North American Dota 2 returns from the grave to claim free Arcanas
Dota 2 has been bleeding active players in the last five years. As Valve don’t advertise the game apart from its Netflix show, Dragon’s Blood, and The International, Dota 2 struggles to draw in new players.
While the active player count may have been on the decline, most veterans are often a click away from reinstalling the game, and Valve recently made reservations for everyone’s weekend with the Swag Bag. Giving away a free battle pass and an Arcana turned out to be the perfect incentive for players to come back to Dota 2 and help the game break over 900,000 concurrent players for the first time since 2019.