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Perfect World internal document suggests March for Chinese server beta?

Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201301/148669.html

A document that Sgamer has confirmed indeed came from Perfect World internal announcement announces a company-wide pre-beta tournament for employees, with the tournament itself ending on March 21, 2013. Sgamer theorizes that this is a tournament to both help employees become familiar with Dota2, and to run some early tests of the servers themselves, with the Chinese server beta to go live shortly after this date.

The document also recommends employees to form teams based on existing work units as opposed to recruiting freely, so as to avoid poaching good Dota players from each other and causing internal strife.

 

Perfect World and Dota2 at Digichina Expo — Chinese server beta to start in January?

Original: http://dota2.17173.com/news/12142012/160107673.shtml

Perfect World will be present at the Digichina Expo in Beijing this month, and according some rumors, official Chinese servers and beta will welcome its first users in January 2013, with the official public release coming in the third quarter of 2013.

A month ago, Perfect World kicked off sign ups for beta in China, so with their appearance at this Expo this month, perhaps we will learn more details of the upcoming Dota2 launch in China!

 

 

 

 

Dota 2 getting full localization in China — including voice work

This should come as no surprise, Dota2 is getting the full treatment for arguably its most important market.

Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201212/148380.html

Not long ago there were rumors suggesting that Perfect World would begin a limited private beta for Chinese Dota2 servers in December, and now some attentive fans have found that Perfect World has also begun work on complete Chinese voiceovers for hero lines in game.

Tweets sent from the account of a Chinese comedian/comic, Sun Zhongqiu, who is doing voice work for Kunkka at Perfect World’s studios

The specific tweets read:

To be able to do voice for Dota2’s Kunkka is an incomparable delight! He is my favorite character in Dota, he’s fierce, arrogant. Now his voice work is done by me! Of course it should be…

reply to fan: over 300 lines! Although it seems like he’s got a rivalry going on with Tidehunter in Dota2, over 80 lines specifically aimed at insulting him

reply to fan: there’s pretty much a joke interaction line with every other hero

 

 

 

Perfect World’s Dota2 site now ‘live’

Check it out at: http://dota2.wanmei.com/

Right now it’s got a collection of the hero spread artwork that Valve uses on its blog posts, a couple Dota2-related videos, and some epic music. No signups for access to Chinese Dota2 yet, but this is another step closer.

note: technically, as some readers have pointed out, this is not ‘officially live’, and indeed some of the videos on the site allude to a dota2.com.cn, which is not yet accessible

Perfect World press conference confirming partnership with Valve

dotaland note: Press conference going on in China with Perfect World, officially announcing the partnership with Valve.

Duowan and Sgamer have put up an interview with Erik Johnson of Valve, with some good insight. I’m sure it was done in English but I can’t find the original English source anywhere, only Chinese version… the interview seems like it had a lot of PR talk in it, so I’ll just quickly translate it a selection of the more interesting/revealing comments…

Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147555.html

Question (Q): Surely many players want to know the answer to this, rumors from Perfect World state that Dota2 will only go open to the public officially at the end of next year, is this for real?

Erik Johnson (EJ): We want our game to go open to Chinese players as soon as possible, players all over the world have already established a massive following. So we will work to allow Chinese gamers to join this following as quickly as possible.

Q: What brought Valve to choose Perfect World as the Chinese partner, and will there be even more partnership with them in the future?

EJ: First off, we have a very solid working background with Perfect World. Perfect World subsidiary Runic Games we know very well, they’re a bunch of geniuses, and their Torchlight series has been brilliantly received here in North America. We have a lot in common, so it’s not hard to understand why we chose to work together. Our company really pays attention to the players, and Perfect World has similar views on this. Perfect World is an able company, and they understand the Chinese market more than we do. There are a lot of things we need to learn from them.

Q: As for China’s large Dota following, I’m quite worried that the China servers will not be up to par.

EJ: This is something we’re worried about too, our advantage is that globally, we have built up a community of millions of gamers. This size of community is one that also requires a similar level of large scale server support. Our choice in Perfect World is also due to their ability and experience in handling this kind of thing, so for your question, we are carefully assessing solutions. Our hope is that we can solve the problem carefully, at the same time utilizing statistics and data to our advantage.

Q: Will the Dota2 International ever come to China?

EJ: The next International is still undecided as to where it will be held, after all the last International has just ended. But both our company and Perfect World recognize the importance of professional play. From a technical standpoint professional play can help other players learn more about the game and how to play the game, including for players such as myself. When Dota2 officially enters China we will hold many events, and players will be able to participate in a lot.

