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Dota 2’s biggest tournament will return to Seattle this year
For the first time since 2017, The International, Dota 2’s most prestigious tournament, will take place in Valve’s hometown. The tournament will kick off with a group stage that begins on October 14th before moving to Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on October 27th, the studio announced on Saturday. The Climate Pledge Arena, previously known as KeyArena, is the same venue where Valve held The International between 2014 and 2017. It’s also the venue where Dota fans got to see one of the best plays in the tournament’s history.
In 2018, Valve moved The International to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena due to the start of multi-year renovations at KeyArena. In subsequent years, the event made stops in China, Romania and Singapore. Valve had also planned to bring the tournament to Sweden, but the pandemic forced the studio to cancel The International in 2020. On Saturday, Valve said The International 2023 would host the event’s largest audience to date. The studio promised to share more information about how fans can purchase tickets to The International 2023 closer to the date of the event.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/dota-2s-biggest-tournament-will-return-to-seattle-this-year-182415738.html?src=rss
Overwatch 2’s Lifeweaver “should be good,” but he isn’t
Overwatch 2’s Lifeweaver “should be good,” Blizzard says, pointing to the stats underpinning the newest Overwatch 2 character. But the simple truth is that he isn’t; his win rate is struggling and many support players just aren’t picking him. Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller thinks he’s found the answer, and it’s that there’s just not an appealing reason to pick up Lifeweaver in the multiplayer game.
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Destiny 2’s Older Raid Exotics Will Soon Be Easier To Obtain
A welcome recent change in Destiny 2 has seen the addition of raid and dungeon Triumphs that increase the likelihood of getting the random Exotic weapons associated with those activities. In other words, completing optional objectives makes it more likely that you’ll obtain the very rare, highly desirable Exotics as you repeat those raids and dungeons. But this is only true for a select number of those activities, something that will be changing in the upcoming Season of the Deep.
The Exotics from five more raids will soon have Triumphs that boost your personal drop rate. This is only for randomly dropped Exotics, but notably, these boosts will be attached to existing Triumphs. These are retroactive, meaning if you’ve already completed the Triumphs in question, you’ll immediately have the boosted drop rate.
This applies to One Thousand Voices (the fusion rifle from Last Wish), Eyes of Tomorrow (the rocket launcher from Deepstone Crypt), Collective Obligation (the pulse rifle from Vow of the Disciple), Vex Mythoclast (the fusion rifle from Vault of Glass), and Touch of Malice (the scout rifle from Kingsfall).
Destiny 2’s New Strand Aspects Revealed For Hunters, Titans, And Warlocks
Aspects are a key part of each subclass in Destiny 2, but so far, there has been no choice in terms of what to use while playing Strand. That changes in the upcoming Season 21, Season of the Deep, as Bungie has now revealed the new Aspect that each class will receive.
Bungie has previously said it would be expanding the array of Aspects next season, but outside of revealing the names of each one, it had offered no details on what they would entail. In the latest This Week at Bungie post, it explained, “Our goal with these Aspects is to strengthen the existing Strand kits and expand the gameplay options of each class.”
The new Hunter Strand Aspect is Threaded Specter. Activating your class ability leaves behind a decoy that attracts enemy fire, providing you and your team with an opportunity to seek out cover. When enemies get close to the decoy or destroy it (something that requires “significant damage,”), it explodes, dealing damage and summoning Threadlings.
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Dota 2’s New Frontiers update makes it worth returning to, but it’s still overwhelming for new players
“Why am I so slow”, complains my partner, minutes into being cajoled into playing Dota 2 for the very first time. “Ah, you’ll need to buy boots,” I say, with the hard earned wisdom of someone who’s spent over 4,000 hours clicking on wizards. “I have boots,” she says, somewhat indignantly. “Those are slippers,” I reply. “What?” she asks, somewhat more indignantly. “They don’t give you move speed,” I respond. I see a flicker of anger in her eyes, as well as maybe, just maybe, a spark of interest.
A new Dota patch came out last week, and it’s a biggun. Is it a good time for lapsed players to jump back in? Yes! Is it a good time for entirely new players to dip their toes in, while experienced players are still befuddled by a map that’s 40% bigger, featuring dual Roshan pits, new minibosses and a host of other changes? Perhaps! It’s certainly a good opportunity to test your relationship.
Ayaneo 2S will officially be one of the first Steam Deck rivals with Ryzen 7000
Z1 Extreme who? Ayaneo has just confirmed it will use AMD’s similar but unannounced Ryzen 7000 U-series chips in a new batch of handheld gaming PCs — including the never-before-seen Ayaneo 2S and Ayaneo Geek 1S, the previously announced sliding keyboard Ayaneo Slide, and a new version of the Ayaneo Air Plus.
What’s more, the company is now promising upgrades for its existing PCs instead of just rapidly making them obsolete — it will offer a free speaker upgrade for every Ayaneo Air and a free cooling module for every Ayaneo 2 and Ayaneo Geek that can lower its temperature by up to 12 degrees Celsius.
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Red Dead Redemption 2’s great grandparent is a must-play
Red Dead Redemption 2 remains the watermark for western games, and for the abilities of Rockstar Games itself. But it’s the product of a storied history. You can trace it back to the original Red Dead Redemption, the early 3D Grand Theft Autos like GTA 3, and even other cowboy games like Call of Juarez. Perhaps the biggest inspiration behind Red Dead Redemption 2, however – the game that first proved it was all possible – is Gun. Developed by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater studio Neversoft, you can experience this vital piece of gaming history yourself, and for cheap, thanks to a new GOG sale.
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