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Alright Dota 2 fans. You win. It’s not even close. The International 10’s prize pool has broken $40 million. Just before the Battle Pass left the shop, there was a late push to get money past the huge milestone. Meanwhile the tournament itself is still indefinitely postponed. I’ll say that one more time, a tournament that doesn’t even have a guarantee of happening anytime in the near future raised $40 million for its prize pool, all crowd funded. Esports fans are something else. Cale Michael at Dot Esports has more.
Huya and DouYu are merging. We had reports that this was happening a few months ago, and now the companies have made it official. The two companies each individually owned the biggest live streaming platforms in China, and now the merged entity would have a combined market share of more than 80% in the country. Tencent is a large stakeholder in both companies. The full announcement can be found here.