@Ripten, Home of Opinionated Writers with Achievements and Trophies.
News
DOTA 2 Beta Invites Available for Purchase

If you’ve been as unfortunate as I have and been deemed unworthy to participate in the DOTA 2 beta, you can now bypass more…

Features
Will Hopes Be Fulfilled or Dashed? The RipTen Team Weighs in on E3

We’ve covered quite a lot of E3 2012 already, and the show hasn’t even started yet. A few weeks ago, we asked our team of more…

Mac, MOBA, News, PC, Real Time Strategy
MOBA Fans Rejoice! Dota 2 Confirmed As A Free-To-Play Title

For anyone who enjoys online gaming, the free-to-play business model being adopted by many companies is a winning more…

News
Dota 2 Championships Coming to PAX Prime

Following on from the edge-of-you-seat carnage witnessed in the Dota 2 championships held in Germany last year, publisher more…

News, PC, Steam
Valve Set to Introduce New Free-to-Play Model with DotA 2

  As if Valve wasn’t in the good graces of the gaming community as it stands, the company’s plans for its upcoming more…

Features, News
Blizzard Challenges Valve’s Trademark of DotA, Thunderdome Imminent

Okay, so let’s try to get this straight. A million years ago in gaming years, Blizzard made Warcraft III. People really liked more…

News, PC, PlayStation 3, Video, Xbox 360
Valve’s New Intro Screen is Creepier than Ever

Valve’s intro cinematics have always been rather “interesting.”  Featuring acutal humans with actual Valves placed in their more…

News, PC, Real Time Strategy, Trailers
Stay in Your Lane and Watch The DotA 2 Gamescom Trailer

Valve has finally released a trailer for the much anticipated DotA 2.  It features no gameplay, but it does feature some more…

Features, News, PC, Real Time Strategy
Heroes of Newerth (HoN) Is Now Free to Play

You read that right.  The “premium” DotA clone ain’t so premium anymore.  Bring on the noobs!! Heroes of Newerth is FREE more…

First Person Shooter, News, PC, Steam
Mysterious “Grockets” Appear in Team Fortress 2

A handful of odd-looking spaceships appear to have crashed all over TF2-land, which the community are calling more…

News, PC, Steam
Steam Gets Updated Content Delivery System

Valve is one of the few companies that is constantly evolving their products and their flagship content delivery service more…

Events, Features, Industry-News, News, PC, PlayStation 3, Steam, Xbox 360
Valve Not Showing Any Titles At E3 2011

Why Gaben why!?  Why do you torture us so? No Half Life 3?  No Counter Strike 2?  NOT EVEN ANY DOTA 2 more…

Industry-News, Interviews, PC, Real Time Strategy
S2 Games and Heroes of Newerth Are Not Worried About Valve and DotA 2

Once upon a time, there was a game called Defense of the Ancients (DotA) Well, actually it’s still around, but that’s besides more…

3DS, Adventure, Editorials, Features, Fighting, First Person Shooter, News, PC, Platformer, PlayStation 3, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy, Role Playing Game, Strategy, Third Person Shooter, Xbox 360
2011: A Look into the Future of Video Games

As 2010 draws to a close, as we look back to all our favorite launches in what has been an awesome year, RipTen looks forward more…