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Come join us as we stream 38 Studios' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning during the Saturday Morning Happy Fun Zone (yes, we're calling it that). If you've got questions about the game, we've got answers, but it could just be fun to eat our cereal together and reminisce about Ren & Stimpy.  Remember, the stream begins at about 10am EST, and should run for about an hour before Bill runs off to record the podcast, so come hang out!

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We've pored over your many awesome DC Universe Online screenshots for this week's "Screenshot of the Week," and today we're excited to announce the winning entry!

Congratulations to Orion886, this week's Screenshot of the Week winner!

The winning screenshot and Orion886 and accompanying description can be found below:

"Crimson Paradox, always on the run, always chasing crime."

This is a great action shot from Orion886 that highlights one of DC Universe Online's more interesting features: running up (or in this case, down) buildings. Having played the game myself, I always found Super Speed to be the most exhilirating of travel power options.

This week's winner snagged himself a key code granting some Station Cash for the PC version of DC Universe Online. Be sure to check back next Monday for a chance to win more awesome prizes!

The Firefall team has thrown down the gauntlet to all fans to become filmmakers in the just-announced Battleframe Trailer Challenge. Devs have provided a bevy of images and clips of various battleframes and are asking players to put them together in a trailer showing off their favorite. After that, simply upload it to the Firefall site and wait to be chosen as the winner.

Grab all the juicy details on the Firefall site.

Earlier today, we reported on the lawsuit filed by Blizzard against a trademark filing by Valve over the DOTA name. In a new piece at RTSGuru.com, Cassandra Khaw gives some of the background on the issue and her thoughts about what's in store for the two gaming titans. Check it out at RTSGuru.com.

The End of Nations team is hard at work giving their fans what they want: BETA KEYS! You can grab one via the @endofnations Twitter feed.

Repulse, just released into open beta by Aeria Games, has hit the ground running. We managed to catch up with Associate Producer Scott Hartz to talk about Repulse and what sets it apart from other games of its type. Read on!

MMORPG: How will the pricing model be handled on the game?

Scott Hartz: Repulse offers a wide variety of guns, gear and accessories that are available for both in-game credits and Aeria Points. Most items are available in 1, 7, 15 and 30 day durations and can be found in Repulse’s in-game store. Players will be pleased to find that most of the weapons we sell for Aeria Points can also be purchased with the credits they earn from gameplay.

Read more of Garrett Fuller's Repulse Interview with Scott Hartz.

According to a pair of legal filings, it appears that Blizzard is suing Valve to prevent it from trademarking the DOTA name. Blizzard claims that the DOTA name has been closely aligned with the Warcraft series for the past seven years. Defense of the Ancients was originally created as a mod for Warcraft III.

1. By this Opposition, Blizzard seeks to prevent registration by its competitor Valve Corporation ("Valve") of a trademark, DOTA, that for more than seven years has been used exclusively by Blizzard and its fan community, under license from Blizzard. By virtue of that use, the DOTA mark has become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard, including to signify a highly popular scenario or variant of one of Blizzard's best-selling computer games, Warcraft III. Over the past seven years, the mark DOTA has been used exclusively in connection with Blizzard and its products, namely Warcraft III. Most notably, DOTA has been used as the popular name of a Warcraft III software "mod" file that has been distributed, marketed, and promoted by Blizzard and its fans (under license from Blizzard)

Read the legal documentation here.

Sources: Destructoid and @DevinConnors.

Another terrific article has cropped up on network site RTSGuru.com. This time, the team takes a look at several ways the community can help turn eSports into something more than just a hobby. Check it out at RTSGuru.com.

Repulse is the latest addition to the Aeria Games stable of F2P titles. As an "MMOFPS", Repulse is aimed squarely at those who enjoy PvP Mayhem. We recently logged into both the closed and open betas to check out Repulse. See what we discovered. Played Repulse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

The game is very reminiscent of the old shooter, Unreal Tournament, both in feel and in action.  It offers three player settings: Assault, Sniper and Engineer, each of which you can assign specific weapons and items appropriate for that class. One of the extremely helpful things you can do with these classes is switch between them as needed for the current situation by choosing between the F1, F2 and F3 keys – in short, you aren’t stuck with one player and one load-out;  if it’s to your advantage to suddenly be a sniper, with the press of a button you can suddenly be one.

Read more of Tony Ford's Repulse Beta Preview.

