Nexon and Valve Partner to Launch Dota 2 in Korea and Japan

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Cucurbita wrote on 2012-11-11 13:53

Quote from Sinned;978154:
I don't understand why Valve would need Nexon to do it, unless they lack translators and the like because DOTA 2 is addicting as hell.

Valve, or more importantaly, Steam, hasn't taken off in Korea.

Meanwhile, Nexon is literally THE biggest gaming company in Korea. They're the Sony/Nintendo's equivalent in Korea.

This is pretty much the best move Valve can make to get DotA 2 going in Korea.
Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-11-11 13:59

In other news, someone sent me a random Dota 2 as a gift O.o

Haven't touched it but I did add it to my library just to have it.
BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-11-11 20:32

Quote from teneshi;979516:
I can imagine it now, 5 starting champions, and then 5000nx to unlock a new one.

It will also have Hackshield

Anything that's not free to play won't survive in Korea
so Valve will have the final say on making the entire pool free
DotA 2 has everything that costs money as cosmetics
anything that costs a lot of money is an extremely rare drop ingame or a rare item from the chests you open with keys bought from the store
Also, there's tournament tickets in the store that you can buy to access the spectator mode for tournament games and also all the replays in the tournament. Part of the money spent on the tickets will go to the hosts of the tournament
And the final thing that would cost money are "pennants". The most popular teams have pennants, and when you equip them while spectating a big tournament game, you'll have a chance to get a drop that's tournament exclusive. The drops are given when your team makes large plays like first blood, multikills, denying an ally hero, denying the Aegis of the Immortal, stealing the Aegis of the Immortal, and Winning the game.
The pennants are 99 cents each and part of the money goes to the team
http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Pennant

also Riot game is planning to remove the pay for champion system around the time DotA 2 is released
Ceui wrote on 2012-11-11 22:00

Quote from Kingofrunes;979523:
In other news, someone sent me a random Dota 2 as a gift O.o

Haven't touched it but I did add it to my library just to have it.

I literally have like 9 Dota2 invites, and I keep getting more. I don't know what to do with these.

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