Dota 2 Hands Out 19 Year Bans
Dota 2 is cracking down on toxic players, handing out bans that can last up to two decades for low behavior scores, smurfing, buying and selling Steam accounts, and role abuse.
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How Much Money Does League Of Legends Make A Year?
Faced with the continued success enjoyed by League of Legends, many have wondered just how much money the free-to-play game draws in each year. Microtransactions, it turns out, are a profitable business model.
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Here's What The Founder's First Working Name For Minecraft Was
Minecraft is an institution. It almost feels as ingrained in video game history as any mascot title. Millions of people play it. Billions of YouTube views prove the game has an audience outside of playing it. Yet few know that Minecraft wasn't the original name for this global phenomenon.
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Rockstar Releases Its Own PC Games Launcher
Rockstar Games is the latest publisher to release a launcher for their PC titles. The distribution platform just went live, joining the ranks alongside Electronic Arts' Origin, Ubisoft's Uplay, and the Bethesda.net Launcher.
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10-Year-Old League Of Legends Draws About 8 Million Concurrent Players Daily
In honor of League of Legends' tenth anniversary, Riot Games has announced a special celebration and livestream. The developer also revealed that the battle arena game pulls in an average of 8 million concurrent players daily, making League the most popular PC game in the world.
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Gears 5 Had The 'Biggest Launch' Of Any First-Party Xbox One Game
Gears 5 arrived on Oct. 5 for some and Oct. 10 for others. It came rather quietly, without the marketing blitz we're used to seeing from other major AAA franchises. But when the smoke cleared, all of that mattered not. Gears 5's launch was, for the Xbox One and Xbox Game Studios, record-breaking.
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Heroes Of The Storm Teases 1920s-Themed Event, The Scarlet Heist
Blizzard Entertainment's efforts to breathe new life into flagging online team brawler Heroes of the Storm continue with The Scarlet Heist, a new 1920s themed event. Though details about the event remain scarce, it's slated to introduce some fresh cosmetic items.
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Borderlands 3 Cloud Saves Are Disappearing On PC
Are you thinking about buying Borderlands 3 on PC? If so, you might want to hold off for a couple of days, or at least be very careful about how you're saving your progress in Gearbox's latest looter shooter.
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Deep Rock Galactic Is Free To Play On Steam This Weekend
If dwarves in space sounds like an intriguing concept, make sure to check out Deep Rock Galactic during its free weekend on Steam.
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Discord Kills Off Its Nitro Games Feature You Probably Didn't Know About
Did you know that Discord has a paid subscription service? it's called Discord Nitro, and for about a year, it gave away access to free games (similar to something like EA Access or Xbox Game Pass). Sadly, the free games feature -- which was called Nitro Games -- is going bye-bye.
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The Man Who Got Rich Selling World Of Warcraft Accounts
The idea of selling online game accounts isn't anything new; folks have been selling access to their high-level MMO characters for years. Most just don't have time to play anymore, and want to part with their account while earning a return on the time they invested. One even made nearly $500K.
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Killer Queen Black Zips Onto Nintendo Switch And PC This October
When is Killer Queen Black coming out? That's a question a lot of Nintendo Switch owners have been asking since the game first showed up in Nintendo's E3 2018 Direct. Finally, at long last, we have a release date to share. And good news for PC gamers: KQB will launch on both Switch and PC.
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Epic Games Store Teases Free Batman Game(s) For Next Week
Okay, look out: the Epic Games Store is getting cute. Normally at this time each week, we catch a glimpse of which title Epic's store will be giving away a week from now. We usually have a game title or two to share. This time, things are different. All we have are some images of Batman.
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World Of Warcraft's New Recruit-A-Friend Program Has Players Up In Arms
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the return of World of Warcraft's Recruit-A-Friend program. After going on hiatus in June, the feature will resume later in 2019, rewarding persuasive players with new titles, mounts, and cosmetics.
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Monkey Vomits On Sea Of Thieves Developer During Livestream
Those tuning in to yesterday's Sea of Thieves stream on Twitch got a little more than they bargained for, as did Rare video producer Jon McFarlane. It's all thanks to a hungry little monkey named Antonio, who perhaps had a bit too much to eat during Rare's broadcast about Smuggler's Run.
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League Of Legends To Feature More Limited-Time Game Modes
League of Legends developer Riot Games has changed their tune regarding limited-time game modes. Design lead Justin 'Xenogenix' Hanson revealed plans to add more limited-time game modes—new and old—to the popular battle game in an effort to spice up special events.
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Conarium Goes Free On The Epic Games Store Next Week
How are you with psychological horror games? Are you the type who plays them on the edge of your seat, or the kind of person who doesn't even bother downloading them? If you're in the former camp, you might love what the Epic Games Store is giving away next week in 2017's Conarium.
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How Long Does It Take To Beat Gears 5?
Gears 5 comes out next Tuesday (or tomorrow for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers). But reviews are already live, and thanks to those, we know two things about this newest Gears title: it's pretty good, and it's a tad bit longer than other games in the series.
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WoW Classic Is Letting Players Change Realms (With Some Caveats)
So you probably know the story by now: World of Warcraft Classic is insanely overpopulated. Players are waiting hours to log in, and though Blizzard is working to get more servers online, it's not doing so fast enough. Fortunately, the studio is enabling character moves... with some caveats.
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Gears 5, Dead Cells And More Coming Soon To Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft announced a slew of new titles for its Xbox Game Pass service today, and -- praise be -- the company decided to split the PC and Xbox One announcements up into separate posts. This makes it crystal clear which games are coming to which platforms, and we salute this change. Thank you.
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Steam Libraries Will Receive Long-Anticipated Overhaul This Month
Steam will receive an overhaul in September, including changes to the Library layout, and a new Events tool. Valve discussed the changes during a private briefing before PAX West alongside plans on the horizon for Steamworks and Steam Labs.
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The Critics Have Played Gears 5 And Here Is What They Are Saying
It feels like a lifetime has passed since we got our first look at Gears 5. But Sept. 10 will be here before we know it. And if you happen to be an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you'll actually be able to access the game on Friday, Sept. 6. But what are reviewers saying now? Let's find out.
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Solo WoW Classic Mage Is The First To Reach Level 60
As members of the guild turned esports organization Method raced to be the first to take their World of Warcraft Classic characters to level 60, a lone European player plugged away, beating the high-profile group to the illustrious honor of World First.
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We Finally Understand The Entire Batman: Arkham Story
Batman's legend can be hard to track completely, so we've gone through the Arkham franchise and put together a timeline of the major events in the Caped Crusader's quest for justice. Grab your grapnel gun and your explosive gel, and let's break into the Batman: Arkham saga.
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Epic Games Store Snaps Up Eight More Exclusives
Epic Games has announced eight more games coming to their storefront ahead of their showcase at PAX West this week, demonstrating that their exclusive-based strategy remains alive and well.
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The End Is Nigh And Abzu Are Next Week's Epic Games Store Freebies
Have you been grabbing all those free Epic Games Store titles? If so, you likely have a giant library of very good PC games by now. Next week, you'll be able to add not one, but two games to your collection, courtesy of Epic. What are they? Let's find out.
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Blizzard Sues Chinese Publisher Over World Of Warcraft Clone
Blizzard Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Sina Games, claiming that the content of their free-to-play mobile and PC title Glorious Saga was "almost entirely copied from the Warcraft games and related products."
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