The Defense Season 3 has been announced

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The Defense Season 3 has been announced. Twenty four invited teams together with 8 qualified teams will battle it out over a prize pool of $20, 000.

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Prize pool:
1st: $10,000
2nd: $5,000
3rd: $3,500
4th: $1,500

Invited Teams
 Absolute Legends 
 Fnatic.NA
 Natus Vincere
 Team Dignitas
 CNB Gaming
 Gamer University
 NEXT.kz
 Team Empire
 compLexity Gaming
 ICCup
 No Tidehunter
 Zero
 Evil Geniuses
 Kaipi
 Pulse Esports
 uebelst-gamynG
 evodota2^
 Meet Your Makers
 ROOT Gaming
 Virtus.pro
 Fnatic.EU
 mTw
 ShiBa Gaming
 We haz Asian


The sign-ups for the qualifiers have formerly started and may run through right until November 25, 2012 with 512 open slots intended for teams willing to register. If you're a part of a team that likes to give it a go, go on and sign-up at joinDOTA.com.


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Valve and game publisher Nexon will bring DOTA 2 in Japan and Korea Soon

DOTA 2 is going to available in Japan and Korea soon, thanks to an agreement between Valve and online game publisher Nexon.

“Nexon, a company with whom we have a long and strong relationship, was clearly the right choice as a publisher to successfully deliver Dota 2 into the Korean and Japanese market. Partnering with Nexon will allow us to deliver Dota 2 to a massive audience of Asian gamers via  a premium service. ” - said by Gabe Newell, Valve President and co-founder.

Breaking the Eastern market will probably be a diffucult task for Valve, knowing the fact that League of Legends is so firmly entrenched in the region.

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