Draw your best X Archie is gearing up for their massiveMega Man and X crossover eventin May, but starting now you can enter the X-centric fanart contest from Capcom Unity. You’ll have a chance to see your art featured in Mega Man #40, as well as a Classic Mega Man and X statue (I can attest that other than the monochrome style, it’s very nice).To enter, just send your art into megaman(at)archiecomics....

North America still without an NES Mega Man Capcom has recently revealed by way of Nintendo Power that they’re currently planning on bringing the first sixMega Mangames onto the 3DS eShop — the only problem is, they’re running into “problems” along the way. What sort of problems? Well, we don’t know yet, but Capcom’s Christian Svensson stated that they are working on it. Currently, Japan is all the way up toMega Man 4(5after next week) and Europe has the first game, so North America is still trailing behind....

Guardians of the Galaxy’s own Dave Bautista has long been wanting to enter the video game movie genre fray with aGears of Warfilm adaptation, claiming that it’shis “destiny” to portray series protagonist Marcus Fenix. Despite his efforts, Bautista does not believe that is going to happen necessarily. AGears of Warmovie has been in the works for a while now, seemingly having gone through its own developmental issues. It was said recently by Gears developer boss Rod Fergusson himself that theGears of Warmovie adaptation may be set in an “alternate reality,“though he later clarified he meant that the video game lore and the film lore will be completely separate....

BeforeBrandon Sandersonunveils his new book, verify you read his underrated sci-fi series to truly enjoy every bit of his new release. Though many fans are eagerly awaiting more ofBrandon Sanderson’sMistbornafter Era 2, others are just as excited to see these new stories from the prolific author from outside the ever-growingCosmere. Brandon Sanderson’sTailored Realitiesis set to be a slight departure for him format-wise, asSanderson’s new book is set to be a short story collection over a traditional novel....

TheDota 2prize poolfor the upcoming International 2014 tournament is now at $10 million dollars. With zeroes that looks like this: $10,000,000. All of the newly added stretch goals have been reached, the most recent of which is a “Victory Prediction Taunt,” allowing players who are sure of victory to taunt early on. The game will then keep track of the amount of successful victory taunts in a row. Will Valve add more stretch goals, considering the tournament is still a month away?...

DOTA 2 News This event will mark the first of many to come for the partnership between the two like-minded organizations. It’s no secret that the Dota 2 community can bepretty toxic. This problem is felt doubly so by the female members of the community. Female players and content creators alike are frequent targets of sexist comments and behavior. On the basis of wanting to improve the lives of women in the Dota esports scene, Dota Valkyries was born....

Gaming News Levelling up the tech tree, surviving in the harsh desert and later the deadly political climate – all make for an exciting MMO. Dune Awakening is a survival MMO that brings the harshness and the political puzzle on to a video game. Set in the extremely harsh environment of the Arrakis desert, the video game comes out right after the release of Dune 2 (the movie). Dune: Awakening Trailer Players can’t beat Sandworms and it is best advised to avoid them altogether....

DOTA 2 News The Swiss Stage of the Elite League concluded today. This is the first major tournament that Nigma Galaxy and Team Secret attended. The Swiss Stage of the Elite League, a massive online Dota 2 tournament, concluded today. This is the first major tournament that Nigma Galaxy and Team Secret attended after their recent roster change. After a long lackluster time, fans were holding high expectations. However, after intense matchups, Nigma exited with a score of 1-3....

World of Warcraft News The road to the WoW AWC Season 2 Grand Finals begins with registration! With the conclusion of the first season of the World of Warcraft (WoW) The War Within Arena World Championship (AWC), another exciting esports event is here. Interested teams can now register for the WoW AWC Season 2 action. Amy Chen WoW AWC Season 2 for The War Within The Undermine(d) content update is here alongside signups for WoW AWC Season 2....

Call of Duty News Black Ops 6’s Season 1 launch has been far from smooth, but at least there’s an XP token workaround. Call of Duty players were excited to rip into Season 1 of Black Ops 6, a massive new Battle Pass, and a heap of new content for the popular shooter this week. However, the launch of the season has partially stalled thanks to bugs with hoarded XP tokens and a less-than-stellar gameplay experience....

Imagine a website where all your stats fromResident Evil 6can be compared to those of your friends/enemies. Imagine being able to receive a Tweet if your high score is topped. Imagine being able to sync up yourRE6stats with your beloved smartphone. That’s the dream, right? All of this and more will be available with the newly announced ResidentEvil.Net site and functionality, announced at Capcom’s gamescom press conference. With this site, see when your friends are online or look for available online co-op opportunities....

A Plague Tale Publisher Team17 has announced that its upcoming action-RPGThymesiahas been pushed back by a little over a week, just missing its initially scheduled August 9 launch date. The grin ‘n’ gloomy-looking adventure will now launch August 18 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X. Developer OverBoard Studio chose the push the release back a few days after considering recent demo feedback. “After listening to the community feedback from the recent Steam demo, we’ve made the difficult decision to push the launch date forThymesiaback by a few days to August 18,”wrote the developer on Steam....

Fact: I have literally not paid any attention toBand Heroexcept for the timeNick told meTaylor Swift was in it. So then, today’s unveiling of the game’s full track listby Spinneris even more of a shock to me; since I am unaware of what has and hasn’t been confirmed forBand Hero, this stuff is all brand new to me. Personally, I think it’s a fairly strong line-up. Most of it, as far as I can tell, is music we haven’t previously seen in other rhythm games....