DOTA 2 Will be Free to Play!

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DOTA 2 will be free to play, according to Valve boss Gabe Newell. In an interview on the podcast, Seven Day Cooldown, Gaben himself said Valve’s upcoming take on the MOBA genre will indeed be free to play, but with a twist!

He didn't offer specifics as to exactly how it will work when the game launches, but hinted that players who are "valuable" to the community might get some kind of special treatment. When prodded over what kind of twists players can expect, Newell said:

"The issue that we're struggling with quite a bit is something I've kind of talked about before, which is how do you properly value people's contributions to a community?

"We're trying to figure out ways so that people who are more valuable to everybody else [are] recognized and accommodated. We all know people where if they're playing we want to play, and there are other people where if they're playing we would [rather] be on the other side of the planet.

"It's just a question of coming up with mechanisms that recognize and reward people who are doing things that are valuable to other groups of people."

There's still no word on exactly when DOTA 2 will be available, though it is expected out some time this year.

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Discussion (47)

Contraq 12 years ago
F2p for MOBA is perfect i'm sure they could compete with Lol if they go f2p

Aerione 12 years ago
Yikes, most of you guys really don't have any idea of what you guys are talking about. Considering Icefrog being the lead designer(and he's all for the community), the definition of "Free to play" is that the cash shop will do no more than being for cosmetic items. As Dota lacks the mastery tree and rune system of League of Legends, there's no way even Valve can sneak in a way to force you to buy extra benefits outside of the game. That's always has been the rule with the DotA games. Once the game starts, everyone begins at scratch, and with the same advantage/dissadvantage.

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Vulturnus 12 years ago
Lawl at LoL being too easy and DoTA2 being harder you must play in low ELO. Quit misinforming people about skill level if you get good at the game and play High ELO then you'll see the difference. DoTA was pretty epic and felt it was pretty easy once you got the hang of it.

robinhernandez 12 years ago
i plyed both dota and hon for years. theyre pretty much the same so i dont have problems with both of them and i just recievd my invite form valve this last march. so i play them them both evryday, hon on morning and dota2 on afternoon.

Geminus 12 years ago
Prepare yourselves, I can predict what will come out of this already.

THIS CHAMPION GETS A HAT, YOU GET A HAT, I GET A HAT, EVERYONE GETS A HAT.

and that's how DotA2 will work.

ken 12 years ago
Will this be Buy to play or free to play by downloading it off the site?

SkaterFreak 12 years ago
Anyone else think that guy talking was a bit creepy?

Maske 12 years ago
Can't Wait ;)

StyL3sX 12 years ago
i think all LoL players will start to play dota2

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Treeman 12 years ago
Bye LOL, and hello DOTA.

mike 12 years ago
if DOTA 2 was Pay2play, then evryone would just play LoL and Gabe Newell would play DOTA2 alone

rwerwer 12 years ago
the same way you could say LOL is pay to win. OP champions costs a lot.

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SteamChaos 12 years ago
Don't worry DoTa 2 already has an entire cash shop that has been leaked a long time ago. So if you expect pay too win you won't be surprised.

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Thunder45645 12 years ago
hmmm this is realy smart of valve... look it this way what is a better way to promote a 3'rd game then making the 2'nd free? i think they are doing this because they want you to buy and play the 3'rd game

s1volu 12 years ago
I'm really disappointed to this game, it sucks. First dota was 2x better. Haven't played this more then twice since christmas.

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Seven Day Cooldown 12 years ago
it will be awesome

Balt 12 years ago
It will be free-to-play, but will it be pay-to-win? That is the question.

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XnY 12 years ago
Surprise butt sex to the MOBA games, specially to HoN.

Johnny 12 years ago
Eh, I play LoL a LOT more than DotA2, I do have beta access and personally I prefer LoL DotA2 takes a combo or 2 and you are f***. Enjoy running back to your base and getting health if you are lucky enough to get away, or spending your money on ports every time if you can afford it. LoL is definitely much better than DotA2 in my opinion. You are free to your's, that is just my 2 cents ^^

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zoren580 12 years ago
hell yea

TheGamer 12 years ago
Awesome!Now i will try it for SURE!

kkkk 12 years ago
Buthurted LoL players incoming,

BRACE YOURSELVES

albiceleste101 12 years ago
not a good player but a "good fan" of dota, i'm soo happy it's gonna be free!! :)

infernodemon2005 12 years ago
looking forward to it after hearing this... still want in the beta lol

Schweppesy 12 years ago
Great news!
I'm playing it right now :)
Commend and Report system really works!

Maske 12 years ago
Ooooo yea


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