Tag Archives: Defense of the Ancients

Mon, May 14, 2012 | 03:52 BST

Valve and Blizzard settle dispute over use of DOTA

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Blizzard and Valve have announced a mutual agreement over the use of DOTA. Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, while Blizzard’s DOTA will be called Blizzard All-Stars.

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Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 20:56 GMT

DotA 2: “We’d be pretty hard-pressed to improve” on the core gameplay of DotA, says Valve

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Valve has said Defense of the Ancients 2 will maintain the core gameplay of DotA along with the “actual game rules” as the firm would be “hard-pressed” to improve upon the main mechanics.

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Wed, Oct 13, 2010 | 22:48 BST

Valve/IceFrog collaboration announced as DotA2

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Are you ready to defend some ancients?

Huh? What’s an ancient? Well, it’s something that needs defending. Clearly. And Valve plans to help with Defense of the Ancients 2.

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Wed, Aug 18, 2010 | 23:09 BST

Riot Games counter-files trademark for DotA against Valve

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League of Legends developer Riot Games has filed a trademark for Defense of the Ancients in a counter to the one filed by Valve, in order to keep the popular mod public.

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Wed, Aug 11, 2010 | 23:10 BST

DotA gets thicker legs as Valve registers trademark

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The possibility of Valve releasing Defense of the Ancients crossed a little further into fact today thanks to a trademark dug up by super-sleuth Superannuation.

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Sat, Aug 07, 2010 | 17:24 BST

Voice actor for Duke Nukem 3D lends chops to Defense of the Ancients

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Jon St. John, the fella who provided the voice for our beefy hero in Duke Nukem 3D, has tweeted his return from Valve studios in Seattle where he was apparently doing voice work for Defense of the Ancients.

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