Half Life 2 officially supports the Oculus Rift, Pokemon X and Y get a new gameplay trailer,
and much more!
Hey guys, I'm Jess, and this is the Curse Weekly Roundup.
Pokemon X and Y, the first generation of Pokemon games for the 3DS, have received a new gameplay
trailer - it's short, but promising, and Nintendo's gearing up for a big Pokemon announcement
on Saturday, which we'll fill you in on during our Marriland Pokemon Update on Monday!
Show of hands, who's getting these games on launch day?
I wanna know WHICH one you're getting though - comment below and tell me whether you'll
be picking up X, Y, or neither!
And speaking of Nintendo, YouTuber ZackScottGames recently noticed that something odd was happening
with his gameplay videos - apparently Nintendo's using YouTube's Content ID system to identify
videos containing Nintendo gameplay.
They've been claiming ownership of these videos and taking the ad revenue for themselves - low
blow, dude.
These content creators are essentially giving you free advertising and talking to hundreds
of thousands of subscribers about how great your games are....and you're going after the
few dollars they would've made off that content?
Nintendo, what are you doing?
Stahp!
Moving right along, Half Life 2 will officially support the Oculus Rift.
First off, let's get the obligatory Half Life 3 being delayed joke out of the way.
Anyway, the Rift is just...amazing - I actually got to try the demo of EVR on it at Fanfest,
and it WAY cooler than I'd even been expecting - I can't wait to see what Half Life 2 will
be like on it.
Have any of you guys gotten a chance to try the Oculus Rift?
Leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of it!
And in case you've got one of the dev kits, we'll drop a link in the description with
instructions on how to get Half Life 2 on it.
In other Valve news, Dota 2's Ti3, or their upcoming third International tournament, has
officially reached the largest prize pool in eSports history.
They're taking an interesting crowdfunding approach, starting with a prize pool of 1.6
million dollars and increasing it by selling interactive tournament guides.
At the time we recorded this, the prize pool had reached ________ and still going!
Even if you hate Dota and think League's better - you gotta admit, this is a victory for eSports
all around.
Oh, and if you wanna catch OUR Dota 2 invitational, remember that's still going on - this is the
final weekend of the tournament, and the winner's bracket finals begin at 2 PM Eastern with
Liquid versus NaVi.
Alright guys, who's gonna win?
Comment below and lemme know who you're rooting for.
Let's take a break from Valve and talk about Rift - it looks like they're jumping on the
Free-to-Play bandwagon - not surprising after SWTOR's quick turnaround, and considering
WoW's been dropping subscribers lately.
Rift will be free to play as of June 12th, bringing with it the game's update 2.3, titled
Empyreal Assault - but spelled all fantasyish and old timey.
This update adds a new zone, world event, Chronicle, and "stronghold" challenges.
And moving on...back to.more Valve news.
A listing for something called Steam Trading Card Beta was found on Steam's servers over
last weekend - that's literally ALL we know but that definitely sounds interesting - is
this going to be a way to trade items and games, or maybe just a fun little game to
amuse us?
Go ahead and lemme know what you think in the comments, and whoever has the most creative
answer for what Gaben's cooking up this time will win a $20 Steam gift card.
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