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Dota 2’s ‘meta-defining’ New Frontiers update makes the map 40 percent bigger

Dota 2’s ‘meta-defining’ New Frontiers update makes the map 40 percent bigger

 

Dota 2 has a 40-percent larger map.

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Dota 2, one of the world’s most popular esports titles serving over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam as I write these words, has just dropped a massive update called New Frontiers that will likely change the free-to-play game forever. And the biggest difference by far is real estate: the game’s entire map is now 40 percent larger, letting you explore around the edges.

“The core objective of the game remains the same,” assures Valve — “your lanes aren’t further away from each other, and everything you need to win is still in the center of the map.”

A few of the new goodies.

A few of the new goodies.

 

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But Valve goes on to describe “meta-defining new features,” new locations, new Tormentor mini-bosses, vision-granting neutral units called Watchers, Lotus Pools that generate fruit, new items, matchmaking changes, UI tweaks to the health bars, and a host of hero rebalances that will touch every character in the game.

Bigger creeps. Fewer stuns.

Bigger creeps. Fewer stuns.

 

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The changelog for Patch 7.33 seems like it goes on forever, and players will eat it up. Click here for the full graphical feast; or click here to get straight to the meat.

 

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Harry Miller is a writer and editor based in Toronto who has Ten years of experience in the journalism industry. Before coming to Canada News Media as a National Online Journalist, Miller worked as a senior writer and a reporter-editor with the Canadian Press and a breaking news reporter with the Toronto Star. Miller currently holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in journalism from Ryerson University and another in communications and film studies from Carleton University.

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