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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]
[11] [14] Other mapmakers produced Defense of the Ancients spinoffs that added new heroes, items, and features. Among the DotA variants created in the wake of Eul's map was DotA Allstars, originally created and developed by custom map makers Meian and Ragn0r, who took the most popular heroes and compiled them into one map. [11]
Herzog Zwei has been cited as an inspiration to the developers of Warcraft, StarCraft, Dune II, and Command & Conquer [1] [2] [3] and is also considered a precursor to the MOBA genre. [4] [5] 1998: Future Cop: LAPD: EA Redwood Shores: PlayStation, Windows, Mac OS: No: No: Future Cop: LAPD is well known for inspiring MOBA games like DotA and ...
Dota 2 (port), [12] The Lab (limited), Artifact, Dota Underlords, Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike 2, Deadlock: Proprietary: The first game using Source 2, Dota 2, was ported over from the original Source engine. One of The Lab's minigame Robot Repair uses Source 2 engine while rest of seven uses Unity's engine.
A tier list is a concept originating in video game culture where playable characters or other in-game elements are subjectively ranked by their respective viability as part of a list. Characters listed high on a tier list of a specific game are considered to be powerful characters compared to lower-scoring characters, and are therefore more ...
This is a list of esports players. ... Real name Country Team Game(s) Career ... Heroes of Newerth, Dota 2: 2012–present Cyanide:
With no clear successor, Warcraft III modders created a variety of maps based on DotA and featuring different heroes. In 2003, after the release of WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, a map creator named Meian [2] created a DotA variant closely modeled on Eul's map, but combining heroes from the many other versions of DotA that
By the end of 2011, Dota 2 was already one of the highest-paying esport games, second only to StarCraft II. [81] At E3 2013, South Korean company Nexon announced the investment of ₩2 billion (approximately US$ 1.7 million) into local leagues in the country, which coincided with their distribution partnership with Valve for the game. [82]