancing is pushing esports into the mainstream

Industries around the globe have ground to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bars, restaurants, stadiums and factories have shuttered, and entire countries are on lockdown as citizens are ordered to stay home for weeks at a time in an attempt to...

Valve wants cities to bid on hosting The International

Cities that have lost out on bids to host the Olympics or other big events may have another opportunity to shine. Valve Software is soliciting bids from "host cities" to put on The International -- the annual Dota 2 championship and one of the top es...