Sorry for your loss Blue - I always liked the little stories you put in about Hudson - it gives the site a nice personal touch other sites don't have.

Ive got 450 hours logged on Dota and I'd have to say the thing that keeps me coming back is it's depth, variety and balance. Valve has done a superb job in creating a supremely deep game with great balance and polishing it constantly with constant patches and updates. Every game is different despite it being the same map because of the 1000s of possible combinations of heroes (over 90 to choose from) and the different stategies you need to employ to win depending on your team makeup.

On top of the fact that I got the game for free and it doesn't cost much to buy outright and its very easy to get a free betakey i think it represents phenomenal value. Sorry to sound like a fanboy but I bloody love it. its like crack for me!

My point is if steam on IOS supports mobile games (not sure about whether apple has allowed them to do this - seems unlikely) then game developers will presumably be able to bypass the itunes app store and the apple tax and deal with steam directly resulting in lost revenue to apple.

Similarly if steam on IOS doesnt support mobile games but steam on Android does now or in the future then that's a pretty good reason for gamers to buy an android and not an iphone. An interesting development!

that game addiction documentary was pretty good - i never got as bad as that guy in wow but i certainly blew a lot of time on it. God knows what titan will do to me when it arrives

I wonder how apple feel about this? you would expect it would compete directly with their app store

Lucas just cant help himself can he? Why doesn't he actually try and do something else that has nothing to do with Star Wars? You know something different to what he's been doing for the past 30 years - geez... Compare the variety of films him and spielberg (similar age and length of careers) have done and its pretty sad.

agreed - that's some pretty crappy journalism and morality there - that Felix Salmon dude seems like a real tool.

i smell desperation

"The only difference being Half-Life 2 came out in 2004 while DNF came out in 2011 and plays and looks like something that came out seven years ago."

Zing! This comment wins

That video really brought me back to the tabletop game and painting all those little dudes I used to have when i was a young teenager and played the tabletop version well before any of this computer gamery stuff was done for 40K. It looks great - hope the actual game is just as good

That trailer looks absolutely awesome - seems to have a good story and great graphics - hopefully its not too heavily scripted though. I just love the art deco style of the bioshock universe - its so unique compared to so many other shooters out there - they definitely have some great designers working on their games.

yeah gotta love the Female Armor Sucks - a predictable joke but still not bad

in for a key please!