Multiplay drops Dota 2 from Insomnia festival

Multiplay, the UK based gaming company has decided to drop Dota 2 from their Insomnia60 festival set to take place in April. The event typically features BYOC prize tournament for multiple games, including Dota 2. Multiplay has cited declining interest but is open to the possibility of reinstating it in the future if interest increases. Insomnia60 takes place April 14-17 at NEC, Birmingham, UK.

The first in a string of announcements regarding the featured tournaments for the Insomnia60 festival, Multiplay were quick to announce that Dota 2 would not be included this year.

Before Hype Week begins, we wanted to make sure we weren’t leading communities along, as such we have to announce that we are no longer supporting Dota 2 as a BYOC prize tournament at Insomnia. Interest in the game has been slowly dropping over the past few events, and is now at the point where we’re no longer able to justify supporting it as a prize tournament. For those of you attending who are still interested in playing Dota 2, there will be organised activity throughout the weekend, with game modes guided by what you want to play.
We’ll continue to keep monitoring the community and other events, with a view to bringing it back in the future if we see a positive growth in the competitive player base.

For those fans planning on attending and looking forward to Dota 2, the company has several ideas of what to replace it with. They have also requested ideas and responses be provided via their official twitter account.

The Call of Duty World League UK event at i60 will have a $50,000 prize pool and Hearthstone tournament has been already confirmed with a £2,000 prize.

Insomnia60 festival

The Insomnia Gaming Festival is a large-scale event with a professional Main Stage, an Expo Hall and largest LAN in the UK.

The series of events, referred to as the ‘iSeries’ are sequentially numbered and run three times a year. One is usually held around Easter, the next typically in August and then rounded out in November.

Tickets range from £25-£60 for Day and weekend tickets, £75 for Family Days and £99 for the BYOC portion and can be purchased HERE.

Multiplay

Multiplay (UK) Ltd is a UK-based company founded in 1997. They have been running gaming events for over a decade, their biggest being the Insomnia festivals – hailed as the UK’s largest video games festival.

The company is also a worldwide Games Service Provider. Their servers host players from 195 different countries and hold a PCU (Peak Concurrent Users) of over 25,000.