Fans of Defense of the Ancients, the immensely popular Warcraft III mod that spawned an entirely new genre of gaming, are already conditioned to love Blizzard DOTA. I got to play it this week at BlizzCon 2011 and had a great time getting into the very familiar world. However, many Blizzard fans are not DOTA enthusiasts or even privy to the genre itself. WoW players may not really understand what this Blizzard offering is about or even why they should be interested. Warcraft fan-favorite characters Thrall and Arthas are making appearance in Blizzard DOTA,
which means gamers who have ever wanted to pit these monolithic figures
against other Blizzard staple characters will get the chance. Here's
what you need to know about Blizzard DOTA and why you just might like playing as one of your favorite WoW personalities.