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Dota 2 fans boast of having one of the largest esports communities and players bases in the world. Little do these people know that the MOBA game is currently experiencing its lowest player count since 2014. Why is that? According to Dot Esports, the average player count for Dota 2 has fallen below 385,000, while the peak player count has continue...
The first-ever One Esports Dota 2 Singapore World Pro Invitational concluded on Sunday, 22 December 2019, with the grand finals taking place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Vici Gaming emerged victorious as champions after beating Evil Geniuses 3-0 in a best-of-five series to take home a whopping US$200,000 from the total US$500,000 prize pool. O...
Southeast Asian Dota 2 fans are capping the year with one last major tournament happening right now, the ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Singapore. The company has just announced another event that will definitely excite local Dota 2 fans. ONE Esports will be organising the first-ever Dota 2 Singapore Major in June 2020. It will featur...
If you're hankering to play the remastered version of classic RTS WarCraft 3, you know the game that is the skeleton of Malaysia's favourite MOBA of all time, you may have to wait. But not for long. Blizzard confirmed that Warcraft 3: Reforged will not be out "end of the year", but rather on 28th January 2020. That's only a couple of weeks, so it'...
Just because it's December doesn't mean that Dota 2 esports is taking a break. In fact, the scene is going to end in one hell of a bang with a tournament happening in Southeast Asia's "Lion City". The ONE Esports Dota 2 Singapore World Pro Invitational is happening this weekend from 20 December to 22 December 2019. The company has just unveiled ...
Esports history has hit another milestone. For the first time ever, esports is featured as a medal sport in an international sports event, namely the SEA Games 2019. All matches have concluded on 10 December 2019. Let's take a look at who won those medals. The SEA Games 2019 Esports tournament was participated by 8 countries from the Southeast ...
When it comes to the world of international esports, everyone knows about the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). For the first time in the tournament's history, the Asia Pacific (APAC) Final is taking place outside of China. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Brian Wong, VP of Global Initiatives at Alibaba (left) and Hasnul Hadi Sam...
On Day 5 of the SEA Games 2019 Esports event, we'll be seeing the countries compete for the gold medals for Hearthstone, Arena of Valor, and DOTA 2. With Mobile Legends: Bang Bang already concluded and the Philippines bringing home another gold medal, let's see who comes out on top today: Hearthstone Gold Medal Match Thailand vs. Malaysia (1 - 3) A...
The time has come, folks. We're now on Day 4 of the SEA Games 2019 Esports event and that means it's time to start the playoffs for DOTA 2, Arena of Valor, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. We're pretty sure you're just as excited as we are to find out who brings home the gold medals for these games. These are your Day 4 results: DOTA 2 Upper Bracket...
Day 3 of the SEA Games 2019 Esports event is finally upon us! This means that we'll finally start to see DOTA 2 and Arena of Valor matches being played. So let's see who's going to conquer these MOBAs: DOTA 2 Vietnam vs. Malaysia (2 - 0) Thailand vs. Singapore (2 - 0) Laos vs. Philippines (0 - 2) Myanmar vs. Indonesia (1 - 1) Philippines vs. ...
The SEA Games 2019 Esports matches resume, now with day 2! Nine Southeast Asian countries have sent their athletes to battle it out across six video games for a chance at winning 18 medals. Let's see who came out on top in day 2. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Vietnam vs. Singapore (1 - 0) Singapore vs. Vietnam (0 - 1) Malaysia vs. Indonesia (0 - 2...
As the saying goes - seek and you shall find. That has always been the mantra of us over here at Kakuchopurei.com. If and when we have queries about some particular topic, we go straight to the source for answers. So being nosy-slash-curious to as what the recently-elected Minister of Youth and Sports, Yang Berhormat Tuan Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman...
The SEA Games 2019 will be the first major international sports event to feature Esports as a medal sport. There are 18 medals to be won across 6 games. The group stage draw was done yesterday and we now have the results. Esports at SEA Games 2019 will be happening at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, Metro Manila from 5 December to 10 Decem...
Government-involved kerfuffles aside, many of us are excited for this year's Philippines 2019 30th SEA Games, largely because it's the first time we'll be seeing esports as a competitive field in an Olympic-level scale and setting. You can watch the esports tournament here. https://youtu.be/mmCBkYBymrM Here's the schedule (via Esports Inquirer)....
Kuro ‘KuroKy’ Salehi Takhasomi and his teammates from Dota 2 team Liquid left the North American organization after finishing second and losing to Red Bull OG at The International 2019 (TI9) earlier this year. Now they have announced the formation of a new independent Dota 2 team, called Nigma. However, this is the exact same team ros...
Update: schedule for SEA Games Esports added below. Thanks, Low Yat! With the 2019 Philippines SEA Games Esports tournament happening soon, it's high time Malaysia reveals its roster of players who will be representing the nation. Thanks to a recent player list email Kakuchopurei received, we now know the players representing Malaysia for the gol...
DOTA 2 fans have been enjoying one hell of a weekend with the recent ESL One Hamburg 2019 championship that ended yesterday at the Barclaycard Arena and we now have our champions:Â TNC Predator! The Philippines-based team nabbed the US$125,000 grand prize after beating Gambit Esports 3-2 at the grand finals. It was definitely one hell of a sus...
If you're still hankering for more Dota Underlords, wait no further. Valve will be releasing new content for its turn-based "auto chess" title, and it's a big one. The update will be introducing brand new heroes and alliances, and will also be the eventual end of the game's beta phase. Here's what they have in store: A new "Healer" alliance whic...
Just today, the Deputy Chef-de-Mission of the Malaysian contingent for the SEA Games 2019 paid a visit to the esports team who will be representing the country for the six esports medal events to be contested from 1 December to 6 December 2019 in Manila. Throughout the visit the DCDM Nurul Huda Abdullah, a former competitive swimmer who has won ma...
ONE Esports and PGL will be organizing the inaugural ONE Dota 2 Singapore World Pro Invitational from 20 to 22 December 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, followed by the ONE Dota 2 Jakarta World Pro Invitational from 17 to 19 April 2020 at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE BSD). Twelve teams will be participating in the ONE Esports Dota...
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