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Valve & IceFrog - Game Announcement Tomorrow [DOTA 2 Announced]

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  • 13-10-2010 12:49pm
    #1
    Sierra Oscar
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    Well, some news at last from IceFrog about is latest project with Valve will be revealed tomorrow . . .

    Any speculations?
    Defense of the Anicents (DOTA) developer Icefrog dropped a note on his PlayDota blog that his game with Valve will be revealed tomorrow through Game Informer.

    Andy McNamara, editor-in-chief of Game Informer, also tweeted that the outlet would be publishing a "really kick ass" story tomorrow.


    Riot Games butted heads with Valve recently over a filed trademark for "DOTA", leading to speculation that Valve would be releasing its own version of the popular Warcraft III map. Riot's own League of Legends is based around the formula established by Defense of the Ancients.

    Valve and Icefrog Game Announcement Coming Tomorrow


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    Genghiz Cohen
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    DotA:Source


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    Menengroth™
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    If it's just another game like DotA/HoN/LoL, I don't see the point.


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    humanji
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    Yeah, I can't imagine it being anything exciting at all. Hope I'm wrong though. I always like a nice surprise.


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    cherryghost
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    Half Life 2: Episode 3



    looooooooooool


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    marco_polo
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    Oh Valve, always announcing a forthcoming announcement. :)


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    Bob_Harris
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    They are still releasing games using the Source engine?

    Jesus, get with the times.


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    marco_polo
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    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    They are still releasing games using the Source engine?

    Jesus, get with the times.

    Yep, Portal 2 is next up and despite 'not being with the times' I am sure it will shift copies by the bucketload.


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    Overheal
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    humanji wrote: »
    Yeah, I can't imagine it being anything exciting at all. Hope I'm wrong though. I always like a nice surprise.
    DONT SAY SURPRISE

    Damnit

    That makes 2 of 3 Surprises promised in the next year.

    You realise that now dont you.


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    marco_polo
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    Overheal wrote: »
    DONT SAY SURPRISE

    Damnit

    That makes 2 of 3 Surprises promised in the next year.

    You realise that now dont you.

    Have Valve used up one already?


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    Sierra Oscar
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    Tis' DOTA2.
    VALVE ANNOUNCES DOTA 2

    Leading Independent Studio Reveals "IceFrog's" New Project

    October 13, 2010 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Dota 2, a massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world.

    Coming to the PC & Mac in 2011, Dota 2 promises to take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made Dota popular with tens of millions of gamers and expand upon it in every way.

    First details on Dota 2 are available now via an exclusive on Gameinformer.com.

    For more information on Valve and its games, please visit www.steamgames.com

    Valve are also doing something funky with SteamWorks it seems, basically allowing the rewarding of players in-game based on their constructive participations on community forums.


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    Fnz
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    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    They are still releasing games using the Source engine?

    Jesus, get with the times.

    Iirc, Valve have implied that there is no reason the source engine can't be iterated on indefinitely. Scrapping everything and building a new engine, from the ground up, would be akin to re-inventing the wheel.


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    Overheal
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    Fnz wrote: »
    Iirc, Valve have implied that there is no reason the source engine can't be iterated on indefinitely. Scrapping everything and building a new engine, from the ground up, would be akin to re-inventing the wheel.
    Blizzard just installed some Dx11 Rendering into World of Warcraft last night, so I guess anything is possible.
    marco_polo wrote: »
    Have Valve used up one already?

    http://www.teamfortress.com/mannconomy/

    http://store.steampowered.com/steamaccount/addfunds/

    http://blogs.amd.com/play/2010/09/14/video-driver-updates-made-easy-amd-and-valve-team-up-to-provide-ati-catalyst-updates-on-steam/

    I'd reckon..


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    Sierra Oscar
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    The Truth About IceFrog: Behind the Bull****

    Oh boy . . . someone aint happy.


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Can not wait for this, yessss


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    Fnz
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    The Truth About IceFrog: Behind the Bull****

    Oh boy . . . someone aint happy.

    Reading that post now.

    The site, mylife.com, that the blogger uses as "evidence" against Abdul (IceFrog) has a bad reputation according to WOT (Web of Trust): http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/mylife.com

    Edit: Pfft, waste of time. Sierra summed it up nicely - someone isn't happy.


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    Overheal
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    Someone hates Arabs, lol.


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