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Watch it! Call of Duty: Black Ops IIandDota 2are the games of the Major League Gaming Fall Invitational, set to kick off today in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University. Today, four of the topDota 2teams will battle it out for $15,000 and a spot in the International tourney. Tomorrow, October 19, four teams —Complexity, Optic, 8-12 UNiTE, and FaZe —will playBlack Ops IIfor $15,000. It seems Optic is the fan favorite for this tourney....

“Mass Effect 3: Earth” is an appropriately titled upcoming add-on for the game that brings multiplayer to Firebase Rio, Firebase Vancouver, and Firebase London. Fatigue might be kicking in by now, but this content will be free to download when it arrives on July 17 in North America and in Europe a day later. In addition to those locations, “Earth” includes a selection of N7 characters — the Demolisher Engineer, Destroyer Soldier, Fury Adept, Sentinel Paladin, Shadow Infiltrator, and Slayer Vanguard — plus new modifications and upgrades....

Unearthed Treasure Tokyo Game Show isyet to officially get underway, but already it seems that some of its surprises are just too durn exciting to keep under wraps. According toa new leak uncovered by Gematsu, legendary shmup developer Treasure is getting set to reveal a new project under the banner of one of its best-loved IPs,Radiant Silvergun. Gematsu found evidence of a newRadiant Silverguntitle after poking around the TGS website uploaded by publisher Happinet....

His fav fighter, reason for Capcom move Aside from the immortalStreet Fighter IIand the clever (in a “Die Hardis my favorite Christmas movie” kind of way)Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbonod,Street Fighter IIIis probably my favorite in the series. The number of unique animations, the art style, thefamous Daigo parrythat I saw before “esports” was a phenomenon observed by everyone from ESPN to HBO to university. It was a bold move, leaping far flung into a new chronology of stripping it of most of the familiar faces that make up a typicalStreet Fighterroster (only Ryu, Ken, and Akuma were present beforeThird Strikebrought Chun-Li back)....

Second expansion The concluding part of theWhite Marchexpansion forPillars of Eternity, the unfussily-namedThe White March – Part 2, has a formal release date: February 16. While I’d prefer Don Pilar for an eternity, the expansion, “not only adds new content to thePillars of Eternityuniverse, but also allows players to experience the conclusion of the stories told inTheWhiteMarch– Part 1,bringing the first epic chapter ofPillars of Eternityto a close. Players will find a variety of new challenges waiting for them in the snowy borderlands of the Eastern Reach, along with new quests, new abilities and a raised level cap, and a new companion: Meneha, the Barbarian....

His name is Scrumptious I’ve been a big fan of The Behemoth ever since I first playedCastle Crashers. I was familiar with their Newgrounds content, but never really took the plunge until the genre defining beat-’em-up landed on Xbox Live Arcade in 2008. It was almost revelatory in how good that game was, along with having a plain colorful and hilarious art style. I immediately became a fan and eagerly waited for their next release....

High-profile PS4 indies, PlayStation VR gems, and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition will be free on the PlayStation Store [Update: Today (April 22) is the last day to get nine free PS4 games from Play at Home 2021. So long as you show up and claim them from the PlayStation Store by 8:00 p.m. Pacific, they’re yours to keep— no subscription needed.PlayStation VR owners, in particular, shouldn’t sleep on this deal....

Available on Google Play and Samsung Apps Me? I’m an Apple kid, but that new Samsung Galaxy S4 looks to be a pretty hot phone. If you’re looking to get one and are hoping to get your game on, Gameloft has got your back with 13 optimized titles for the device. Geared up for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and the Super AMOLED screen, popular titles likeAsphalt 7: HeatandDungeon Hunter 4. EvenMy Little Ponyis S4 ready....

Ubisoft is bringing some of their biggest games to PAX East next week. The biggest of them all will beAssassin’s Creed III. It won’t be playable, but there will be live demo presentations in a fully-enclosed theater at their booth. Attendees will be given a special-editionAssassin’s Creed III-branded item and from what I was told, the presentation will be different than whatwe previewed this past week. For actual playable games, you’ll be able to get your filthy hands ontoMad Riders,Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier,Ghost Recon Online, andI Am Alive....

Sega is gearing up to release a series of Sega Genesis games for the iPhone and iPod Touch this summer, and they are starting with a couple of classics. BothSpace Harrier IIandEcco the Dolphinare available on the App Store now. I loved both games as a Sega kid, though I don’t know how well they’ll hold up on the iPhone’s touchscreen. What I do like about these is that the virtual d-pad and action buttons are styled to look just like the buttons on the Genesis controller....

President of Sony Worldwide Studios speaks his mind Speaking recently withIGN, Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, shared his thoughts on why he believes Nintendo needs to succeed for both the sake of Sony and traditional gaming. “When you look at the situation around Nintendo that way, do you characterize Nintendo as our competition? I think in the bigger scale of things happening in the industry or tech or people’s lives, how they play games on what device, and how they start to learn to play games, I think Nintendo and us are pretty much in the same group, and we need Nintendo to be very successful to help induct as many consumers who like to play games with controllers, right?...

…and not much else A newDragon Quest Monstersis in the works, Square Enix revealed this weekend at a festival in Tokyo dedicated to the popular series. The originalDragon Quest Monstershit the Game Boy Color around the turn of the century, arriving hot on the heels of the nascentPokémonphenomenon. The thematic similarities between the monster-collecting role-playing games lead many to draw comparisons between the franchises, thoughDragon Quest Monstersputs a heavy emphasis on breeding....

Plus a new trailer in French! Lead multiplayer designer Thomas Andersson took to theBattlefield 4blog anddetailed what one of his main goalswere when creating the game’s multiplayer mode. “We want to build upon what makes Battlefield 3 great, and one of the areas where Battlefield shines is team play,” Thomas said. “The way we’re going about it in Battlefield 4 is to highly encourage team play – but never force it....