10 Video Games With RUTHLESS Online Multiplayer

From one Valve Corporation product to another. Developed by IceFrog in collaboration with the Half-Life developer, Defense of the Ancients 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena in which players take control of numerous hero characters to tackle the opposing team's base. While it offers a low bar for entry, the game's gruelling difficulty will quickly catch new players off guard.

Much like its FPS contemporary, DOTA 2 is chock full of professional players who play religiously and have often formed professional careers out of mastering the game's intricacies. It can take thousands of hours to understand every last component.

Even eight years after its release, DOTA 2 maintains its place near the top of the Steam concurrent players chart. On top of this it's also one of the biggest members of the esports scene with the last tournament prize pool coming in at a whopping $29,344,770. There's a reason this hero MOBA attracts such gargantuan cash prizes; the game is ridiculously competitive with a community that's rarely kind to newcomers. The professional players may be under threat however, as DOTA 2 has recently become a proving ground for machine learning, as AI-controlled bots are slowly learning how to best the game's masters.