The mysterious, enigmatic Icefrog has some new stuff in the works for all you Dota fans looking forward to the second iteration of the game-changing RTS.  The Dota designer posted a set of update notes last night confirming the addition of three new heroes, namely Nyx Assassin, Keeper of the Light and Visage.  Actually, we should be saying “new old heroes”, because long-time players will certainly remember these three from the original Dota.  Several [...]

Some may ask themselves why I would sit down and write a post about this, well, the main reason is that it breaks my heart when I see people make their team fall over completely because of slight mechanical disadvantages. Obviously I do understand that some are new to the genre and don’t know everything yet, but there are cases where a little more focus on basic aspects of the game would help them do [...]

Most gamers may recognize the name DotA, or Defence of the Ancients, while many may have played it, many have not. Well DotA was a map for Warcraft 3 based on a Starcraft map named Aeon of Strife. I can’t really remember who created the first version of it, but once IceFrog took over the development, the map got known around the Warcraft 3 community and the interest in it grew. At this point the [...]