Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for…
Defense of the Ancients is a moba, released 31 December 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Defense of the Ancients is
Defense of the Ancients was released in 2003. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft. The scenario objective is for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancient, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters. As in role-playing games, players level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the mission. The scenario was developed with the "World Editor" of Reign of Chaos, and was updated upon the release of its expansion, The Frozen…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action.
Where it sits in the Dota series
Defense of the Ancients is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Dota series. The next entry was Dota 2 in 2013.
What it launched against
Defense of the Ancients launched on 31 December 2003, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, Sonic Heroes, NFL Street and Zuma.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, Sonic Heroes, NFL Street, Zuma.
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