DOTA 2 PC Release date

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2014?

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War
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DOTA 2 is available on PC

Co-op Game
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DOTA 2 is designed to be played with other people or it is heavily bias towards that type of gameplay

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Back of the Box

A Valve backed sequel to the very popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients.
Confusingly, the official remake of the mod was called Heroes of Newerth and released earlier this year after a long Beta period. Heroes of Newerth and defense of the Ancients suffer from the incredibly steep learning curve and noob slamming. Our reviewer Squee reviewed Heroes of Newerth earlier this year and had a tough time as he was new to the game.
Valve are getting into the project to try and level the playing field with their player matching server skills.

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DOTA 2 System Requirements

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Pentium 4 3.0GHz

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2 GB

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2.5 GB

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DOTA 2 system requirements [pc]

DOTA 2 or Defence of the Ancients 2 to use its full title is being backed by Valve to make it more accessible to new players. DOTA was a very popular mod years ago with a very serious fan base which made it very hard for new comers to enter into the complex game and have any chance.

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DOTA 2 Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz

RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

GFX: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better

HDD: At least 2.5 GB of free space

AUDIO: DirectX 9.0c sound cards

DOTA 2 Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz/ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

GFX: NVidia 7600 / ATI X1600 or better

GFX Notes: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0

It has been said that if you can play Alien Swarm then you will be able to run DOTA 2 as they share very similar requirements

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D4edric

04:08 May-23-2013

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Will I be able to run this on max settings ? I dunno why but I'm normally getting like 30 fps on it, even when i meet the adjusted requirements for it. How can I increase this ?

danb95

23:59 May-22-2013

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I have a question, I have gotten a dota 2 invite through email but when I downloaded it, it only lets me spectate the game.Why is this?

geomania

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I can give some of my dota keys if anyone wants just tell me :)

EdgarMarkus

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keys to full game or keys to treasures?

geomania

16:26 May-22-2013

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keys to full game :)

geomania

19:19 May-22-2013

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keys to full game :)

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could i have one man id be very grateful

Bastinian

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Requirements of this game are not very much correct. It is little bit more demanding than it says...

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I have A LOT (really, a LOT) of copies of Dota 2, and I'm searching for someone who might want to exchange, Age Of Empires II HD on steam for a ****load of DotA 2, anyone? :P

Sai501

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Hey my friend needs a key and if I can get more than one key that would be awesome, my steam is http://steamcommunity.com/id/sai501/

Falvius123

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can i run it on max settings ? which fps i get with max settings,1366x768 resolution ?

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you can get 30 frames but i am sure they will drop in big battles.

Falvius123

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ok,ty.

FengZu1

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I have some keys to give away if anyone wants one?

iluvalve123

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Can i have a key my Steam name is herecomes

Core2Quad

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Steam name is Core2Qaud3 send as many keys as you can.

xxvalhallaxx

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[NOKTURNAL] ╪Valhalla╪ this is my steam name even one key would be great... if youre talking about treasure keys i mean.

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i wouldnt mind one mate my steam is HeyItsX

EdgarMarkus

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Who want dota keys for free? my steam- mredga1

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I can't use steam now so please add me on Steam My Name is Core2Quad3 and send me some keys more than 1 if you can because I can give them to others too then. Thanks :)

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