Blizzard is re-started with their own version of Defense of the Ancients. That was necessary for the game to be accessible, enables senior game designer Jonny Ebbert. The mod comes at the same time, using StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
During BlizzCon 2010, Blizzard announced that the four mods in development for their own StarCraft II. The best-known of them is Dota, its own version of Defense of the Ancients, a well known mod for Warcraft III. The release of Dota a long time to wait. During GamesCom 2011, Blizzard know Dota at the same time, will appear with Heart of the Swarm, the expansion for StarCraft II that is on the market in 2012 will come.
Opposite Eurogamer explained to Jonny Ebbert, senior game designer on StarCraft II, why the mod until 2012, to appear. The developer has been completely re-started with the development of the mod. That was necessary for the mod to be accessible for newcomers to make, said Ebbert. Frank Pearce, co-founder of Blizzard, explained; “One of the philosophies that we at Blizzard have is that our games are easy to learn, but difficult to fully to get to grips with. There was the mod not to. A concept that did not fully meet the philosophy requirements and that adapt to a philosophy that is important for us, is a challenge.” According to Ebbert has Dota “a very accessible, easy to approach fun game deep within himself, waiting to get to the top to be removed. We try to find the rough around the edges way to save the game user-friendly.”
In addition Blizzard also works Valve on a game based on the Warcraft III mod. This Dota 2 made its public debut at Gamescom, with a tournament where sixteen teams participate, were allowed to take. The public and press could the game from Valve will not play on the stock market.
