A big congratulations from all of us here at Dota to the Gaimin Gladiators, who outlasted 17 of the best teams in the world to take top prize at The Lima Major this past weekend, earning themselves a cool 400 DPC points and a strong start on this year’s road to The International.

The 2023 DPC Season continues with the Spring Tour, starting March 13th and culminating at the end of April with the Berlin Major, hosted by ESL.

Supporters Clubs

Show off your support for your favorite teams by joining their Supporters Club. Today we're shipping an initial set of supporters clubs, with more to be added in the coming days.

Teams who submit content to feature in a Supporters Club bundle receive 50% of all of their team's bundle sales. Fans who choose to support teams will receive increasing amounts of content provided by their favorite team(s), depending on the tier purchased:

Bronze Tier

• A badge for your favorite team, which will appear in your friends list, player profile, Versus Screen, and in-game scoreboard (swappable if you purchase more than one team's bundle)
  
• 1 Team Fantasy Player Pack
  
• 1 Basic Fantasy Player Pack
  

Silver Tier

• All the perks of the Bronze Club
  
• Sprays to liven up your map and Loading Screens
  
• 2 additional Team Player Card Packs
  
• 6 additional Basic Player Card Packs 
  

Gold Tier

• All of the perks of the Bronze and Silver Clubs
  
• A special in-game HP-bar badge, as well as Emoticons and Chat Wheel Lines to proclaim your allegiance in-game
  
• 3 additional Team Player Card Packs
  
• 7 additional Basic Player Card Packs
  

Note: Content is subject to availability based on a team's content submission.

DPC Fantasy
If you're new to Fantasy or might like a refresher, peruse this recap before you unpack your cards and play. You can also check the How to Play breakdown in the FANTASY section of the client for full details.

The Basics
For each weeklong period, fans set a Fantasy roster made up of two Core Player Cards, one Mid Player Card, and two Support Player Cards. Player Cards on a roster score Fantasy points based on how well they perform in that period's matches. Silver & Gold Cards have stat bonuses that earn more points. 

Player Card Packs
All players have been granted 10 starter packs claimable on the DPC menu under the Watch tab. Additional Player Card Packs can be earned daily by winning a game of Dota. Team Packs will be available for purchase directly from the PLAYER CARDS tab in the WATCH section as teams submit their Supporters Club bundles in the near future.

When you open a pack you'll receive player cards from the specific region you have selected.

Regional Fantasy
Each DPC region is its own Fantasy league with its own player cards and unique lineup. You may choose to participate in multiple regional leagues, and you will earn Fantasy Levels based on your best fantasy league performance for the period. For instance, if you place in the top 10% of one league and the top 50% of another, you will receive the points for the top 10% placement. Region rewards do not stack.

At the end of each period, you will earn levels based on the Fantasy points for that period. Rewards will be unlocked based on your current overall Fantasy Level.

Scoring Matches
All Division I matches during the Spring 2023 Tour are eligible for Fantasy play. The highest scoring two games of a best-of-three count towards a player's score. If a team plays more than one series during a period, only their highest-scoring series will count. 

Players that score in the top 100%/50%/25%/10% will earn 1/2/3/4 Fantasy Levels. Each level grants 350 Shards, and every fourth level doubles the prize to 700 Shards.

Once your lineups are set, make sure to follow all of the upcoming action in the Watch section of the client or on the DPC homepage.

MUERTA HAS RISEN

Death’s right hand joins the battle of the Ancients with a dead eye, two fists full of iron, and ammo to spare. Help her track down souls and usher them to the afterlife (before they usher you to yours) in the Dead Reckoning Mini-game, and use your bounty to unlock all-new item sets. The Dead Reckoning is at hand, and now available to play. Check out the full update page for details on all the deadly delights in store.

Dota Plus Spring Update

Spring is almost here, and that means it's time for a fresh Dota Plus update, including Advanced Battle Stats, Seasonal Treasure and updated quests and rewards.

Advanced Battle Stats
Elevate — and evaluate — your game with advanced Battle Stats directly in your profile. Dota Plus members now have access to completely revamped, real-time gameplay analytics. Dig deeper into your play style by sorting your complete Dota history by hero, role, game mode, and more.

Dota Plus Seasonal Treasure
The Spring 2023 Seasonal Treasure sets have been bundled with the Dead Reckoning Chest. Murder your Dead Reckoning mini-game targets for more chances to earn chests, then snag a key in the Shard Shop for 20,000 shards each.

