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Valve Launches DotA 2 Blog



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#1 Posted 02 November 2010 - 04:16 AM

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Valve has launched their new site for Defense of the Ancients II and are kicking off the launch with a Q&A from fans. The welcoming post of the blog briefly details the upcoming game to those unfamiliar with the original DotA mod. For a more in-depth look at DotA II visit GameInformer for their take on the latest upcoming game from Valve.


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But first some of you might be thinking, “What is Dota 2?” Dota began as a user-made modification for Warcraft 3 and has grown into one of the most played online games in the world. Following in the tradition of Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Portal, and Alien Swarm, Dota 2 is the result of Valve hiring the community developers who built the mod and giving them the chance to finally build a full product out of their idea with the help of a professional team of developers and artists at Valve.

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#2 Posted 02 November 2010 - 09:00 AM

I'm intrigued that Valve has never actually said the words "defence of the ancients" It's always DOTA this, DotA that.

I don't know if it's some kind of legal issue of if Icefrog is so used to calling it dota he doesn't even notice anymore.
So much drama around a game I care so little about...
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#3 Posted 02 November 2010 - 12:28 PM

View PostBrumisator, on 02 November 2010 - 09:00 AM, said:

I'm intrigued that Valve has never actually said the words "defence of the ancients" It's always DOTA this, DotA that.

I don't know if it's some kind of legal issue of if Icefrog is so used to calling it dota he doesn't even notice anymore.
So much drama around a game I care so little about...

Nah they've got Defense of the Ancients 2 trademarked....might just be a marketing attempt to push it as acronyms - World of Warcraft is known as WoW more than not, so it might be just a long term plan to push DotA as an alternative, but similar brand to WoW in a subtle fashion.
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#4 Posted 02 November 2010 - 12:32 PM

No, they have "dota" trademarked.
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#5 Posted 02 November 2010 - 12:42 PM

View PostBrumisator, on 02 November 2010 - 12:32 PM, said:

No, they have "dota" trademarked.

Well yeah, it's the same difference. If Coca Cola brought out Coca Cola 2, then Coca Cola 2 would still be trademarked under the trademark already held for Coca Cola. Thus someone other than Coca Cola can't bring out a Coca Cola 2. The numbers a non-issue!
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#6 Posted 02 November 2010 - 05:34 PM

I remember there were rumors of a possible fight between Valve and Blizzard over Defense of the Ancients name...

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In October 2009, IceFrog was hired by Valve Corporation, leading a team in a project that he has described as "great news for DotA fans".[41] Valve filed the trademark for "DotA" in August 2010,[42] leading to Steve Mescon's DotA-Allstars company to file a counter application of trademark for the phrase "Defense of the Ancients", in order to gain ownership of the Warcraft III map and to prevent Valve from entitling a sequel.[43] Valve officially announced Dota 2 in October 2010.

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#7 Posted 02 November 2010 - 05:41 PM

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So much drama around a game I care so little about...

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