Blizzard and Valve go to War Over DOTA Name

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Blizzard DOTA (PC)
Released: Dec 31st 2011
Published by: Blizzard Entertainment


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Fayceless on 10 February 2012

I always wondered what was up with Valve making a sequel to a Warcraft mod. I'm not really a fan of that tactic...nor Valve in general. I have Steam, but I'd rather not need it. (can't play Civ V without it) I do not like playing my games through a glorified advertising service.

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Vertigo-X on 10 February 2012

Yukki said:
Blizzard could've hired Icefrog a loooong time ago, maybe even Guinsoo.. They have done that in the past, but they did nothing with Dota.. They haven't done jack, but making Wc3 and a map editor..

It sounds like Blizzard has no intention of owning the DotA name but is trying to prevent Valve from doing so. If Valve owns it, that means Blizzard can't name their game Blizzard DotA.

I'm with Blizzard; Valve shouldn't have ownership of the name of a mod originating from a product of another company.

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Rath on 10 February 2012

Yukki said:
Of course, that's what Valve do! They see a great mod, hire the one who created/works on it and makes a sequel! Portal, Team fortress, Counter strike are some examples.. Besides, they are doing what the community actually wants... Blizzard could've hired Icefrog a loooong time ago, maybe even Guinsoo.. They have done that in the past, but they did nothing with Dota.. They haven't done jack, but making Wc3 and a map editor..

Essentially what they've done in this case is take a product they have no relationship to, taken one of a fairly large number of the developers that made it and then claimed that it is solely their property. I don't see how that works.