* Fixed a bug with Brewmaster's Primal Split that left Brewmaster selected rather than selecting the summoned Elements.
* Featured Tournament spoiler state is now saved.
* The front page video stream will no longer auto-play if you have spoiler protection enabled.

He's big. He's red. He's got an Axe. Also his name's Axe. His hobbies? Most of them involve axes and the act of axing things with an axe. Plus he's now in his very own sixty-page comic. Is an axe involved somehow? Will Axe use it? Is Luke Skywalker a villain now? Is that why he's not in the trailers? Get the answers to all but those last two questions in The Last Castle Axe Comic. Along with the comic, all owners of The International 2015 Compendium will receive the Axe Immortal item today with the added bonus of a Soaring Cache treasure.

Also be sure to check out some of the Dota community’s Dota-inspired Saxxy contest shorts, Together We Stand and A Game of Roles.

He's big. He's red. He's got an Axe. Also his name's Axe. His hobbies? Most of them involve axes and the act of axing things with an axe. Plus he's now in his very own sixty-page comic. Is an axe involved somehow? Will Axe use it? Is Luke Skywalker a villain now? Is that why he's not in the trailers? Get the answers to all but those last two questions in The Last Castle Axe Comic. Along with the comic, all owners of The International 2015 Compendium will receive the Axe Immortal item today with the added bonus of a Soaring Cache treasure.

Also be sure to check out some of the Dota community’s Dota-inspired Saxxy contest shorts, Together We Stand and A Game of Roles.

* Fix bug causing matchmaking to balance teams poorly at extremely high MMR
* Fixed issue where players who disconnected just before hero selection would not be assessed with a failure to connect penalty, resulting in the match continuing with less than 10 players.
* Fixed an issue were the free camera speed was affected by the replay playback speed.
* Added the ability to spoiler-protect the Featured tournament tab.

The first day of the playoffs is in the books at Frankfurt and only twelve teams remain after Cloud9, Fnatic, Newbee and Newbee.Young have been eliminated. You can see where the rest of the bracket currently stands here. The action resumes tomorrow at 10:30am CET.

In the meantime, check out this piece about the reigning TI5 champions, Evil Geniuses.

Watch EG Champions of TI5

The first day of the playoffs is in the books at Frankfurt and only twelve teams remain after Cloud9, Fnatic, Newbee and Newbee.Young have been eliminated. You can see where the rest of the bracket currently stands here. The action resumes tomorrow at 10:30am CET.

In the meantime, check out this piece about the reigning TI5 champions, Evil Geniuses.

Watch EG Champions of TI5

The first Dota Major Championship is nearly upon us. The battle begins as sixteen of the world’s best teams enter the Group Stage. You can follow all the action live in the Dota 2 client by visiting the new ‘Featured Tournament’ section. Check out real-time brackets as well as links to watch any matches you may have missed. Coverage is scheduled to begin around 10:00am CET (here’s a helpful time zone converter).



Our film team has put together a few short features for the event. The first follows CDEC’s stunning run from Wild Card underdog to championship contender at The International while capturing the thoughts of some of the biggest names in the game as they prepare for the Frankfurt Major. In addition, we've just added all the player profile videos from TI5 to Steam.

Watch 'The Journey to the Majors'

Add this free app to get updated videos in the future directly onto your Steam account.

The first Dota Major Championship is nearly upon us. The battle begins as sixteen of the world’s best teams enter the Group Stage. You can follow all the action live in the Dota 2 client by visiting the new ‘Featured Tournament’ section. Check out real-time brackets as well as links to watch any matches you may have missed. Coverage is scheduled to begin around 10:00am CET (here’s a helpful time zone converter).



Our film team has put together a few short features for the event. The first follows CDEC’s stunning run from Wild Card underdog to championship contender at The International while capturing the thoughts of some of the biggest names in the game as they prepare for the Frankfurt Major. In addition, we've just added all the player profile videos from TI5 to Steam.

Watch 'The Journey to the Majors'

Add this free app to get updated videos in the future directly onto your Steam account.

- Added new Featured Tournament section to Watch for The Frankfurt Major. Includes live schedule and bracket views with easy access to live broadcasts and replays
- Fixed several memory leaks in the client and server
- Reduced rendering memory usage
- Fixed a regression in GPU performance
- Direct3D9Ex support enabled by default, which improves alt-tab behavior
- Reduced CPU usage when game is minimized
- Added alt click support for showing XP remaining until next level
- Added a sound for the Aegis expiring (audible to allies only)
- Added support for player color on Boots of Travel
- All places in the UI where ping times are displayed now display the network round trip time. Previously, different places displayed different measures of latency. For more details on this change, see this post on our dev forum: http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=184807
- Fixed a bug where spectator gems were not incrementing correctly after watching a game
- Fixed Ghost Scepter with Dazzle Weave interaction
- Fixed Io portrait popping
- Fixed a bug with spikey Zeus head
- Enable normal maps in portrait views
- Workshop Importer: Fixed issue with portrait editing the where camera framing and spotlight shadows did not exactly match the in game portrait view
- Workshop Importer: Added template for chat emoticons and team logos
- Workshop Importer: UI improvements to make complex submissions more manageable
- Workshop Importer: Portrait editing UI improvements
- Fixed an issue where Radiant fountain and building particle effects would sometimes not be present when spectating
- Fixed hitboxes for Tinkbot courier

- Fixed a crash related to Lotus Orb being used on Illusions.
- Fixed a rare crash during Alt+Tab.
- You can now change the value of cheat protected console variables while viewing a demo.