* Fixed a bug where the current prize pool for active leagues wasn't appearing correctly on the store item details page.
* Fixed a bug with the rendering of fog of war, it is now more accurate when showing visible areas that are very small.
* Wards and Tangos can no longer be shared with illusions.
* Fixed a bug where a consumed Moon Shard would not contribute to net worth.
* Fixed a bug where player names could be replaced with localized strings.

After a whirlwind week of intense matches, The Shanghai Major Qualifiers have concluded with two teams advancing from each region. Now that these eight qualifying teams have joined the direct invites, the tournament field of sixteen teams has been set, and The Shanghai Major Group Stage will commence on February 25, followed by the Main Event at Mercedes-Benz Arena from March 2 – 6.

Upon the crowning of The Shanghai Major Champions, the eyes of the Dota community will turn to the next Major, to be held in Manila, Philippines in early June. As before, established teams and upstarts alike will battle for the chance to join the rolls of The Manila Major to compete on the main stage in front of a sea of passionate fans.

This will be the final opportunity to prove they belong amongst the best in the world before The International 2016 kicks off beneath the mid-August Seattle sun.

After a whirlwind week of intense matches, The Shanghai Major Qualifiers have concluded with two teams advancing from each region. Now that these eight qualifying teams have joined the direct invites, the tournament field of sixteen teams has been set, and The Shanghai Major Group Stage will commence on February 25, followed by the Main Event at Mercedes-Benz Arena from March 2 – 6.

Upon the crowning of The Shanghai Major Champions, the eyes of the Dota community will turn to the next Major, to be held in Manila, Philippines in early June. As before, established teams and upstarts alike will battle for the chance to join the rolls of The Manila Major to compete on the main stage in front of a sea of passionate fans.

This will be the final opportunity to prove they belong amongst the best in the world before The International 2016 kicks off beneath the mid-August Seattle sun.

* Various Infuser related bugs have been fixed.
* Fixed a crash when trying to place a hero-specific gem in an item for a different hero, and fixed a bug where invalid gems would be provided in the list of options of gems to place in a socket.
* Fixed a bug where sometimes the rare socket UI would appear on the owned item details page for inappropriate items.
* It is now possible to combine autograph gems in the armory by right clicking on them and selecting 'Use With...'.
* Fixed an interaction between Rubick's Spell Steal and Arc Warden's Tempest Double.

* Fixed a bug with the Drodo's effects not having the correct colors when he had a prismatic gem other than the default one he started with.
* Fixed a bug where many ethereal gem effects were monochrome when they were supposed to have some color variation, such as the Trail of Burning Doom.
* Fixed a bug where autograph gems could not be extracted on the owned item details page.
* Fixed a frame rate drop when rapidly switching between units with items that have animated inventory images (Radiance, Rapier or Mjollnir).

Kicking off the 2016 Major season, The Shanghai Major main event will run from March 2nd to March 6th, with tickets available for sale starting January 10th at 12:00 PM SGT. If you are interested in attending, find all of the information you need here.

Additionally, The Shanghai Major Qualifiers are currently underway to fill out the remainder of the tournament field. Already eight stalwart Open Qualifier teams have advanced from a pool of over 2000 Dota squads to join the ranks of the Regional Qualifiers. The top two teams of each Regional Qualifier will earn the chance to compete with the eight invited teams at The Shanghai Major for their share of the $3M prize pool.

Kicking off the 2016 Major season, The Shanghai Major main event will run from March 2nd to March 6th, with tickets available for sale starting January 10th at 12:00 PM SGT. If you are interested in attending, find all of the information you need here.

Additionally, The Shanghai Major Qualifiers are currently underway to fill out the remainder of the tournament field. Already eight stalwart Open Qualifier teams have advanced from a pool of over 2000 Dota squads to join the ranks of the Regional Qualifiers. The top two teams of each Regional Qualifier will earn the chance to compete with the eight invited teams at The Shanghai Major for their share of the $3M prize pool.

* Improved client performance when selecting units with bonus damage. Previously a large frame hitch could occur when selecting such units.
* Fixed a bug where the sound while opening a treasure could occasionally continue playing after leaving that page.
* Fixed the Shanghai Major incorrectly appearing in the Professional section (it is now found under Premium.)
* Fixed some Shanghai Major matches not appearing in the live games list.
* Fixed Legion Commander's arcana detail texture.
* Fixed a bug in the workshop tools where new custom games couldn't be uploaded.
* Improved workshop tool messages in error cases.

* Tiny's Toss ability can once again be targeted on runes.
* Arc Warden's Clone will now get the benefit of a fully shareable Divine Rapier that was dropped by an ally.
* Improved client performance when the dashboard is hidden.
* Workshop - Fixed effects model handling for Skywrath Mage weapon.
* Refractive items such as Morphling's Blade of Tears now correctly render in loadout screens.

* Changed creep and neutral pathfinding with Clockwerk's Cogs, Tusk's Ice Shards, Nature's Prophet Sprout, and Earthshaker's Fissure. These all now work similar to Earthshaker's Fissure, which has been changed to allow a limited amount of creep pathing around it.
* Fixed a bug where the cooldown for charges for Spin Web, Spirit Siphon, Stone Caller, Fire Remnant, and Aghanim's Scepter Demonic Purge was not properly affected by Octarine Core or Arcane Rune.
* Fixed Tiny sometimes missing parts of the model when reconnecting or spectating.
* Custom games will now use the normal pause rules.
* Adjusted the fog of war visibility volume for Earthshaker's Fissure.
* Fixed the first wave of Super Creeps in each lane and the first wave of Mega Creeps being too strong.
* Fixed Glyph not affecting effigies.
* Fixed a bug where the effects of Kinetic Gems on owned items wasn't correctly previewing in Demo Hero mode.
* Fixed a bug where Demo Hero mode wasn't previewing the correct style for equipped items.
* Broodmother's Webs are now always visible for Broodmother's team and spectators.
* Fixed the transparency on the visual effect for Elder Titan's Echo Stomp.