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It appears that the World Cyber Games Asian Championship will be held in Singapore for the third year running, contrary to rumours that the Asia Pacific event would be moving to either Malaysia or Thailand.

DotA Allstars fans and players have much to be happy about after the organizers of the Funan Interschool E-Gaming Challenge added the popular Warcraft III custom map to the game title pool.

The 2008 Championship Gaming Series season begins today, and with current player contracts expiring yesterday, the impending Pan-Asian Final as well as a permanent General Manager for Singapore Sword yet to be announced, it looks like there will be much in store for the Pan-Asian Region in the next few months.

Following the successful conclusion of WinterChill, Singapore-based DotA Allstars community DotaSG is launching a live tournament slated in March this time, dubbed the NewSpring Tournament.

Meet Your Makers has overturned Malaysian team KingSurf's ban from MYM Prime Defending 9, but did not fully clear them of maphacking in the tournament.

DotA fans and even some professional players have expressed disappointment and outrage after one of Malaysia's top teams, KingSurf, was banned from Meet Your Makers' Prime Defending 9 global DotA competition on suspicions of cheating.

The Championship Gaming Series announced four of its official game titles for the upcoming 2008 season Tuesday, including a shock decision to drop Project Gotham Racing.

This year's Funan Interschool e-Gaming Challenge heavily features Xbox 360 game titles, marking a shift away from DotA, and is slated to take place during the March school holidays.

The ESWC Regulation Committee has published the DotA Allstars rules and regulations, revealing that the competition will be played on 6.48b and in Extended League mode (-xl).

KODE5 has announced Greece as the next country the international e-sports tournament will be heading to, although only Counter-Strike 1.6 and not Warcraft III will be played.