Dota 2
DOTA 2 Now Supports High-Efficiency Vulkan API
DOTA 2 is about to get Vulkan support, since Valve announced official Vulkan support for their hugely popular MMO. Here’s the update as on the Steam Page: “The beta version of Vulkan support for Dota 2 is now available via DLC. Vulkan is a high-efficiency cross-platform graphics API for modern GPUs. For more information on Vulkan visit http://www.khronos.org/vulkan/. Technical notes: * Please make sure to opt-in to the Steam Client Beta for the latest Steam Vulkan Overlay (fixes performance issue with Steam Overlay). * Enable with the -vulkan launch option after downloading the Vulkan Beta DLC. Remove -dx9/-dx11/-gl (if present) from any previous launch options. Minimum requirements: – Windows 7/8/10 64-bit: NVIDIA 600-series+ (365.19+ driver), AMD 7700+ (Crimson 16.5.2.1...
Five Game Franchises Which Are Getting Old Fast
Today we bring you 5 games that are really upbeat and work like your uncle at your cousin’s marriage, but are starting to show signs of fatigue and really need to take a break before they collapse from exhaustion. Telltale Games Telltale are the folks behind the successful franchises such as The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead, and are singlehandedly responsible for bringing back the Adventure game genre from the dead. They now have franchises such as Batman, Back to the Future, Game of Thrones, Borderlands, Minecraft, and am I the only onee who sees the burnout potential here? You CAN have too much of a good thing. People do, after all, get sick on chocolate ice-cream. LEGO Games LEGO games are LEGO versions of games/movies/anything and are mostly fun children’s games where...
Make A Difference With DOTA 2
To celebrate the start of the new year, we at League of Extraordinary Gamers in association with Make a Difference (a charitable organization), have decided to host and organize a Dota 2 tournament. All the proceeds will go to charity. Make A Difference is a charitable non-governmental organization that focuses on helping under privileged children of the nation by providing them with amenities and resources needed for their education and well-being. The total prize pool of the event is INR 20,000. There is also a registration fee of INR 2000 per team (INR 400 per person) and an early bird registration fee of INR 1250 per team (INR 250 per person). All the proceeds will be given to Make a Difference. There are online and offline registration available. Here is the link to the Online Registr...
RageQuit Cup Season III Recap Video
RageQuit Cup is an ambitious undertaking by passionate gamers, who are deeply invested into the e-Sports in India. The main attraction is the DOTA 2 Tournament which saw saw more than 300+ Indian teams from every corner of country registered for open online qualifiers out of which only 4 Teams were Invited for Lan Finals in Delhi to compete for the cash prize pool of $2500/- . You can watch a quick recap of the previous season in the video below: And for more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
GC Crew’s Visit to RageQuit Casting Studio
The GC Crew got a chance to visit the guys at RageQuit a few flips o’ the calendar ago. And it was awesome. Let me tell you one thing: those guys take their stuff seriously. In fact, they were shoutcasting as we were visiting and we got a chance to watch the pros at work first hand. And it’s hard work too, moderating a stream and commentating a live game. Fortunately, these guys not only have the skills, but also the tools for it. The fact that they DO check out RageQuit Cup season III. It’s awesome. Also, a huge shoutout to you guys at RageQuit For more gaming stuff, bookmark Gaming Central and visit us regularly. Remember, I am watching you. Nice plants by the way, you should water them more.
DOTA 2 Tournament: Ragequit Season 3
Avid Professional Gamers and Pioneers of “India Dota 2 Official Group” are proud to present RageQuit Cup Season 3, India’s Biggest Dota 2 Tournament yet, hosting a live barrage of seven(7) media partners with BenQ, Gigabyte, Dragon War, Archaic Sigil & Raid Force as main sponsors . Honing cash prize INR 120,000+. The Registration is free. For more details visit the official page. See you there!! Dota2 India Official Group is a gaming community which primarily focusses on building a strong, sustaining gaming ecosystem in India.Events are totally organized by community volunteer and is celebrated by Dota2 India community. It all started back in 2010 by a handful of gaming enthusiasts and dreamers through their first event called LAnnihilation. After Promising returns from Various online...
Girl Gamer: Zerah Gonsalves
In our Girl Gamer feature today we have with us professional shoutcaster Angela, who also used to cosplay for a while but have been a gamer for a long long time. She gives us her insights and shares her story as a gamer girl. Gaming Central: Great to have you with us Angela, tell us how long have you been shoutcasting? Zerah Gonsalves: I have been a gamer all my life, a cosplayer for about few months and a shoutcaster for 3 years. GC: Do you have a gaming name, or is it just Angela? ZG: Just Angela, haha. GC: When did you realize that gaming was one of your passions and not just a hobby anymore? ZG: When I was 5 I guess, my dad got me a nintendo super famicom. Been in love ever since. GC: Gaming as it is has a pretty stagnant notion here in India, being a girl did it make it harder ...
7 Games for your Christmas Playlist
It is Christmas Eve and the perfect time to catch up on Gaming on your Rig or Console. Here is whats on our playlist for an action packed Christmas. Participate in the poll here [poll id=”23″] 1. COD Advanced Warfare Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has received positive reviews globally. Be it the engaging combat mechanics, coherent story, new mobility options, as well as in-depth specialization and the multiplayer. This sequel is the deepest, most enjoyable and the most skill-based Call of Duty multiplayer to date. Coupled with the futuristic gadgetry which breathes new life into the franchise makes it so much more fun to play..period! 2. Far Cry 4 Far Cry 4 is the latest sequel developed by Ubisoft Montreal. Far Cry 4 has been the most awaited game this year for lots of...
10 Fun Facts of Dota
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game and the stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) mod. Developed by Valve Corporation, the game was officially released on July 9, 2013 as a free-to-play title for Microsoft Windows, concluding a beta testing phase that began in 2011. OS X and Linux versions of Dota 2 were released on July 18, 2013. In most regions, Dota 2 is exclusively available through Valve’s content delivery platform, Steam. So, for all you DotA fans out there, here’s some stuff that you might’ve not known. Read up, and who knows, they might just help you win your next DOTA match, not necessarily DOTA 2 match 🙂 1 – SF having Wisp’s orbs as his ult Yes, when SF first came out, his ult was basically permanent Wisp’...
Dota 2 will now have Ranked Matchmaking
The next big update to Dota 2 will introduce ranked matchmaking features to the game. Valve said on its official blog the mode is “aimed at experienced players who want to play in a more competitive environment and know their matchmaking rating (MMR).” As of now, each player only has an invisible MMR. To access ranked matchmaking, Valve says you’ll have to play around 150 games – a significant time investment considering games can easily last 45 minutes or longer. If you want to play ranked games with friends, they’ll need to have access to ranked matchmaking as well. Once the update is released, players will enter a “calibration phase” of 10 games that determines their MMR. We don’t know when the next update will go live, but we do have a few more matchmaking details: Coaches are no...
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