The World of Warcraft makers has now decided to sue over the registration of the name, claiming that “Valve has no right” over it as “the DotA mark has become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard.

This is their official statement:
“In contrast to Blizzard, Applicant Valve Corporation (“Valve”) has never used the mark DOTA in connection with any product or service that currently is available to the public. By attempting to register the mark DOTA, Valve seeks to appropriate the more than seven years of goodwill that Blizzard has developed in the mark DOTA and in its Warcraft III computer game and take for itself a name that has come to signify the product of years of time and energy expended by Blizzard and by fans of Warcraft III. Valve has no right to the registration it seeks. If such registration is issued, it not only will damage Blizzard, but also the legions of Blizzard fans that have worked for years with Blizzard and its products, including by causing consumers to falsely believe that Valve’s products are affiliated, sponsored or endorsed by Blizzard and are related or connected to Warcraft III.”

The case file was submitted on November 16, 2011. You can read it here.

As you can see, to run the game at 1080p @30fps, you will need at least a NVIDIA GTX 460 and a pretty high-end processor, to boot. The website used a top of the range i7-26000K. Even AMD HD7970, which is currently the world’s fastest GPU, seems barely able to scratch past the 60 fps mark.

Is your PC mighty enough to take on this beast of the night? Alan Wake releases on February 16th for the PC.

The event will feature games and hardware from Capcom, Konami, Saitek, Triton, Cyborg, MadCatz, etc.

Games:
- Metal Gear HD
- Zumba Rush
- Asura’s Wrath
- Street Fighter X Tekekn
- Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City
- Ninja Gaiden (console and PSVita)
- Kinect Star Wars
- Kinect Sports 2
- Kinect Dance Central 2
- Kinect Pixer Rush
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PSVita)
- Dynasty Warrior (PSVita)

Hardware:
- Cyborg Mices
- Tritton headsets
- Saitek Flight Simulator
- MS Speed Wheel
- Calibur 11 Vault

Tournament:
There will be a tournament for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Street Fighter x Tekken. The winner will stand to bag goodies from Mad Catz, including Arcade sticks.

The event will be held at the Living Rooms Cafe on February 24, 2012. Specific timings and competition prizes will be revealed soon.

Gamers will have the opportunity to try out new games that have not yet been released, participate in tournaments on both consoles and PC, as well as try out the latest and greatest in gaming hardware.

Here’s a little taster of what the event has in store for you:

Game showcases:
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Asura’s Wrath
- Soulcalibur V
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Ridge Racer
- and more!

In addition, Sony will be showing their next-gen handheld system, the PS Vita, at the event as well. Gamers will not only get try the console but some of the launch games as well.

Tournaments:
- Cosplay
- Counter Strike 1.6
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Soulcalibur V
- FIFA 12

More details coming soon.

The event will held on February 24th, at the Living Rooms Cafe, Dubai Festival City.

The number has jumped to $427,272 at the time of writing, achieving its goal in less than a day. Nearly 10,000 fans have donated money for the project – a be super-collaboration between studio head Tim Schafer and Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert.

The campaign will continue until March 13, as originally planned. The extra bit collected will be used to fund company holidays, Schafer’s new Mercedes and a new candy dispenser.

We are just joking. Right, Schafer? Right?

The patch fixes a number of issues, including pesky quests bugs, gameplay glitches and performance degradation. You can find the complete changelog here.

Patch v1.4 is already available on the PC. PS3 version is still stuck in certification.

Those who pre-order will score a bunch of ‘extras’, including discounts on games, PS Vita branded goodies and an exclusive PS Vita Avatar. Here’s the complete list:

• A discount on one of the following PS Vita games from PlayStation Store: Little Deviants, Super Stardust Delta, Hustle Kings or Escape Plan.
• Exclusive PS Vita items for PlayStation Home: PS Vita T-shirt, sunglasses, headphones, trainers and bag.
• Exclusive early access to Frobisher Says! for PS Vita.
• An exclusive PS Vita Avatar for PlayStation Network.

The system can be pre-ordered from the retailers below:

United Arab Emirates: Jumbo Electronics at Mall of the Emirates.
Saudi Arabia: Sony World, Jarir, Extra, Tokyo Games, Computer House, Eagles.
Bahrain: Sony Showroom Citi Centre
Kuwait: Al Ghanim Stores
Lebanon: Sony World ABC Ashrafieh
Qatar: Sony Showroom at Villaggio Mall.

But then, we have the modding community and they seem to take care of each others needs. An epic armor-clashing, sword-bashing, no-guts no-glory kind of war was in immediate need (apparently) and so a group of modders got together, over some mead maybe, to create just that. They employed 500 Draugr, 200 skeletons and 500 Dwarvens Warriors, through console commands and various mods, and let them loose.

They are calling ‘The Great Battle of Skyrim’. I have no doubt about that.

It, however, has nothing of that sort apparently. It is a tie-in with the upcoming movie Act of Valor – which features actual NAVY SEALS officers, by the way – thus making the game free of charge.

The game has multiplayer with three weapons and an unlockable if you watch the trailer for Act of Valor. As reported by players on the App Store, the game is buggy with glitchy controls. My quick playthrough was no different – on one instance I emptied multiple clips on a player who appeared to be unable to move. Instead of finally rewarding me a kill, the game just decided to boot the player out.

Aftershock appears to be a beta rushed off to have it out the door. If you are still interested in playing it, you can get it off the App Store now. It’s a 287mb download.