Apparently, the NDA for current users of the DotA 2 beta was apparently lifted at midnight. As a result, a number of groups are live streaming their gameplay and if you're online right now, you too, can enjoy some of the gaming festivities.
IceFrog has updated the official DotA blog with some relevant information for those hoping to get into the beta.
He also pushes forth the notion that if you want into the beta, you can either sign up through the official DotA 2 portal, a GosuGamers competition, and a Playdota contest.
IceFrog has updated the official DotA blog with some relevant information for those hoping to get into the beta.
Our original plan was to spend the next year or so in beta, adding new features and slowly growing the number of heroes until we reached a level of parity with Dota 1, at which point we’d release Dota 2 to the world. But the feedback we’re seeing everywhere is that people just want to play it, even though there’s still a ton of heroes yet to be implemented. We’ve also seen that the folks who are already in the beta are chomping at the bit to show everyone else some of the fun games they’ve had. So we decided our original plan was dumb.
Welcome to the new plan: We’re going to take the current version of Dota 2, which has The International set of heroes, and get it out there as fast as we can. We’ve still got some work to do in a couple of areas, so we’ll be keeping it invite-only for a (hopefully short) period of time. But there’ll be no restrictions on what players can do with it – they can release screenshots, make movies, shoutcast matches, write guides, publicly make fun of our HUD, or anything else their hearts desire. While they do that, we’ll be shipping regular updates with more heroes, new features we’ve been working on, and improvements on the existing content as we get more and more feedback.
Welcome to the new plan: We’re going to take the current version of Dota 2, which has The International set of heroes, and get it out there as fast as we can. We’ve still got some work to do in a couple of areas, so we’ll be keeping it invite-only for a (hopefully short) period of time. But there’ll be no restrictions on what players can do with it – they can release screenshots, make movies, shoutcast matches, write guides, publicly make fun of our HUD, or anything else their hearts desire. While they do that, we’ll be shipping regular updates with more heroes, new features we’ve been working on, and improvements on the existing content as we get more and more feedback.
He also pushes forth the notion that if you want into the beta, you can either sign up through the official DotA 2 portal, a GosuGamers competition, and a Playdota contest.