The first MOBA was a Starcraft custom map called Aeon of Strife, which then inspired the incredibly popular Warcraft III custom game Defense of the Ancients. Modders from the original DotA went on ...

When you think of ‘MOBA,’ two things come to mind: Dota 2, and League of Legends. While we’ve seen a plucky new rival rise to the surface in Supervive, most competitors have come and gone ...

How realistic are the famous battles scenes from 'Lord of the Rings'? Warfare experts break down what's realistic and what's ...

Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...

After two yeas of lying dormant, Heroes of Newerth, one of the original spin offs of the Defense of the Ancients Warcraft III mod, is returning with Heroes of Newerth: Reborn. Revealed on Jan. 28, ...

Let's celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but ...

All the way back in 2005, the development of a new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) began, following in the footsteps of Defense of the Ancients (DotA). At the time, the genre was still growing ...

A breakthrough discovery has revealed the hidden link between ancient populations and the spread of Indo-European languages. The Caucasus-Lower Volga population has been identified as the genetic ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world ... at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training ...

Buried under Pompeii’s ash for centuries, the Alexander Mosaic is more than an ancient masterpiece — it’s a puzzle of origins spanning continents. Recent discoveries reveal its tesserae hold secrets ...