by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 17, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
EA continues their marathon news spotlight, but it still isn’t good news. Not exactly. Just a day before Star Wars Battlefront II goes live, EA has suspended all in-game purchases. Reportedly, this was after EA’s CEO had a phone call with Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 16, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Gamers can’t blame a developer for wanting to profit from their titles. They can blame them when that search for profits becomes predatory, disrespectful, and negatively impacts the experience. However, even while other publishers and developers discuss ways to make...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 16, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
If publishers had hoped that the loot box controversy had blown over, they can think again. Last month, the UK government responded to a petition about loot crates stating that until they see a direct financial correlation to boxes, they consider them not to be...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
In just 2017, Steam published over 6000 games. That’s just for the PC. Granted, the vast majority of those are indie games, and most of these games only clock in at a few hours, generally, less than 10, but it is a worrying sign for gamers trying to find the best...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
While Activision toys with the idea of creating a match-making system to sell items to players, Valve has been busy developing what may be the most complicated and well-thought out matchmaking system ever designed. Released only days ago, CS:GO’s new matchmaking...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 14, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Youtube’s recent policy changes have had nearly all content creators up in arms, but especially gamers, who seemed disproportionally targeted for demonetization and who reported losing upwards of 25-30% of their revenue. Destiny 2 had a slew of content creators stop...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 14, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
EA is no stranger to pissing off players, but amassing the most down-voted comment in Reddit history forced even them to take note. Following the wave of negative backlash heaped upon them, EA responded in an open letter to the community where they immediately reduced...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 13, 2017 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
If you’re an indie dev, isometric is where it’s at. We’ve seen a slew of isometric/top-down games in recent years. From the more recent Ruiner to the record-breaking Divinity 2, this is simply the way that indie games are going, and Fool’s Theory new game Seven, shows...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 13, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Battle royales are one of the most popular genres around. Starting with H1Z1 making a splash on Steam, followed quickly by PUBG and Fortnite, battle royales have slowly spread to cover the gaming landscape, but their life expectancy in esports has yet to be tested....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 10, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For many fans, SK Telecom’s loss to Samsung Galaxy feels like the end of an era. Faker’s despair after the match, Samsung’s sweep of the finals, and even Longzhu’s sweep of the Korean finals before Worlds all seemed to be showing the fall of legends. But most of that...
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