Gabe Newell Voice Pack For Dota 2 Announced, Watch The Silly Trailer Here

During the huge Dota 2 The International tournament today, Valve announced something unexpected: A Gabe Newell voice pack for the hugely popular free-to-play MOBA. That's right, the Valve founder's voice is coming to Dota 2. And in a very smart move on Valve's part, the company is offering the voice pack in Dota 2's Battle Pass for $10. A quarter of Battle Pass sales are contributed to the overall The International prize pool, which is already the biggest in the history of eSports.

We can only imagine the prize pool will increase significantly now that players can pay for the ability to hear Newell announce Dota 2 matches. Valve made the announcement today in a silly skit where Newell struggles to express any emotion or enthusiasm during the voice over process. The actual in-game voice lines are pretty great; they include things like, "Fundamentally, piracy is a service problem" and "As you can see, games are indeed art." Check out the video at the bottom of this post from DotaBoyz to hear the new Gabe Newell lines that are in the game now.

The International's Main Event began on Monday, August 20, and runs through the finals on Saturday, August 25. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on the event.

The current prize pool for The International 2018 is almost $25 million. The winning team will take home more than $10 million, while the team that places last--18th place--earns more than $60,000. You can learn more about the prize pool and the tournament here on its website.