Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games, more commonly referred to as MOBAs, are all the rage lately. Thanks to the success of games like League of Legends and Dota 2, a lot of developers are trying to hop on the bandwagon. But what exactly are MOBAs and what makes these types of games so popular? More importantly, why are there so many developers trying to create MOBAs all of a sudden?
Before we can take a look at why MOBAs are so successful today, let’s quickly learn where they come from. In 2003, a mod was created for Blizzard Entertainment's highly successful real-time strategy game, Warcraft III. The mod was called Defense of the Ancients, or DotA, for short.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/31/mobas-the-emergence-of-the-free-to-play-craze
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