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Dreaming of a healthy third-party Dota circuit

Source Node: https://www.rivalry.com//esports/dreaming-of-a-healthy-third-party-dota-circuit
Time Stamp: April 9, 2021 6:00 AM - Modified On: April 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Though not quite The International, international Dota is back on the menu after major changes made to the DPC. There’s nothing like a global pandemic to shatter long-held perceptions, and by now even the bigwigs at Bellevue must be thinking TI is too big for its own good rather than simply just too big to fail. Seeing how the people at Valve are in a unique position to compare the state of play in competitive Dota with that of their other proprietary esport in the form of Counter-Strike, it shouldn’t

Where to open a game studio

Source Node: https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/where-to-open-a-game-studio/
Time Stamp: June 26, 2020 4:10 PM - Modified On: June 26, 2020 - Published By:
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With the game industry booming, more entrepreneurs are evaluating where to base their new startup or open a new office for their existing company. The U.S. government’s block on H1-B and L-1 visas will encourage American game startups to add an office abroad much sooner than they otherwise would have. But where? This spring, I surveyed a number of gaming-focused VCs about which cities are the best hubs for game studios targeting the Western games market. Several locales stood out as heavily recommended — which I’ve shared below — but