Those of you who prefer to wait around for a sale before you pick up your games, a chance is just around the corner. Green Man Gaming are about to begin their Spring Sale which will last until the end of the month.

One of the big names involved in the sale is Bethesda’s Fallout 4, just about around the time when its first DLC Automatron is due to be released. The discount is only at 38% compared to some other games’ larger discounts, but a third off the price isn’t that bad if you’re planning to snap up the DLC tomorrow as well.

Other big names involved in the sale include Injustice: Gods Among Us (75% off), LEGO Jurassic World (50% off), The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited – PC (75% off), Total War: Attila and Company of Heroes 2 both at 75% off, Just Cause 3 (33% off) and Life is Strange: Complete (40% off). This is as well as discounts applied to many more games both big name and indie.

Go check it out and maybe you’ll spot a bargain.

After last year’s fiasco over the Skyrim Paid Mods idea, Valve decided that the time would be ripe to give the idea another go. However, this time they chose to do it through Dota 2 – one of their own properties and only through custom game modes which meant that an awful lot of the worries expressed last time would no longer be such a problem. However, it seems that one of the big issues last time  – mod makers ‘borrowing’ content off other makers – can still rear its ugly head.

The system was launched last week and within 48 hours it was discovered that one of the most popular modes added, Roshpit Champions, was using assets from other users and even Blizzard without permission. Itme models and icons have been traced back as matches to potential in-game cosmetics submitted by other members of the community for Valve’s approval, and the icon for crusader_boots is taken from a screencap of Darion and Alexandros Morgaine’s boots, characters in World of Warcraft.

The Reddit thread pointing this out has the mode’s maker, Ryan ‘ChalkyBrush’ Racioppo, attempted to defend his use of the other Workshop users’ content by saying that he had taken from the yet-to-be-approved voting queue: “Anything submitted to the workshop is Valve’s property and can therefore be used in Valve’s game. Roshpit Champions is subject to the same rules, making the game also a property of Valve’s.” He also defended the use of crusader_boots icon by saying “I didn’t think a low-res screencap of a screencap would be an issue. The picture is awful anyway and probably needs a replacement. Does blizzard [sic] care though? In the end, Blizzard is the only one with the right to complain about this low quality image existing in this little sub-realm of Dota 2.”

Luckily for Valve, Racioppo has since changed his stance, removing all the problematic assets from his mode in an update and apologising: “I want to apologize to all the artists who I did not consult in using their amazing works. They spend hours pouring their hearts into this creative content and it is unfair to showcase them within Roshpit Champions with no credit to them.”

Of course, the rules governing such things are clearly stated in the agreement made for those creating Workshop content: “With respect to Workshop Contributions, you represent and warrant that the Workshop Contribution was originally created by you (or, with respect to a Workshop Contribution to which others contributed besides you, by you and the other contributors, and in such case that you have the right to submit such Workshop Contribution on behalf of those other contributors).”

Of course, it’s possible that Valve has intervened behind the scenes to make this happen as otherwise the Dota 2 paid mods thing seems to be going much smoother than their last attempt. We’ll probably never know though.

The in-game economy of GTA Online is giving into March Madness this week as several of the stores are offering up to 75% off the customisation options they offer.

The Lowriders Custom Classics week also offers double GTA$ and RP opportunities for anyone jumping into the various events dotted about Los Santos until next Friday. You’ll be able to pick up a Lowrider custom chassis or bodykit from Benny’s and there’s 75% off Bobbleheads, Custom Gear Shifts and Plaques. Ammunation is having a 50% off sale on the ammo for shotguns and rifles and across the map there’s also 25% off motorbikes. And in case you need more storage space for those vehicles, Dynasty 8 is offering 10-car garage properties for 25% off.

There’s also a Snapmatic competition running through the week with a cool GTA$1m up for grabs. All you need to do is a take a cool hot shot and upload it to Social Club with the hashtag #customclassics to enter.

Oh boy.

I’m sure those of you familiar with the Internet have come across the Youtube “Prank Channel” phenomenon. The point is to film pranks or stunts with unsuspecting members of the public and catch reactions on hidden cameras. They’re… not exactly well thought of because some of the ‘pranks’ really aren’t funny. Now it seems that the law agrees because one Youtube troll has gotten jail time for some of his.

Youtuber Van Le, of the channel Trollstation (a co-founder in fact) was arrested when filming one of the jokes that involved a teenager carrying a briefcase containing a clock or a ‘fake bomb’ which they would proceed to show to individuals at crowded tourist hot spots in London before rushing off without the case.

The ‘joke’ was filmed back in September and was supposed meant to be a homage to Ahmed Mohamed, an American teen whose homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb. However, whoever thought this a good idea must have a strange sense of humour and the police unsurprisingly didn’t see the funny side of the entire incident.

Van Le was the cameraman responsible for filming this antic, as well as another one that was also brought up in the case against him at the Tate and National Portrait Gallery that saw masked men running into the museum carrying paintings to convince visitors that a robbery was taking place at that very moment.

Van Le pled guilty to one count of bomb hoax placing with intent and has been sentenced to 24 weeks for that stunt, while the Tate gallery incident netted him another 12 weeks behind bars. That means that he’s gotten nine months of jail time for the sake of a Youtube ‘prank’. The teenage accomplice has also been found guilty but because of his status as a minor has been given a 12-month intense referral order.

A spokesperson for the Trollstation channel called the punishment “pretty unfair”.

“A big production crew for the Jackie Chan movie [The Foreigner] blew up a bus in London in February and didn’t warn anybody apart from some local people,” the spokesperson said. “In a way that impacted more people and scared a lot more people, but a small production does this low-budget thing and this is how it is dealt with.”

So, it’s been a week since I last brought you up to date on the new cards we can expect from Blizzard’s next expansion to their Hearthstone game. Since then a number of other cards have been revealed, a good number of the focusing around a “Forbidden” theme that sees you spending all your mana for an effect specific to the card – and they’re all class-based cards too.

Take a look at the new cards and see which ones you might want to have in a future deck:

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Giant Sandworm

Beast Minion, 8 Attack, 8 Health, 8 mana cost.

Can attack again if it attacks and kills another Minion.

Forbidden Flame

Spell, 0 mana cost.

Spend all Mana and deal that much damage to a Minion.

Forbidden Shaping

Spell, 0 mana cost.

Spend all Mana and summon a random Minion that costs that much.

Klaxxi Amber-Weaver

Minion, 4 Attack, 5 Health, 4 mana cost.

Battlecry: If your C’Thun has 10+ Attack, gain +5 Health.

Ancient Shieldbearer

Minion, 6 Attack, 6 Health, 7 mana cost.

Battlecry: If your C’Thun has 10+ Attack, gain 10 Armor.

Stand Against Darkness

Spell, 5 mana cost.

Summon five 1/1 Silver Hand Recruits.

Hogger, Doom of Elwynn

Legendary Minion, 6 Attack, 6 Health, 7 mana cost.

Whenever this Minion takes damage, summon a 2/2 Gnoll with Taunt.

Eater of Secrets

Minion, 2 Attack, 4 Health, 4 mana cost.

Battlecry: Destroy all enemy Secrets and gain +1/+1 for each.

C’Thun’s Chosen

Minion, 4 Attack, 2 Health, 4 mana cost.

Divine Shield.

Battlecry: Give your C’Thun +2/+2 wherever it is.

Forbidden Healing

Spell, 0 mana cost.

Spend all Mana and summon restore Health for that much.