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After months of build-up and some extremely unpredictable Playoffs, The International 2014 tournament concluded earlier today after a Best-Of-5 grand final between NewBee and Vici Gaming. NewBee rose to dominance throughout Phase Three of the Playoffs, joining Vici in the Upper Bracket at the start of the main event.

During the grand final, NewBee continued to dominate the competition to head straight into the grand final before beating Vici Gaming 3-1 in the Best-Of-5 series. Winning The International 2014 has secured NewBee $5,028,308, while runner-ups Vici Gaming will be taking home 1,475,699. While this year's final wasn't quite as exciting as The International 2013 finals, it was still one hell of a tournament, and we're already looking forward to next year. The result of the tournament results can be found here.

Congratulations NewBee!

Even with The International 2014 well underway, Dota 2 hasn't quite managed to fully steal the spotlight away from Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, both of which still received substantial updates this past week!

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We're heading back in time further than we've ever gone before for Episode 3 of ValveTime Database, as we use never-before-seen screenshots and insight from Valve employees to take an in-depth look at Valve's first cancelled title, the fabled "Prospero".

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Today, Valve announced a new partnership with sports network ESPN which will see The International 2014 tournament broadcast live on the company's multi-screen sports network, ESPN3. Additional content will be available on ESPN2 on Sunday evening as the grand finale moves closer.

All four days of the main event will be broadcast live on ESPN3, a channel accessible online via WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN tablet app, and television streaming services such as Apple TV, Xbox Live, Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV. On Sunday evening at 8:30pm PDT, a special broadcast on ESPN2 will feature a preview of the tournament's grand final, special player interviews, and an exclusive talk with Gabe Newell.

While ESPN as a sports network is usually more focused on Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA, Valve's Erik Johnson believes this new shift comes as a response to eSports, such as Dota 2, becoming more widely recognised as "traditional" sports with true mainstream appeal.
As the event with the biggest prize pool in history, it feels fitting that The International will become one of the few eSporting events to be broadcast live on a mainstream sporting network, and it's definitely a step in the right direction for the eSporting scene as a whole. Don't forget, you can also spectate the entire event live within the DotaTV client or via Valve's livestreams on TwitchTV and the Dota 2 website.

It's been a few months since we last reviewed a game, so today we're going to be checking out Aperture Tag, a paint-themed Portal 2 mod created by Eugenio "Motanum" Roman. The mod looks to combine the dynamic paint spraying of Tag: The Power of Paint with the creative puzzle solving of Aperture Science and the Portal series. With a hyped build-up and an unusual price of entry, is Aperture Tag worth checking out, or has the paint already gone dry? Let’s find out!

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