Auto Chess Is Getting a MOBA, Continuing the Eternal Cycle - Kotaku

An Auto Chess MOBA is a game based off a game, based off a mod of a game, that’s in turn based off a mod of a game.

8, publisher Dragonest announced that it would be developing a new MOBA game based on its game Auto Chess.

Riot Games established League of Legends, the enigmatic developer IceFrog went to Valve to kick up Dota 2, and Blizzard tussled with Valve over the naming of Dota, eventually creating its own all-star MOBA Heroes of the Storm.

While the Blizzard games had inspired the modding thus far, Valve’s own custom games in Dota 2 birthed a new genre through a mod called “Dota Auto Chess.” Rather than charging down lanes and fighting for gold, players placed units on a grid and watched their armies fight others, combining them in a manner similar to poker.

Riot Games came in hot with Teamfight Tactics, Valve developed its own version called Dota Underlords, and Blizzard grafted an autobattler-alike mode onto Hearthstone.

The original studio that made Dota Auto Chess, Drodo Studio, was now left to create its own standalone version, only without any of the assets from Dota 2—and thus it made Auto Chess.

Still, I’m really curious to actually play the Auto Chess MOBA?