Dota Auto Chess, the popular custom game mod for Dota 2, has racked up more than 8.5 million players and more than 1 billion games since its release earlier this year. Now, Valve is making its own ...

While newer generations of players will recognize Valve as the creators of the Steam platform first and foremost, older generations will see Valve as a company that has built its success on mods.

In May, Valve announced that it was developing its own version of Dota Auto Chess, now that the original creators of the popular Dota 2 mod, Drodo, are focusing on a stand-alone version (which has ...

is executive editor who has obsessed over headlines and internet speeds since 2011. He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System. Valve announced a few weeks ago that it was ...

The failure of Dota-themed trading card game Artifact might have left Valve with egg on its face, but the company has now scraped off that egg and made an omelette with Dota Underlords. Valve’s take ...

Valve is making its own version of fan-made phenomenon Dota Auto Chess. In a blog post last night, the developer said that it's been in discussion with the developers of the custom Dota game mode, and ...

Earlier this year, Dota Auto Chess released on Steam, quickly becoming a hit among Dota players. With the mod gaining so much popularity, it was only a matter of time until it became its own thing. A ...

Dota Underlords, Valve's free-to-play auto-battling Dota 2 spin-off, will leave early access and begin its first proper season on Steam, iOS, and Android next month, on 25th February. Valve initially ...

Auto Chess is to strategy games what auto-runners are to platformers. You do approximately half the work, while the game handles the rest. Each player places units on the board at the start of a round ...