by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 13, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
More correctly, ZeniMax, Bethesda’s parent company, has finally settled a lawsuit between Facebook and Oculus. After five years, the companies have come to an undisclosed settlement regarding ZeniMax’s claims of stolen intellectual property.This whole thing started...
by Jonathan de Roulet | Dec 13, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
The point and click genre is a tough one to traverse, as is the puzzle game. With point and clicks, the developer needs to convey exactly what a player can interact with in an easy to define way. The puzzle genre, however, ranges wildly in difficulty based on what...
by Jordan Love | Dec 12, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Livestreaming, Videogames
Despite a rocky start, 2018 turned out to be a killer year for Riot and League of Legends. 99.6 million unique viewers watched the Worlds Final between IG and Fnatic and the match peaked at 44 million concurrent viewers. For comparison's sake, the average number of TV...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 12, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News
The South Korean government’s recent ‘Act on Punishment of Alternative Game Act’ will make account boosting illegal. Set to go into effect in approximately six months, the Act could punish anyone guilty of boosting with up to two years in prison or a fine of about...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 12, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Fae Tactics is the brightest, most exciting looking tactical RPG in years. While most tactical games go with a gritty, serious tone – something Final Fantasy Tactics established years ago – Fae Tactics has all the color and vibrancy of a game like Fortnite. Fae...
by Jordan Love | Dec 11, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Four new teams joined the LEC this year as part of the EU LCS rebrand and franchising. Origen, Rogue, exceL, and SK Gaming all bring unique qualities to the table. The easiest thing to measure is the quality of their roster, but each team has a couple arbitrary...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 11, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Adult games that feature underage characters – or characters that appear underage – have quietly been removed from Steam. In the span of a few days, games started to vanish from the storefront. As per Valve’s usual policy, they do not need to warn companies before...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 11, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Path of Exile is a free-to-play MMORPG on Steam. It has been out for nearly five years, and in that time, it has mostly gone under players’ radar. However, a recent update to the game – Betrayal – has pushed the Path of Exile player count to the highest it has ever...
by Charles Rathbone | Dec 10, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
China has a new gaming ethics committee that’s processing games for approval for Chinese audiences. As it stands, video game approvals have been halted in China since a government restructuring in March. The country is notorious for its strict stance on video gaming...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 10, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Epic Games may be gearing up to take on Steam with a huge revenue increase to developers, but before they start raking in their cash, they will need to make sure they can navigate the complex maze of laws around selling games. Like many distributors and companies,...
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