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Heroes of the Stormdied in July 2022. Except… it didn’t. I was sad the game had officially gone into maintenance mode. The Blizzard all-stars MOBA was my favorite online game since I started playing it in 2015, shortly after its release. But I can’t say I was surprised, because it felt likeHotShad been abandoned much sooner than that. “Moving forward we will support Heroes in a manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II,”Blizzard’s death sentence toHotSread....

Party for Introvertshas announcedthat their narrative vampire adventure,Cabernet, will arrive on October 24. It will be released on Steam. InCabernet,you play as a newly turned vampire who has to incorporate themselves into a bunch of aristocrats. They call it a narrative RPG, but I think they mean it’s more of asocialRPG in the sense that you get to put points into four categories of snobbery and can leverage them in conversation....

Both run at 30fps After some misinformation went out stating thatWatch Dogswould be 1080p on the PlayStation 4, theUbisoft bloghas finally confirmed the real resolutions. It will be 900p on the PlayStation 4, and 792p on the Xbox One. Both versions will run at 30 frames-per-second. “Resolution is a number, just like framerate is a number. All those numbers are valid aspects of making games,” creative director Jonathan Morin stated, explaining that it’s more important to deliver an amazing experience over pushing more pixels onto the screen....

LEGO Fortnite’sLost Isles is all about finding dinosaurs, exploring the jungle, and fighting against pirates. However, if you search long enough, you might spot a little banana character next to a small village square marker. While it may not look like much now, this place known as NaN’er Hamlet or NaNa Village is where most of this area’s fun comes from. Here’s how to find NaNa Village inLEGO Fortnite. NaNa Village location in LEGO Fortnite The exact spawn location of NaNa Village, known in-game as NaN’er Hamlet, differs with every world seed....

Had things gone differently,Frogwares’The Sinking Citywould’ve trucked neatly along as one of the many decent but imperfect gaming renditions of Lovecraft’s works. Though this wasn’t meant to be, the developer is now finally in control of the game, with good news for its immediate future. Notably,the controversy over the rights toThe Sinking Cityhas only come to a close very recently, withFrogwares regaining full publishing rights to the gamealmost five years after it first came out....

Or watch Pharaoh Man punch Mega Man instead Back in 1994, Ruby-Spears Productions teamed up with Capcom and created a now-infamousMega Mancartoon. Plagued with animation quality concerns, campy dialogue and wide-reaching themes from the games the series is now an oddity of sorts (even beyond other game adaptations likeMarioandSonicshows): one that you may watch for free officially on YouTube compliments of DHX (the studio responsible for the new showMega Man: Fully Charged)....

I hope you guys haven’t forgotten aboutThe Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess, the year-long US tour that celebrates the music of theZeldaseries. If you have forgotten, don’t fret! Consult thescheduleand see if the concert is coming to a town near you! What’s that I spy? The concert will be performing at 8 PM in Los Angeles’ Greek Theater on June 6, right in the middle of E3 week? Why yes, other Dtoid staffers and I will be attending!...

Not a promise, though Duringan interview with Nintendo Everything, Jonas Kærlev, better known as “Mecha the Slag,” had this to say about the possibility of his indie 3D platformerA Hat in Timecoming to the Wii U: “Without making any promises, I think it will be likely that the game ends up on the Wii U. I have been in touch with a publisher that is interested in putting it on that console, and I’d be more than interested in seeing that happen!...

D.I.C.E. Summit kicks off today in Las Vegas The2013 D.I.C.E. Summitkicks off today, starting with the opening keynote from the unlikely duo of Valve’s Gabe Newell and Hollywood’s J.J. Abrams later this morning. And then it explodes with a constant stream of talks from all the cool kids in game development today, leading up to the grand finale, the16th D.I.C.E. Awards show, which will be hosted by Chris Hardwick. They were kind enough to let me sit in and listen this week....

Yes, that includes the Mako TheMass Effecttrilogy remaster is just over a month away now, bringing the story of Shepard to modern consoles. Of course, this means fine-tuning the games, especially the older ones. BioWare already confirmed that theMass Effect Legendary Editionwillinclude some technical improvements, as well as someminor changes to camera framing. Today, in a newPlayStation blog, community manager Jay Ingram goes over a more detailed list of exactly what those changes entail....

In addition to more standard testing If you want to giveStreet Fighter Va go before it launches next year, you’ve already had plenty of opportunities, but according to Capcom, you’ll have a few more. The publisher has announced that in addition to the third beta period (which is said to be the final one), but there will be more stress tests preceding it. I think these tests have been a pretty big success so far....

The2012 D.I.C.E. Summitis taking place this week in Las Vegas, and while we’ve got Dale in attendance, you may’t beat seeing the talks live as they happen. GameSpotwill be on locationto stream some of the sessions, starting tonight at 6:30pm Pacific with Todd Howard’s “Why We Create, Why We Play.” Also on the schedule for those of us at home are David Jaffe and Rocksteady’s Sefton Hill. Tomorrow, the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards will kick off at 7:30pm Pacific....

Yep, it’s another CoD Deals brought to you by the crew atDealzon. FYI: sales from certain retailers go toward supporting Destructoid. If you’re a PC gamer questioning why you need to spend the full $59.99 for a purely digital copy ofCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare, an online discount propped up just recently to keep some of that hard-earned cash in your wallet. Last night the Steam PC version ofAdvanced Warfaredropped to $49....