If you have played anything Valve made or have waited for any game developed by Valve, then you know all about Valve time. If you don't know what Valve time is, then you're lucky, depending on how you look at it. Valve time is when Valve says they'll be releasing a game, but before the release date they will push the date back until it cycles back a few times. The next game that might be the next victim of Valve time is
Dota 2.
Dota 2 was first showed to the public back at The International, but it's still far from being released to the public, that was the original thought though. Valve originally thought that it would take over a year to get out of the beta testing, but they think it won't take quit that long.
"Our original plan was to spend the next year or so in beta, adding new features and slowly growing the number of heroes until we reached a level of parity with Dota 1, at which point we’d release Dota 2 to the world. But the feedback we’re seeing everywhere is that people just want to play it, even though there’s still a ton of heroes yet to be implemented. We’ve also seen that the folks who are already in the beta are chomping at the bit to show everyone else some of the fun games they’ve had. So we decided our original plan was dumb."
Valve has ditched that original plan and has decided to do something different. Valve will be soon accepting the
beta applications from last month. Players will be able to play the current version of Dota 2, which is almost the same version that was used in the Gamescom tournament.
For more information, check out the
Dota 2 blog.
