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Loot Box Madness: There’s A Right Way And Wrong Way

16.11.2017

Loot Box Madness: There's A Right Way And Wrong Way The loot box trend hit the gaming community hard. Nearly every new release, especially when it comes to multiplayer games seem to have embraced this worrisome trend. Popping up more and more, gamers are beginning to get used to seeing the option to purchase in-game currency to open up these mystery chests. However, there is both a right way and wrong way developers can go about incorporating these controversial additions...

15.11.2017

EA Plans to Launch New Game Streaming Service Seeing the success of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu inspired some of the leading game companies to emulate the idea. Sony used their own game streaming service, PS Now to some extent to show that it is possible, but more work needs to be done to make it a viable application. While speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference this week, EA's CFO Blake Jorgensen said you can expect the company...

12.11.2017

Sonic Forces: Nintendo Switch Let's Play Page So many might agree that Sonic Forces isn't the best game in the world, but the Gigamax crew had to see for themselves. Being Sonic fans for a long time, any new Sonic game was worth the money just to see what they're doing with the series. Sometimes a bad review doesn't always mean the game is actually bad. Sonic Forces absolutely has its place in the Sonic franchise. Sonic Forces: Nintendo Switch on...

09.11.2017

EA Acquires Respawn Entertainment and Titanfall Despite working with EA for most of Titanfall's lifetime, Respawn Entertainment wasn't actually owned by the gaming giant. As of today, EA announced that it has purchased the California based developer and their mech-based FPS. EA has been the publisher for all of Respawn's games so far, which includes last year's hit Titanfall 2. Also announced today was that the studio is working on a new Titanfall game, a third person Star Wars title,...

07.11.2017

Switch Success Causes Developers To Scramble Nintendo takes the throne once again as a driving force within the gaming industry. The Japanese video game maker faced some troubled times starting with the Wii and continuing through the release of the Wii U. Now the company and their new console are once again in the limelight for a good reason. Since it was released in 2012, the Wii U sold 13.56 million consoles worldwide but the Nintendo Switch is expected to dwarf...

05.11.2017

Moira: Overwatch's Next DPS/Healer Overwatch is adding another hero to the roster and she goes by the name, Moira. Blizzard also announced a few other new additions to their ultra popular multiplayer game as part of the opening ceremony for BlizzCon 2017. Players can also expect to see a new map that the studio is calling BlizzWorld and draws reference to the studio's other franchises such as World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo. Meeting Moira The biggest announcement from the...

03.11.2017

Trailer Sheds Light on Dragon Ball FighterZ Campaign With its release date set for early next year, Dragon Ball FighterZ is expected to be one of best-licensed DBZ games to come out since they stopped making the Budokai series. Bandai Namco, the developer behind the title, is definitely well aware of this, teasing character announcements and story details whenever they get the chance. Most recently the company revealed a trailer that shed more light on Dragon Ball FighterZ's story mode....

31.10.2017

Top 5 November Video Game Releases and Full List Time to take a look at the November video game releases. This month is shaping up to be an incredible month for gamers and it comes right after an amazing October. With huge titles and even a new console being released, let’s take a look at when people can expect to get their hands on these new games. [Full list at the bottom!] Top 5 November Video Game Releases Call of Duty: WWII (PS4,...

30.10.2017

World of Tanks Won't be Getting a Sequel Despite being one of the largest games in the world, World of Tanks will not be getting a sequel according to its developer, Wargaming. Many may recognize this free to play game's name and that is no surprise considering its massive player base now reaching over 130 million active users. Due to the massive success of World of Tanks, many fans anticipated that a sequel would be arriving in the near future,...

27.10.2017

Destiny 2 Seasons Detailed at TwitchCon Panel Bungie recently offered details on the upcoming Destiny 2 seasons after a panel they held at TwitchCon. The company provided some insight into how the new system will work and how players will be able to take advantage of the seasons to get new gear and other rewards. This comes as no surprise considering Bungie has been looking for ways to extend the lifespan of Destiny 2 since the game's launch in September....

Category: Industry News

Loot Box Madness: There’s A Right Way And Wrong Way

EA Plans to Launch New Game Streaming Service

Sonic Forces: Nintendo Switch Let’s Play

EA Acquires Respawn Entertainment and Titanfall

Switch Success Causes Developers To Scramble

Moira: Overwatch’s Next DPS/Healer

Trailer Sheds Light on Dragon Ball FighterZ Campaign

Top 5 November Video Game Releases and Full List

World of Tanks Won’t be Getting a Sequel

Destiny 2 Seasons Detailed at TwitchCon Panel

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