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LATEST GAMING TRENDS 2015

Valhalla Gaming Hub provides you authentic gaming news. In this content, we provide you this weeks latest gaming trends and what is happening in the gaming industry. All information provided is proven as facts was researched carefully.

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1 Game Review of the Week

2 Hottest Gaming News

3 Badass Character of the Week

4 Did You Know: Game Fun Facts

PART ONE VALHALLA’S GAME REVIEW OF THE WEEK

DOTA 2GENRE: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game in a three-dimensional environment, presented from an oblique high-angle perspective. The player commands one of 110 controllable character "Heroes". Each Hero begins the match at level one and becomes more powerful by accumulating experience points through combat, thereby leveling up to the maximum level of twenty-five. With every level gained the player either selects a new ability for their Hero to learn or enhance their general statistics. Each Hero's method of combat is influenced by its primary property: Strength, Agility, or Intelligence.Source: Wikipedia

GAMEPLAY:

Each match of Dota 2 takes place on a functionally symmetrical map that features the strongholds of two warring factions, the Radiant and the Dire. The Radiant is based at the southwest corner of the map, while the Dire is based at the northeast corner; the two sides are divided by a river that runs perpendicular to the central lane. These factions are defended by up to five players. In each stronghold is a critical structure called the "Ancient", a fountain that provide health and lesser structures. These bases are connected by three paths, referred to as "lanes"—two run alongside the edges of the map, while one runs directly between the two bases. The lanes are guarded by defensive towers, as well as autonomous characters called "creeps", which periodically spawn in groups and travel along the lanes, attacking enemies they encounter. Featured across the map are hostile characters referred to as "neutrals", which are not aligned to either faction and are primarily located in the forests (primarily referred to as the "jungle" in the game, hence the term "jungler" for one who attacks neutral creeps in the jungle). Located in a tarn on the Dire side of the east part of the river is a neutral creep "boss" called "Roshan", who typically requires multiple team members to kill and drops the powerful item "Aegis of Immortality", and significant amounts of gold and experience.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION:

The International (TI) is an annual electronic sports Dota 2 championship tournament hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer. Sixteen teams are given invitations to compete in the tournament. The first tournament took place in Cologne, Germany at Gamescom from August 17–21, 2011 and was held shortly after the reveal of Dota 2, with a total prize pot of $1.6 million and a grand prize of one million dollars. The second International took place from August 31–September 2, 2012 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington and retained the same $1.6 million prize structure. For the third International, again at Benaroya Hall, Valve introduced an interactive, digital "compendium" which fans could purchase to follow the event and contribute to the prize pool; TI3 spanned August 7–11 and reached a $2.8 million prize pool with $1.2 million added from compendium purchases. The fourth International, this time held at the larger Seattle venue KeyArena from July 18–21, continued the practice of compendium sales and ultimately broke records for having the largest prize pool in eSports history, with a total of $10.9 million (following the event, the 2nd and 3rd largest prize pools were $2.8 million from TI3 and $2.1 million from the 2014 League of Legends World Championship, respectively). The fifth and most recent International took place on August 3–8, also at KeyArena. The prize pool totalled over $18 million, making it the largest e-sports prize pool to date for a single tournament.

PART TWO HOTTEST GAMING NEWS

HOTTEST GAMING NEWSNext Battlefield 4 patch is in certification, releases in 2-3 weeksThe Battlefield 4 Summer patch is officially done and is now in testing with the various platform holders (Sony, Microsoft). DICE’s David Sirland announced that the patch has been sent for certification, and this process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks before it’s cleared for release.

The certification process tests the new content for any system issues and makes sure things run as they are supposed to. As for the PC, DICE and EA do internal tests before releasing the update. While the PC update could be released faster, DICE has historically waited and released the update on all platforms at the same time. The Battlefield 4 Summer patch includes a slew of new features, including a brand new map: Zavod Graveyard Shift, which is the night version of the popular Zavod 311. Check out some screenshots of the new map, and a trailer as well. Other additions in the patch include a new weapon and vehicle balancing pass, and a big back-end server update that should make the game run a lot smoother.

PART THREE BADASS CHARACTER OF THE WEEK

BADASS CHARACTER OF THE WEEKPiranha PlantGame: Super MarioThe head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in pipes, either darting-out and biting anything near or remaining still and spitting fireballs. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes, and their fire-breathing ability is rarely used. The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in pipes, either darting-out and biting anything near or remaining still and spitting fireballs. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes, and their fire-breathing ability is rarely used.

PART FOUR DID YOU KNOW: GAME FUN FACTS

DID YOU KNOW?

When pokemon PARAS evolves to PARASECT, it’s actually being engulfed by the fungi growing on its back. It takes over the pokemon’s body and does all the thinking. This essentially leaves the pokemon zombiefied and lifeless, as illustrated by its lack of pupils.

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