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Life in the Arena is a classic team-based hero survival game featuring waves of enemies, powerful bosses, and PvP duels throughout the match. Form a squad of 8 players, choose from 53 unique heroes, and try to survive by defeating the army of Askerus, who has taken over the body of Orn.

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After escaping from prison, Orn set out for the remote wastelands of the Druid. The Oglodis, constantly under attack from both wild creatures and the southern kingdoms, had spent centuries struggling to survive on the endless mountain plateaus. Only a few remnants of their once-great civilization remained.

Brave by nature, Orn led his people in pursuit of prosperity, aiming to restore their former glory and honor the legacy of their ancestors. During the search for his missing brother, he and his warriors ventured far to the north only to fall into a trap set by the necromancer Askerus.

In a brutal battle, Orn’s comrades fell one after another. Refusing to become a slave of darkness, Orn took his own life. His body was claimed by the undead.

He later awoke chained to an altar in a dungeon. Askerus stood before him and offered a deal: freedom in exchange for victory in the arena. Orn accepted. Alongside other gladiators, he fought wave after wave of enemies, eventually reaching Askerus himself. With a final strike of his katana, Orn brought him down. But the triumph was short-lived.

Dark energy engulfed his blade and body. Orn's mind was clouded as Askerus’s soul entered him, taking over his form. Thus began a new reign of the undead army, led by the twisted shell of the once-great Oglodi chieftain.

Since then, heroes from across the world have come to challenge the demon hoping to destroy Askerus once and for all and free the land from the terror hidden behind Orn’s face.

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LittleTimmy continues to actively develop Life in the Arena for Warcraft III.
You can download the latest version of the map here: https://www.epicwar.com/maps/343589/
At the moment, this version has progressed significantly in terms of content and mechanics.
Give it a try—and let us know which features you'd love to see brought into the Dota 2 version!

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Official VK community: http://vk.com/lifeinarena
GitHub repository: https://github.com/ZLOY5/LiA

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Special thanks:

[]Noya, BMD, kritth, Pizzalol, SinZ, Perry, DarkMio, Rook, zed, Renol, penguinwizzard, Nagibator230 and doter.ua – for code support[]Mecker and ForaMon – for icon work[]TOPLOWER and vspl3sk – for artwork[]aoick – for translating Life in the Arena into Chinese
• Vitiy – for helping launch the development of Life in the Arena