Fri, May 11, 2012 | 08:16 BST

DOTA 2 beta becoming more popular than Skyrim, Counter-Strike on Steam

Despite still being in only a beta, DOTA 2 is becoming even more popular than Counter-Strike 1.6/Source or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, according to PC Gamer. While CS 1.6 and Source hold their own on US peak times, DOTA 2′s beta overtakes the two during downtime hours, indicating a more international audience for the title.

More at the link. There’s pretty graphs there too.

8 comments

ultramega
11/05/12, 8:32 am

Fuck yeah!
=D

GrimRita
11/05/12, 10:24 am

Still not invited to beta for this yet and even I am amazed at the stats on Steam. SOOOOOO many are playing this.

MFBB
11/05/12, 11:45 am

Yeah the game is great and could be released.
Missing heroes added via patches over the months…

Not really a Beta anymore and i would like it to have new hereos every few weeks instead of them just all being there at once and thats it.

Around 30000-50000 people online when i am, Europe evening.

Just need more servers for all the regions, especially Australian/Russian and South America servers.

Mineral4r7s
11/05/12, 12:51 pm

Dude whats it with the stand alone DOTA Games that you need to buy? I mean come on you can play it for free in Starcraft 2 / WC3 Oo

I dont get whats wrong with people nowadays.

MFBB
11/05/12, 1:00 pm

You dont need to buy them, they are all free.

LOL/HON/DOTA 2/BlizzardDota etc all free to play.
But Dota 2 is still in closed beta so you need an invite to play.

ultramega
11/05/12, 6:52 pm

@2
Do you want an invite? What’s your Steam username?

Camfak
12/05/12, 12:57 pm

Someone that got a key and wants to give it out for free? <3
It's for a friend that really wants it, I got lucky and got a key but I got no one to play with.
If so, contact me on steam.
ID: jonfjaerd