After announcing that their free-to-play MOBA title DOTA 2 would be continuing the celebration of the Christmas season with Frostivus, the game's wintry celebration of gift-giving and wreath-crafting, Valve has once again cancelled this year's Frostivus event before it's even begun.
The news will come like a sack of coal for Christmas, as the
official teaser website states that "By decree of the only king that matters, Frostivus is cancelled." Last year, Valve's season-themed update was also cancelled, though it was replaced by another event, The Greeviling, so it looks like we've got a running gag now.
Following yesterday's update where Valve added in the much sought-after ranked matchmacking system, players also noticed that Skeleton King was removed from the game due to "pressing ceremonial reasons."
IGN reports that the character's icon was also removed from the top of the Frostivus page. While he may be missing in-game, he does still appear in the Hero Library within DOTA 2, though is not selectable during both hero selection and armoury customisation.
Rumours are swirling the Internet with many beleiving that this removal could be due to the Frostivus cancellation. IGN notes that the "only king that matters" may be hinting at the long-awaited release of the Wraith King, a character whom many suspected would appear at last year's previous Diretide event as a boss.
Other rumours suggest that maybe Skeleton King will be replaced by Wraith King as the "true" king of DOTA 2. Perhaps we'll learn more come tomorrow as Valve ticks over to Day 3 of the holiday event, hopefully giving us an indication of what new features we may find in this year's Diretide event.
Posted 04:34pm 11/12/13
The optimist in my expects we'll see up to 4 heroes released in this event. Legion Commander, Winter Wyvern, Arc Warden, and Terrorblade.
Posted 10:34am 13/12/13
Posted 10:43am 13/12/13
Is that because he only has one ability that you actually have to activate Trog ;) Booya!!
Posted 01:33pm 13/12/13
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Posted 04:41pm 13/12/13
Guess we just found the real dota noob.
Posted 05:12pm 13/12/13
Posted 05:47pm 13/12/13
I think the vast majority of players come from other MOBA games like DOTA1, LoL, HoN etc so if you have no MOBA experience and no friends to play with then probably wont enjoy your experience.
Posted 05:59pm 13/12/13
Lol well that probably leaves me screwed then. I actually dont have a regular group of guys i play games with these days given that i left all my gamer mates when i moved here to the US so i can see that making things hard.
Posted 06:49pm 13/12/13
Are there any good beginner/intro guides to DOTA2 anywhere?
Posted 07:14pm 13/12/13
try the dota2 reddit page. has heaps of links on the sidebar
Posted 07:21pm 13/12/13
Posted 12:38am 14/12/13
Skeleton King just got a model swap with some fun time shenanigans (wraith night) to explain it. Ill miss all the KNEEL BEFORE ME PEASANT stuff but the new model is kind of boss too.
This is the highest rated guide on steam for dota 2 - http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-sucPosted 01:49am 14/12/13