Creating DotA also required a lot of under-the-hood development and new assets, but Morton says the goal is for mods to work in the same way in Warcraft III: Reforged.

First off, I played DotA (original) back during its creation. This is a time when almost no one new about the game, I had helped test aspects of it before it became even a glimmer of what it is today.

Peter “PPD” Dager, a well-known professional Dota 2 player and The International (TI) champion, has responded to this decision by creating an innovative idea: using crowdsourcing to revitalize ...