Daily News – DOTA 2, RWC 2011 Demo And Gears Of War 3

Yep, it’s news time.

DOTA 2:

Valve Software will be revealing their new game Defense of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2) at Gamescom which takes place in Cologne, Germany on the 17th-21st Aug 2011. At the same time as the public unveiling of the game Valve will also be running an International DotA 2 competition to win $1 million. Wow! Unfortunately, the 16 DotA 2 teams that will be taking part have already been chosen. No late entries allowed. Sorry.

The original DotA game started off its life as a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Then it became ridiculously popular so Valve Software hired the team that created it and set them to work creating DotA 2. It should be interesting to see what they’ve come up with as there’s been no screenshots or videos of the game available at all. Valve have been so super secret over it.

Rugby World Cup 2011:

The Rugby World Cup 2011 demo is now available to download from Xbox LIVE. It’s a paltry 540mb in size. PlayStation 3 owners will be able to grab the demo from tomorrow. The demo features the first half of a match between England and South Africa in Auckland. Eagle-eyed players will notice that England’s new black change strip isn’t available in the demo as it was only unveiled to the public yesterday by the RFU. However, it will be included in the full game which is released on the 26th Aug 2011.

Gears of War 3:

Unsurprisingly for a Gears of War 3 trailer this one features lots of guns, chainsaw deaths, explosions, violence, gore, swearing and lots of bad guys. This trailer shows off the new and improved horde mode which has the tag line – Fortify, fight and survive. When you watch the video you’ll understand why getting some decent fortifications in place first might be a good idea for your health!

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