Valve has apologised for leaking a Street Fighter trailer last week, saying “there was a mix-up in the publishing process” that meant the clip went live before Capcom could officially announce the news. “It’s a regrettable and unintentional situation, and we have already implemented measures to prevent this error from…
Fan-favorite heroes get small buffs ahead of Valve’s big Dota 2 tournament. Major swings in games are fun to watch, which is why I’m glad to see Lycan, Tinker, and Drow getting a little more powerful in the game’s latest mini-patch ahead of The International 2019.
Hats. It’s always been hats. Ever since Team Fortress 2 first added cosmetics back in 2009, which was (oh no) a…
Dota Underlords has received an update intended to turn Primordials into a little less of an unholy force to be reckoned with. Instead of disarming enemies—functionally stunning them—Primordial units now have a chance to slow enemies’ attacks. Arc Warden, meanwhile, has been overhauled. Where once his clone ability…
It’s another week in the world of Dota Underlords, which means there’s been yet another drastic balance shift that’s…
$30 million seemed like an absurd amount of money for the prize pool at Fortnite’s first World Cup event, but Dota 2 has just surpassed it. Earlier this morning, the prize pool for the Valve-sponsored International 2019 hit $30.1 million and it’s still rising, making it the biggest cash prize ever in esports.
Ideally, Dota Underlords, like its auto-battler kin, plays out as a game of slow-build strategy in which you amass…
Early Access game Dota Underlords now has an Early Access battle pass. Called the Proto Pass, Valve says it’s a test to determine what exactly the game’s real season one battle pass will look like, but for now it’s free to all players and lets you earn custom portraits, banners, and boards.
Today, developers have a huge variety of ways to create and manage enemy AI. However, back in the 90s it was much…
Just days after the end of a summer sale that laid bare many of Steam’s issues with helping people discover new…
A couple weeks ago, I came across a Dota Underlords video that changed everything for me. In it, a player managed to…
This year’s Grand Prix-themed Steam summer sale was a bumpy ride, to say the least. Two weeks ago, Valve apologized…
Some secrets in video games are found after hitting a hidden button or jumping out of a certain area. Sometimes you…
Are you someone who still battles in video games by using your fingers to directly input commands, like some kind of …
Last week, Twitch announced a new feature that’s already proven divisive: subscriber-only streams. True to their…
The other day, a talking robot ball was taunting me, saying I couldn’t raise my arms and pump my fists like him.…
After a period of stagnation, Valve has gone back to its well of Steam sale meta games—something users have enjoyed…
The long-awaited Half-Life fan remake Black Mesa first came out back in 2012. Gee, sure has Xen a while since then,…
The failure of Dota-themed trading card game Artifact might have left Valve with egg on its face, but the company…
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