The sad reality with developers looking for a slice of the MOBA pie is that if their game isn’t Dota 2, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, Smite, or even Heroes of Newerth, it’s pretty much destined to fail. That’s the dilemma Deep Silver are now facing. They’ve just announced that their take on the genre, Dead Island: Epidemic, will be closing down in October.
The 2015 World Championship series is right around the corner. In just two weeks, the best teams from around the world will get together to kick off the annual League of Legends eSports spectacle, all with the hope of walking away with the grand prize of a cool $1,000,000. The stage needs to be perfect, and Riot have been tinkering hard with their MOBA over the past few weeks to make sure that is the case. Their final balancing act is now complete, as their final update before the tournament, patch 5.18, has just landed.
Riot Games have spent the past few days teasing a brand new champion for their MOBA, League of Legends. Who the heck are the Lamb and the Wolf, and how do they tie into this mysterious third character, Death? The actual lore remain a mystery, but at least we now know what the new champion looks like.
Just when you thought the character roster for League of Legends couldn’t get any bigger, Riot go ahead and tease a brand new champion. Who is this new person/creature/thing that’ll be joining Summoner’s Rift? It remains a mystery! All there is to go on at the moment are a couple of assets found in a recent update to the PBE, and now, a new video that has popped up on the official LoL Facebook Page. Check it out!
YouPorn have added a new Dota 2 team to their eSport department. The new squad debuted at the ESL-One New York qualifiers this weekend. How did they do? Not that well...
Riot are working on something, but they haven’t officially announced what it is just yet. Speculation all points to it being a brand new champion for League of Legends.
Dota 2 has received a massive overhaul. Grab the update now, and expect a ton of improvements to Valve's popular MOBA!
Third-person MOBA, Smite, is now available on Steam. It is completely free to play, though the ultimate god pack can be purchased at a discounted rate for a limited time!
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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