Highlight Reel: Dota 2‘s Biggest Winners

Today’s gaming highlights: The biggest prize in esports history, an amazing escape in Dota 2, and a very good reason to always watch your back in a warzone. Dota 2 The International, this year’s Dota 2 tournament, just finished today with the winning team getting over $5 million. You can check out the final moments…

Up Close With Valve’s First, Unfinished Game

The inner workings of Valve are shrouded in mystery, particularly when it comes to game development. Consider the unfinished game that Valve was working on at the same time as the original Half-Life: Prospero ValveTime.net took the time to unpack everything we know about the long lost game. They get into the nitty gritty about…

Adam Jensen is not a tidy man

Eleven Years Later, Modders Are Still Making The Original Halo Better

Halo: Combat Evolved released in fall 2003 for PC. Bungie has moved on—but the community keeps the game alive through mods. Take SPV3, for example. SPV3 is an ongoing mod that not only enhances the graphics of the original Halo, it also adds new weapons, new enemies, new vehicles, revised and extended levels/environments, and even…

Hearthstone‘s New Expansion Has Some Insane Cards

Blizzard’s addictive digital card game will grow ever more life-consuming tomorrow, as Curse of Naxxramas, the game’s first single-player expansion, starts opening up to players all over the globe. As something of a teaser, Blizzard has released screenshots of all of the new cards you’ll be able to collect as the expansion goes live. You…

Dota 2 Finals Winner Takes Home $5 Million

After a weekend of duking it out at Seattle’s KeyArena, today The International hosted the grand championship final with Newbee going up against ViCi—and millions of dollars were on the line. In a best-out-of-five face-off, Newbee has emerged victorious—nearly every match resulted in a GG from ViCi Gaming before the ancient was actually destroyed. The…

Sims 4 Trailer Hints At New ‘Premium’ Version

Electronic Arts recently released a lengthy trailer for The Sims 4, the upcoming installment in its popular series of life-simulation games. The new video contained a surprising hint that EA might be planning a “Premium” version of the new game. The trailer is more than 20 minutes long, and the majority of that time is…

Minecraft’s Main Character Is Kind of A Jerk

When you think about it, Minecraft can be a bit of a jerk simulator. Most people in Minecraft go around killing animals, destroying the landscape and generally making a nuisance of themselves. Keshen8 knows this and made the video above. Chill out, Steve Minecraft in 20 Seconds via r/videos To contact the author of this…

Happy Fiftieth, Ryu!

They grow up so fast, don’t they? Street Fighter characters, that is. One day, they’re just a bunch of pixels in your favorite arcade game. Next thing you know, they’re being cast in live-action dramas including one regrettable movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme Sigh. Enjoy middle age, Ryu. It’s pretty damn impressive if you’ve been…

They grow up so fast…