Planet Dog won, despite a tough run through Europe’s qualifiers for The International 7, to take the region’s second and final spot. ProDota let go of four of its members who continued to form this new team, playing through the open qualifiers last week. While under the ProDota roster, they were invited to the European qualifiers directly, but this new squad had to go through the open qualifiers due to Valve’s roster-lock policy. At the end of a lower-bracket run, Planet Dog took down Greek favo

Regional favorites and staple organization Team Empire have taken the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) qualifier spot for The International 7. The team, much like the region itself, has had an up-and-down season, with victories and losses in a number of events. Still, they came out strong in their regional qualifier, the first ever for the region for the massive annual event. A team under Team Empire’s banner attended the International in 2015. They’ll also be the first qualifier team un

Since the beginning of the Summer Split, Galio has been a much better mid laner than a top laner, particularly in pro play. However, with the nerfs that came with Patch 7.13 all that’s about to change for League’s favorite gargoyle. Most of these nerfs hit Galio mid the hardest. A slightly nerfed Galio, particularly one that is less of a threat in the midlane, might also be a Galio that teams are less likely to ban. An effective — though not dominant — split push threat, that give a team a survi

Which is why Nintendo should begin to phase out the 2DS and 3DS line of portables; it would be the best thing for the company in the long term and an amazing gift to fans. Very few, if any, portable Nintendo games rely on the 3D effect anymore, or even make extensive use of it. GameStop has 21 different options for new portable systems and bundles, and many of those only play in 2D. Nintendo offers a huge variety of portable systems that exist in a completely different ecosystem from its home co

Spider-Man: Homecoming just made a longtime fan theory canonical, putting the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the same category as numerous other TV shows, movies and books. Marvel isn’t the first company to take a popular fan theory and run with it. J.K. Rowling often uses fan theories to continue a story and make them canonical. If anything can be added or changed on the fly, does that mean that any popular fan theory can become canonical? One of the more popular fan theories regarding Frozen is

Now they’re back with a new product, the slightly larger Skirmish Box, and it’s just the thing for carrying your miniatures into battle. Now, thanks to the Skirmish Box, I can put that collectible back on the shelf where it belongs. What makes the Skirmish Box unique is that the inside has a metal plate glued in. It’s even roomy enough for a full squadron of smaller Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game models fully assembled, or larger ships removed from their bases. Also, both the top and bottom a

Despite promises it was out of the business of reselling game activation keys, G2A is back in it, and it is also competing directly with key resellers in their own marketplace, on terms that penalize their business. The return to reselling game keys comes almost one year after G2A CEO Bartosz Skwarczek told Polygon in no uncertain terms that his company was out of the key reselling business. Related G2A heckled by developers at its own panelBut in February, the company launched a service which i

Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, from Australian developer Black Lab Games, is a turn-based strategy game heading to PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One. “That timeframe gives us a much broader scope for making a cool game,” said Black Lab’s Paul Turbett. Expect to see saucer-shaped Cylon ships and chromed out, 1970’s era robots. “We’ve got the Galactica, we’ve got Vipers, we’ve got Raptors and we’ve got original Cylon Raiders,” said Slitherine’s David Sharrock. Black Lab cited Firaxis’ XCOM as an ins

The cast of Netflix’s animated Castlevania series has been officially revealed by producer Adi Shankar and actor Graham McTavish, who will play Dracula in the upcoming show. The cast of Netflix’s Castlevania appears to draw heavily from characters introduced in Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse. Alejandra Reynoso will voice Sypha Belnades and Emily Swallow will voice Lisa Tepes, the wife of Dracula and mother to Alucard. Matt Frewer, perhaps best known for his roles as Max Headroom and Dr. Aldous L

It’s a big week for Rick and Morty, the Adult Swim cartoon that’s heading into its third season. ET promises new details about the upcoming season, but fans can also look forward to other new Rick and Morty content in several of their favorite games. Move or Die and Gang Beasts, two cult favorite multiplayer games, will feature cameos from the Rick and Morty cast in the form of free skins. The Move or Die skins are available now, while the Gang Beasts ones are undated. The summer’s shaping up to

Those unfamiliar with the chewy yet crispy lore baked into the Overwatch universe know that the multiplayer shooter’s foremost long-range damage-dealer is named Widowmaker. What better way to give tribute than with a bespoke motion-sensing controller crafted entirely out of a baguette. The Widowmaker baguette controller WORKS! He’s promised that in 12 hours he’ll put the weapon to the test live on his Twitch stream. From experience, I know that his new toy will only be more rugged as its glutino

IG.Vitality, the sister squad of Invictus Gaming, have impressively taken the first spot in China’s regional qualifiers for The International 7. The region was considered stacked, with some of the best teams in the country fighting through the qualifiers. Unfortunately, many favorites for the main event, including VG.J and EHOME, have already been dropped from the round robins due to their performance. Now, the team has the opportunity to prove yet again that they can make a name for themselves.

Cell phone reception can be spotty inside the convention center and the WiFi is unreliable at best. Line up inside the convention center before the doors open (10 a.m.) and walk to that booth briskly and with purpose. It will keep you from carrying a tower of board games through a crowded convention center. If you’re trying out a game on the floor at Gen Con it shouldn’t take you more than 20-30 minutes. My favorite option is just east of the convention center on Georgia Street, where food truck