Warcraft 3 modders have created a new genre with Defense of the Ancients, a custom game mode that eventually evolved into mega-popular MOBA games like League of Legends and Dota 2.. Dota 2 modders created a new genre with Auto Chess, a custom game mode that featured autobattler games in moderately popular titles such as Dota Underlords, Teamfight Tactics, and, er, Auto Chess. The Auto Chess developers bring it all back by creating their own MOBA.
The, erm, creative title Auto Chess MOBA was announced earlier this month, as Kotaku notes, and as the title suggests, it’s a MOBA game from Drodo Studio, the developers who released both the original Auto Chess mod and the standalone game, Auto , created. Chess.
It looks like Auto Chess MOBA is going to be a mobile game, which is not normally the kind of thing we deal with at PCGamesN, but hey, it’s too weird not to talk about it. The developers say that all heroes will be free so that all players can start on an equal footing, without having to pay to unlock extra characters.
The studio also promises ‘no pay to win’ and ‘no growth in out-of-game statistics’ in an effort to ensure ‘fairness’. In terms of game mechanics, it will place a great deal of emphasis on vision, with a day / night cycle that will affect your visible range, and destructible objects that can block the line of sight.
Now we can only hope that Auto Chess MOBA will come to a computer, develop its own mod scene and then develop some sort of ultra-popular RTS spin-off so that we can really complete the circle.