by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 1, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
It is hard to keep players coming back time and again to an online game, especially when it doesn’t have things like expansions or DLCs to keep interest peaked. It’s fair to say in League of Legends nine years, it has undergone some serious changes, but the question...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 1, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
Last week in League of Legends NA LCS, we saw Cloud9 and Echo Fox both take unexpected losses. This week, both teams should do much better considering the standing of their opponents. That’s why we are looking at the teams in the middle of the pack instead. After...
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 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 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...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 23, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There are a lot of things that make it difficult to qualify mobile games as esports. First of all, the debate still rages among the public about what qualifies an esport – or sport for that matter – and tossing mobile gaming into the mix raises quite a few eyebrows...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 23, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Battle Royales have taken over the gaming industry. It all started with H1Z1, but PUBG is what took the world by storm, and now Fortnite is no longer nipping at their heels but taking over the market. Like MOBAs years ago, everywhere we turn, new Battle Royales are...
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