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Can E3 Live On as a Video Game Fan Convention?
February 13, 2020 | Matthew ByrdThis week made it clearer than it ever has been before that E3 is not (and maybe never will be again) the event that it once was.
This week, video game presenter and personality Geoff Keighley announced that he … Read More
Can Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Save EA?
January 31, 2020 | Matthew ByrdIt’s not an exaggeration to say that EA has been a controversial gaming company for most of the last 20 years.
The early 2000s saw EA transform into a publisher that increasingly relied on the popularity of a few … Read More
Should Nintendo Make a Pokemon MMO?
January 29, 2020 | Matthew ByrdIf you haven’t been paying attention to the Steam sales charts, you may not have noticed that a game called Temtem is quickly becoming one of 2020’s runaway hits.
What is Temtem? Well, there’s a lot of things you … Read More
Why The Order: 1886 Deserves a Sequel
January 27, 2020 | Matthew ByrdThere are many who feel that sequels are a blight on the entertainment industry. For every Terminator 2 and Godfather 2, you have a seemingly endless supply of uninspired follow-ups that just look to cash-in on the original installment’s … Read More
Why PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Will Depend on Single-Player Games
January 24, 2020 | Matthew ByrdI’ve always supported single-player games, but there was a point in my life when I would actively root against multiplayer titles. There was really no good reason why, but in my mind, at that time, I saw multiplayer games … Read More
Why Did Call of Duty Dominate Video Game Sales This Decade?
January 17, 2020 | Matthew ByrdFigures compiled by the NDP Group have seemingly revealed the top-selling video games of the decade. In many ways, the list (which accounts for revenue as well as total sales) is not that surprising. Grand Theft Auto 5 and … Read More
Why Xbox Killing Console Exclusives Is a Good Thing
January 13, 2020 | Matthew ByrdHead of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty caused quite a stir recently when he revealed that the Xbox Series X will not feature any Microsoft exclusives for years to come.
What does that mean? Well, it means that for … Read More
Was the PS4 the Undisputed Console War Winner?
January 8, 2020 | Matthew ByrdDespite the assurances of fanboys everywhere, there is rarely a “winner” of the console wars. Usually, we determine the winner by overall sales (at least if you’re trying to use a somewhat neutral metric), but even that system has … Read More
10 Most Underrated Games of 2019
December 30, 2019 | Matthew ByrdConsidering that 2019 wasn’t exactly the most bountiful year in video game history, you’d think that every great game that came out would attract the appropriate level of attention. Yet again, though, we’re left with a series of titles … Read More
Why You Should Lower Your Expectations for PS5 and Xbox Series X
December 23, 2019 | Matthew ByrdWith all due respect to the excellent Nintendo Switch, the next generation of gaming truly begins with the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X in 2020.
While Nintendo’s latest console has proven to be a goldmine for … Read More
News
Can Dreams Ever Be as Successful as Minecraft?
February 16, 2020 | Matthew Byrd
It’s sometimes annoying to start every conversation about Dreams with an explanation about what Dreams is. Then again, Dreams is so ambitious and unique that you really have to make sure that everyone is on the same page whenever … Read More
Can E3 Live On as a Video Game Fan Convention?
February 13, 2020 | Matthew Byrd
This week made it clearer than it ever has been before that E3 is not (and maybe never will be again) the event that it once was.
This week, video game presenter and personality Geoff Keighley announced that he … Read More
Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play
February 13, 2020 | Robert Endyo
Today Steam announced the “Play Next” experiment that uses an algorithm to help you decide what games you should play. This process uses similar technology to the Interactive Recommender Valve released some time ago. While I’ve … Read More
Articles
Can Dreams Ever Be as Successful as Minecraft?
February 16, 2020 | Matthew Byrd It’s sometimes annoying to start every conversation about Dreams with an explanation about what Dreams is. Then again, Dreams is so ambitious and unique that you really have to make sure that everyone is on the same page whenever … Read More
Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play
February 13, 2020 | Robert Endyo Today Steam announced the “Play Next” experiment that uses an algorithm to help you decide what games you should play. This process uses similar technology to the Interactive Recommender Valve released some time ago. While I’ve … Read More
How to Make Anthem Better
February 12, 2020 | Robert Endyo
A couple of days ago, Bioware announced that they would now be working on a “longer-term redesign” of Anthem over the coming months. It’s no mystery that Anthem had a rough start and was often touted as one of the … Read More
Reviews
Rage 2’s use of Open-World design does not work
June 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Recently, I finished Rage 2. I set out in the game with the hope that it would deliver something reminiscent of the magnificence of Doom while drawing some of the enjoyable open-world aspects of an Avalanche developed game. I … Read More
PlayStation Now: Does it Need to Change to Survive?
March 25, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
In many ways, PlayStation Now is shaping up to be Sony’s biggest missed opportunity of the PS4 era.
PlayStation Now sounded like a pretty exciting service when it was first revealed in 2014. At the very least, it offered … Read More
Crackdown 3 or Anthem: Which is More Disappointing?
February 21, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
February 2019 was supposed to be one of the biggest months for games in recent memory. Headlined by titles like Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, and Anthem, many gamers were left wondering just how they were going to play all … Read More
Opinion
How to Make Anthem Better
February 12, 2020 | Robert Endyo A couple of days ago, Bioware announced that they would now be working on a “longer-term redesign” of Anthem over the coming months. It’s no mystery that Anthem had a rough start and was often touted as one of the … Read More
Can Valve’s First “3” Be Portal 3?
February 6, 2020 | Robert Endyo
Nearly nine years ago we were once against tossed into the broken down laboratories of Aperture Science with Portal 2. The game followed up a franchise introduction that practically created the bar for puzzle platforming. Puzzle games, especially those from the first-person … Read More
Doom Eternal Is More Than It Seems
February 1, 2020 | Robert Endyo
I’ve pored over quite a bit of Doom Eternal content lately in anticipation of the upcoming release and a lot is going on. Following up on one of the most successful games of 2016 and a revival of the … Read More