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Valve Trademarks 'DOTA'

Posted by Soulskill on from the vi-sitter-i-ventrilo dept.

An anonymous reader tips news that Valve Software has filed a trademark claim for the term "DOTA," fueling speculation that the company will soon reveal a new Defense of the Ancients game. Voice actor John St. John recently said he was recording for such a game in a post to Twitter. The tweet was subsequently deleted. Last year Valve hired 'Icefrog,' lead developer for the original DotA mod.

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  1. I'm still stuck with yesterday's story by Yuioup · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read "Valve Trademarks 'HOPA'"

    Y

  2. Vi-sitter-i-ventrilo-dept by Hinhule · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTJncWndUB8

    If anyone was wondering.

  3. Re:Ok but... by bcat24 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about Half Life? Is this franchise dead or something?

    I'm afraid the franchise has reached its half-life.

    So it's only mostly dead? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.

  4. Re:Business model by PrimalChrome · · Score: 3, Funny

    eh...how exactly are they profiting off of Alien Swarm? I suppose that with a $0.00 pricetag and the expense of bandwidth they make it up in quantity of sales?