by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 20, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Livestreaming, Videogames
Streaming can seem like an unpredictable creature, and in many ways it is a bandwagon. Like Youtube, success compounds upon popularity. Many content creators have realized that once fame has found them, success inevitably follows, and it kills the spark. This is why...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 20, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Just days ago, Crytek, the inventor of the CryEngine, filed a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games, the team behind Star Citizen. The developers had previously used the CryEngine, but last year, they switched to the Amazon Lumberyard to run and develop their game....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 19, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Only weeks ago, Riot suspended Khan for what some viewed as racist comments. Before that, Vasiili was suspended for domestic violence. Now, Likkrit, of the Russian team M19, has been suspended for six months for speaking out against Riot. In violation of his contract,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 19, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Only weeks ago, Capcom held a closed beta for Monster Hunter: World on the PS4. The beta was exclusive for gamers with a Playstation Plus account, but following their initial testing, Capcom is now giving everyone a chance. Beginning on December 22 and ending on...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 19, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Adventure Time is one of those cartoons that no one can quite classify. Kids love it, adults love it, and its content walks the line between inappropriate and kid friendly. Is it okay to show kids living eggs being cracked open and combined with a living cheese, to...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 18, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The saga of loot boxes continues. If anyone thought that they would go away following the debacles of Stars Wars Battlefield II or Belgium classifying them as gambling, they were wrong. In fact, Youtube has partnered with FACEIT to make loot boxes not just a reality...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 18, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The first videos for Darwin Project were super exciting. The game looked to be a solution to the problem battle royales have of camping and hiding. With a cold weather survival system and a tracking system, Darwin Project aimed to make it easier to find and kill each...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 18, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Esports are a hard thing to measure. There are tens of millions of gamers in America, but the percentage of those that watch esports is dramatically less, even if nearly all esport viewers are gamers. This creates a problem where many gamers think esports are dying...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Walking Dead already has a few games under developer Telltale, but while these games do what Telltale does best, which is to tell a story, they don’t capture the visceral part of The Walking Dead, the parts where it is humans pitted against zombies, blasting and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Game Awards saw the newest trailer drop for Death Stranding, a trailer which supposedly precedes all the others we’ve seen. Like most Kojima trailers, it showed more of the world, more of the aesthetics and feelings, and it answered roughly zero questions. But in...
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