Blizzard and Valve come to DOTA trademark settlement

The dispute over the use of the DOTA name between Blizzard and Valve has come to an end after an agreement between the two PC gaming giants was reached.

Valve is allowed to use DOTA in a commercial setting, while Blizzard may continue using the name in a non-commercial use for its community (relating to user-created Warcraft 3 and StarCraft II maps).

Blizzard has also renamed its in development DOTA project to Blizzard All-Stars.

“Both Blizzard and Valve recognise that, at the end of the day, players just want to be able to play the games they’re looking forward to, so we’re happy to come to an agreement that helps both of us stay focused on that,” commented Blizzard exec Rob Pardo.

He added: “As part of this agreement, we’re going to be changing the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which ultimately better reflects the design of our game. We look forward to going into more detail on that at a later date.”

“We’re pleased that we could come to an agreement with Blizzard without drawing things out in a way that would benefit no one,” added Valve boss Gabe Newell.

“We both want to focus on the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our communities.”

There is no release date for either title.

We love Blizzard as much as the next gamer, but Blizzard All-Stars sounds pretty naff.

Via RPS