Valve's DotA 2 Will be Free-to-Play
Good news! Valve has confirmed that DotA 2 will be free-to-play forever...
In between Max Payne 3 and Diablo III, your wallet’s probably been hurting from the sheer amount that you’ve spent on games. If that’s the case, you should keep DotA 2 on your watch list. Valve’s confirmed that DotA 2 will be free-to-play at launch and has launched the DotA store in preparation for the game’s release.
Valve’s promised that the game won’t be pay-to-win. Rather, it will follow in the footsteps of Team Fortress 2 in selling vanity items. Valve also hopes that players will sell their own crafted items.
For now, be prepared for an influx of hat jokes for DotA 2.
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Catherine Cai was a freelance news writer for Tom's Hardware. She covered a variety of tech industry news, ranging from PC components to PC and console gaming.
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bigdragon But I don't want to play DOTA. Where is CSGO? How about HL2 Episode 3? I'm sure Valve will do a good job on DOTA 2, but it's not a game that I even remotely like, and everyone who plays it that I know gets really angry while playing it. It just doesn't look like fun. I'd rather spend more time in TF2.Reply -
timaeus Am I the only one who thinks DotT whenever I see DotA? Man, would I love to see a Day of the Tentacle sequel...Reply -
sliem I love Day of the Tentacle! I always see "DotA" as DotT too. Haha.Reply
Anyway, DoTA is going to be great. I've never played it but I've watched it. -
dotaloc I just saw DotT and thought RotT. Not quite as old school (I don't think), but still lots of fun for my early PC gaming.Reply -
mokus I hate to be that n00b, but could you at least once spell out what the acronym stands for? DOTA?Reply