Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DoTA)
is a mod for the real-time strategy 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 objective of the scenario
is for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancients, 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 Throne. There have been many variations of the original concept; the
most popular being DotA Allstars,
which eventually was simplified toDotA
with the release of version 6.68. This
specific scenario has been maintained by several authors during development,
the latest of whom being the anonymous developer known as "IceFrog" developing the game since 2005.
Since its
original release, DotA has become a feature at several worldwide
tournaments, including Blizzard
Entertainment's BlizzCon and
the Asian World Cyber Games, as well as the Cyberathlete
Amateur and CyberEvolution leagues; in a 2008 article of video game industry
website Gamasutra, the article's author claimed that
"DotA is likely the most
popular and most-discussed free, non-supported game mod in the world". Valve Corporation is currently developing a sequel
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