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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Blizzard All-Stars held up by new business model.

    We haven't heard much from Blizzard's own entry into the Dota clone arena, Blizzard All-Stars, since the developer settled/lost its trademark dispute with Valve, but fear not, "it's still actively being worked on." That's the word from StarCraft II production director Chris Sigaty, who says it's held up while Blizzard works on bits for its business model. While Blizzard still won't formally confirm it'll be free-to-play, it's looking awfully likely.
    Jan 22, 2013 11:30am PST
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Blizzard All-Stars held up by new business model.

    We haven't heard much from Blizzard's own entry into the Dota clone arena, Blizzard All-Stars, since the developer settled/lost its trademark dispute with Valve, but fear not, "it's still actively being worked on." That's the word from StarCraft II production director Chris Sigaty, who says it's held up while Blizzard works on bits for its business model. While Blizzard still won't formally confirm it'll be free-to-play, it's looking awfully likely. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      how much room is there in the MOBA market place anyway? : RogerDandyThis person is cool!
      • This would be filling the scifi niche but I do wonder as well what the breaking point is. These games ne... : HornThis person is cool!
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        Seems like it's just LoL, with DotA2 picking up the more hardcore scene. HoN is there and has events, ... : walker270This person is cool!
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          I was going to disagree, but then I looked up the numbers. DotA 2 has about 200k players daily, in its cu... : Psigun
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            DOTA2 is averaging around 220k peak concurrent users. I'm not sure what the daily total is though. : rob_o_cop
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              They said 3 million on the blog, I think. Certainly well short of what LoL pulls in, but that shouldn't b... : Junktown
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                yeah, per month total. i stated per day peak concurrent users. completely different things : Psigun
                • i guess the 12 million for LoL is for total daily, so the concurrent total would be quite a bit lower : Psigun
          • China is still missing from the Dota 2 pool. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          The Dota 2 beta is picking up more and more new players as the days go by. And these numbers will burst o : Godhatesfatpeople
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            and by beautiful flower more like a carnivorous plant like a lotus flytrap : novenThis person is cool!
            • :3 : Godhatesfatpeople
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        I'm waiting for something more approachable for new / casual players than LoL or DoTA2. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
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          LoL is pretty much as low of an entry-point as you're ever going to get unless PopCap makes a MOBA : Psigun
          • Awesomenauts, while not Popcap, I think is about as close as it gets. Granted, I suppose EA does own them... : RaptorII
        • I'd recommend Guardians of Middle Earth. It does away with the complex in-battle upgrade purchasing, the... : atomx_xmota
        • The genre itself is unapproachable from a casual level. I don't see how it can be done. If anyone says th... : Sgt_BoomstickThis person is cool!
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        In all honesty, if someone out there can make a moba game that can effectively play on a new map and make... : asianwaste
        • But this would be like trying to somehow get football rules to work on a baseball diamond. impossible? ... : asianwaste
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      I guess this is going to be a bit more than a tech demo for the new Battle.net marketplace or whatever th... : Junktown
      • I wouldn't doubt it, given what we saw from Diablo III's RMAH. Not to mention the SC2 F2P rumors from a w... : TheEmissary
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      Just want to point out that we can call this game BALLS for short. : crummynzThis person is cool!
      • Hah! : DragonSire
      • BIZALLS : rodneystubbs
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      I wondered where Jay Wilson would end up. : massdev
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        He's working on Warcraft 4. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • That's a pretty scary thought, but I'm pretty sure the StarCraft team has dibs on WC4. : capt trippsThis person is cool!
    • wasn't this supposed to be a blizzard authored sc2 custom map? did that ever even come out? and now it's ... : DrFlammableThis person is cool!
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      "Business model"? Interest just dropped from mild to zero. There's no way this is going to come in and be... : dfay
      • It'll get a million players just because it says Blizzard in front of it. : Junktown
      • this is a shit-tonne more work than the other custom game types, and all the other clones have a business... : kiddygrinderThis person is cool!
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      Blizzards case Terminated? http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91202572&pty=OPP as of 5/24/12 looks li... : Jiven
      • Oh gotcha, read to fast over your "settled/lost" part. HERP : Jiven
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      After d3 the only "business model" I see them coming up with is one that completely fucks everyone as har... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Upon purchase and/or preorder of the game, Jay Wilson personally comes to your house and shits on your do... : sneakyalmond
        • well he did just move off of d3, so I imagine he probably came over to the dota side to give some great b... : .ka`boom.zZz.