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It’s not just Dota 2 all day every day Recent evidence has pointed toLeft 4 Dead 3‘s existence, as if such a thing were ever truly in question. Of course there’s going to be another one, eventually. A photograph of a change log that mentioned “L4D3” and “Source 2” taken during a Valve studio tour has been deemed legitimate by multiple sources who spoke withRock, Paper, Shotgun. One of the outlet’s anonymous sources also suggested we collectively take another look ata leak from earlier this yearwhich referenced bothLeft 4 Dead 3and Source 2 as well as — wait for it, because that’s all we know what to do any more —Half-Life 3....

Coming to PC, Mac, Linux and tablets this fall Spicy Horse, the folks behindAkaneiro: Demon Hunters, calls their new game,Hell Invaders, a hybrid of collectible card gaming and RTS. That sounds delightful. They made hell sound delightful. Hell Invadersisn’t the final name, mind you. They’ll announce the final title and publisher in the coming months. Set in the underworld,Hell Invadersuses card battles for fights, but the creatures on the cards have animated 3D representations that show the fighting....

‘Stadians’? Is that official now? Google has announced that it will be presenting three days of reveals pertaining to its cloud gaming platform, Stadia. The “Good Stuff” event will take place between October 20-22 and promises announcements, reveals, and “other surprises.” Additionally, three of the games showcased within the Good Stuff event will be made available to try right away. No other information was released or even teased, so it looks like… er… “Stadians” will have to keep their eyes peeled next week to see what the service has lined up for the fall season and beyond....

And it isn’t killing Ono! Capcom has been polishing thatStreet Fighter IVdiamond for seven years now. An entire generation of consoles. This isn’t lost on resident lovable,worked-to-deathproducerYoshinori Ono, who told Edge that all that wax on, wax off will pay dividends for the next project. “All this means that, withStreet Fighter 5, we have a fantastic opportunity to create something with a larger scope, a game that encompasses all thatStreet Fighterhas become in the last few years, but which also expands on that to become something it has never been before as well,” Ono said....

Telltale’s spin-off adventure returns As part of last night’s Nintendo Direct presentation, it was confirmed that Telltale Games’ 2014 releaseTales from the Borderlandsis headed to Nintendo Switch. The port was recently rumored after a new listing popped up on theTaiwan Digital Game Rating Committee’s website. The episodic adventure follows the hapless exploits of Hyperion employee Rhys and savvy con-artist Fiona as the duo collide while on a quest to find and open one of Pandora’s many vaults....

Kenji Inafune took the stage at tonight’sDead Rising 2party in Ebisu, Tokyo to tell attending press members that they would compete in a multiplayer face-off to win one special prize. We would call this yellow jacket a one-of-a-kind item, but really it’s two-of-a-kind. For once, this is the better situation, as the only other owner is famed Capcom man Kenji Inafune himself. He worked with popular Japanese motorcycle jacket makerKadoyato make this special and expensive piece, which a perfect replica of the one main character Chuck Greene wears in the game....

Marvelous AQ’sL Yoshifumi Hashimoto took the stage at Sony’s pre-TGS press conference to announce a few new titles. Valhalla Knights 3brings the series to the PS Vita. Slated for release in 2013, this game is supposed to bring the franchise back to basics, and has customization options. We saw a few work-in-progress screenshots that showed how much better the game looks as a Vita title. Expect an early-year release in Japan next year....

Today on The Destructoid Show, we bring you the hottest, slimiest journalistic filth to come out of the gaming industry. For starters,Borderlands 2caused a bit of a ruckus this morning by ruffling the feathers of everyone with the mention of a“girlfriend” skill tree, which I don’t even want to comment on because I’ll get yelled at. There’s also anew trailer.Jim Sterling gaveDust: An Elysian Tailan 8.5, which means only one thing: He is a big fat pervy furry and has body pillows shaped like every single character inThe Secret of Nimh....

Stop the cult, save the world Harebrained Schemes, the studio behindBattletechand theShadowrun Returnstrilogy, has a new strategy game. Today, Harebrained and Paradox revealedThe Lamplighters League, a pulp fiction adventure that mixes stealth and strategy with quite a look. Announced as part of today’s Paradox Announcement Show,The Lamplighters Leaguedefinitely has anXCOMsort of vibe to it. You manage a motley crew of misfits, all working together to stop the Banished Court cult from taking over the world....

Just like Sully does for Drake Aww, they grow up so fast, don’t they? I mean, one day little Nate’s lifting his first ring, the next he’s tearing down ancient ruins in search of treasure. Precious moments. Hold onto them. Cherish them forever. Of course, plenty of people have already seen Nathan Drake’s formative transitional years, but they’ll get another opportunity to experience them.Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collectionlaunches on October 9 for everyone to relive the havoc Nathan’s caused at all corners of the earth....

The New York Times has sued an offshoot of its viral web gameWordle. Again. If I had to guess, the word of the day is “petty.” This time, the [insert-word-here]-le game on the legal chopping block isWorldle, a geography-themed puzzle game designed by Seattle-based developer Kory McDonald.Averaging around 100,000 players a month, Worldle presents you with the outline of a specific country or territory and challenges you to guess which one it is....

Blue console + blue lights In honor of the 25th anniversary ofMega Man, mega-fanPlatinum Fungi, in conjunction withCustom NES Guy, has created a fully functioning piece of art — a 25th anniversary NES. The mod was made solely by hand, with the art done pixel by pixel, and the innards reworked wire by wire with hand tools. In addition to producing a fully-functional NES that lights up, he also hard-wired new AV port labels and made custom decals....

[In “This Week in the Community Blogs”, we highlight notable happenings in theCblogssection of the site. Special thanks to the hardworking Dtoiders on theCblogRecapsteam, without whom a feature like this wouldn’t be possible!] Another week, another batch of cblogs for our eyes and brains to enjoy! The last week of September was a bit slower than those earlier in the month. Still, we were treated to a great variety amongst the blogs thatwerepublished, so let’s get right to it!...