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Valve's Dota 2 Now Officially Available For Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Valve on 19 July 2013 at 02:51 PM EDT. 10 Comments

Just over a week since Dota 2 test builds for Linux were available in beta form, Valve has officially released Dota 2 for Linux in time for any weekend gameplay.

If you fire up your Steam Linux client, Dota 2 should be there! Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena that is the successor to the original Defense of Ancients mod. Dota 2 is powered by Valve's Source Engine.

What will be Valve's next Linux game release? Hopefully, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...

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