Update:

Kaci Aitchison, Valve's field reporter for TI5, hinted at a big reveal during the TI5 All-Star Match.

"If you thought Techies was a big surprise last year," she said, "you will not believe the surprise we have for you tonight."Valve revealed that Dota 2 would get a 24-player multiplayer mode , although Reddit rumors suggest that a new Hero was supposed to be revealed.

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Pit Lord and Arc Warden, the last two major Heroes from the original DotA will make their way into Dota 2 by 2016's The International 6 event. "We don’t have a timeline," Erik Johnson told IGN, "but I would expect both to be out by TI6."When explaining the near future of Dota 2, Johnson emphasized getting Dota 2 out of its Source 2 beta, but also suggested that Pit Lord may come first.When asked how production had progressed on Valve's first original Dota 2 Heroes , Johnson said there was "nothing specific to discuss." Since The International 4, Valve released three Heroes -- Winter Wyvern Oracle , and Techies For everything that went down at The International 5 check out our recaps . and as always, for more on Dota 2, stay tuned to IGN.

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