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Also, Anderson is announced as joining Perfect World in a product and events capacity: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147552.html

As of August of this year, PW has been recruiting talent for their Dota2 work. Anderson has just been announced as joining Perfect World.

Perfect World + Valve = official (official press release from PW), IceFrog to visit

Reported here: http://dota2.replays.net/news/page/20121019/1738014.html

http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147469.html

Confirmed… Statements from Perfect World CEO, Gabe Newell, below… doesn’t seem to be on the Dota2 website/blog yet as of Thursday night

Perfect World CEO Hong Xiao: “Valve is one of the best developers of online games in the world. We are very excited to partner with Valve in bringing Dota 2 to Chinese gamers. Dota 2, a refined work by the developers at Valve, has received great attention from players worldwide. With our years of expertise in delivering quality games in China, we are confident that adding this action strategy game to our diverse portfolio of games will bring additional world-class entertainment and premier gaming experiences to our players in China.”

Official Perfect World press release here: http://www.pwrd.com/html/en/news_c_121019.html

Valve managing director Gabe Newell: “We knew when we started building Dota 2 that Dota was already loved by millions of gamers in China. Valve gave very careful consideration to which potential partner, among multiple candidates, would best serve the Chinese Dota community. In the end, Perfect World was the clear choice to best bring the full Dota 2 experience to customers in China. IceFrog, and the entire team at Valve, are looking forward to moving Dota 2 forward in China with the rest of the world.”

 

Additionally, it is reported that IceFrog is working with Chinese Dota2 localization lead HippoVic on a trip to visit China…
 http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147472.html

Dota2 Chinese localization lead HippoVic revealed, he is currently working on paperwork and arrangements for IceFrog to visit China. IceFrog had previously said he wished to visit China, and this time if he does visit, he would likely be there to settle the partnership arrangements with Perfect World, visit the company, and tour China while getting a feel for the Chinese Dota atmosphere. As the current Dota’s lead designer, he has millions of loyal fans, yet he maintains a very low key profile, and has yet to reveal his true identity. Even during TI2, he declined to reveal his public face, with only star commentators and players having met him. There haven’t even been photos leaked out, nor even clips of audio, nothing.

So, will we finally get to see who IceFrog really is in his visit to China this time? What will Dota2’s Chinese servers be like? Let us look forward to IceFrog’s visit to China.

Perfect World insiders reveal more about Chinese partnership for Dota2

Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147408.html

Dotaland note: First reported on and translated in early September here: https://dotaland.net/2012/09/04/dota-2s-chinese-partner-confirmed/

After The International 2 in Seattle, Dota2 let itself become known by many more fans, with everyone wishing to join in on the beta. But to do so requires access to a beta key, and in addition to issues with lag between regional servers, this meant that many Chinese players have been denied access to playing Dota2, so more and more players have been hoping for Dota2 to officially go into public open beta in China.

According to information gained today, Perfect World has confirmed their role as Valve’s official Chinese partner in promoting and running Dota2 in China. However, there are no specific details as of now, and all we can confirm is that Perfect World will be responsible for at least the entirety of Mainland China, and that they have established an operational headquarter in Shanghai. As a result, we believe that open beta for Dota2 in China is only a matter of time now.

In order to find the most suitable partner for Dota2 in China, Valve has sent many high level executives over the past few months to China, and ultimately decided upon Perfect World as the exclusive partner.

This is not the first time Perfect World has worked with Valve; not long ago Perfect World’s North American section published their FPS Blacklight: Retribution under Valve’s Steam platform (dotaland note: Torchlight series is also by a Perfect World owned developer and is also on Steam). The arrival of heavyweight title Dota2 in this context means that this is the start of an even bigger cooperation between Valve and Perfect World.

Dota 2’s Chinese partner confirmed?

Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201209/147024.html

According to Sgamer’s reporters on site in Seattle, the previous rumor that Perfect World would be the official Chinese partner of Valve in releasing and supporting Dota 2 has been confirmed. Perfect World’s higher ups had received invitations from Valve to attend The International over the weekend in Seattle, for the purposes of taking the next step in confirming and preparing for the partnership.

Taking into consideration that Dota2 is still in beta and will probably remain in beta for a while yet, and also the administrative steps needed to officially release Dota2 in China with a partner, a good estimate for Dota2 to officially be in China is the second half of 2013.

Finally, we have learned that the announcement of Perfect World as official partners of Valve’s Dota2 in China will come a month from now, and so once the partnership is confirmed, Dota2 will be coming even faster to China!