Enthusiasm for Dota 2 is steadily growing as more and more participants are invited into the beta. Dota 2 regularly features on Steam’s most played list, but those numbers are nothing compared to the number of Dota fans worldwide. One of the biggest international markets is China. Tim spoke to Doug Lombardi recently about Valve’s plans to bring Dota 2 to Chinese audiences.
“You’ve got to address that market, it’s the biggest DOTA population in the world, right?” he said. The problem is that Valve can’t release Steam in China. Publishers need make distribution deals with Chinese companies to gain access to that vast player base. Valve have previously teamed up with Nexon to release Counter-Strike Online in Asia. Now they’re looking to forge a similar deal for Dota 2.
“We’re actively looking for a partner to work with over there,” Lombardi said. “It’s pretty cut and dry – you need a Chinese partner to be in China, period.”
“We’re actively looking for a partner to work with over there,” Lombardi said. “It’s pretty cut and dry – you need a Chinese partner to be in China, period.”
Lombardi describes the prospect of a Chinese release of Steam as “a whole different ball of wax.” A more likely scenario would have Steam tech powering a Chinese service to keep the Asian version of Dota 2 updated.
“It’s thorny and it’s something that is new for us,” Lombardi admitted. “But it’s mandatory if we want DOTA to succeed so we’re on it and various senior people have been to China many times in the past few months.”
OKay so the official dota 2 page for China is
The Chinese Distributor of steam is Perfect World. Recently they announced a tournament with a prize money of $160000. YES! I have written it correctly.
That's a pretty huge number true. and we expect a lot of European teams too to get into the tournament. Na'vi is participating. So expect to see a sort of mini TI :)
Valve has said Dota 2 will surely Release in China. According to rumors it should be released in china in around April 2013. The website for the Chinese was put up on around 20/3/2013 so that should signal the nearing of the release of Dota 2.
References :
- http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/22/dota-2-china-launch-is-mandatory-if-we-want-dota-to-succeed-say-valve/
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