{"id":60270,"date":"2013-11-15T01:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=60270"},"modified":"2013-11-15T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:04:25","slug":"dota-2-diretide-three-spirits-updates-roll-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/60270-dota-2-diretide-three-spirits-updates-roll-out","title":{"rendered":"Dota 2 Diretide, Three Spirits updates roll out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has rolled out a pretty big update for Dota 2, and most notably it brings back the Diretide game mode, which will be active from 14 &#8211; 28 November.<\/p>\n<p>Diretide is a special Halloween themed game mode, involving candy, Roshlings, bullying, and teamwork.Head on over to the <a title=\"Diretide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dota2.com\/diretide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diretide site to learn more about how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of a Diretide event during Halloween sent the Dota 2 community into an uproar, and the <a title=\"Not My Best Work!\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.dota2.com\/2013\/11\/not-my-best-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dota 2 team was forced to admit their mistake<\/a> and worked to implement the game mode for its 2013 outing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dota-2-Three-Spirits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60272\" alt=\"Dota 2 Three Spirits\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dota-2-Three-Spirits.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"474\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other major update is title &#8220;Three spirits&#8221; which includes a reskin of the classic Storm Spirit hero, and two new spirit-themed heroes, Earth Spirit and Ember spirit.<\/p>\n<p>There is a new coaching mechanism with a variety of coaching tools so experienced players can help their friends get into the Dota 2 action with less fuss.<\/p>\n<p>Item crafting and socketing has been introduced. Players can use recipes to transform items several items of the same rarity into a new item, or combine duplicate items into a single new item of higher rarity.<\/p>\n<p>Socketing allows players to add gems to their items which will add a variety of visual effects, animations, and other boastful elements.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;showcase&#8221; view has been added for players to closely inspect the fine details of their hero items and their heroes in action.<\/p>\n<p>Pro player item sets have been added, each unique to a particular Dota 2 pro, so you can show your support.<\/p>\n<p>On top of these major updates, there are a number of tweaks, fixes, and additions. Check them all out over on the <a title=\"Dota 2 Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dota2.com\/threespirits\" target=\"_blank\">Dota 2 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60264-south-park-mocks-next-gen-console-war.html\">South Park mocks next-gen console war<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60262-1080p-game-development-makes-you-a-better-gamer-sony.html\">1080p game development makes you a better gamer: Sony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60225-call-of-duty-ghosts-720p-on-ps4-resolutiongate-continues.html\">Call of Duty Ghosts 720p on PS4 \u2013 resolutiongate continues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60197-ubisoft-reports-r861-million-loss.html\">Ubisoft reports R861-million loss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The furious Dota 2 hordes will be appeased now that Diretide rolls out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":60271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2218,21,697],"class_list":["post-60270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-dota-2","tag-headline","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}