Video game developer Valve has announced that The International Dota 2 Championships 2012 will take place during the PAX Prime event in Seattle, allowing the best players in the world to go up against each other and fans of the game to come watch some spectacular matches.
PAX Prime will take place between August 31 ... |
14 May 2012 04:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve and Blizzard have announced that they have reached a mutual agreement over the future use of the DOTA name, designed to limit the potential for conflict between the two companies. Valve will still use the DOTA name on a commercial basis for its own games, while Blizzard will rename its tit... |
12 May 2012 03:16 GMT |
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Video game developer Riot Games has announced that it will be donating to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in order to honor one of its players, Joe, who is afflicted by a rare form of cancer.
Until May 18, 2012 Riot Games has pledged to donate 100 percent of the sales price of Joe, who is the favorite champion of the pla... |
8 May 2012 03:54 GMT |
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Players who are interested in the Warhammer fantasy setting and already have an account for the MMO Age of Reckoning that Mythic Entertainment created will be able to get a bonus of 50 percent for both the experience and the bonus earned in the new Wrath of Heroes.
In order to be eligible for the serious increase in... |
20 April 2012 12:01 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard, best known for the Warcraft and Diablo franchises, has launched a case against rival developer Valve, seeking to deny the use of the DOTA name for its upcoming MOBA titles.
The action was lodged at the Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where Valve... |
11 February 2012 02:45 GMT |
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What we know:
Blizzard is finally set to enter the MOBA (Multiplayer Battle Arena) genre with its own game called, what else, Blizzard Dota.
Seeing as how the whole genre originated as a fan-made mod for the studio’s own Warcraft III strategy game, Blizzard wants to make sure that its own effort will deliver ... |
10 February 2012 19:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Riot Games has announced that it plans to launch a Russian version of its Multiplayer Online Battle Arena title League of Legends in the near future, complete with dedicated servers and a new localized website that will help players get quickly up to speed with the game mechanics.Brandon Beck, wh... |
12 January 2012 13:01 GMT |
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What we know:Valve knows that Defense of the Ancients can be serious business and really wants to enter the market, enough to poach one of the man most associated with the original Warcraft III mod, IceFrog, and give him the resources needed to re-create the experience with better graphics and updated mechanics.The g... |
9 January 2012 18:41 GMT |
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Developer Riot Games has announced that League of Legends, its free-to-play strategy game built around the DOTA mode, now has more than 32.5 million registered players, with 11.5 million of them playing at least one game each month.The numbers more than doubled since Riot Games reported the same statistics during Jul... |
21 November 2011 08:11 GMT |
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The developers of the DOTA 2 game at Valve have announced that players can complete a survey through Steam in order to get access to the beta of the MOBA title.The team is also allowing all those who have received access to send two invites to those who they believe are interested in the game and can help with testin... |
2 November 2011 10:22 GMT |
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Speaking to Joystiq, Samwise Didier, who is the senior art director working on the Blizzard DOTA project, has said, “This is our Blizzard fighter. We can’t make a Street Fighter style game right now, so this is our Blizzard fighter. The Blizzard All-stars, is what I like to call it.”Indicating that ... |
27 October 2011 04:27 GMT |
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