Seasonal Quests and Guild Rewards Refresh
To help in your hunt for Dead Reckoning Keys, a new set of Dota Plus quests have arrived offering up to 115,200 shards over the course of the season. In addition, the rewards for Silver-, Gold-, and Platinum-tier guilds have been updated for this season, featuring new sprays, emoticons, and chat wheels.

Seasonal Sets
Looking for a vintage item set from an older Dota Plus season? Autumnal 2021 and Wintry 2021 treasure content is now available for direct purchase in the Shard Shop for 15,000 Shards each.

Moving Dota Technology Forward

• As we mentioned when we launched Battle Pass: Part II, this update has removed support for OpenGL. For macOS customers, the minimum requirement is now macOS 10.13.6 with a Metal-capable GPU (AMD GCN-based GPU or newer; NVIDIA Kepler-based GPU or newer; or Intel HD 4000 or newer). For Linux customers, AMD GCN+, NVIDIA Kepler+, or Intel HD 5000-series or newer is required.
  
• In a future update this year, we intend to upgrade our SIMD support from SSE2 to SSE4.1 to allow higher performance in physics, particles, and general gameplay code. Almost all processors released in the past 10 years support SSE4.1, so this should affect a very small portion of Dota players. If you have a computer that does not support SSE4.1, you will need to upgrade to a newer CPU once that update releases.
  
• We are in the process of updating our models to a newer format known as ModelDoc. After this change is complete, we will be removing several animation-related APIs from our custom game API in favor of ModelDoc's animation support. These deprecated APIs are listed on the Source 2 Developer Community Wiki.
  

7.33 Coming In April

The Dead Reckoning Update has a lot of features we’re really proud of — a new hero, item sets, a mini-game. But we get it. Many of you were hoping for Patch 7.33.

We’ve been working on an ambitious gameplay patch for a while, and we were hoping to get it done in time for this update. We’re currently aiming to release it in late April. So in the meantime, while we put the finishing touches on it, enjoy the Dead Reckoning Update and Patch 7.32e.

Disabled some functionality used by third-party tools:
- Disabled the "record" command in matchmaking games. This was used to record, in realtime, a local demo that would contain information that wasn't intended to be visible to the client during a game. Demo recording is still enabled for local lobbies to enable SFM and community content creation.
- Disabled a large number of console commands during matchmaking games that could be used to introspect client state. For example, "dota_lobby_debug", "cl_dota_ambient_tree_shake_cooldown", and "dev_simulate_gcdown" no longer function in these games, while "ping", "disconnect", and "dota_toggle_autoattack" still do.

- Player profiles can no longer be accessed in matchmaking during the pregame phase. They can still be accessed once the picking phase ends.

Today, we permanently banned over 40,000 accounts that were using third-party software to cheat in Dota over the last few weeks. This software was able to access information used internally by the Dota client that wasn't visible during normal gameplay, giving the cheater an unfair advantage.

While fixing the underlying issues that made these cheats possible was a priority, we have also decided to remove these bad actors from the active Dota playerbase.

With that goal in mind, we released a patch as soon as we understood the method these cheats were using. This patch created a honeypot: a section of data inside the game client that would never be read during normal gameplay, but that could be read by these exploits. Each of the accounts banned today read from this "secret" area in the client, giving us extremely high confidence that every ban was well-deserved.

The prevalence of this family of cheats means that today's ban wave is particularly large, but it's only the latest action in an ongoing campaign. While the battle against cheaters and cheat developers often takes place in the shadows, we wanted to make this example visible, and use it to make our position clear: If you are running any application that reads data from the Dota client as you're playing games, your account can be permanently banned from playing Dota. This includes professional players, who will be banned from all Valve competitive events.

Dota is a game best enjoyed when played on an even field, where victories are earned by skill and tenacity. We expect that some players will continue to develop and use new exploits, to continue to try to gain unfair advantages at the expense of other players. As before, we will continue to detect and remove these exploits as they come, and continue to ban users who cheat.

Lastly, we'd like to thank those who offered their time and energy to help us resolve this — from those who reported a player acting suspiciously in-game, to those who reviewed overwatch cases where this behavior was observed. Thank you for helping to make Dota a better experience for everyone.

