by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 4, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Several Years Ago, the company iLife Technologies filed suit that Nintendo had infringed on a patent they held for motion control technologies. The company, which created and patented the technology to monitor infants, claimed that Nintendo’s Wiimote controller used...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 4, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Steam Awards are what would happen if the community at Rotten Tomatoes – not the critics – were in charge of the Oscars. We aren’t sure exactly what that would look like – except maybe that Bright would win best picture – but we do know what it looks like with...
by Jordan Love | Jan 3, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section, Videogames
Rocket League reached another milestone this week as the game officially surpassed the 40 million player mark. The game has a massive following and last year was its most successful yet, but where does it stand in the greater esport community? How does it match up to...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 3, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Nexus Mods, one of the most popular gaming websites on the planet and home to the greatest modders, is now creating a system to reward their modders. For fans of Bethesda games in particular, this is a big deal. Part of the longevity of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 3, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
While EA has resisted the esport moniker for as long as possible, instead announcing in 2015 a ‘competitive gaming division’, they are getting ever closer to trying to make a grab for some of the illustrious esport audience. Recent rebranding has retitled their new...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 3, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
League of Legends enters its ninth year in 2018, and while the game is still largely the same, it is always evolving. Part of this process is the system they implemented last year in the Year in review, a system devised not just to tell players interesting stats (or...
by Jordan Love | Jan 2, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Last year was a great year for indie games and at least part of that success is thanks to crowdfunding. 2017 saw a sharp increase in Kickstarter game funding after a dismal 2016 campaign. Since it's creation in 2009, Kickstarter has been a goldmine for indie...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
Twitch is continuing to broaden their scope by creating a new reality show, Stream On, just for content creators. Following this year’s Twitchcon and the slew of tools put in to help streamers grow and measure their audiences, Twitch has been taking steps to try and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
An argument over a Call of Duty: WWII match has ended in the death of one player and the arrest of another. Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles was arrested Saturday morning in the suspected swatting and resulting death of Andrew Finch, 28, of Wichita, Kansas. ...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
All online players have dealt with trolls and toxic players – it’s a part of the culture. Just as big a part of the culture is the constant argument that companies can and should do more than what they are doing. While simple suspensions and bans go pretty far –...
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