Official announcement for Dota 2 from Valve, published on Steam on October 7, 2026.
Some time ago, a time now none of us can quite recall, we began to set our minds on matters of the monstrous. Our work has always concerned itself with the manufacture of frightening things, so there was no reason at that time for alarm.
Until we began to fill a new treasure chest with item sets themed around eldritch and otherworldly designs.
As each horrific creation took more defined shape, unsettling yet tantalizing inspirations took hold of us. Fantastical and Immortal glamours coalesced around each and every set; they grew more spellbinding, a vision that would remain, stuck fast in the mind's eye. Thoughts of monsters birthed thoughts of even more monstrous monsters. Our minds became gateways for greater abominations still, our hands became not our own.
Soon our collection of new item sets numbered fifteen, eldritch abominations from the realm of nightmare all. We knew each thing was hideous. Not one of us could look away. Not one of us was content to stop there.
To master horrors, we required greater horrors... We required ARCANA.
Our first attempt summoned the haunting shape of a Drow Ranger Arcana long thought lost to the flow of time. By some trick of the mind, she can look as she once did or assume a grave-stalking new form.
Our appetites remained unsatisfied.
Read the full announcement on Steam
What do you think of this update? Reply below.
Patch notes and news tracker by eSportCafe · source: Steam News