I heard about it not too long ago, a voice actor for the game tweeted about it and it got spread through the nets.  (I have no use for twitter at this time lol)

I'm excited for the game, but won't play it unless it has zoom and rotate lol.

j

do i get another queen? YAY! wait pacov how the hell are you a mod?

Indeed - I really wonder if GPG would revisit Demigod in DG2.  I'm certain some money was made on the game, but I'd think it would require a substantial amount of net code changes, etc, to make it successful.  I'd even think they could reuse the same engine.  I'm still holding out some hope for another DG patch as it stands, though.  Once the tourney ends, I'll probably start up another thread and compile several of the changes we'd like to see in demigod and see if brad is willing to forward those over to GPG.  And there might be the option to get some sort of impulse reactor functionality added (not holding my breath) for modding, etc.  Even if all we did was get GPG to bundle uberfix and have it installed as a default, that would be a decent win. 

Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing the new game though. 

Maybe someone can explain to those of us who only turn on a computer for gaming why this is such a hard thing to get done. The code is written. Would it really take more than paying a programmer a few hours to get it worked into a releaseable patch?

Because it is never that simple.

If the code is already written it will have to be integrated into the main codebase which requires, more re-writing (very unlikely to be drop-in), testng to see if it broke and for unintended consequences, and then probably more re-writing at al until it is releasable, at least in theory.

more info: 

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/valve_announces_sequel_warcraft_3_mod_defense_ancients

i do like the coaching system idea, but i do think that this game will suck compared to demigod.  (at least demigod has very interesting demis, fantastic graphics, awesome music, zoom & map rotate)

I have to respectfully disagree. DotA is a little more guilty of this than League of Legends is, but a vast majority of the heroes in both games have a large majority of viable item builds.  In lower-end, non-competitive matches you might see a lot of this, especially before players figure out that they need to tailor their builds to the enemy team composition, but it usually ends there. The player that refuses to deviate and adapt his item builds during games is a player that will eventually hit a brick wall in terms of skill progression.

Master Yi in League of Legends is a good example of a hero with many viable item/rune/mastery builds. He has a number of builds that you typically see in mid-high ELO matches. Jungle builds, attack speed builds, solo mid ability power builds, tanky builds.