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The next free 'expansion' for EVE Online is preparing to blast off, with the countdown on for May 22. 'Inferno' doesn't bring many huge new features, but it's another fine bag of fixes, tweaks, updates and changes.
While it may not have achieved the same notoriety as Fruit Ninja, Halfbrick Studios' Jetpack Joyride has drained thousands of hours of productivity from the economy... and now it's on Facebook.
"In accordance with the agreement, Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community."
Isn't it lovely that Company of Heroes 2 has finally been officially announced? If you missed CoH the first time around, though, it's on sale for $2 this weekend. You'll also find Portal 2 for $7, Batman: Arkham City for $12, Tropico 4 for $14, Skyrim for $40, and more.
Republique's Kickstarter donations have picked up in pace, making the goal within reach but with only a few hours to accomplish it.
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! dev and naming wizard Dejobaan Games has been tinkering with an FPS prototype for a while, and is now happy enough to declare Drunken Robot Pornography a proper game. It'll come to PC and Mac this year.
Cross-realm zones are coming to World of Warcraft, joining underpopulated areas of the world across severs. This tech can also be used to split overpopulated areas into multiple instances per realm.
Apparently, "The International" is an annual affair, as Valve has announced plans for a second Dota 2 competition.
Matt Firor, game director for The Elder Scrolls Online, talks about how the origins of the game and the thought that is going into creating an MMO in the huge continent of Tamriel.
With Diablo III actually, genuinely, seriously launching next week, Blizzard has released a six-minute animated trailer showing the angels of the High Heavens throwing down against the demons of the Burning Hells.