Gameforge has sent out a new trailer featuring the new and updated features for Aion as it sits on the precipice of going F2P in Europe. Features that have been updated or improved since the game's original launch include the following: More quests and better rewards; New regions and solo instances; New PvP arena and instances. In addition, Gameforge is looking ahead to the addition of housing and weather effects.

From February 9th to February 16th, Lord of the Rings Online players are challenged to dress for success in a series of in-game events and contests designed to show off fashion flair.

Grab all the details on the Lord of the Rings Online site.

Adam Tingle has turned his eye to all things RTS in his latest review over at network sister site RTSGuru.com. This time Adam takes a medieval look at King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame. See how the game stacks up at RTSGuru.com.

During yesterday's investor's call, Activision-Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft subscriber numbers are ~10.2 million. This number is down approximately 100,000 since November of last year. The company indicated, however, that profits for the quarter were up due to successful releases of Skylanders and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and to over a million folks taking advantage of the WoW Annual Pass.

Read the full investors' report and its news about World of Warcraft.

During yesterday's Activision-Blizzard investor's call, Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 will be delayed to Q2 2012. This means that the release of the highly-anticipated action RPG will arrive sometime between March and June. This announcement comes on the heels of the recent departure of Senior Producer Steve Parker.

The company’s first quarter 2012 outlook does not incorporate a new release from Blizzard Entertainment, but its calendar year 2012 outlook anticipates two releases from Blizzard Entertainment.

Read more about the investor's call and other Diablo 3 news.

Nothing says love so much as Valentine's Day events in the games we love. Perfect World Entertainment has a full slate of events for each of its games.

Find out about the events in your favorite PWE game:

Jade Dynasty - http://jd.perfectworld.com/news/?p=454381
Collective wedding event, a free Tiger Mask for players who get married, and a set of free gifts including a 7-day Aeon Lion mount for every player who logs in on February 14.

Perfect World International - http://pwi.perfectworld.com/news/?p=460731
GMs will be roaming the servers in hopes of finding friendly chit-chat and hugs, while welcoming any photo-op requests. Best event themed screenshot will win his or her choice of a rare mount.

Rusty Hearts - http://rustyhearts.perfectworld.com/news/?p=449971
Show your love for Rusty Hearts by entering the art contest to win Roselle Vegerius, the latest premium character in-game.

Forsaken World
Players can choose to receive a Valentine's Day card and a random item from four different NPCs. Players can get the random item once per day during the event period. Event lasts from February 14-21.

War of the Immortals
Get your chocolate fix in Atlantis by collecting them off the ground and hand them in to an NPC for more experience points. Event lasts from February 14-21.

Ether Saga Odyssey - http://eso.perfectworld.com/news/?p=460861
Join the masses in getting married, bid for a rare pet, send a custom broadcast message, and enter the screenshot contest for a chance to gain EXP and other special items.

One of the biggest complaints about MMOs today is that we are always seemingly on the fast track to the endgame. But once there, then what? In today's Player Perspectives we offer you the powerful motivating factor that mentoring other lower-level players can bring to players after all of their guildies are off to other games or just aren't around as much. See if you agree and then weigh in with your comments.

There is a solution, and it’s one some games (like City of Heroes/Villains) adopted years ago: introduce a mechanic that temporarily adds or removes character levels. In CoX you sidekick up to within a couple of levels of the higher character, while in EQ2 you mentor down to a lower level, but the basic mechanic is the same. Either way, characters whose levels are too disparate to allow them to meaningfully enjoy content together – so content is neither impossible nor trivial – can close the gap and do stuff as a group.

Read more of Isabelle Parsley's Player Perspectives: Mentoring is Motivation.

Outspark has announced that Web Fiesta, the browser-based version of the popular Fiesta Online, has officially launched. One of the most interesting features, according to devs, is the inclusion of fully 3D graphics.

Web Fiesta is an exact duplicate of the client-based Fiesta Online which give players the flexibility to play either way and from any computer in the world.

Read the full Web Fiesta press release for more information. Or you can simply head to the Web Fiesta site to get started.

Luminary players will want to check into the nDoors version of the game for a ton of February fun with in-game events, a new Facebook event and more.

From February 9th through March 1st, players can take part in special quests and events in honor of Valentine's Day. In addition, players can take part in a special Valentine's "Wedding Entourage" event on the game's Facebook page. The ultimate prize is a a special reward package.

Find out more on the Luminary site.