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E3 2019 - Dota spin-off Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store

E3 2019 - Dota spin-off Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store

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.

Auto Chess is being made on Unreal Engine 4, too.

The game started as a Steam mod for Dota 2 and soon garnered an audience of literally millions

You can check out the trailer below:


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