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Dota 2 ditches sign-ups, now open to everyone

Dota 2 has been made available to all comers. Have at it: the gates are wide open and waiting on you.

As noted on the Dota 2 blog, the MOBA kept its gated sign-up system while the community grew, until Valve was pretty sure it could handle the pretty amazing numbers Dota 2 pulls.

"Signups are no longer required to access the game, and we encourage everyone to join the 6.5 million active monthly users currently playing Dota 2. If you have a friend who hasn’t tried Dota 2 yet, be sure to take advantage of the new recruitment feature to get additional bonuses for both you and your friend," Valve wrote.

Dota 2 is available on Linux, Mac and PC. It came out of beta in July. Its invite-only beta was quite popular, although disinterested Steam users complained about the huge number of invites they received, and Valve has been keen to promote recruiting.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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