An update just in time for the holidays, featuring the new hero Arc Warden, an Arcana for Zeus, the Desert Terrain pack, several UI improvements and the 6.86 gameplay update. Get to know Zeus better in a new comic about his unexpected run-in with Arc Warden. Check it all out by visiting The Balance of Power Update page.

- Fixed a bug where the All Hero Challenge panel wouldn't load on certain accounts.
- Fixed a bug when alt-clicking on your health and mana when your max mana is 0.
- Fixed a bug where quickly buying back on Terrorblade during Metamorphosis would cause Metamorphosis to fail on the hero.
- Fixed a bug which caused incorrect results when loading gridnav data in some cases.
- Fixed a server crash in the Attack on Hero custom game and the Horde Mode custom game.

- Illusions now use the correct cosmetic items in cases where the controller is different than the source unit, for example with Morphling's Hybrid ability.
- Fixed a bug with selecting the courier when it is dead.
- Fixed a number of server crashes in the Attack on Hero custom game.
- Revised Popular Tournament Matches under Watch Replays to better display the most popular recent matches.

As announced during the Grand Finals in Frankfurt, the next Dota Major will be held in Shanghai, China from March 2nd - 6th, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The event will be produced by Perfect World and the prize pool will be $3,000,000. The Open Qualifiers will be held from January 3rd - 6th with the Regional Qualifiers directly following from the 7th - 10th. Team registration for the Open Qualifiers will begin on December 18th. For those interested in attending the event in person, information about ticketing will be available soon.

As announced during the Grand Finals in Frankfurt, the next Dota Major will be held in Shanghai, China from March 2nd - 6th, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The event will be produced by Perfect World and the prize pool will be $3,000,000. The Open Qualifiers will be held from January 3rd - 6th with the Regional Qualifiers directly following from the 7th - 10th. Team registration for the Open Qualifiers will begin on December 18th. For those interested in attending the event in person, information about ticketing will be available soon.

- Fixed Earthshaker's Fissure not blocking magic immune creeps.
- Added ability to transfer Team admins to another member on the Team.

- Fixed missing courier particles.
- Fixed missing courier portraits.
- Fixed the Polycount Ward appearing as an error model.
- Fixed Greevil courier appearance in hero demo mode.
- Improved performance in cases with many particle effects.
- Fixed a bug with Crystal Maiden's death animation where her body would stick around too long.
- Fixed a problem where Earth Spirit's Magnetize would sometimes not refresh from Stone Remnants in Hero Demo mode.

- Fixed Brewmaster selection after Primal Split.
- Fixed Alt+Clicking on recipes.
- Fixed Alt+Clicking on items carried by an enemy Spirit Bear.

* Fixed the courier returning to base if Smoke of Deceit was pinged while carried by the courier.
* Fixed some inconsistent behavior with unit selection and spawning illusions or summoned units.
* Updated some checks for the Alt key in the UI to respect both left and right Alt, as well as dota_remap_alt_key.
* Corrected damage numbers in Juggernaut's Blade Fury tooltip.

Congratulations to OG for winning the first Dota 2 Major Championship. They came from the Regional Qualifiers, and went through a seemingly impossible road starting in the Lower Bracket and going through all the way to the Grand Finals. On their way to victory they took down Fnatic, Mineski, Virtus Pro, CDEC Gaming, EHOME and Evil Geniuses. In the Grand Finals they faced off against Team Secret and took the series 3-1.

Following the success of the Dota 2 Asia Championships (DAC) last year, Perfect World will be hosting The Shanghai Major which will take place at the Mercedes Benz Arena from March 2-6, 2016. We'll be announcing more details such as ticketing information as the event approaches. All roster changes will be locked on December 8th for teams looking forward to participating in the Major.

In other Dota news, we are putting the finishing touches on the Desert Map and the underlying technology, and we're hoping to have it ready around the middle of December when our next update will be released.