Anyone remember DOTA?

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Still in closed beta stage, Heroes of Newerth is a standalone, third-party made game designed to replicate DOTA. It boasts upgraded graphics, an engine rebuilt from the ground up, and a whole range of new features to improve matchmaking and play.

Heroes of Newerth


For those who didn't play, DOTA or Defence of the Ancients was a custom, user-created map for Warcraft 3, in which the player only controls a single hero. The map pits two teams of heroes against one another.

It was, and still is, the single most played custom map on Warcraft 3. In fact, it's popularity was so great that Basshunter actually wrote a song about it, though the lyrics were changed when the song was rewritten for english audiences.



I gotta say, DOTA was never one of my favourite maps, in fact I still play battlenet regularly, and DOTA can't compare to maps like Metastasis (Look it up on The Hive Workshop - The Warcraft 3 Modding Site). However it's great to see user-created content in a game turned into an actual standalone product, and it looks like a lot of improvements have been made.

At the moment, I've only seen screenshots and clips, but I've got a friend with one invite left in the closed beta, so once I convince him to part with it, I'll let you know.