The developers of the best-selling franchises like Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress, and also leading technologies like the Steam Platform, and the Source Engine, Valve, announced a sequel to one of the most played mods worldwide, Dota 2.

Dota 2 will be released for Windows-Based PCs, and MACs in 2011 as a totally new, retail game. It will feature a unique combination of online real-time strategy and role-playing action that has made the mod popular in the first place, with tens of millions of gamers worldwide, expanding each and every day.

The project of the leading independent studio “IceFrog” will be a smash for DotA players around the world.

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