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Recently in an interview with Time, Sony PlayStation Europe head Jim Ryan was asked about where the PS4 stands in regard to backwards compatibility, a much-requested feature. He stated: “When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but...
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It’s been five years since gamers were treated to an entry in the Mass Effect series. With the trilogy ended, gamers around the world wondered what was next for the franchise – a reboot? will we see anyone from Shepard’s crew? will it be a sequel? We wouldn’t hear...
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The Overwatch League is almost here. We are slowly getting more information about the league, and the recently announced Overwatch Contenders is the first tangible step towards the Overwatch League. I wanted to take some time and talk about how the Overwatch League is going to be better than...
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Never tell us the odds. Overwatch took the gaming world by storm last year, with Blizzard reporting in its first week that 7 million people were playing. A month later it was 10 million. Now? Blizzard recently reported that Overwatch has 30 million players. Whilst I am a fan...
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After a major misstep with the Wii U, Nintendo had to excite and win back core gamers. Nothing was immediately forthcoming. The fanbase was greeted with 19 months of silence before the whispers of the Nintendo Switch appeared. What was the mysterious “NX” console? Nintendo was keeping the concept...
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The role-playing game, or RPG, is one of the oldest genres in gaming, being inspired by tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons. RPGs also happens to be one of my favorite genres. I recently made a list of my top ten games of all-time, and six out of the ten...
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Outlast II, a horror game developed by Red Barrels Studios, hit the scene a few weeks ago. Much like its’ predecessor, it came out both to raving reviews and scathing criticism. I am afraid this piece is one of the latter. I’m here today to take a critical look...
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The following article is intended as a general rebuttal of Polygon’s recent opinion piece on Steam. It is largely intended to address the underlying assumption that companies are designed for anything other than the maximization of profits, as well as addressing within the flow of the article a few...
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‘Gamer’ is a word with a tonne of stigma nipping at its heels. I often wonder if my own mother would rather I was addicted to drugs than games. The common complaint I hear is that gaming and gaming culture breeds antisocial behaviours. After all, how will you have...
Recently in an interview with Time, Sony PlayStation Europe head Jim Ryan was asked about where the PS4 stands in regard to backwards compatibility, a much-requested feature. He stated: “When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but...
It’s been five years since gamers were treated to an entry in the Mass Effect series. With the trilogy ended, gamers around the world wondered what was next for the franchise – a reboot? will we see anyone from Shepard’s crew? will it be a sequel? We wouldn’t hear...
The Overwatch League is almost here. We are slowly getting more information about the league, and the recently announced Overwatch Contenders is the first tangible step towards the Overwatch League. I wanted to take some time and talk about how the Overwatch League is going to be better than...
Never tell us the odds. Overwatch took the gaming world by storm last year, with Blizzard reporting in its first week that 7 million people were playing. A month later it was 10 million. Now? Blizzard recently reported that Overwatch has 30 million players. Whilst I am a fan...
After a major misstep with the Wii U, Nintendo had to excite and win back core gamers. Nothing was immediately forthcoming. The fanbase was greeted with 19 months of silence before the whispers of the Nintendo Switch appeared. What was the mysterious “NX” console? Nintendo was keeping the concept...
The role-playing game, or RPG, is one of the oldest genres in gaming, being inspired by tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons. RPGs also happens to be one of my favorite genres. I recently made a list of my top ten games of all-time, and six out of the ten...
Outlast II, a horror game developed by Red Barrels Studios, hit the scene a few weeks ago. Much like its’ predecessor, it came out both to raving reviews and scathing criticism. I am afraid this piece is one of the latter. I’m here today to take a critical look...
The following article is intended as a general rebuttal of Polygon’s recent opinion piece on Steam. It is largely intended to address the underlying assumption that companies are designed for anything other than the maximization of profits, as well as addressing within the flow of the article a few...
‘Gamer’ is a word with a tonne of stigma nipping at its heels. I often wonder if my own mother would rather I was addicted to drugs than games. The common complaint I hear is that gaming and gaming culture breeds antisocial behaviours. After all, how will you have...
