{"id":12071,"date":"2011-06-01T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"blizzard-dota-to-launch-with-heart-of-the-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/12071-blizzard-dota-to-launch-with-heart-of-the-swarm","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard DOTA to launch with Heart of the Swarm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blizzard recently pulled the veil back<\/a> and shared a bunch of details on its upcoming StarCraft II expansion: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.<\/p>\n

But what about Blizzard DOTA? You know, that StarCraft II mod that Blizzard is working on which will be based on DOTA and star numerous heroes from Blizzard’s various IPs? Well, they are still working on it.<\/p>\n

According to lead producer Chris Sigaty, while Blizzard was able to release its other 3 official StarCraft II map mods earlier this year, Blizzard DOTA needs a little extra work.<\/p>\n

“We basically put it back up in the shop and did some massive overhauls to some things, which I’m not going to go into specific detail about,” Sigaty told Joystiq <\/a>at a recent press event. “But yeah, we are working on Blizzard Dota, and we do intend to launch it at or around the time of Heart of the Swarm, but the official details will be online later.”<\/p>\n

Sigaty was asked whether the mod will require the incoming Heart of the Swarm expansion pack to play, but he could not give an answer, sticking with “We’re not even talking about the business level decision of it at this point.”<\/p>\n

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Blizzard DOTA will run in the StarCraft II engine<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When it was announced<\/a> last year, it was confirmed the the following characters will make an appearance in Blizzard DOTA:<\/p>\n