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How do I download these maps, also when is this Dota going to come out?

Your thread is missing information, which maps are "these maps"?

I'm guessing it's from the recent Blizzcon event. Maps like Blizzard DotA, Aiur Chef, Left 2 Die.

Ah right, haven't seen them yet, but to answer the question, you download them through battle.net. They'll likely come out coinciding with some future patch, when specifically, don't know but I'm sure Blizzard will let us know ;) You also wont miss them from the list as they'll be featured for sure.

Forgive me for my naivety, I'm having trouble download maps for AI/Solo games. Where do I find them and should I want to create my own custom map, how would I do this? Thanks. :)

Forgive me for my naivety, I'm having trouble download maps for AI/Solo games. Where do I find them and should I want to create my own custom map, how would I do this? Thanks. :)

Hey Emily, any map you download from the create/join game sections of multiplayer will show up in the solo/Ai section, even the custom games that really shouldn't work for single/AI play for some odd reason hehe. But what you'll want to do is goto say multiplayer - Create game, then select - Popular for the first drop down menu, and Melee for the second. This'll filter the available maps list for maps that are best for playing against the AI. You can pick whichever you like, any that have a green tick when you click on them are ones you've already downloaded, so they're already available to play. Ones with a yellow down arrow, are ones that you need to download to play.

You create your own maps through the Starcraft 2 Editor, you can access it through the start menu under Staracraft 2. Any map you make will need to be published through the editor on battle.net for you to be able to see it in the solo/ai list.