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Valve Interested in Getting DotA 2 on Tablets

By - Source: Kotaku

DotA 2 may be coming for your tablets.

DotA 2 for your Android or iOS device sounds far out, but mobile technology is moving at a fast enough that it might be possible.

According to Valve boss himself, DotA 2 may be a possibility for mobile platforms down the line. Speaking to Kotaku, he stated that Valve was already conducting tests: "We were working on getting DotA 2 running on some tablets.

"That ended up being kind of a disappointment. But the good news is that tablets are getting faster very quickly, so I think we'll get the kind of performance we want and other game developers want in the near future."

Though DotA 2 may be fast paced, as Kotaku's Jason Schreier points out, it doesn't require quite as much clicking as does say, StarCraft. Hence, DotA 2 might just work out for the likes of iOS.

The only question then is whether or not DotA 2 mobile players will be able to play with those playing on PC.Then again, whether or not DotA 2 iPad will actually even be a thing remains to be seen.

 

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    vilenjan , December 11, 2012 8:01 AM
    if its tablet vs tablet? would be fun, tablet vs pc? prepare to be butchered.
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    vilenjan , December 11, 2012 8:01 AM
    if its tablet vs tablet? would be fun, tablet vs pc? prepare to be butchered.
  • 7
    southernshark , December 11, 2012 8:27 AM
    They need to improve DOTA 2 first.............
  • 3
    linh6496 , December 11, 2012 4:13 PM
    bustaprbut dota 2 is more of a point and click game than most games out today dude. the reason I said its easier to play it on a tablet is because you get rid of the task of aiming. anyone whos played an moba knows how horrid it is to misclick the wrong command and screw up an entire strategy. its somewhat easier to point with your finger at the moveset bar than it is with a mouse. my point about the mmo mouse was that you have plenty of buttons to map to your liking at your thumb. this makes gameplay alot faster. a big part of moba gameplay is that you need to pull of strategies and escapes fast. this is where an mmo mouse would be very helpful. and frankly I find playing this game with mouse AND keyboard to be a bit uncomfortable.


    Really I do not know about your "experience" with the MOBA genre but perceivably you do not understand how MOBA works; any novice Dota 2 or LoL player would verbally bash you for saying how you can misclick the wrong command. Clicking in a MOBA is required as a tool for mainly for repositioning your character while the commands that you give out are done through the keyboard. Which mean, you seem to falsely propose that it would be easier to play Dota 2 on a tablet when you clearly do not have any experience of the game genre at all to know about the playstyle of the game.
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