Dota 2's The Worldwide might be held in Singapore – The Verge
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Heading to Singapore this fall
Dota 2’s annual event, The Worldwide, will happen in Singapore this October. Whereas Valve has held The Worldwide within the US, Canada, China, Germany, and Romania up to now, that is the primary time the worldwide esports competitors is heading to a rustic in Southeast Asia.
Valve teased the upcoming occasion in a tweet however didn’t provide any further particulars moreover a location and date. The event is understood for its very beneficiant rewards, with final’s years profitable staff getting a bit of the $40 million prize pool. That enormous sum is crowdfunded by in-game purchases made by the Dota 2 neighborhood and has solely continued to extend over time. We do not understand how a lot is up for grabs at this 12 months’s competitors, however we probably gained’t have to attend for much longer to search out out.
Singapore.
October 2022.
The Aegis of Champions awaits. pic.twitter.com/938wBjqrGE
After suspending the 2020 occasion in Stockholm, Sweden because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Worldwide was set to lastly make its Swedish debut final 12 months. Nevertheless, issues with Swedish authorities brought about plans to fall by, and Valve needed to transfer the occasion to Bucharest, Romania. Issues didn’t go as deliberate in Bucharest both, as Valve ended up holding the competitors with out a stay viewers resulting from an uptick in COVID-19 circumstances. It’s not clear if Valve might be taking any COVID-19 precautions at this 12 months’s competitors, and Valve didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.
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