this blizzard allstar doesn't have the dota feeling anymore, its like they're just putting random shits into one game juz cuz they don't want to lose to valve
Blizzard DOTA changed to Blizzard All-Stars
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Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Company changes name to resolve trademark dispute with Valve; Blizzard allowed to keep using the DOTA name only for noncommercial use for the player community.
Blizzard DOTA is now Blizzard All-Stars, the name change stemming from Valve and Blizzard's recent dispute over rights to the DOTA name. As part of the resolution, Valve will keep using the DOTA 2 name for its in-development game, while Blizzard's continued use of DOTA will be limited to noncommercial use for the Warcraft III and Starcraft II communities.
Blizzard executive VP of game design Rob Pardo explained the change in a statement, saying, "Both Blizzard and Valve recognize that, at the end of the day, players just want to be able to play the games they're looking forward to, so we're happy to come to an agreement that helps both of us stay focused on that. As part of this agreement, we're going to be changing the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which ultimately better reflects the design of our game. We look forward to going into more detail on that at a later date."
For Valve's side of the story, co-founder Gabe Newell said, "We're pleased that we could come to an agreement with Blizzard without drawing things out in a way that would benefit no one. We both want to focus on the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our communities."
The dispute started in November, when Blizzard filed a notice of opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to Valve's promotion of DOTA 2. The DOTA name comes from a Warcraft III mod called Defense of the Ancients. In its opposition, Blizzard states that the DOTA name "for more than seven years has been used exclusively by Blizzard and its fan community, under license from Blizzard" and that Valve filed its trademark on the name "in order to confuse consumers as to Blizzard's sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Valve's products." In Valve's response, the company said that Blizzard cannot claim exclusive rights to the name and that its own rights to DOTA are senior to any claims made by Blizzard.
Both Valve and Blizzard have said they aren't planning to release further details about the agreement.
By
Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.
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Whatevs. It's just a name after all.
Anyone who's actually upset about this though probably shouldn't blame Valve. The one to blame is Icefrog for going behind everyone's back like that.
I say the community won back the name. Had Blizzard not challenged this, the DotA name would be gone from the community and ended up in Valve's pocket.
Blizzard made the right move here and I'm glad to see it.
If they'd have scooped up the DoTA name when they had it in their pond then this would be a non-issue, and Valve might not even be making DoTA2 now. They passed and because of that Valve deserves the name.
It's good to see they've made the right move. I'm a fan of both companies and it's good to see them playing nice with each other.
Why all the fuss for DotA when the real crux here would be AoS (or Aeon of Strife)?I prefer if Blizzard made an official Aeon of Strife map. that battle was epic.
Respectable move, Blizzard. Like another poster said, though, was All-Stars really all that they could come up with? Games that include that phrase in their titles are typically rather poor quality.
Cross over? Put all-stars in the title!
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Blizzard All-Stars
Yeah, can't wait for what's next. :)
So, Blizz and Valve both decided to give up the lawsuit when their lawyers all found out the the name DOTA actually belongs to the folks working at Riot Games. This way they both still have partial claims to the name, instead of it going to court and the judge ruling neither one could use the name.
1 Like blizz and valve should have played a match of dota 1 and who wins keep the name. and if they are not any good at this game they could hire the best players in the world to fight for them xD
1 Like I don't care much for Valve or Blizzard these days. They both take forever to bring out new games/sequels which aren't even worth the wait. If I had to comment though, Valve are douches for trademarking the DOTA name when it was something that spawned off of Warcraft 3. They know they are too, but they made a smart business move (which they had to, considering they barely make games anymore) so I guess we can't fault them for that.
@arkainjalex Are you retarded? Icefrog is Lead Designer behind Dota 2, and Dota 2 is a direct extension of Dota (same heroes, same items, same gameplay concept, only better in every way)
And barely making games anymore? LOL
fitting, neither game is based off the actual DOTA. both are based off the knock-off all-stars.
2 Like I don't care about these companies petty fights. As long as they're making good games, that's fine by me.
@Encephlon I find it pretty fitting, considering that the game is going to be a bunch of Blizzard heroes fighting DOTA style.
2 Like At least Valve was classy enough to realize that DOTA is a term that the community owns first and foremost. Good move by both companies to sidestep an unnecessary headache.
1 Like Seems like a pretty meaningless thing to escalate, and I guess both parties realized that. Good for them for not turning the dispute into some kind of ridiculous blood feud.
(Leave that to the fanboys.)
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