Dota 2 is Free to Play, Dota Store Coming Prior to Game

[Shawn Zipay]

Valve has just announced that Dota 2 will be a free to play title! In addition to this announcement, they also reveal that the Dota Store is being prepared in preparation for the game's release.

Upon its opening, the Dota Store will offer items created by Valve and members of the community that may be used immediately and carried over after the public launch of the game. Early Access to the game is not required to purchase items before launch. However, gamers may get into the game now by purchasing the Dota 2 Early Access Bundle of items.

"The opening of the Dota Store is a big part of our final push to launch," said IceFrog, design lead on Dota 2. "With support for the Steam Workshop, the majority of the items made available on day one were created and being sold by members of the community. By making the game Free to Play, we hope to give gamers the ability to decide how - and how much - they want to invest in the game."

Targeted for full release on the PC later this year, Dota 2 promises to take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made Dota popular with tens of millions of gamers around the world.

For more information on Dota 2, be sure to hit up the game's official website!

[Eagle101]

you know, i played a little bit of DoTA in the past never really got into it because my friends were way too damn compettitive i mean i though video games were about having fun lol but since DoTA 2 is F2P wont mind giving it a whirl!

[jimykx]

Re: Dota 2 is Free to Play, Dota Store Coming Prior to Game

Damn, I was trying to trade dota 2 for arma 2 co xD

[Eagle101]

what do you mean?

[jimykx]

Re: Dota 2 is Free to Play, Dota Store Coming Prior to Game

There are sited dedicated to trading steam games and other items in your steam inventory. I recieved a DOTA 2 beta entry but it is not as valuable now as it used to be

[Eagle101]

wait wait hold the train here, you can actually do that!? i mean i tought once you bought a game related to steam ur kind of fucked on getting rid of it later. pls tell me more as i want to get rid of MW3 and get Saints row 3 for my brother.

[jimykx]

Re: Dota 2 is Free to Play, Dota Store Coming Prior to Game

You can't trade games that are on your library. I'll try to be as well explanatory as I can be:

Games can be in two places,
in your library = You can play them, they are yours, you can't get rid of them (they are attached to your account and you can't gift them or trade them)
in your inventory = They are still yours but all you can do to them is: Add to your library, trade them or gift them.

What people usually do is: When a game is on sale (usually very cheap) they buy it two or more times, one of it for their library (for them to play) and the rest for their inventory so that they can use it to trade for other games with other people on trading sites.

[Eagle101]

awesome explanation man i understand now lulz :)