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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Slardar the Slithereen Guard
0By: Jason McCarthy | August 15th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Slardar the Slithereen Guard is a strength melee hero whose main advantage comes from his ability to turn tanky heroes into squishy heroes. He can be played as both a side-carry and an initiator, with the skills at his disposal synergising extremely well with both the roles. Even though his skills are simple, they make him more than capable of striking fear in the heart of enem...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Rotund’jere the Necrolyte
By: Jason McCarthy | August 15th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rotund'jere the Necrolyte is a ranged intelligence hero who sometimes is taken for support. Although he can technically play that role, he is much more effective if played as tank/carry. His first spell is named Death Pulse. When activated, it causes him to releases a wave that affects allies and enemies within a 475 Area of Effect (AoE). At Level 4, the wave heals nearby allie...
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Sony struggling to get third-party support for PS Vita
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sony’s latest portable device PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is struggling to gain the support of third-party publishers and developers. During an interview with PlayStation: The Official Magazine, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) worldwide studio president Shuhei Yoshida admitted that the publisher had not expected to have such a difficult time attracting third-party support fo...
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Console business not under threat by social and premium games, says Sony’s Jack Tretton
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
For the last few months, a number of video game industry analysts have turned up with a pretty similar speculation that the social and free-to-play games are the future instead of consoles. There have not been too many views that oppose this belief, but if there is one person who is convinced that the future will be quite different from what the expert opinions are suggesting, ...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Sven the Rogue Knight
By: Jason McCarthy | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sven the Rogue Knight is a strength hero that has a great initial power during the lane phase, which is why he is mostly played as a support. However, fear not as he is also able to carry if given enough farm. His potential to deal damage is massive, while possessing a disable along with the ability to boost armour makes killing him a taxing chore for his enemies. His first ...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Skitskurr the Weaver
By: Jason McCarthy | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Skitskurr the Weaver is a ranged agility carry who really begins to shine late game, though his early game impact is significant as well. His elusiveness makes him a very hard target to take down. It is this very aspect that makes him an annoying hero to face early game and a lethal adversary during the later stages. While it is hard to ignore the fact that he is pretty fragile...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Ostarion the Skeleton King
By: Jason McCarthy | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ostarion the Skeleton King is a melee strength hero who can be either built to tank or deal damage. He can be very tough to kill, twice. His abilities synergise extremely well with either of the two roles that he may be given in his team and the fact that the enemy team needs to kill him twice to really get rid of him technically makes your team have 6 members instead of 5. ...
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Blizzard confirms account information on Battle.net American servers hacked
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Diablo III and StarCraft maker Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that Battle.net’s North American servers have been compromised by hackers. The illegal access to the data stored on the internal network of the company was detected by the security team on August 4, who immediately responded to the situation by closing off their access to the network and bringing in law enfor...
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Riot Games to host League of Legends Championship Series in 2013
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 7th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Starting next year, Riot Games will be hosting a new professional gaming league built around its popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) League of Legends. The league will comprise of a regular season, followed by a championship featuring salaried teams from around the globe. The regular-season matches will be broadcasted live in high-definition (HD) on ...
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New Xbox finally confirmed by Microsoft employee
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 7th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
After years of speculations, it has finally been confirmed that Microsoft is indeed working on the development of a new Xbox console. While the news of a successor to Xbox 360 in the works hardly comes off as a big surprise, the latest report is of huge significance as it is the first time that we are getting to hear about it from a Microsoft employee. Speaking with The Verg...
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