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Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) is a genre of PvP video games characterized by strategic combat between teams of players.

History

The first MOBA was a custom map in StarCraft known as "Aeon of Strife". Since then, many custom maps have imitated the gameplay, causing them to be referred to as "Aeon of Strife-type games" or "AoS-type games." However, after the relatively immense popularity of the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map Defense of the Ancients, they came to be known as "DotA-type games" or "DotA clones". The first standalone game in the genre was Demigod and the second, League of Legends, began using the term MOBA [1]. Since then, many sources have begun using the term to describe the genre.[2][3] However, the terms "AoS-type game" and "DotA-type game" are still in use, primarily with respect to mods or maps for RTS games.

Though the term originated for DotA-Type games the term mostly fits for any game classified as a MMO that focuses on matches between small teams of players against each other; usually requiring the players to contest resources or territory with RPG elements. While some companies claim to have coined the term, the Warcraft 3 community has used it for some time.[citation needed]

Gameplay

MOBAs incorporate elements of Real-time strategy (RTS) and Role-playing games (RPG), but are centered around teams of players each controlling a single character, attempting to defeat the other team, either by accomplishing an objective (such as destroying a critical structure in the enemies' base) or eliminating the other players. In either case, killing the other players' characters is a key element of the gameplay. The characters may level up or gain resources with which to improve their ability to compete—this often directly borrows from RPGs, with characters choosing to advance levels of spells as they gain experience and equip items bought with gold collected from defeated enemies. Although some, like Defense of the Ancients, can be played one-on-one, they are never free-for-alls. Most often, teams are composed of five players.[4]

As the first MOBAs were custom maps for RTS games, so far all have been developed for personal computers.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.leagueoflegends.com/articles/dota_and_lol
  2. ^ http://mobagamers.com/index.php
  3. ^ http://www.couchathletics.com/content/invisible-pigeon-holing-council-moba-genre-its-infancy
  4. ^ http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/43646.aspx


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