1. Dota Mode Skins
2. Dota 2 Campaign Modern Warfare
3. Dota 2 Update
4. Dota 2 Mutation Mode
5. Dota 2 Campaign Models

• Called the Siltbreaker, Dota’s multiplayer campaign will be released later this month with its second edition slated to be launched in June 2017. The first edition of the multiplayer campaign mode.
• The campaign is Valve’s first attempt at introducing a story-based game mode to Dota 2, which has been strictly focused on its multiplayer aspect since its debut in 2011.

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Valve is beginning its buildup to The International Dota 2 championship event. As part of that process, the company has revealed some of the content that comes with the digital ticket fans can buy for that event.

If you spend $10 on The International Battle Pass, you will get access to a cooperative Dota multiplayer campaign called Siltbreaker. The Battle Pass is a collection of items and events that Dota 2 fans (both of the game and its esports scene) can get as part of watching the biggest tournament of the year. As always, Valve is putting 25 percent of the revenues from the Battle Pass directly into the prize pool for the competing teams to fight over, and fans have already pushed that number over $4 million. In 2016, the Prize Pool reached more than $20 million — and you can expect something similar for this year’s tournament.

Dota 2 Campaign Modern Warfare

A campaign mode might seem like a strange addition to Dota 2 (especially considering competitors like League of Legends, Paragon, and Heroes of the Storm don’t), but it’s something that makes sense based on the game’s roots and the way modern-day service-based games try to keep players engaged. The original Defense of the Ancients was a mod for Warcraft III, and so this gameplay goes back to a series that had deep single-player campaigns. As of now, we don’t know if Siltbreaker will play like that, like Diablo, or like another game completely.

The other reason this kind of content makes sense is that gaming — especially on PC — is more competitive than ever. Games like Overwatch, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and more are all battling over a pool of players, and they are all also offering tons of extra content and events to attract those people. Valve recently updated Dota 2 with a massive 7.00 patch that got a lot of lapsed fans back, but now a cooperative campaign could get some of the rest to return or even convince players who never downloaded it in the first place to give it a try.

Above: Well, back to the silt mines.

In Siltbreaker, four players (who all must own the Battle Pass) enter the Dark Reef, which is a watery prison teeming with dangerous enemies. They must then work together to overcome obstacles and complete the quest. Act I of Siltbreaker will go live later this month, and then Act II will launch in July.

Dota 2 Update

The online team-battling game Dota 2 has long differentiated itself from other 'MOBA' games by charging zero money for its core gameplay, including all of its playable characters. That changes later this month, as developer Valve Software has announced the game's first-ever campaign mode on Thursday. It will cost a minimum of $10 to access.

The first half of this campaign, titled Siltbreaker, will launch by month's end to anybody who pays for the game's annual International Battle Pass. Most major Dota 2 tournaments have a Battle Pass promotion attached, which allows players to spend real-life cash to virtually participate with those upcoming real-life tourneys, and the same goes for this August's TI7 (The International 7) event in Seattle.

This year's International Battle Pass is different because it also unlocks a four-player, story-driven campaign, which will be released in two parts. (Once again, Valve can'tcounttothree.) This campaign will revolve around a mysterious world known as the Dark Reef, and it will allow up to four friends—or randomly queued players—to 'battle through a diverse landscape of loathsome monsters, cunning traps, and other lethal terrors.' The below images show entirely new environments for players to battle through, including one that looks decidedly Diablo-esque, but it's unclear whether players will traverse large worlds or hold tight in small zones and fend off waves of enemies.

Since the preview images all feature different heroes, it's possible that Valve will open the campaign content up to all Dota 2 heroes as opposed to a limited selection a la Overwatch's timed PvE events. (Since you don't have to pay to unlock individual heroes, this paid mode may prove a fun and reasonably priced way for Dota 2 and MOBA genre newbies to see what's cooking.) Valve's announcement does not indicate whether half of Siltbreaker will be accessible for a limited time only or whether the mode will be available for purchase once this year's International Battle Pass stops being sold.

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Dota 2 Mutation Mode

The rest of the 2017 International Battle Pass, which can be purchased right now, is a staggering, and in many ways confusing, look at the kinds of items and customizations that may spur players to 'level up' their passes. Pass buyers can do this either by playing participating games of Dota 2 or by paying outright for higher levels. (The highest-tier and rarest items associated with the IBP can be yours by paying upwards of $800—or playing that equivalent amount of Dota 2—and even then, some are dependent on random dice rolls.) Thankfully, if you just want to flex your Dota 2 muscles in a PvE way beyond battling bots in the default MOBA versus mode, you can safely avoid that entire Battle Pass leveling system with the minimum $10 cost. Just to clarify: the game client and all of its versus modes remain entirely free.

Dota 2 Campaign Models

If you can't wait for TI7 to kick off in Seattle this August, click below for video of the craziness that was last year's TI6.