Valve Announces Dota 2

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.)"

Re:Acronym courtesy missing...

[Himring]

This will best explain dota:

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

Re:better title

[adam.dorsey]

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.

Re:What players want? I think not.

[Kenoli]

I've never... played Warhammer III

I think they skipped 3 and went straight to 40000.

Re:Acronym courtesy missing...

[darthdavid]

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