Auto Chess closes the loop by announcing a MOBA spin-off

Two years after becoming a breakout hit on the Dota 2 workshop, Auto Chess publisher Dragonest this month came full circle by announcing a lane-pushing spin-off for its original Dota offshoot. 

The original autobattler, Drodo Studio's Dota Auto Chess (later Auto Chess) popularised a genre that would lead to the two big MOBA creators developing their own spin-offs—Riot's Teamfight Tactics and Valve's Dota Underlords. Going from mod to standalone Epic Games Store release in July 2019, Auto...