<p>Valve has announced that there are over three million unique monthly players tracked as users of <em>DotA 2</em>.</p>
<p>The stand-alone sequel to the <em>Defense of the Ancients</em> mod for <em>Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos</em>, <em>Do</em><em>tA 2</em> is an online multiplayer battle arena game which is actually still in beta form, although this hasn&#8217;t stopped its huge growth in popularity, with over 100 million matches having already been played.</p>
<p>Valve stated, &#8220;With over 3 million unique players every month, the Dota 2 community is blossoming into a beautiful flower.&#8221;</p>
<p>Steam recently reached its own milestone when it logged over six million concurrent users, and the success of <em>DotA 2</em> has been accredited as having played an important role in this achievement.</p>
<p>Valve released its most recent update for <em>DotA 2</em> several days ago, and a full list of what was included in the update can be found <a href="http://www.dota2.com/news/updates/9765/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><em>DotA 2</em> is to be released on Steam, although Valve has yet to announce an official release date.</p>
<p>[Via: <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/387366/dota-2-passes-3-million-unique-monthly-users/" target="_blank">CVG</a>]</p>
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