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Free to Play will be available for free on Steam March 19th, 2014!
The Free to Play Pack will also be available for purchase on Steam and the Dota 2 Store, and 25% of the sales will be distributed to the players featured in the film as well as the contributors. The Free to Play Pack will include the following:
Items will be available on March 19th, 2014 at the Dota 2 Store and Steam
FREE TO PLAY is a feature-length documentary that follows three professional gamers from around the world as they compete for a million dollar prize in the first Dota 2 International Tournament. In recent years, E Sports has surged in popularity to become one of the most widely-practiced forms of competitive sport today. A million dollar tournament changed the landscape of the gaming world and for those elite players at the top of their craft, nothing would ever be the same again. Produced by Valve, the film documents the challenges and sacrifices required of players to compete at the highest level.
Here’s a versatile write-up for depending on how you plan to use it (e.g., website About page, social media bio, pitch deck, or portfolio intro). Option 1: Concise & Punchy (Bio / Tagline + Blurb) Perfect for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, or Discord server pins. TechGrappleGames is where cutting-edge tech meets raw, competitive fun. We build games that challenge your reflexes, stretch your strategy, and break the mold of traditional arcade and puzzle battlers. Think high-speed grappling hooks, zero-gravity brawls, and systems-driven chaos—all wrapped in a sleek, low-latency package. No filler. Just smart, scrappy, replayable mayhem. Option 2: Standard Studio "About Us" Page Great for your website or Steam developer page. Welcome to TechGrappleGames We’re a small but fierce team of developers, designers, and competitive gamers united by one belief: the best games are a technical grapple between player and machine.
Option 3: Investor / Partner Deck Summary For funding pitches, collabs, or recruitment. TechGrappleGames – Elevator Pitch The opportunity: The multiplayer action genre is saturated with shooters and static fighters. Players crave physics-driven skill expression —games where movement is a weapon.
At TechGrappleGames, we don’t just add grappling hooks—we build entire physics ecosystems around them. Our focus is on tight, responsive mechanics, emergent gameplay, and moments that make you yell at your screen (in a good way).
TechGrappleGames creates asymmetric, grapple-centric competitive titles that blend platformer precision with brawler timing. Our proprietary momentum logic and server-rewind tech enable buttery-smooth online play even with complex tether mechanics.
Born in L’viv, Ukraine, Dendi began playing video games at a young age after his older brother received a PC from their grandmother. As he had with his other early interests in life, music and dancing, Dendi picked up games very quickly and was soon excelling far beyond his age bracket. The prodigious dexterity earned through long hours of piano study was soon put to use in local gaming tournaments where he earned a reputation as a dominant and creative competitor. Though he was successful at other games, he knew he found his calling when he stumbled upon Dota.
If you’ve followed the development of Singaporean Dota, then Benedict “HyHy” Lim is a name that is familiar to you. Born in Singapore on 1990, HyHy’s rise to prominence began when he and teammates represented Singapore in the 2007 Asian Cyber Games. The following year, he was victorious in the Electronic Sports World Cup. Since then his body of work has become a pillar in the Dota 2 community. Never one to shy away from controversy, HyHy speaks his mind, and has made a name for himself as one of professional gaming’s most driven and versatile players. techgrapplegames
Arguably among the most formidable Dota 2 players to ever come out of the Western Hemisphere, Clinton “Fear” Loomis, has never had an easy path in front of him. Ever the underdog, he’s used a balance of raw skill and hard-earned experience to overcome the isolation that US players often face when they compete at the highest level. Born 1988, his work ethic and dedication have taken him from Medford, Oregon to Europe, to China, and finally to the Dota 2 International, the tournament with the largest prize pool in the history of video games. Here’s a versatile write-up for depending on how
Here’s a versatile write-up for depending on how you plan to use it (e.g., website About page, social media bio, pitch deck, or portfolio intro). Option 1: Concise & Punchy (Bio / Tagline + Blurb) Perfect for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, or Discord server pins. TechGrappleGames is where cutting-edge tech meets raw, competitive fun. We build games that challenge your reflexes, stretch your strategy, and break the mold of traditional arcade and puzzle battlers. Think high-speed grappling hooks, zero-gravity brawls, and systems-driven chaos—all wrapped in a sleek, low-latency package. No filler. Just smart, scrappy, replayable mayhem. Option 2: Standard Studio "About Us" Page Great for your website or Steam developer page. Welcome to TechGrappleGames We’re a small but fierce team of developers, designers, and competitive gamers united by one belief: the best games are a technical grapple between player and machine.
Option 3: Investor / Partner Deck Summary For funding pitches, collabs, or recruitment. TechGrappleGames – Elevator Pitch The opportunity: The multiplayer action genre is saturated with shooters and static fighters. Players crave physics-driven skill expression —games where movement is a weapon.
At TechGrappleGames, we don’t just add grappling hooks—we build entire physics ecosystems around them. Our focus is on tight, responsive mechanics, emergent gameplay, and moments that make you yell at your screen (in a good way).
TechGrappleGames creates asymmetric, grapple-centric competitive titles that blend platformer precision with brawler timing. Our proprietary momentum logic and server-rewind tech enable buttery-smooth online play even with complex tether mechanics.