Dota 2 should launch this summer before August 7

Though many of us have played hundreds and hundreds of hours of Dota 2, it still isn't officially out. It's technically in closed beta, see, though we all surely have enough spare invites by now to invite everyone we've ever known. That should finally change this summer, as Valve has said it'll launch its free-to-play Lords Management game "free for everyone" before its big tournament The International 3 begins on August 7.

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Though many of us have played hundreds and hundreds of hours of Dota 2, it still isn't officially out. It's technically in closed beta, see, though we all surely have enough spare invites by now to invite everyone we've ever known. That should finally change this summer, as Valve has said it'll launch its free-to-play Lords Management game before its big tournament The International 3 begins on August 7.

That's what Valve's Erik Johnson told PC Gamer, and later confirmed with ValveTime.

Valve had once said Dota 2 would only officially launch once it had ported over all 112 of the original Warcraft 3 mod's playable characters. With seven weeks left before TI3 kicks off, Valve still has 11 heroes to go. Given the slow and steady pace Valve at which is adding heroes, it would seem that plan has changed.

PCG's Chris Thursten believes, based on chats he had at Valve, that Dota 2 will launch with or after its next two heroes--which he thinks will be Abaddon, now less copyright-infringing, then Legion Commander, now a lady and hopefully a bit less racist.

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    June 17, 2013 8:45 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Dota 2 should launch this summer before August 7.

    Though many of us have played hundreds and hundreds of hours of Dota 2, it still isn't officially out. It's technically in closed beta, see, though we all surely have enough spare invites by now to invite everyone we've ever known. That should finally change this summer, as Valve has said it'll launch its free-to-play Lords Management game "free for everyone" before its big tournament The International 3 begins on August 7.

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      June 17, 2013 8:49 AM

      Lords Management game, haha.

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      June 17, 2013 9:34 AM

      I was wondering what you meant by him being racist... took a while to find the old audio transcripts for the hero, but here they are (bottom of page): http://www.hewiki.com/view/7164130.htm

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      June 17, 2013 9:39 AM

      Would be kinda funny if they made her an ultra feminist man-hater... would be kind of fitting if she said things like "Equal gold for equal kills" and maybe something about more female hero jobs considering the ratio of male to female characters.

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