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Valve Announces Dota 2

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-and-improved-ways-for-people-to-call-you-terrible dept.

RulerOf writes "Just over a year after hiring IceFrog, the lead developer of the wildly popular DotA Allstars mod for Warcraft III, and the speculation surrounding Valve's recent trademark filing for the 'DotA' name, Valve has officially announced Dota 2. Gameplay of Dota 2 is being ported 'exactly' from the current DotA Allstars and includes every hero, but vast improvements are being made to the game including VoIP, a coaching system, in-game rewards, and AI that takes over for disconnected players. Lastly, it all runs on top of the Source engine. (GameInformer's website appears to be struggling right now though, as they had an exclusive on this story.)"

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  1. Re:Acronym courtesy missing... by Himring · · Score: 2, Funny

    This will best explain dota:

    http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/Mx_Paladin/Pictures/WWII.gif

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    "All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
  2. Re:better title by adam.dorsey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's something I realized yesterday: Duke Nukem Forever is coming out before HL2: Episode 3.

    Just think about that one for a little while.

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    You are still innocent until proven guilty. What's changed is what they do to innocent people. - notnAP, #26891325
  3. Re:What players want? I think not. by Kenoli · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've never... played Warhammer III

    I think they skipped 3 and went straight to 40000.

  4. Re:Acronym courtesy missing... by darthdavid · · Score: 2, Funny

    No wonder people always look at me funny when I talk about the cold war between u-saw and usser...