Dota 2’s The International will host for the first time in Southeast Asia in Singapore

Dota 2’s annual tournament, The International, will happen in Singapore this October 2022. While Valve has held The International in the US, Canada, China, Germany, and Romania previously, this is the first time the global esports competition is heading to a country in Southeast Asia.

Singapore will host Dota 2 annual competition, The International. This is the first time the event will happen in Southeast Asia. Singapore is preparing to host the upcoming edition of Dota 2 The International. American video game developer Valve’s biggest annual competition will happen in October 2022. Valve has previously held the annual Dota 2 tournament in different countries.

Valve teased the upcoming event in a tweet however offered no extra details other than a location and date. The competition is known for its very generous rewards, with last’s years winning team getting a piece of the $40 million prize pool. That large sum is crowdfunded by in-game purchases made by the Dota 2 community and has simply kept on expanding throughout the years. We don’t know how much is up for grabs at the current year’s competition, yet we probably will not have to wait much longer to find out.

This denotes the first time the event is being held in a Southeast Asian country, after past editions were hosted in North America, Europe, and China.

The International was previously held in Romania, Germany, and China. Likewise, the competition has been hosted by China, Canada, and the US. Nonetheless, the global esports competition will travel to Southeast Asia for the first time. Valve affirmed the upcoming event through a tweet. Notwithstanding, it just affirmed that The International will be held in Singapore. Additionally, it uncovered that it will happen in October.

It will be the biggest e-sports competition in the world with prize money. It could incorporate very generous rewards. Dota 2 is an online battle arena video game. Valve Corporation has developed the game. Video games have been acquiring a great deal of the popularity of late. An online word game, Wordle went viral on Twitter. Hosting competitions is a method for supporting a game’s popularity. The BGMI Open Challenge Round 4 took place earlier this month. The event promoted a forthcoming iQOO phone.

DOTA 2 THE INTERNATIONAL 2022 IS TO BE HELD IN SINGAPORE

STB spoke to The Straits Times about the event. STB said it gave grant support to the event. Be that as it may, it didn’t uncover the amount. This is because of business confidentiality. The 2021 winning team got a share in the $40 million prize pool. This amount comes from in-game purchases. The Dota 2 community makes in-game purchases. These purchases have expanded throughout the years. Deplorably, insights regarding the current year’s prize pool are still scant.

By and by, Valve could be very nearly revealing more data. In this way, we won’t have to wait too long to even consider finding out. The developer needed to cancel the event in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. Stockholm, Sweden planned to host the event at the time. The International was nearly making its Swedish debut in 2021. In any case, the plan didn’t happen as expected because of issues with the authorities of Sweden. In this way, Valve held the 2021event in Bucharest, Romania.

However, this plan fell through too. Thus, Valve at long last held the event in the absence of a live audience. A huge ascent in COVID-19 cases left the developer with no other decision. Further, it is unclear whether Valve intends to take COVID-19 precautions at the upcoming event. In any case, STB Director Sports Ong Ling Lee is trusting that the event will take visitors back to Singapore. Further, Ms. Ong said the event can attract younger audiences to Singapore.

In the wake of delaying the 2020 event in Stockholm, Sweden because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The International was set to at long last make its Swedish debut last year. Be that as it may, issues with Swedish specialists made plans to fall through, and Valve needed to move the event to Bucharest, Romania. Things didn’t go as planned in Bucharest either, as Valve ended up holding the competition without a live audience because of an increase in COVID-19 cases. It’s not satisfactory assuming Valve will be taking any COVID-19 precautions at this year’s competition.

Notable tournaments held here last year incorporated the Mobile Legends Big Bang (MLBB) M2 World Championship, the Dota 2 Singapore Major, the Free Fire World Series, and Wild Rift Horizon Cup.

The competition for the mobile shooter game Free Fire, which was held in Marina Bay Sands and live-streamed online, drew 5.4 million viewers and at present holds the record for the most-watched esports event to date, Mr. Khoo noted.

Mr. Khoo additionally said he expects The International 2022 to draw large crowds of fans, including international travelers from the region and different countries like China.

This year will see the return of a live audience at The International for the first time beginning around 2019 when a great many fans traveled to Shanghai to help their favorite teams.

The 2020 event was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and last year’s event was held without a live audience.

Under prevailing Covid-19 measures in Singapore, there is no capacity limit for large-scale live events, however, all participants should be fully vaccinated if there are more than 500 participants.