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Dota is a series of strategy video games.The series began in 2003 with the release of Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) custom map for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, The Frozen Throne.
[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]
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 ...
PCGamesN called Dota Auto Chess "the most successful third party Dota custom game ever". [25] Dota Auto Chess is often compared favorably with Valve's digital collectible card game, Artifact, with a number of publications stating that despite the two titles being released in close proximity, Dota Auto Chess has proven to be the more enduring ...
Warlock: Master of the Arcane is a 4X turn-based strategy game where players engage in world conquest against one another across a world map. The game is comparable to the Civilization series, particularly Civilization V where the game world is presented on a hexagon grid where all units, cities and pieces of environment are laid out on tiles.
In the Dota series of video games, Lich is one of the playable heroes. [28] In League of Legends, the champion Karthus embraced the gift of death and became a lich. [29] In the video game Enter the Gungeon, a lich is the final boss located in Bullet Hell. [30]
In 2012, Team Liquid acquired a North American Dota 2 team, marking their first venture into multi-genre management. [1] In January 2015, Team Liquid officially merged with Team Curse under the Liquid banner, bringing on Steve Arhancet, his supporting staff, and former Curse League of Legends , Street Fighter , and Super Smash Bros. teams.
Warlock (also stylized Beware the Ultimate Evil of Warlock) is a side-scrolling action video game based on the 1989 horror film series of the same title. It was released on May 26, 1995 through Acclaim Entertainment for the Genesis and Super NES platforms. [1] A version for the Atari Jaguar was planned by Trimark Interactive but never released. [2]