TI5 on SportsCenterfromESPN Interactive GamesonVimeo. Last week sawDota 2’s annual championship The International take place in Seattle, with a huge $18 million being up for grabs in prize money. It is by far one of the biggest events in eSports, and recent years have seen the game be put up alongside other sports like football and tennis in viewership numbers, prize pools, and dedication required by the players. Unfortunately though, mainstream sports coverage has been pretty shit in regards to how it handles eSports — jokes about nerds in their mum’s basements eating Doritos, banging on about how it isn’t likePac-Man, and other annoyingly dismissive comments....

Here are the patch notes Fallout 76‘sThe Pittupdate is finally here, after weeks of previews from Bethesda on how it will continue to evolve the game. As is customary with updates forFallout 76, both large and small, there’s a host of bug fixes (including power armor clipping!), as well as more quality-of-life features. A big one includes more fast travel control, including the ability to travel to an interior or exterior segment of select locations....

Playtonic is 99% Rare alumni now Kev Bayliss has one hell of a history in gaming. He was part of some of Rare Software’s biggest games. He was the producer and character designer forKiller Instinct, and also had an integral role in the graphics design forBattletoads,Donkey Kong Country,Star Fox Adventures, and many more. Oh, and he was the voice actor for James Bond inGoldenEye 007. Now, he’s got a new gig atYooka-Layleedeveloper Playtonic, a company founded and predominantly staffed by former Rare people....

Not those console thingies During a lecture at the University of Texas, Gabe Newell mentioned that the Steam Box’s biggest threat isn’t the home consoles, but instead Apple. The biggest challenge, I don’t think is from the consoles. I think the biggest challenge is that Apple moves on the living room before the PC industry sort of gets its act together. Newell says to expect a lot of living room products that will take advantage of the PC you already own, not unlike Valve’s upcomingSteam Box....

Free update with limited-time modes With another free update forPlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2dropping today, there will be more modes to play and, as a result, more things to unlock for your characters.It never ends. The “Trials of Gnomus” update adds the Mystery Portal, a gateway that grants access to limited-time modes inGarden Warfare 2including Cats vs. Dinos, Boss Hunt, and Super Mix Mode. By competing in some of the new activities, like the gnomes’ new Trials of Eternity, you may earn rare customization items....

If you’ve been looking forward to scratching another grub early next year, then we have some bad news for you. IT’S A GIANT WORM!GEARS OF WAR 3‘S RELEASE DATE HAS BEEN EATEN BY AGIANT WORM! Or rather … it was delayed until the “holiday season” of 2011. “Gears of War 3promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2011,” says Microsoft. “The teams at Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games have done great work thus far readying the title for release in the Spring of 2011....

Genshin Impactfinally revealed Ifa’s first look during the version 5.5 livestream. He has been mentioned multiple times in the game, so many have been waiting to meet him. Luckily, Travelers won’t have to wait long since Ifa will make his first in-game appearance during the flagship event in the upcoming update. Ifa’s first look in Genshin Impact TheGenshin Impact 5.5 livestreamhas officially revealed Ifa’s in-game appearance. Similar to his cartoonish artwork in front of his house and silhouette, he wears a hat and has a small Saurian companion named Cacucu....

Are we done beta testing yet? As is the trend nowadays, big-name titles don’t get releasedpolished and complete, that’s what those day one suckers are for. Recently, the biggest suckers have been theHalofaithful who have been crushed under the immenseweight of issuesassociated with theThe Master Chief Collection. Well, fear no longer young spartans, because according toearly reportsof thelatestMCCpatch, those pesky problems that have plagued the game may finally be gone — most notably improved matchmaking performance and success rates....

After surviving being kidnapped by Cthulhu’s weirdo cousins, a prison break aboard a living, flying squid which only brings to mind the Goofy and Pluto conundrum, and fighting literal demons in Hell, you find yourself in the wreckage (corpse?) somewhere along the Sword Coast. As if trying to offset all of that,Baldur‘sGate 3presents players with the classic “Explore the Ruins” quest right off the bat. The Dank Crypt has all of the classic RPG tropes and is well worth your time to complete....

Separate weekly sale once again discounts THQ titles Humble Bundle has been busy this week with two different promotions. Up first is theHumble Mobile Bundle, which offersContre Jour,Anomaly Korea,Plants vs. Zombies, andBladeslingerfor Android under the pay-what-you-want pricing model. Kick in more than the average payment amount, and they’ll throw inMetal Slug 3andThe Roomas bonuses. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s a Windows-only Humble Weekly Sale (they do these now, apparently) which hasDarksidersandRed Faction: Armageddonplus their soundtracks and the latter games’Path of WarDLC for, get this, a minimum of $1....

We love sports and we don’t care who knows The Super Bowl is tomorrow, and a lot of people are apparently afraid of saying that. The NFL is supposedly aggressively litigious about folks infringing on its trademark for “Super Bowl.” So, cowards across the world call it “The Big Game.” I’ll still call it the Super Bowl though, right here on this webpage. See you in court, Goodell! Because it’s nearly Super Bowl Sunday, we thought it might be synergy-tastic if we held a football-themed giveaway....

If this were Senran Kagura, that towel would fall straight off As if there weren’t already a ton of outfits available forDead or Alive 5 Ultimatecharacters, here’s yet another collection that may or may not be worth your money. If you like watching people fight in towels and bedroom attire, this collection will be right up your alley. The “Bath And Bedtime” set for the ladies ofDOA5 Ultimatewill cost you $14....

I’m not Bio-shocked that this game looks so good For a long time now, fans of theBioshockseries have been waiting to see what’s next from Ken Levine and his team atGhost Story Games. Their project had been kept under tight wraps with plenty of whispers but nothing concrete until tonight. One of the first trailers in The Game Awards this year was theJudasreveal trailer and, yeah, it looks a lot like a spiritual successor to classic first-person shooter series....