Dota 2's International tournament has begun! We're still in the group stages to determine who will start the playoffs where, but we've already had some pretty good matches on a semi-new patch. It's a whole week of Dota! (Stream / Schedule) The Pokémon World Championships has events this weekend for the trading card game, Ultra Sun and Moon, and Pokkén. It's the biggest Pokévent of the ye... more.

PowerA, a video game peripheral manufacturer, has revealed an upcoming Spyro-themed Nintendo Switch controller that is now available for pre-order through Amazon. The controller, which releases on August 31 (just a few days before Spyro Reignited Trilogy comes to Switch), is officially licensed by Nintendo and gives players the ability to map controls to the two triggers on the back. Aside fr... more.

In just under three years since its inception, Annapurna Interactive has received an array of awards and praise from critics for publishing titles like What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, and Florence. Despite these accolades, however, its parent company Annapurna Pictures is in trouble. Film company Annapurna Pictures was founded by Megan Ellison, the seventh wealthiest person on the pla... more.

Earlier this week, Capcom revealed that three fan-favorite characters were coming to Street Fighter V except..well, the problem is the company didn't reveal it. Steam leaked it early thanks to a scheduling snafu. Valve has since apologized for the incident in the Community Hub for Street Fighter V on Steam: On Wednesday of this week there was a mix-up in the publishing process at Valve that cau... more.

If you attend E3 as someone writing or making video content about the conference, chances are you'll need to apply for a media badge with the event's organizer, The Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The process includes putting down your phone number, address (physical and email), and several other bits of personal information. Over 2,000 people who went through that process and recei... more.

Fighting games take center stage this weekend as Evo returns to Las Vegas for another around of large-scale competition. There's some other stuff too, though! Evo is the world's biggest fighting game tournament, so if you're a fan of watching people punch each other a whole lot, you're in luck! There are major tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, BlazBlu... more.

Yesterday saw the surprise release of the first three Doom games on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch, was is a good thing! However, players quickly reported that they had to log into Bethesda proprietary account system, BethesdaNet (which requires an internet connection) to play the games at all. Bethesda is working to remedy that soon, however. The most recent versions of Doom, Doom II, and ... more.

The biggest game in the world right now (Fortnite) is having its World Cup this weekend, which means the game will be further out ahead of just about any game on Twitch than it usually is. There's more to the event than straight competition, however, so make sure to keep up with it throughout the weekend. (Stream) Of course, there are other events going on this weekend, in case that doesn't do... more.

Update: Nintendo has sent a statement to Game Informer confirming that they are indeed replacing Niosi in Three Houses with an update. "After assessing the situation, we decided to re-record the character’s voiceovers in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Heroes with another actor. The new voiceovers will be included in a future patch.” The original story is as follows: Fire Emblem:... more.

Characters from the Rooster Teeth anime RWBY are coming to Smite as character skins, Rooster Teeth announced last night. In the tweet announcing the crossover, the official RWBY account displayed an image showing the four characters getting skins: Ruby, Blake, Weiss, and Yang. https://twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1152423505993932800 The tweet did not reveal which of Smite's heroes these s... more.