wraggster
December 10th, 2012, 23:05
Valve's Gabe Newell has said the studio was working on a tablet version of arena-based multiplayer title DotA 2, but the experiment was a failure.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_288933_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=288933)Speaking to Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5967051/valve-wants-to-get-dota-2-running-on-tablets), Newell indicated that, from a hardware perspective, current-generation tablets are not powerful enough to run the game."We were working on getting Dota 2 running on some tablets," revealed Newell. "That ended up being kind of a disappointment."
"But the good news is that tablets are getting faster very quickly, so I think we'll get the kind of performance we want and other game developers want in the near future."
Valve's Steam platform recently hit a new milestone by logging over six million concurrent users. The figure has been attributed to the popular Autumn Sale and the ongoing DotA 2 beta, which peaked at 170,248 players.
DotA has also been incredibly popular for Valve. Last month it released a documentary (http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/16/dota-2-documentary-video-released-by-valve/) featuring interviews with the 16 teams who competed in a high-stakes tournament.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/383018/newell-dota-2-tablet-project-was-a-disappointment/
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_288933_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=288933)Speaking to Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5967051/valve-wants-to-get-dota-2-running-on-tablets), Newell indicated that, from a hardware perspective, current-generation tablets are not powerful enough to run the game."We were working on getting Dota 2 running on some tablets," revealed Newell. "That ended up being kind of a disappointment."
"But the good news is that tablets are getting faster very quickly, so I think we'll get the kind of performance we want and other game developers want in the near future."
Valve's Steam platform recently hit a new milestone by logging over six million concurrent users. The figure has been attributed to the popular Autumn Sale and the ongoing DotA 2 beta, which peaked at 170,248 players.
DotA has also been incredibly popular for Valve. Last month it released a documentary (http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/16/dota-2-documentary-video-released-by-valve/) featuring interviews with the 16 teams who competed in a high-stakes tournament.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/383018/newell-dota-2-tablet-project-was-a-disappointment/