The 2023 DPC Winter Tour regional showdowns have nearly concluded, and soon the top 18 teams in the world will converge on Peru to compete in the culminating event of the first tour: The Lima Major, presented by 4D Esports. As the first-ever South American DPC Major, we are excited to share the excitement of live Dota with an eager audience of long-standing fans.

Dota fans everywhere can catch all the action online as the Group Stage runs February 22 - 26, setting the stage for the Playoffs to follow February 28 - March 5. Dive into all of the tournament teams and standings throughout the event at www.dota2.com/esports.

Supporters Club Sale
As the Major approaches, show your fan pride and unlock custom equippables by purchasing your favorite team's Supporters Club, now 75% off until the end of the Winter Tour. As always, 50% of every Supporters Club sale goes directly to the team.

Fantasy & Player Cards
With the conclusion of the regional leagues and the start of the Major, Fantasy has been adjusted for the different format. As with the previous Majors, Player Card packs now contain only players from Major-qualified teams, and Fantasy will run daily instead of weekly. If you're new to Fantasy or just need a refresher, check out this Fantasy rundown from the start of the Tour.

Looking Ahead
Once the Major Champions have been crowned and the Tour comes to a close, we look forward to unveiling our next update on March 6th.

• Added role filters on the hero selection screen, allowing players to drill down to the heroes that best fit the needs of each game.
  
• Removed Jungler from the list of hero roles.
  
• As part of our effort to keep Dota Technology Moving Forward the version of the V8 JavaScript engine included in Dota has been updated, resulting in a new macOS requirement of 10.13+. For the vast majority of Mac players, this requirements change will have no impact.
  

As a frosty Diretide draws to a close, we welcome both a new year and the heralded return of competitive Dota.

Fans everywhere are invited to tune in as the 2023 DPC Season commences with the Winter Tour. The action kicks off today with the start of regional play in China, and the remaining five regions are set to follow on Sunday, January 8. Track the full schedule and standings throughout the season over at our esports hub.

Cheer on your favorite teams around the world as they fight to score crucial DPC points and coveted spots at three Major tournaments that await on the road to The International. Teams that excel in the Winter Tour will advance to the Lima Major, hosted by 4D Esports. The Spring Tour will provide further opportunity with the Berlin Major, hosted by ESL, and the Summer Tour will wrap play with the Bali Major, hosted by IO Esports.

While history has shown that unforeseen underdogs can certainly vie for the Aegis at The International, these DPC Tours offer the most reliable path for consistent teams to secure invitations to this year's crowning event.

Winter Tour Fandom
To celebrate the fervor of fandom, today's update includes a fresh season of Supporters Club Bundles and Fantasy play for the Winter Tour.

Supporters Clubs
Teams who submit content to feature in a Supporters Club bundle receive 50% of all of their team's bundle sales. Fans who choose to support teams will receive increasing amounts of content provided by their favorite team(s), depending on the tier purchased:

Bronze Tier
- A badge for your favorite team, which will appear in your friends list, player profile, Versus Screen, and in-game scoreboard (swappable if you purchase more than one team's bundle)
- 1 Team Fantasy Player Pack
- 1 Basic Fantasy Player Pack

Silver Tier
- All the perks of the Bronze Club
- Sprays to liven up your map and Loading Screens
- 2 additional Team Player Card Packs
- 6 additional Basic Player Card Packs

Gold Tier
- All of the perks of the Bronze and Silver Clubs
- A special in-game HP-bar badge, as well as Emoticons and Chat Wheel Lines to proclaim your allegiance in-game
- 3 additional Team Player Card Packs
- 7 additional Basic Player Card Packs

Note: Content is subject to availability based on a team's content submission.


Fantasy Rules Recap
If you're new to Fantasy or might like a refresher, peruse this recap before you unpack your cards and play. You can also check the How to Play breakdown in the FANTASY section of the client for full details.

The Basics
For each weeklong period, fans set a Fantasy roster made up of two Core Player Cards, one Mid Player Card, and two Support Player Cards. Player Cards on a roster score Fantasy points based on how well they perform in that period's matches. Silver & Gold Cards have stat bonuses that earn more points.

Player Card Packs
All players have been granted 10 starter packs claimable on the DPC menu under the Watch tab. Additional Player Card Packs can be earned daily by winning a game of Dota. Team Packs will be available for purchase directly from the PLAYER CARDS tab in the WATCH section as teams submit their Supporters Club bundles in the near future.

