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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.)"

3 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. Who cares. Where's Half-Life 2 Episode 3? by Zarhan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    n/t.

  2. Re:Acronym courtesy missing... by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who says I come here for the articles?

    I don't even read the stubs anymore. I only read this one because I didn't know what "Dota" was. I come here because Ars doesn't have the breadth of articles I'm interested in, and El Reg is essentially the Daily Mail of IT news. The comments here are often informative or insightful.

    In short, I only comment on the editors when I'm forced to read the dross they pump out. It's not often, but it seems every time I read it I'm disappointed.

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