Dawn “pinksheep” Yang retires from PMS Asterisk* after 7 years on the team
Dawn “pinksheep” Yang on Monday announced her retirement from Singapore all-girls Dota team PMS Asterisk* in an update on the team’s official blog. Read more »
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Orange Esports had to help run India Gaming Carnival
Orange Esports (MY) had to step in to help run the Call of Duty 4 and Dota tournaments at the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) last weekend, as the tournament marshals could not run the events on their own. Read more »
Orange.Dota crowned Dota champion at India Gaming Carnival
Orange Esports (MY-Dota) defeated MiTH.Trust (TH-Dota) in the Dota Allstars finals of the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) on Sunday to win 7,00,000 rupee (US$13,000) in prize money. However, with all the controversy surrounding tournament organiser WTF Eventz, it is unknown if the Malaysian team will be able to cash the prize money cheque. Read more »
Razer to host US$15,000 DOTA 2 tournament at the Singapore IT Show
Razer will be hosting a US$15,000 prize pool Dota 2 tournament featuring some of the region’s best Dota teams at the Singapore IT Show from 8 to 11 March 2012. Read more »
Last week in esports: AEON.Dota at WCG AC 2011 and Xian at NW Majors 3
While we were chilling out in rainy Singapore last weekend, AEON.Dota and Kun-Xian “Xian” Ho were flying the Singapore flag in two different international esports events. One scored podium finishes, while the other didn’t meet their own expectations. Read more »
This year’s SMM Dota tournament will likely be the last. What’s next?
When Sendi Mutiara Multimedia launched the SMM Grand National Dota Tournament in 2006, it was a domestic tournament catering primarily to gamers from Malaysia. Today, the now five-year-old tournament’s reputation and prize pool attracts participation from teams located from all across the Asia-Pacific, and even as far away as Europe and North America. Despite its [...] Read more »
SMM 2011 goes back to using Dota Allstars for Grand Finals
Sendiri Mutiara Multimedia, organisers of the SMM 2011 Grand National Dota Tournament, were forced to backtrack on last week’s pledge to play the Grand Finals on Dota 2 instead of Dota Allstars after the decision proved to be controversial within the community. As a result, the Grand Finals will revert to being played on Dota Allstars [...] Read more »
ESTC 2011: Revenant and Impunity return champions
StarCraft II player Marcus “Revenant” Tan and Heroes of Newerth team Impunity have returned as champions of their respective game tournaments at the E-Sports Thailand Championship 2011, held in Bangkok last weekend. Read more »
SMM 2011 will use Dota 2 for grand finals
Sendi Mutiara Multimedia announced on Saturday that the grand finals of this year’s SMM Grand National Dota Tournament will be played on Dota 2 instead of Dota Allstars. This comes hot on the heels of the Electronic Sports World Cup’s announcement last month that it will do the same. Read more »
Largest contingent of S’poreans yet participating in ESTC 2011
A contingent of 20 Singaporeans will be participating in this year’s E-Sports Thailand Championship, held from 6 to 9 October at the Bangkok International Game Festival. They will be participating in the Dota Allstars, StarCraft II and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition tournaments, with up to 423,000 THB (S$17,720) in prize money at stake. Read more »
