Unreleased content is always a very interesting topic, no matter what game the conversation is about. Such content includes those heroes, objects, levels, and so on, which were planned, but were not included either in the game itself or in updates for it. Given how long the developers worked on “Dota 2”, you can understand that a rather impressive amount of content has accumulated that will never be presented to the public. Or is there a chance? Indeed, in some cases, unreleased content is later provided to users as a bonus or added to some anniversary publication. Therefore, it is worth familiarizing yourself with what new characters could have been in DotA 2, as well as what items were not added to the game.
Characters
Naturally, the most interesting is the new characters in Dota 2, which were supposed to appear in the next update, but then were “pushed” so far into the background that, in principle, there is no chance that they will be realized . Everyone knows that many characters from the game were deleted, replaced, reworked - there are still updates that correct the balance, strength and stats of the character, as well as his abilities. But there are those heroes who were developed, but never became playable. There are only two of them, because the rest somehow got to the final release. The first is Abyssal Anderlord. There is not so much information about him, but enough to add a certain impression about him. There are three concepts at once, between which the developers chose, there are also textures and skill icons prepared for the alpha version, and the story of this hero was generally written for the beta version. Alas, the result was disappointing - Anderlord remained on the shelves of Valve, not getting to the game. And practically nothing is known about the second hero - for Ark Varden there is only one single concept, and nothing else. As you can see, new characters in “DotA 2” appeared constantly and according to plan, only two settled on the shelves of the developer.
Items, couriers and wards
Naturally, not only new characters were preparing for release in new versions. DotA 2 has a large number of other aspects that you can work with. For example, in the equipment section, developers store a huge number of various items for all heroes, while all of them are at different stages of readiness. Some are already fully created and ready to be brought into the game. Others are postponed due to any technical or other problems. Still others are completely removed. For each of the available characters, an average of five items were not released somewhere, which in total gives a rather impressive amount of content. To this it is worth adding interesting couriers and useful wards, which, unfortunately, although they were announced, but also did not get into the final version. It's a pity. In Dota 2, players value things very highly, and the less often they are, the more you want to get them.
Text and audio content
In Dota 2, things are important, but there are other interesting points, such as, for example, audio accompaniment. There is also unreleased content, which for the most part consists of various phrases for the characters that were either completely removed due to the fact that they did not meet certain criteria, or are still under consideration, but have not yet been introduced into the game. There are also other items that are in question, such as, for example, advanced inventory. "Dota 2" is a game that is constantly evolving, so you can’t know in advance what will appear in the next update created for this multi-user project.
Other
Naturally, no one will improve only the inventory. Dota 2 is a project in which there are too many small but important components that also make sense to improve. And now there are quite a few interesting objects that can later appear in the game. For example, new types of creeps, the introduction of rewards for inviting friends to the game. However, those projects that have already been abandoned or removed predominate in this list. For example, several game modes that were previously considered were postponed back in 2012 - and so far there have been no updates for them, so it is unlikely that they will already appear in the game.
Ready to release
However, in the game "Dota 2" the best can still get into the game, so it’s worth considering those projects that have already been accepted and are waiting for their turn to enter the game. For example, during game loading, the camera will go to each of the players so that all participants can fully appreciate who they will have to fight in the same team. And, of course, against whom. Also, a rather interesting project is already ready to add a glow to objects that have benefited the community - the same functionality is already in the game Team Fortress 2, so its soon introduction into Dota is very likely.