by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 17, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
EA continues their marathon news spotlight, but it still isn’t good news. Not exactly. Just a day before Star Wars Battlefront II goes live, EA has suspended all in-game purchases. Reportedly, this was after EA’s CEO had a phone call with Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney,...
by Charles Rathbone | Nov 16, 2017 | Videogames
EKGaming's 'Conversation Series' is all about giving you, the gaming community, a voice. There are plenty of things to debate and talk about in the gaming world, but all too often the voice of gamers is forgotten in the shuffle. In 'Conversation Series' we give gamers...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 16, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Gamers can’t blame a developer for wanting to profit from their titles. They can blame them when that search for profits becomes predatory, disrespectful, and negatively impacts the experience. However, even while other publishers and developers discuss ways to make...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 16, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
If publishers had hoped that the loot box controversy had blown over, they can think again. Last month, the UK government responded to a petition about loot crates stating that until they see a direct financial correlation to boxes, they consider them not to be...
by Jordan Love | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
EA DICE held a Reddit AMA earlier today and it went just about as well as you might expect, which is to say it wasn't great. It probably could have gone a lot worse, but reading through nearly all of it, one thing is abundantly clear: gamers aren't happy with EA and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
In just 2017, Steam published over 6000 games. That’s just for the PC. Granted, the vast majority of those are indie games, and most of these games only clock in at a few hours, generally, less than 10, but it is a worrying sign for gamers trying to find the best...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
While Activision toys with the idea of creating a match-making system to sell items to players, Valve has been busy developing what may be the most complicated and well-thought out matchmaking system ever designed. Released only days ago, CS:GO’s new matchmaking...
by Jordan Love | Nov 14, 2017 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Forbes' 30 Under 30 celebrates industries from science to fashion and everything in-between. This year the gaming category is more diverse and encompassing than ever before. With investors, professional gamers, developers, art directors, writers, a grandmaster and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 14, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Youtube’s recent policy changes have had nearly all content creators up in arms, but especially gamers, who seemed disproportionally targeted for demonetization and who reported losing upwards of 25-30% of their revenue. Destiny 2 had a slew of content creators stop...
by Jordan Love | Nov 14, 2017 | Videogames, weekly
Every Tuesday, Foresight for the Week is your guide to the gaming industry for the next 7 days. With DLC and game releases, news about upcoming cons and events, and information on the latest patches and updates in gaming, Foresight for the Week helps you stay on top...
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