You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
Every Friday
GamesRadar+
Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.
Every Thursday
GTA 6 O'clock
Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.
Every Friday
Knowledge
From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.
Every Thursday
The Setup
Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.
Every Wednesday
Switch 2 Spotlight
Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.
Every Saturday
The Watchlist
Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.
Once a month
SFX
Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!
We're not entirely convinced that Blizzard understands the success of Defense of the Ancients. Sure, the trailer for their take on the popular mod is funny, and the screenshots below look properly zany, but it doesn't highlight the things people really care about in a DOTA-style map.
The quick glances we got at the character selects shows, what, 12 heroes? League of Legends is quickly barreling towards 100, Dota 2 looks like it's going to have a few dozen, and the original Dota has more than we can count. One of the reasons Demigod never really caught on (besides some horrid launch issues) was because it decided to focus on quality over quantity when it came to the champions. That's not how this works. We want a crazy number of characters to choose from. We want to play ten matches without seeing the same few people in every one. We want more, and it really looks like Blizzard is going to give us less. Even if it ends up being a blast to play, they're not going to defeat Valve and Riot with a handful of silly characters, so we're really hoping this is just a small part of what Blizzard's DOTA has to offer.
What's even weirder about this is that it looks like Blizzard trademarked "Coming Soonish" like their unreliability is something to be proud of. That would be like Microsoft getting a copyright on "Red ring of death" or Sony nabbing "PSN hacking" to use in their trailers. This trailer just misses in every way, which drives us crazy considering how excited we want to be for this.
...ah, who are we kidding, we're going to play the crap out of this. Nova versus Thrall? Yes, please.
