Humpday Bump: Valve Unveils Digital Trading Card System Edition

Humpday Bump: Valve Unveils Digital Trading Card System Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Tech On: 15 May

Valve has announced a new digital trading card system to compliment their all powerful digital distribution platform Steam. The system sounds a bit those old paper tickets players could turn in for prizes at their local arcade, only instead of winning large stuffed animals, players can turn in their cards for additional customization to their [...]

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YouTube Tuesday: LoL’s Freljord Patch Improves All Random Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC, Xbox 360 On: 30 Apr

Finally, after months of waiting Riot has released an update which improves the “All Random All Mid” custom game by adding matchmaking, a new currency system, and an updated map. Riot confirmed that they were working on matchmaking for ARAM in the fall after a petition on their forums was signed by over 20,000 players. [...]

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Humpday Bump: Dethroned WoW Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC On: 10 Apr

Well it’s been brewing for a while now but it appears as though the MOBA’s which were originally fringe titles for the competitive multiplayer obsessed have dethroned World of Warcraft as the world’s most played game. This is interesting for many reasons, the most obvious being that if it wasn’t for Blizzard and their RTS [...]

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Banhammer: Riot Games Bans Entire League of Legends Team From Championship Play

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC On: 25 Jan

Unfortunately, it seems the recent string of bans Riot Games has had to enact upon LoL players is not over yet. According to a recent post on the official board, three more players have been found in violation of “the Summoner’s Code.” This is especially relevant because all three players belong to the Team Solo [...]

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Riot’s LoL Tribunal Bans Its First Pro Player

Posted By: Dave Bast In: PC On: 05 Dec

In case you were wondering whether or not Riot’s League of Legends Tribunal was actually capable of enforcing its own rules, yesterday Riot’s VP of eSports, Redbeard, announced a one year ban for Christian Rivera or IWillDominate, a professional LoL player from Team Dignitas. In a post on LoL’s forums, Redbeard explained why the popular [...]

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YouTube Tuesday: Weak Enemy Unknown DLC Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC On: 04 Dec

Well, it did all seem a little too good to be true. As a fan of the Firaxis X-Com reboot I was excited to hear that DLC would be released soon after the game was. In a game so focused on gameplay there’s plenty they could have done; more research options, new enemies, or perhaps [...]

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End of the Week Wrap-Up: Dota 2 International Documentary Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC, Xbox 360 On: 16 Nov

Not to be confused with the full blown E-sports documentary that they are doing, Valve has released a 20 minute documentary surrounding the recently concluded Dota 2 International tournament. It’s almost like one of those old-school NFL shorts, giving an in-depth look into some of the players and teams. Valve is slowly turning into an [...]

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Weekend Wrap-up: When Gordon Met Chell Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Console News, Gaming News, PC On: 14 Oct

This wrap-up features an example of what happens when creative fans, tired of waiting for Half Life 3, decide to make their own version of a Half Life/Portal crossover. Valve has hinted in the past of a connection between the in-game worlds of both HL and Portal, so it’s not surprising that someone is having [...]

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Riot Investigating Cheating Allegations for LoL’s Season 2 Playoffs

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC On: 09 Oct

After community members on both Reddit and Riot’s forums launched an informal yet in-depth investigation into potential screen peeking by players at Riot’s League of Legends Season 2 tournament, Riot has announced that while they’re not sure of all the details they will be launching an internal investigation regarding the accusations. It did take some mainstream media attention, namely from Massively and Kotaku, to [...]

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Riot Games Unveils New Honor System for League of Legends

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, PC On: 02 Oct

Developers have always struggled in dealing with the nastier side of online play. Many players seem to enjoy flinging curses or general nastiness while hiding behind the anonymity of their user names. It’s become so bad in recent years that many companies have attempted to deal with these types of people with various forms of [...]

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YouTube Tuesday: Three Videos for One Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, Playstation 3, Video Gallery, Xbox 360 On: 11 Sep

Every Tuesday I like to take some time to focus on the hardworking and dedicated “YouTubers” within the gaming community. This week features three videos because, well, I felt like it. I’ve got a bit of everything today; some fan fiction, an hour-long developer panel, and a funny compilation of the “Best Blitzcrank” from League [...]

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League of Legends players disqualified by MLG for rigging championship

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC On: 28 Aug

Competitive gaming is serious business nowadays: with thousands of dollars in prize money and potential sponsorships on the line, there’s a lot of cash being pumped into the business of turning multiplayer games into a lucrative spectator sport. Of course, whenever money is involved, there will always be people trying to game the system, and [...]

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