{"id":8580,"date":"2020-05-01T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/01\/valve-indefinitely-delays-dota-2s-the-international-2020-2\/"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:12:00","slug":"valve-indefinitely-delays-dota-2s-the-international-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/01\/valve-indefinitely-delays-dota-2s-the-international-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve indefinitely delays Dota 2\u2019s The International 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the biggest esports events in the world has been indefinitely delayedamidst the coronavirus pandemic. Developer Valve announced on Thursday that the 2020 edition of the Dota 2<\/em> tournament, known as The International, that was set to take place at the Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm this August will no longer happen this summer and may be pushed back until 2021. In fact, Valve says it simply doesn’t know when it can announce concrete dates going forward.<\/p>\n

“We have been exploring various date possibilities, but it is likely that the event will need to happen in 2021. Given the highly volatile landscape for local gathering restrictions, virus trajectory, and global travel policies, we don’t expect to have enough confidence to communicate firm dates in the near future,” reads the company’s announcement posted to the Dota 2<\/em> blog. “In the meantime, we are working on restructuring the DPC season for the fall, and will be providing more information as soon as we have it.”<\/p>\n

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