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 the game’s title suggests, the box art of the game is somewhat predictable – albeit it looks delicious. It features an Alien and a team of Marines. Voila!

The often-delayed Aliens shooter is bound for an official disclosure sometime in fall 2012. The game is being developed for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

The feature revelation was spotted among a torrent of updates from the PlayStation Destination event, which took place in Arizona. In addition, the retailer made mention of Move support, although it’s been confirmed before that motion control will be implemented in BioShock Infinite.

“Live from #Playstation Destination,” tweeted the retailer. “Bioshock Infinite will be Move & 3D compatible!!”

BioShock Infinite is planned for release sometime this year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

The futuristic racer will be the first game to release on Sony’s new handheld that allows for cross-play against users on PlayStation 3 – and of course PlayStation Vita players.

Platinum

This is Wipeout – Obtain every Trophy in Wipeout 2048

Bronze

2048 Champion – Complete 2048 Season
2049 Champion – Complete 2049 Season
2050 Champion – Complete 2050 Season
2048 Elite 1 – Get an Elite Pass on the C Class Time Trial on Capital Reach in 2048
2048 Elite 2 – Get an Eilte Pass on Empire Climb Zone Mode in 2048
2048 Elite 3 – Get an Elite Pass on the C Class Combat Event on Metro Park 2048
2049 Elite 1 – Get an Elite Pass on B Class Race on Unity Square in 2049
2049 Elite 2 – Get an Elite Pass on the A Class Time Trial on Metro Park in 2049
2049 Elite 3 – Get an Elite Pass on Downtown Zone Mode in 2049
2050 Elite 1 – Get an Elite Pass on Queens Mall Zone in 2050
2050 Elite 2 – Get an Elite Pass on the A Class Race on Empire Climb in 2050
2050 Elite 3 – Get an Elite Pass on the A class Race in Sol in 2050
Multiplayer Begins – Finish an Online Multiplayer Event
1 Down, 19 to Go – Complete your first Online Multiplayer Level
50 Kills – Destroy 50 Ships in Online Multiplayer

Silver

Completist – Complete all events in the Single Player Campaign
Prototype – Elite Pass all Prototype Ship Challenges
Speed Thrills – Elite Pass any A+ Class Challenge
50 MP Events – Finish 50 Online Multiplayer events
Halfway There – Complete 10 Online Multiplayer Levels
Rank 25 – Reach Rank 25
The Unlock 7 – Destroy 7 opposition ships in any Race in the Single Player campaign
2048 Speed Pads – Hit a total of 2048 Speed Pads
Perfect Pi-hana – Get a perfect lap in the Pir-hana Prototype, in the A class, Unity Square, Speed Lap

Gold

Elite Completist – Elite Pass every event in the Single Player Campaign
Multiplayer Completist – Complete all nodes in the Online Multiplayer Campaign
Rank 50 – Reach Rank 50
Beat Zico – Beat Altima, C Class, Speed Lap, Pir-hana Speed – beat 52.00 seconds
Mach 1.5 – Reach Zone 65 in any Zone Even

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 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.