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Blizzard: Valve’s DOTA ‘Is Not The Right Thing To Do’

Blizzard: Valve’s DOTA ‘Is Not The Right Thing To Do’

Nick Hernandez 27 Oct

Just shortly after Valve announced a DOTA 2, Blizzard Entertainment EVP of game design Rob Pardo has expressed his disappointment at Valve’s decision to trademark and develop a Defense Of The Ancients clone called DOTA.

“To us, that means that you’re really taking it away from the Blizzard and Warcraft III community and that just doesn’t seem the right thing to do,” he told Eurogamer.

Defense of the Ancients is a widely popular mod for WarCraft III and it is usually short named as “DOTA” by its fans. In Defense of the Ancients, two teams of up to 5 players each try to use the heroes’ abilities, upgrades and enchantments tactically in order to defeat the other team’s heroes and help their army win.

During the recent Blizzcon fan convention in Anaheim, CA, Blizzard unveiled “Blizzard DOTA”, a new StarCraft II map inspired by the original WarCraft III DOTA.

Pardo noted that Valve is well known for supporting the mod community, and that’s why “It just seems a really strange move to us that Valve would go off and try to exclusively trademark the term considering it’s something that’s been freely available to us and everyone in the Warcraft III community up to this point. “

Valve’s DOTA’s development is being led by IceFrog, the custodian for the DotA Allstars variation of the WarCraft III mod. According to Valve, the only major difference between the new DOTA and the original one is in the graphics and the integration with Steam.

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based out of London, Ontario; and has been flexing his literary skills for about 2 years. Initially attracted to the space due to his kinship with the creative minds that tend to socialize through the gaming industry, and having played games all his life; it led to a natural willingness to learn more about both the people, and entities that drive innovation in the space. A self-confessed Conter Strike: Source aficionado he claims the aforementioned as his favourite game of all time, simply due to the sheer amount of hours he has spent in the game. An optimist by nature, Nick tends to see the best in everyone, even if they can’t in themselves.

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