Valve caught most of the industry by surprise last August when it first indicated its plans to create a game based on the popular Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients. Warcraft III creator ...

Mods are an essential part of gaming, especially (but not exclusively) on PC. These days you can find mods for pretty much any game out there, and plenty of them to boot. These range from small ...

Many Dota 2 mods take it far and away from the MOBA game that plenty of people know it as. Despite being a chess-focused spin on card battlers, Auto Chess started life as a fan project created within ...

What if you don't like or understand MOBAs? Well, surely you can understand the basic concept of kart-racing. Dota Dash is a modder's attempt to inject some fun into Dota 2. The mod aims to capture ...

Valve is once again turning a popular game mod into a stand-alone title, but this time it's doing it without bringing on-board the original mod makers. In a blog post on the Dota 2 website, Valve ...

Mario Kart in Dota 2 is a reality. MOBAs can be difficult to wrap your head around, especially with their complicated mechanics, but you shouldn’t have any difficulty grasping kart racing. For ...

Well, I guess now we know how powerful that map editor is. This Dota 2 mod, Slayers of the Ancients (SOTA, Sota or Premiership of Heroes if you're feeling spin-offy), takes the engine, assets and some ...

Denny Connolly is an editor and contributor who joined the Game Rant team in 2014. He specializes in game guides, MMO coverage, and the Pokemon GO beat; but is a lifelong fan of all game genres. He's ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. In another dimension, people are playing DOTA 2 as a giant ice cream cone wielding a nacho glaive. Valve's Steam Workshop, where players can submit ...

Okay, this one's a little more open to opinion. Most absurd/random/silly equipment ideas get thrashed pretty quickly in Dota 2's Steam Workshop. Dota 2 is serious business and most fans don't see room ...

A Dota 2 player terrified by the prospect of facing Broodmother in matches won't have to live in fear anymore. A fellow player has created a mod to make the hulking spider look much less intimidating ...

The race to cash in on the year’s hottest mod, Dota Auto Chess, is well on its way. Last week, Valve announced that it’d be making its own version, and the original creators — Drodo Studio — have also ...