September 2011
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IGN shares with us the 'Heroes of DOTA 2' →
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(M.O.B.A) If you don't know it, learn it!
Multilayer Online Battle Arena, or M.O.B.A is a fairly new sub-genre to the Real Time Strategy market but is one that shows a lot of promise.
Most gamers will know MOBA by the more commonly known game Defence of the Ancients (DoTA), which was a mod created within Blizzard’s own Warcraft III engine. The game consisted of maximum of 10 players in a equal ‘vs’ match.
The map is...
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Dead Island has shipped 2 million copies
In it’s first week of global release Dead Island has been confirmed by Deep Silver that 2 million copies of Dead Island have been shipped, despite the bugs found on many platforms in early reports of the game.
Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media.
“With Dead Island a number one in several important retail territories, this success has also confirmed our standing as a global publisher...
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Calling all Diablo Theorycrafters!
Blizzard has opened up the floor and released a skill calculator for the upcoming Diablo 3 game.
You will be able to choose from five classes and dive into their skill-tree.
Enjoy.
Click Here
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Portable N64! Expansion Pack included
Of those who roam the world of Reddit may have already seen this but this is still very amazing to see.
A forum poster by the name of SifuF has modified a N64 into a portable device which features 2x 3D Sticks, D-Pad, L-Button, Headphone socket and of course even the expansion pack.
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Developers of Serious Sam on a serious note.
The Dev’s over at ‘Mommy’s Best Games’ have asked for donations on there website from illegal downloaders of their game.
Thay have reminded us that even though the game is avaliable on Steam, for those select few who have obtained the game and cracked it and also liked the game to please donate what they can to support thier little studio.
I for one give props to them not...
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Xbox Live confirmed to be included with Windows 8
With Windows 7 still finding it’s ground amongst unsure users it seems Microsoft is releasing notes regarding the next ‘over the horizon’ operating system.
Windows 8 has just been confirmed to include an Xbox Live feature pre built into the system that will allow Microsoft to not worry about Windows Live and have more plug’s for it’s own platform.
On a developer...
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Activision/Infinity Ward taking care of PC COD...
So as more and more COD news streams in, it seems Kotaku has just reported that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have LAN Support which is good news seeing that most game released these days require some sort of net connection or online Steam support.
As seen in previous COD Games (MW2 and Black Ops) the LAN feature was not included. Weather on not this is IW worried about losing the BF3 v...
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Borderlands showing PC love
With the increase of PC gameplay and stability coming only after console stability for video games the cool kids over at Gearbox have announced that they will be showing some needed love to BL2 players on the PC version.
This is a breath of fresh air after the debacle of the PC version of BL1’s network support for 4 player co-op.
“rest assured we’ll be putting a lot of effort into...
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The other side of the coin (MW3)
For the last week I’ve been posting a few video’s regarding Call Of Duty’s new Modern Warfare 3 with some pretty neat gameplay and features.
But let’s think back to the announcement of the ‘Elite’ service that was proposed by Activision. It was communicated that the service would cost less than a regular subscription fee that would be on par with other online...
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Arkham City achievement's cracked →
The guys over at xbox360achievements have obtained the achievements listings for the Xbox release of Batman: Arkham City.
Interesting read for all those achievement hunters out there.
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3D Helmet to be lauched by Sony.
Sony has released details regarding there newest project, the 3D Helmet.
The 3D entertainment system has been reported to utilize 3D movies, games and also the ability to listen to music.
Although this may be an upcoming device from Sony it feels like a rehash of every futuristic device from every late 80’s and early 90’s movie. (Double Dragon anyone?)
Has...
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WoW Developer see's dip in subscription as a good...
In a recent interview with PC Gamer™ Tim Chilton reports that even though subscriptions are signification down since the release of Cataclysm, this indicates a good thriving market for PC as a re-emergent platform for gamers.
“In a lot of ways I see the PC as potentially a re-emerging sort of platform,” says Tom.
“I think that the PC has always offered ways to approach games that you can’t...