Official Site:Â DotAÂ (Wikipedia Entry)
Studio:Â PlayDota.com
Launch Date:Â 2003
Genre:Â Fantasy MOBA
Business Model:Â F2P
Platform: PC, Mac
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Dota 2 introduces a subscription option for players
After a long time of being free-to-play, Dota 2 is exploring the possibility of letting you pay money for it on a regular basis....
Perfect Ten: A dozen MOBAs that didn’t make it
With the insane success -- both in terms of popularity and finances -- that Dota and League of Legends spawned, you can easily understand...
The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Dota 2 fans boycott ESL’s Facebook streaming platform over Twitch banwave
In today's edition of "who's boycotting whom now," it's Dota 2 players' turn in the spotlight!
According to Polygon, the community unrest began last week,...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World merch (January 14, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
ASUS throws its weight behind League of Legends in China
Battle royale? Team shooters? League of Legends scoffs at these pretenders to the online throne, sitting on top of an e-sports empire that spans...
Steam’s best-selling 2017 games include ARK, Warframe, and H1Z1
With 2017 officially over and done, Steam's taking a moment to report on its best-selling games over the course of the whole year. While...
SuperData says the e-sports industry grew to $1.5B this year alone
SuperData has a new report out this week that suggests e-sports haters will not be getting what they want for Christmas.
"The esports market has...
Overwatch snags two Game Awards while Destiny 2 is honored by six nominations
Did you catch last night's Game Awards from LA? If not, you probably didn't miss anything super-groundbreaking, although Overwatch did quite well for itself...
For Science! Researchers find link between fluid intelligence and elite MOBA play
In a new paper released last week, University of York researchers sought to examine whether research that strategy gaming (like chess and arcade games)...
The MOP Up: Osiris New Dawn’s terrifying space ghosts (November 19, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The MOP Up: Eden Falling brings the turn-based apocalypse (November 5, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
SuperData declares Destiny 2 the ‘fastest selling digital console game in history’
SuperData's September 2017 video gaming market global revenue analysis should make Bungie happy, whether or not it was bleeding players ahead of the Destiny 2...
The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?
Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...
SuperData: ‘The esports market has finally hit the mainstream’
In promotional materials associated with its new paid "Esports Scoreboard," gaming anaylsis firm SuperData - known best to our audience for its monthly revenue...
Leaderboard: Are you one of the 2M people playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds today?
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds just keeps on growing globally: It's completely outstripped every other game on Steam in terms of concurrency, having now set a new...
SuperData August 2017 revenue report: PUBG bumps WoW, disrupting PC market
SuperData's August 2017 global revenue report confirms what anybody even casually watching PUBG already knows: The upstart game that's kicking butt on Steam is...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds breaks Steam’s concurrent user record
If you've spent the past few years playing games based on the title with the highest concurrent user count on Steam... well, you have...
The MOP Up: Warframe battles cancer (September 3, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tops Steam concurrency, drawing from CS:GO’s playerbase
Remember a few weeks back when PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds took League of Legends to town on Twitch, beating Riot's giant for eyeball share on the...
