by Arden Terry | Feb 28, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
It has now been officially confirmed that the partnership between pro skater Tony Hawk and Activision, the publisher of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, is over. On Monday, Tony Hawk tweeted out a response to fans of the series who were asking about reboots or...
by Jordan Love | Feb 28, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
A strange and potentially tragic story has been playing out over the last 24 hours. It involves a rather obscure streamer name Simone "Aqualadora" Scott and her admission of killing a four-year-old dog. It all started on the stream of RajjPatel, a fairly popular...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 28, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Things have been fairly slow this split, especially in the kills department. TSM’s average games currently sit at over an hour long, and it is now common to expect zero kills by 10-15 minutes. This makes for some pretty boring League of Legends games. But FlyQuest and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 28, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Gamers will always argue about the way a game looks – that’s just part of being a fan. Sometimes this comes in the form of critics whining about the evolution of graphics, as with the Secret of Mana remake. Most recently, it has raged across the Battle Royale scene...
by Jordan Love | Feb 27, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Digital game sales were on fire last month. According to a SuperData report, digital game sales in January rose over 10 percent, with gamers spending $8.9 billion digitally on games across all platforms. SuperData credits the unexpected success of Monster Hunter:...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 27, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Some genres are okay with competition, but Battle Royales are not one of them. H1ZI’s team has been upfront that they feel cheated by PUBG’s success, and PUBG, not to be outdone, threatened a lawsuit against Fortnite. Unfortunately for both, there aren’t many rules in...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 27, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
There are a lot of things stacked against Konami’s Metal Gear Survive. The biggest is that they fired Hideo Kojima, and parting with one of the most successful creative minds in gaming on less than favorable terms isn’t great PR. It’s also relevant that Metal Gear...
by Jordan Love | Feb 26, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Loot boxes are a big part of LoL, but in the past, their drop rates have largely been a mystery. That changed last week when Riot made the preemptive decision to reveal League of Legend loot box drop rates. The past year has been full of lawsuits and threats revolving...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 26, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Released in 2009, Angry Birds has been one of the most successful apps of all time. At one point, the game boasted 263 million active users. But while Angry Birds may have jump started apps and turned them largely into the market they are today, it hasn’t protected...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 26, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
Ever since the League of Legends Week 4 turnaround, it was obvious that this split was going to be more competitive than it looked. It’s pretty unlikely anyone expected it would be this competitive though. While Echo Fox and Cloud9 have held their lead, and will...
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