[News] Valve partners with Nexon to bring Dota 2 to Japan and Korea

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Online game publisher Nexon has announced that it's teaming up with Valve to bring the free-to-play Dota 2 to the Japanese and Korean markets. Dota 2 is of course based on a Warcraft 3 mod named Defense of the Ancients, and the multiplayer online battle arena style of gameplay, inspired by real-time strategy games, will likely appeal very much to those overseas markets. Valve's Gabe Newell says, according to the press release, that "partnering with Nexon will allow us to deliver Dota 2 to a massive audience of Asian gamers via a premium service."

Dota 2's competitor League of Legends has already been enormously popular in Korea, with a South Korean team nabbing the world title at the last championships. So Valve is likely expecting a lot from Nexon, in terms of delivering the game to these new markets. Dota 2 is currently in closed beta and heading toward a free-to-play launch soon.Valve partners with Nexon to bring Dota 2 to Japan and Korea originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TPA is from Taiwan, they're the Taipei Assassins... did Joystiq not read THEIR OWN ARTICLE about it?

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TPA is from Taiwan, they're the Taipei Assassins... did Joystiq not read THEIR OWN ARTICLE about it?

Love that outdated Dota 2 poster too.

[Dredragon]

That archer looks like Ashe. ^^

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That archer looks like Ashe. ^^

Or rather, that Ashe looks like Drow Ranger.

[Five Second Pose]

That archer looks like Ashe. ^^

Ashe wasn't even close to becoming a thing when "that archer" was originally created.