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DOTA 2 breaks record of highest online players on Steam

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Dota 2 is huge. Thousands are playing it, and the number keeps growing on a day-to-day bases, thanks to the swathes of Beta-keys being given away by Valve. Whats funny is, the game hasn’t even been released yet, its still in Beta. Dota 2, at some point of time in the past weekend,  had a total of 329,977 Steam users ... Read More »

Valve server maintainence causes lag all over India in DOTA 2

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If you’re a regular DOTA 2 player and are from India, just like most of us here at iLLGaming, you might have been noticing the lag on the South East Asia servers for the past couple of days. The lag is constant 300 ping, affecting almost everyone in the country. Turns out, there is nothing to worry about. Valve is ... Read More »

Valve Layoffs 25 Due to “Large Decisions” About the Future

Even Valve is not invincible

In the seemingly impossible event, several employees — estimated to be 25 in total, were let go from Valve on Tuesday. Valve hasn’t confirmed the exact headcount, but it has been estimated that almost 25 of their 300-strong employee base have been affected due to the “great cleansing” and “large decisions.” Most of these layoffs have affected the hardware and ... Read More »

DOTA 2 Hero Wars, Episode 1: Lifestealer vs Skeleton King

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DOTA 2, surprisingly still in beta, is an ever improving, glorious, super addictive free-to-play MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) video game. The awesome part about this game is the intelligent match-making; based on your level, wins and MMR (Match-making Ranking), a player is put into a random group of 5 vs 5. But this is only one small aspect of ... Read More »