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Valve and Icefrog Game Announcement Coming Tomorrow

by Brian Leahy, Oct 12, 2010 5:45pm PDT

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Defense of the Anicents (DOTA) developer Icefrog dropped a note on his PlayDota blog that his game with Valve will be revealed tomorrow through Game Informer.

Andy McNamara, editor-in-chief of Game Informer, also tweeted that the outlet would be publishing a "really kick ass" story tomorrow.

Riot Games butted heads with Valve recently over a filed trademark for "DOTA", leading to speculation that Valve would be releasing its own version of the popular Warcraft III map. Riot's own League of Legends is based around the formula established by Defense of the Ancients.

[Thanks for the tip, Eridas]

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SOMETHING ABOUT HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 OR GET THE FUCK OUT!!

Oct 12, 2010 6:09pm PDT

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SOMETHING ABOUT HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 OR GET THE FUCK OUT!! : brokenjpg
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- ^^ This. Any other Valve news might as well be garbage to me because I only care about HL2:Ep 3 at this p... : jtthe2nd

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Honestly, I never did get the whole Valve DotA thing. I mean besides the fact that it's been out there for ages, and now we got LoL and HoN and even Demigod, it's hard to see what more Valve could bring into the table.

Anybody who's ever wanted to play this type of an half-breed RTS, already has done so by 1kh. Unless Valve somehow rewrites the formula or builds the game around some of their existing franchise, I really can't see how rehashed DotA could arouse any more interest on this type of a game, or make the players of forementioned games jump over.

As much as I love Valve, it really feels like they're just trying to milk an indie PC fad with this one.

Oct 13, 2010 2:05am PDT

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Finally. HoN got stale months ago, what with the lack of new dota ports, or heroes in general for that matter.

Oct 12, 2010 6:46pm PDT

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  You mean like the new heroe coming this week and the reworks we got 1.5 weeks ago? : Dantarios
  - The rework made Kraken even more boring, he's Tempest-lite now. And I actually hadn't heard about the ne... : DanaCrysalis

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As long as nobody from Turtle Rock goes anywhere near any more Valve projects it should be good, whatever it is.

Oct 13, 2010 10:08am PDT

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God I'd love to work on this game. DOTA influence + Valve development time and support = win. League of Legends and HoN have so many systematic flaws that are fixable. There really is a giant hit game out there in this pseudo RTS genre.

Oct 13, 2010 9:29am PDT

God I'd love to work on this game. DOTA influence + Valve development time and support = win. League of L... : gnoleb

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Maybe it's the new game mode for TF2 they mentioned. Maybe that's why they trademarked "dota" instead of "Defense of the Ancients", so they could name maps dota_2fort, dota_well, etc.

Maybe I'm an idiot?

Oct 12, 2010 8:21pm PDT

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I await with bated breath.

Oct 13, 2010 7:16am PDT

I await with bated breath. : gydot

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Valve will announce pulling off all resources working on Episode 3 to work on an awesome Source port of Gunman Chronicles. An immediate surge of nerd rage kills the interweb.

Oct 12, 2010 6:26pm PDT

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  - People would be that stupid about it, yes. : dookiebot

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Shit just got real.

Oct 13, 2010 2:13am PDT

Shit just got real. : slackshoe

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that was sudden.

Oct 12, 2010 5:57pm PDT

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It's not in the new issue of Game Informer magazine. I received and read it already.

Oct 13, 2010 1:04am PDT

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It's not in the new issue of Game Informer magazine. I received and read it already. : Rooster Cockburn
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- Web only apparently. : Rooster Cockburn

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The Episode 3 is a lie.

Oct 12, 2010 10:43pm PDT

The Episode 3 is a lie. : matrices

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Counter-Strike of the Ancients.

Oct 12, 2010 5:50pm PDT

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Oct 12, 2010 7:35pm PDT

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles

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NOW WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS

Oct 12, 2010 7:10pm PDT

NOW WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS : loganscar

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So here is valve's annoucement numero deux for the year. I think the last one is going to be the best of all 3.

Oct 12, 2010 5:55pm PDT

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    - Nvm better yet portal 2 was not one of the three, so this might be the first surprise, if the tf2 store w... : huntmasters

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oh shi :O

Oct 12, 2010 6:32pm PDT

oh shi :O : Godhatesfatpeople

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Bring it on.

Oct 12, 2010 5:49pm PDT

Bring it on. : Johnnsen