DotA2 - Original Thread

Talk of dota and nexon and korea:

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"Korean Server, Korean Dubbing" - Dota 2 is coming
Nexon and Valve working together to start local service in Korea


There have been whispers of a Korea-centric Dota 2 service coming up.

Currently, Valve's Dota 2 already has servers in North America, South East Asia, Oceania, Europe, Russia and China. Korea is said to be the next country to have servers set up for the game.

This was recently discovered in the latest patch, where patch files had an extra line called "dota_region Korea" added after the latest Australian server addition, and the news has been spreading on Twitter.

ThisIsGame did a check and true enough, Korea is next on the list to have Dota 2 servers. The company in charge of setting up the servers will be game publishing company Nexon. Dota 2 runs on Valve's proprietary Steam client, thus Nexon will not be in charge of managing and testing the game.

Over a phone interview, Nexon revealed that Dota 2 will have its servers set up as "beta" status, in accordance to the game's current publishing status. Nexon will be in charge of setting up the servers, but could not give the exact time frame in which they will be set up.

- Nexon preparing complete Korean dubs

There has been multiple signs of Dota 2 coming to Korea. Dota 2 footage appeared on GomTV's Gangnam Studio opening video that featured on the 19th, and the official Dota 2 Korean dub Twitter account has also been set up to announce the latest progress.

A check by ThisIsGame revealed that the Twitter account is currently being managed by Nexon's Dota 2 team, and the same team are also in charge of the dubs. Nexon is working with Valve for testing the Korean language support.

A Nexon spokesman said that they are currently in works with the Korean language support, and despite having partial support for the language, they have been working "since March to provide an accurate, complete translation as well as to test the servers in Korea."

Nexon, who revealed their intention in February 2012 to launch Dota 2 in the later half of 2013 has yet to announce a concrete test schedule.

One gaming industry watcher said that "the second half target was a very loose deadline", and that if "the servers are set up with a local company's help, it is highly likely that the game will launch in the first half of 2013." He added that "Aeon of Strife-style games are very popular in Korea right now, and that (Valve and Nexon) are waiting for the right timing to launch Dota 2 to ride on that momentum".

Source of translation of article and stuff: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmess..._id=401866

I mean i've never been a big fan of nexon, but seeing that they will have nothing to do with the game balance or anything like that i think they might just be the right company if Dota2 wants a chance in south korea.