'DOTA 2' WILL BE FREE-TO-PLAY 'WITH A TWIST,' SAYS GABE NEWELL

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Speaking on a yet to be released podcast shared by the producers early with Polygon, Newell told Seven Day Cooldown that the PC and Mac-compatible real-time strategy game will use a free-to-play funding model, but one that hasn't been used in any other game before.
"It's going to be free-to-play -- it'll have some twists, but that's the easiest way for people to think about it," Newell said.



Valve has finally released the Official System Requirements for DOTA 2, and not surprisingly, they are pretty similar to Alien Swarm and Heroes of Newerth.


Dota 2 Minimum System Requirements:

* OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
* Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
* Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
* Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
* Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card


Dota 2 Recommended System Requirements:

* OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
* Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
* Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
* Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
* Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card



dota2talk.com Recommended System Requirements for Max Settings:

If you are planning to buy a new PC for playing DOTA 2, we'd suggest you get atleast the following for a constant 60+ fps experience at max settings and 1080p.

* OS: Windows® 7 64bit
* Processor: Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz
* Memory: 4GB DDR3
* Graphics: AMD Radeon HD6670 GDDR5