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Umbrella Games LLC [1] (stylized as umbrella) is an American independent video game developer and publisher founded in March 2015, which commonly develops mobile iOS and Android games. As of August 2016, they currently have a total of 16 games either developed or published.
[7] [8] While drawing inspiration from Mahjong, Dota Auto Chess made changes to accommodate the battle-oriented gameplay. [9] The game also drew inspiration from a popular mod for WarCraft III called Pokemon Defense. [10] Dota Auto Chess was released by Drodo Studio to the Steam Marketplace on January 4, 2019. [11]
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] The first spin-off, a digital collectible card game called Artifact, was released in November 2018. [4]
Source 2 is a video game engine developed by Valve.The engine was announced in 2015 as the successor to the original Source engine, with the first game to use it, Dota 2, being ported from Source that same year.
DotA allows up to ten players in a five-versus-five format. [3] [4] DotA offers a variety of game modes, selected by the game host at the beginning of the match. The game modes dictate the difficulty of the scenario, as well as whether players can choose their hero or are assigned one randomly.
Aurora Gaming was founded in 2022 in Serbia. [2] Their main sponsor/partner is 1xBet. [3] In November 2023, their CS2 roster appeared in an ad campaign with Russian adult film actress Eva Elfie; the ad received criticism, with some fans calling it "misogynistic".
The International 2014 (TI4) was the fourth edition of The International, an annual esports Dota 2 championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena in Seattle.Hosted by Valve, the tournament began on July 8 with the Playoffs phase and closed on July 21 with the Grand Final.
The game is based on a popular Dota 2 community-created game mode called Dota Auto Chess, which was released in January 2019. Dota Underlords first released in early access in June 2019 before officially releasing on February 25, 2020, for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows. The game is free to play and features cross-platform play.