When you open a pack you'll receive player cards from the specific region you have selected.

Regional Fantasy
Each DPC region is its own Fantasy league with its own player cards and unique lineup. You may choose to participate in multiple regional leagues, and you will earn Fantasy Levels based on your best fantasy league performance for the period. For instance, if you place in the top 10% of one league and the top 50% of another, you will receive the points for the top 10% placement. Region rewards do not stack.

At the end of each period, you will earn levels based on the Fantasy points for that period. Rewards will be unlocked based on your current overall Fantasy Level.

Scoring Matches
All Division I matches during the Winter 2023 Tour are eligible for Fantasy play. The highest scoring two games of a best-of-three count towards a player's score. If a team plays more than one series during a period, only their highest-scoring series will count.

Players that score in the top 100%/50%/25%/10% will earn 1/2/3/4 Fantasy Levels. Each level grants 350 Shards, and every fourth level doubles the prize to 700 Shards.

Once your lineups are set, make sure to follow all of the upcoming action in the Watch section of the client or on the DPC homepage.

General

• Fixed Black King Bar and other instant spells being castable using shift queue when doomed after returning from being hidden (e.g. Astral Imprisonment or Disruption)
  
• Fixed Techies Sticky Bomb sometimes getting stuck and never exploding if the target teleported away
  
• Fixed Dark Willow projectiles not being visible when targeting runes or items while in Shadow Realm
  
• Fixed Rubick unable to eject allies with Shard Upgraded Dismember if the owner of the stolen spell did not have a Shard.
  
• Fixed Templar Assassin Meld Strike debuff applying to the wrong target if there was an attack already in flight
  
• Fixed Dawnbreaker losing Luminosity attack buff if the attack was evaded
  
• Fixed Lion Finger Of Death Scepter interaction with Meepo clones and illusions
  
• Fixed Treant turning around when double-tapping Living Armor with the AoE talent
  
• Fixed Witch Doctor Aghanims Scepter Ward attack bounce interaction with enemies that have invisibility but are affected by true sight
  
• Fixed Bounty Hunter Shadow Walk Shard Upgrade not being castable while teleporting
  
• Fixed Shadow Demon gaining an extra ability point in Demonic Purge if he buys the Shard before upgrading the ability
  
• Fixed Razor Storm Surge Shard upgrade always activating from Outworld Devourer's Arcane Orb
  
• Fixed Outworld Destroyer Astral Imprisonment sometimes dealing damage to magic immune units
  

The abundance of talent in the Dota 2 Workshop continues to prove far too vast to fit within a single offering of the Collector's Cache, so this frosty Diretide season welcomes a second round of treasure to keep your heroes bundled up tight.

The Diretide 2022 Collector's Caches I & II are available for $2.49 each, and both will remain on sale until January 12, 2023. All items in the Caches are untradeable and unmarketable, except for the ultra rare Tiny and Chaos Knight sets. Unboxing 14 of these treasures will automatically grant you 36 Battle Levels, and the odds of receiving a bonus rare item will increase with each one you open. You can also recycle any unwanted items for 2 Battle Levels.

Thank you to all of the artists that dedicate their talents to each Workshop Call to Arms, as well as the entire Dota 2 community that embraces these creative efforts. We wish all of you a very merry Diretide, and a happy new year!

The Diretide 2022 Battle Level Bundle
Today's update offers a second Battle Level Bundle sale — The Diretide 2022 Battle Level Bundle — available now through January 12th for $29.99 per bundle.
Check it out in-game now!

Packed with 120 Battle Levels, 9x Immortal Treasure I, 6x Immortal Treasure II, 6x Ageless Heirlooms Treasures, and 6x Battle Pass Collection Treasures, this bundle is the perfect way to push further into your rewards line during the final stretch of the Battle Pass season.

Reach the Conduit of the Blueheart Crystal Maiden Persona at level 148, Stoneclaw Scavenger custom towers at level 176, Age of Attrition Primal Beast Prestige set at level 223, Exile Unveiled Phantom Assassin Persona at level 296, Voidstorm Asylum Arcana for Razor at level 383, and Claszian Apostasy Faceless Void Arcana at level 495, and much more along the way.

This bundle offers 75% savings on the combined value of the levels and treasures. Customers can purchase a maximum of two bundles this season, cumulative with The International 2022 Battle Level Bundle.