Blizzard DOTA devient Blizzard All-Stars
Blizzard et Valve sont parvenus à un accord à propos de la marque DOTA. Cet accord permet à Valve de continuer à utiliser DOTA d'un pointe de vue commercial, en ce y compris DOTA 2, tandis que Blizzard continuera de pouvoir proposer à titre non-commercial le nom DOTA pour sa communauté, c'est-à-dire pour les cartes créées par les joueurs de Warcraft III et StarCraft II.
Tant Gabe Newell que Rob Pardo se félicitent de cet accord qui, dans la pratique, va se traduire par le changement de nom de Blizzard DOTA en Blizzard All-Stars. D'après la société basée à Irvine, ce nom reflète finalement mieux le contenu du jeu. On n'en sait cependant pas plus sur les détails qui ont conduit les deux sociétés à trouver un terrain d'entente.
Blizzard Entertainment and Valve Announce DOTA Trademark Agreement
May 11, 2012 Blizzard Entertainment and Valve today announced a mutual agreement regarding concerns over the names of upcoming products. In accordance with the agreement, Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community with regard to player-created maps for Warcraft III and StarCraft II.
"Both Blizzard and Valve recognize 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," said Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. "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," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "We both want to focus on the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our communities."
The companies do not plan to discuss the terms of the agreement beyond today's announcement.
May 11, 2012 Blizzard Entertainment and Valve today announced a mutual agreement regarding concerns over the names of upcoming products. In accordance with the agreement, Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community with regard to player-created maps for Warcraft III and StarCraft II.
"Both Blizzard and Valve recognize 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," said Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. "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," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "We both want to focus on the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our communities."
The companies do not plan to discuss the terms of the agreement beyond today's announcement.
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