Dealspwn.com sits down with Valve Product Manager Erik Johnson to discuss DotA 2's new characters, balance and the future of the franchise.
"Erik Johnson: There are about 105 different heroes who have completely different roles and abilities within a match. In the latest bracket match, you had a good look at Lena: who is a great early game nuker. She has a bunch of really powerful magic spells. Towards the end of the game, it tends to be more dominated by heroes who deal physical damage.
We also saw Spectre in that game. Spectre is more of a late game hero, that's really focused on getting as much gold as possible over the course of the game and buying a bunch of powerful items. And then hopefully doing enough damage to the other team to win if the match lasts that long!"
Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.
First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.
Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.
I mean, that might explain the Team Fortress 2 thing, because Valve might bring that to Source 2 (though I'm not sure I'd bet on that), but I can't see how Portal 64 hurts them. If anything, it's more attention to the Portal and therefore Valve/Steam.
There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.
You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.
Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.
Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.
So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.
From beefy tanks to powerful carries, these are the best Strength heroes in Dota 2's Turbo Mode.
