We just received word from Blizzard that an agreement has been reached in the high-profile copyright dispute between Blizzard and Valve, who both have upcoming games with the acronym "DOTA" in it.
The acronym stands for Defense of the Ancients, a mod that was created for Warcraft III and was based on a map called Aeon of Strife in the original StarCraft. Somewhat by chance, both Blizzard and Valve announced new games in the same genre which utilized the DOTA name.
Blizzard claimed ownership over the name because it was developed as a mod for one of their games. Valve claimed ownership because the creator of the mod now works for Valve on DOTA 2.
Though the terms of the agreement weren't made available, we're told Blizzard will be changing the name of their game to Blizzard All-Stars while Valve will retain the name DOTA 2.
"Both Blizzard and Valve recognize that, at the end of the day, players just want to be able to play the games they're looking forward to, so we're happy to come to an agreement that helps both of us stay focused on that," said Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. "As part of this agreement, we're going to be changing the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which ultimately better reflects the design of our game. We look forward to going into more detail on that at a later date."
In their financial results for the first quarter of 2012, Activision took the opportunity to tout some seriously impressive numbers about their most popular series. Not only is Call of Duty still kicking some serious tush online, but Skylanders is growing as well.
Called "Operation Silencer," this latest Mass Effect 3 multiplayer event challenges players to take down 3 million banshees between the dates of May 11, and May 14 (Friday to Monday.)
Though Bethesda had previously marked Dishonored with a release date in September, they announced today that they have reconsidered, and have re-fit Dishonored with a release two weeks later on October 9.
Throughout the campaign of Sniper Elite V2, there are 37 wine bottles scattered in some very deviously hidden places. For each bottle, you'll have to snipe it to collect the bottle, regular guns won't work. Since sniping is the only way to get these, they are often high up and far away. Not only do their locations make things difficult, but for many of the bottles, shooting them will alert nearby guards. When this does happen, simply reload the checkpoint and the bottle will still be considered shot, but the guards will go back to being unaware. Below we have the location of each bottle as well as a video for each mission to sum up where exactly each can be found. Good luck and good hunting!Mission 1: PrologueMission 2: Schoneberg ConvoyMission 3: Mittelwerk FacilityMission 4: Kaiser-Friedrich MuseumMission 5: OpernplatzMission 6: St. Olibartus ChurchMission 7: Tiegarten Flak TowerMission 8: Karlshorst Command PostMission 9: Kreuzberg HeadquartersMission 10: Kopenick Launch SiteMission 11: Brandenburg Gatehttp://www.gamesradar.com/sniper-elite-v2-bottle-guide/1: This first bottle can be found across from the hotel, in the windows across the street on the second floor. 
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2: When you grab the charges and plant the first one across the street, look to the right and around the corner to see the bottle on top of the round sign to the right.
3: At the same spot as the previous bottle, there will be a sniper on the roof right above where you place the first charge. The bottle will be beside him on the roof ledge.