Valve Announces DotA 2

By Robert Hill-Williams October 13th, 2010

News

The sequel to the incredibly popular Dota-Allstars has been announced by Valve today and will hit shelves sometime in 2011. The new game is being headed up by Valve and the person currently responsible for maintaining and updating Dota-Allstars goes by the moniker IceFrog. IceFrog has apparently been working on Defense of the Ancients 2 since being hired by Valve in 2009.

Game Informer.com has a lot more info after the jump. Enjoy!

Valve’s New Game Announced, Detailed: Dota 2

(images via gameinformer.com)

Robert Hill-Williams

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The only things Rob has been doing longer than gaming are breathing, sleeping, eating, and reading. RPGs were what made him view games as an experience instead of a distraction, but these days he likes and plays every genre gaming has to offer. Outside of his usual reviews and articles on MTB, you can find Rob on the weekly Mashcast and frequenting Twitter.

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