The Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) market has opened up over
the past year, and games like League of Legends,
Heroes
of Newerth, and Realm of the Titans
have rushed into the market established by a Warcraft III
mod - Defense of the Ancients
(DotA)
– which brought persistent champions into RTS games for the
first time. All of these games have focused almost exclusively on
competitive gameplay, following in DotA’s
PvP-fixated footsteps.
