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Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) and its expansion, The Frozen Throne (2003). The objective of the game is for each team to destroy their opponents' Ancient, a heavily guarded structure at the opposing corner of the map.
The original version, Defense of the Ancients, is a community-created Warcraft III custom map developed with the Warcraft III World Editor that was first released in 2003. [1] The franchise name, "Dota", is derived from the original map's acronym, DotA. [2] Dota 2, its standalone installment, was released as a free-to-play sequel in July 2013. [3]
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The Dota series began in 2003 with Defense of the Ancients (DotA)—a mod for Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos—created by the pseudonymous designer "Eul". [41] An expansion pack for Warcraft III , The Frozen Throne , was released later that year; a series of Defense of the Ancients clone mods for the new game competed for ...
[2] [3] Defense of the Ancients (DotA) was created in 2003 by the Warcraft III modding community for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, The Frozen Throne, with a map based on AoS. DotA was one of the first major titles of its genre and the first MOBA for which sponsored tournaments were held. [4]
Three of the same piece combine to form a 2-star piece, and three 2-star pieces combine to form a 3-star piece. Each piece also belongs to a class and at least one particular race. Assembling a sufficient number of pieces in a race or class grants a "synergy" which increases the power of either a certain group of pieces or a player's entire team.
(One Piece: Mezase Kaizoku Ou!) for the Bandai WonderSwan Color handheld game console. [1] More than five years after the video game series debuted in Japan, One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush was the first One Piece video game to be localized and released in North America, on September 7, 2005, for Nintendo GameCube. [2]
A community-created mod based on Warcraft III, Defense of the Ancients (DotA), served as significant inspiration for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre. [ 179 ] [ 180 ] Due to its Warcraft III origins, MOBA is a fusion of role-playing games, real-time strategy games, and action games, with RPG elements built in its core gameplay.