Showing posts with label Online Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Online Games. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Dota 2

What is DotA?
DotA is a Warcraft custom map that inspired Heroes of Newerth and all the other games in DotA genre.

What is Dota 2?
Dota 2 is Valve Corporation's remake to Icefrog's Defense of the Ancients (DotA).

Dota 2 will have Warcraft III DotA's content and Heroes of Newerth's nifty features combined into one stand-alone DotA game.

Dota 2
Genre: Dota genre
Developer: Valve Corporation
Lead developer: Icefrog
Official Dota 2 Website: http://www.dota2.com

Beta keys? Anyone?

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

League of Legends

If you've read about the Atchucan article about Heroes of Newerth, then this feature about another DotA based game might interest you.

League of Legends is a game developed by Riot Games.
In LOL (acronym for League of Legends), a player takes on the role of a Summoner which is a persistent element to the game. The Summoner can summon heroes called "Champions" to fight for them in battle arenas where the aspects taken from the original Warcraft 3 mod called DotA All-Stars are played out.

The best news about it? League of Legends will be a free to play online game.
That means you don't have to spend a single dime to have an advantage over other gamers.
Just download the game for free and you're good to go.
*The game developers are encouraging League of Legends (LOL) torrents.

Official League of Legends website: http://leagueoflegends.com

FYI:
League of Legends belongs to the DotA genre - an emerging gaming genre applying to all games heavily inspired by DotA AllStars.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Heroes of Newerth

If you've played the Warcraft 3 custom called DotA All-Stars then this news might be something you'll be interested in.

Heroes of Newerth is a game created by S2 games that literally takes DotA All-Stars body and soul from the Warcraft 3 engine to it's own engine not restricted by Blizzard Entertainment.

Icefrog commented on the issue of a game copying DotA with this statement:
They contacted me a few years ago to ask if I had any objections to them doing a game heavily based on DotA, which I didn't. I don't really mind all these new games (6 total now I think), competition is a good thing in the long run. I will still work hard to develop and improve DotA on WC3 for everyone that is still interested in it.
As you can see in the screenshot below, HoN is DotA All-Stars 2.0.

Looks familiar?

Official Heroes of Newerth website: http://www.heroesofnewerth.com

Beta keys? Anyone?

Monday, September 15, 2008

Metal Slug Zero - from Arcade to Online

In 1996, a shoot 'em up many of you might have played one time or another in an arcade center was released. That run and gun game was called Metal Slug. The Metal Slug series was so successful and enjoyable that it became the standard for it's genre.
It's been over a decade since Marco and Tarmac (the guys brandishing those guns in the game) first appeared to shoot down all those hordes with their own versions of weapons of mass destruction.

Fast forward...
The arcade game we all loved is now going ONLINE.
Yup, you heard it first right here.
Dubbed as Metal Slug Zero, this comic shooting action will now be brandished in full 3d.
It will introduce online concepts like card systems, parties and guilds.
What's more, it would be able to have two players play together in one computer!


As we wait for the South Koreans to finalize their work, why don't you guys visit the Korean Metal Slug Zero website at:
http://www.metalslug.co.kr

Or you can stop figuring out those Korean characters by going to the English site:
http://www.metalslugzero.com

"Heavy Machine Gun!"

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

NBA Street Online conquers Asia

Move over FreeStyle Online, EA's NBA Street is going online.
Currently going under heavy beta testing in South Korea, the first NBA based MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) is dated to be released anywhere between late 2008 to early 2009.

Those familiar with the hit korean basketball game, FreeStyle Street Basketball, would surely be anticipating this game since it shares more or less the same concepts.

3 on 3 games - check
customizable avatars - check
impossible to do in real life tricks - check



Another bonus?
NBA Street Online will have controller support so that those people used to their consoles would feel comfortable.

And guess what?

Projected minimum requirements:
Pentium 3 processor
512 megabytes memory
128 MB video card.