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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. Re:dota by omgarthas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I get your point, but the clerk and the store didn't hand me a copy of Warcraft 3 for free

  2. Business model by Issarlk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1 - choose a popular mod to an existing game.
    2 - hire the devs
    3 - release standalone Steam version
    4 - PROFIT!

    1. Re:Business model by wynterwynd · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Except technically speaking, Portal was not a mod. It was based off of a proof-of-concept puzzle game called Narbacular Drop.

      Other than that, yep.

      I can't see it as anything but good for gaming. Gamers know what gamers want and so far the groundswell approach they use has produced some truly great games.

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    2. Re:Business model by Shanrak · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Every additional download of steam (which is required for alien swarm) means an additional exposure to some of their weekend and special sales. Its an excellent way of getting your advertising out, and at the same time it inflates steam user count so it shows publishers how big of a customer base they are losing if they choose to not publish on steam.

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