In Mario Kart, red shells target your nearest rival and ruthlessly stop them in their tracks. Marketing company Red Shell, meanwhile, helps video game companies more accurately target you. This fact has not sat well with some players who have recently discovered the software in a veritable kartload of Steam games.

Battlerite's Patch 1.3 released today. In addition to tweaking the UI and making some other slight quality of life adjustments, it also reworked Battlerite's existing champions and added a new one: Zander.  

It feels really good to be the game-winner on your team. In single-player games, you're beating a system, but in multiplayer games you're conquering the crowd. Whether it's one-on-one or one-against-100, rising to the top and seizing the crown is one of the best feelings in competitive games.

Games like League of Legends and Dota, because they cover a lot of ground, are loosely termed Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games. But Battlerite, which left early access in November, is one of the few games to actually meet the technical definition of MOBA, and that's what makes it such a compelling alternative to the mould.

Ever wanted to play a MOBA without all the crap MOBA bits? Battlerite is a great game that not nearly enough people are talking about. So talk about it we shall.

Battlerite is a good time. For a MOBA/Brawler, it is easy to pick up and filled with fun champions. Tomorrow, the roster will expand a little more during the game's Halloween update.

While I've been putting more hours into Destiny over the week, I've also started looking into the neat indie MOBA that is Battlerite.

Battlerite is a new arena brawler that's been near the top of Steam's charts for a week, with no signs of slowing down. It looks like a MOBA, walks like a MOBA, and even talks like a MOBA, but reviewers love it because it actually isn't a MOBA.

Battlerite is an absurd name, but it's managed to tickle an itch for mayhem I never knew I had.