Winter Wyvern is coming to blanket the battlefield with her icy shadow, while Crystal Maiden prepares to show off her a new Arcana, the Frost Avalanche, now available for preorder. Learn more about the New Bloom map, reworked item drop system, Item Recycling, and more in Part 3 of our New Bloom Festival update.

As the Year Beast stalks toward the battlefield, trouble stirs in the frigid wastes. Stop by Part 2 of the New Bloom Festival update and get to know Crystal Maiden's icy new neighbor.

As the Year Beast stalks toward the battlefield, trouble stirs in the frigid wastes. Stop by Part 2 of the New Bloom Festival update and get to know Crystal Maiden's icy new neighbor.

The New Bloom Festival is almost here, and with it the dreaded Year Beast. But there's so much more in store. In case you missed the teaser when it aired before the Dota 2 Asia Championship Grand Finals, head to the update page to check it out, and then make ready for the battles to come.Speaking of DAC, if you missed even a minute of the tournament, be sure to go back and watch all the games on Dota TV. There were really some terrific matches played, featuring plenty of stunning upsets and nail-biting comebacks. Congrats to everyone who played!

The New Bloom Festival is almost here, and with it the dreaded Year Beast. But there's so much more in store. In case you missed the teaser when it aired before the Dota 2 Asia Championship Grand Finals, head to the update page to check it out, and then make ready for the battles to come.Speaking of DAC, if you missed even a minute of the tournament, be sure to go back and watch all the games on Dota TV. There were really some terrific matches played, featuring plenty of stunning upsets and nail-biting comebacks. Congrats to everyone who played!

- Added a caching layer in front of the Chinese replay servers to provide a better replay downloading experience to players outside of China.
- Fixed a rare bug that could cause Reaper's Scythe to not credit Necrolyte for the kill

- Updated -enable_addons to include sound scripts, music scripts, and Flash videos
- Added a new option to the Settings panel to reduce screen flashing. This option disables the flash on Thundergod's Wrath and lessens the flashing with Razor’s ability effects.
- Fixed multiple stacks of Linken's Sphere having different behaviors when two buffs are directly applied compared to one buff and one item
- Fixed Blinking while in the initial Tether pull causing the Tether range to be larger than intended
- Fixed Supernova's refresh functionality not interacting properly with charged cooldown abilities
- Fixed Geminate Attack being able to hit units that are very far from Weaver
- Riki's Permanent Invisibility fade time now shows on the ability cooldown
- Fixed Lycan shapeshifting while disconnected giving all creeps the move speed bonus
- Added a new convar to disable right clicks on minimamp (dota_minimap_disable_rightclick)

- Added a new launch option -enable_addons that lets you override a whitelist of files that we will be populating (currently supporting Minimap, HUD related elements, Icons and VO)

- The use of –override_vpk is no longer allowed in matchmaking games in order to prevent gaining a competitive advantage
- Fixed Berserker's Rage icon

* Added the Eternal Radiance Blades as a reward for DAC compendiums level 150 or higher
* Updated the store page for the DAC compendium: http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/16209?r=cd