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Everything we know about Dota 2’s latest hero Marci: Best builds and moveset overview

During the International 10, Valve announced that Marci from Dota: Dragon’s Blood would be Dota 2’s next hero. Though Valve promised a release before the end of fall, not many fans expected Marci to hit the live servers out of nowhere in October. Mirana’s badass sidekick in the animated series is now available as a playable character in Dota 2. Valve describes Marci as a loyal person who “always marches into battle-ready to raise fists in defense of her companions.” Despite looking harmless at first glance, Marci was able to take down enemies twice her

Dota 2’s 7.30e patch nerfs Magnus and Tiny, decreases Rune stored duration for Bottles

With The International 10 in the rearview, it was only a matter of time until Valve hit us with the big post-TI update that would shape the game based on how the meta evolved before and during Dota 2’s biggest event.  Gameplay update 7.30e is just that, although outside of a few core changes, it appears that Valve just wanted to tweak a lot of little things and let the players do the work in shifting the meta again. And Valve is also adding Marci, the game’s newest hero. A

When does Marci release in Dota 2?

Dota 2’s The International isn’t just a stage for the best teams around the world to see who is the best at the game. It’s also a place for Valve to show what it’s been working behind the curtains for Dota 2. Valve makes an appearance with a grand announcement for Dota 2 players in almost every edition of The International. Whether it’s a new hero or soon-to-be-abandoned projects like Artifact, fans always get an extra something to look forward to, in addition to watching excellent Dota 2. It’s been

Marci from Dota: Dragon’s Blood will be the game’s next hero, releases this Fall

Marci from the Dota 2 animated series Dota: Dragon’s Blood is joining the fray as the next playable hero later this year.  Valve showed the reveal teaser during the penultimate day of The International 10, a day where Davion, the Dragon Knight—and the show’s main character—was played live on stage.  [embedded content] Marci is the loyal servant and bodyguard of Princess of the Moon, Mirana. She is mute but very skilled in battle, able to handle herself in almost any situation thanks to her mastery of hand-to-hand combat. She was

Latest CS:GO update fixes water sound bug

The latest update to CS:GO has finally resolved a sound bug that has been a long-running issue in the game, which allowed players to hear footstep sounds when players ran through water on parts of the map they should be unable to hear from their current positions. Discussion and disdain regarding the bug, which Valve specified in the patch notes would emit from spectating players' death locations, has been building since the addition of Ancient, which features water around the Terrorist spawn. However, the bug itself has been previously reported

Jeff Strain Founds Possibility Space with Legion of Gaming Veterans

Top GamesJeff Strain, Jane Ng and Austin Walker are three of the founding members of Possibility Space. / Photo courtesy of Possibility SpaceArenaNet co-founder and Undead Labs founder Jeff Strain has founded a new studio, Possibility Space, featuring plenty of industry veterans.Although the studio will be based in New Orleans, its staff will be physically distributed, making it easier to incorporate the many luminaries on staff. They include visual director Jane Ng, formerly of Campo Santo and Valve; IP Director Austin Walker of the Friends at the Table and formerly

PGL Major Stockholm schedule announced

PGL has announced the schedule for their Stockholm Major, which will play out from October 26 to November 7, feature 24 teams, and have a whopping $2,000,000 prize pool on offer. Each of the Major stages will take place over four days, with the Challengers and Legends Stages playing out with no audience at the Annexet sports venue, and the Champions Stage heading to the Avicii Arena, where a single-elimination playoff bracket will determine the winner of the first CS:GO Major in over two years. The sixteen teams taking part