by Jordan Love | Nov 8, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The PUBG Fortnite battle continued in dramatic fashion this week as both games reached a 20 million milestone almost simultaneously. For PUBG it was 20 millions copies sold and for Fortnite it was 20 million players. These milestones are just fuel for the rivalry that...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 8, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
One of the reasons many fans prefer League of Legends to Dota 2 is that it has far less micromanagement, or if we want to be honest, it’s easier. Runes and masteries were a step towards complexity, and not always a good one. While masteries were understandable for...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Game companies aren’t so different than normal companies, and this is especially true for start-ups and tech companies. Even though making games is probably infinitely more fun than making finance apps, the operations side of a business boils down to the same stuff....
by Jordan Love | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The One X is finally here and Xbox chief Phil Spencer marked it’s arrival by announcing Microsoft's intent to move towards software and services. In an interview with Bloomberg, Spencer declared that he and his team need to grow as content and service providers. “Our...
by Jordan Love | Nov 7, 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...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Top-down shooters have been a long time from their heyday. In the days of Contra and early 90s games like Loaded, it was the go-to for action and violence, but as 3D technology improved, the FPS rose to prominence and the top-down shooter died. But recently, mostly...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section
November 4th was officially dubbed ‘Game Day’ for the charity organization Extra Life, and game they did. In just 24-hours, Extra Life – with the help of thousands of streamers, organizations, and gamers – was able to raise $1,805,727. This puts Extra Life’s current...
by Jordan Love | Nov 6, 2017 | News, News Section, PC, Videogames
BlizzCon 2017 has come and gone and Blizzard made sure to pack as much as possible into the two day celebration. One of the biggest reveals came in the opening moments of the convention when CEO Mike Morhaime announced that StarCraft II would become free-to-play...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 6, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
GAME 1 In every big series, there is at least one game that goes very slowly, and that was this game. Maybe the teams just wanted to feel one another out, or maybe both teams had the jitters about being in the finals, either way, the game went nearly twenty-four...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 3, 2017 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
EA’s Chris Evenden has already said that he believes the future of video games is in streaming, but another company may have been him to the punch. In September of 2017, the game streaming service Jump launched with a goal of curating the massive sea of games into...
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