E3 2019 - Dota spin-off Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store
By Alex Calvin, PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor
Mildly popular Dota 2 mode Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store via Chinese publisher Dragonest.
That's according to the company's founder and CEO Loring Lee who revealed the news at the PC Gaming Show at this year's E3. The Chinese publisher is working with the game's original creator Drodo Studio to bring the title to mobile as well as PC.
Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.