Destiny Reviewers are Doing it Wrong, says Machinima

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Destiny Reviewers are Doing it Wrong, says Machinima

September 17, 2014 /
There’s no doubt about it: Bungie’s new hit, Destiny, is an undeniable success. As the most preordered game in history it made back its entire $500 million budget…on the first day of release. Of that stock, more than $325 million worth has already sold at retail. Just over a week ago gamers all over the world stayed up until midnight to queue at their favorite retailers or wait at home for the digital edition to unlock, and many of them—if not most of them—came away happy and satisfied. While ...

Destiny Reviewers are Doing it Wrong, says Machinima

Destiny First Impressions (a not-first-day-review)

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Destiny First Impressions (a not-first-day-review)

September 09, 2014 /
Feeling a little tired this fine Tuesday afternoon? Chances are good that’s because you were up at midnight (or much later) playing Bungie’s hotly-anticipated new shooter-slash-MMO, Destiny. After a very long wait that technically began all the way back in 2009 Destiny is finally live and officially available at retail wherever you may live in the world. It’s the most pre-ordered game in history, with figures surging up somewhere around five million copies (we haven’t seen official numbers in a ...

Destiny First Impressions (a not-first-day-review)

10 Reasons 2014’s Not Over Yet for Gamers

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10 Reasons 2014’s Not Over Yet for Gamers

September 03, 2014 /
Ever since E3 2014 all the way back in June, it seems all gamers ever hear about is titles coming out next year. And no doubt about it—2015 is going to be huge. Developers have been putting a lot of hard work into making the jump from 7th-gen to 8th-gen, and the fruits of their labor are finally about to come to bear. At times it may feel like there’s not much left to look forward to in 2014 on the gaming front, but in reality that could hardly be further from the truth. While far from an exhaustive ...

10 Reasons 2014’s Not Over Yet for Gamers

Steam In-Home Streaming – This is What You’ve Been Waiting For

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Steam In-Home Streaming – This is What You’ve Been Waiting For

August 20, 2014 /
Ever since OnLive took the world by storm offering instant access to triple-A video games by means of YouTube-like streaming video and controller input data other companies have sought to turn game streaming into a real industry and simultaneously grab their share of the pie in the process. But while the technology’s roots may lie in giant servers feeding games long-distance for a fee—often a recurring one, at that—as time has gone on a necessary shift in focus has taken place from the large-scale to ...

Steam In-Home Streaming – This is What You’ve Been Waiting For

Square Enix Announces Chaos Rings III for iOS, Android, and Vita

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Square Enix Announces Chaos Rings III for iOS, Android, and Vita

August 05, 2014 /
Remember when Square Enix teased the next installment in the Chaos Rings series of Japanese role-playing games would be Chaos Rings Sigma, a F2P card-based social RPG? Well, they lied (thank goodness). And not just because the latest trailer for Sigma, shown at TGS 2013, shows that Square Enix has dropped the card-based genre. Supposedly Sigma is still happening and will be released TBA 2014, but now, after a long period of silence regarding the popular mobile series, Square Enix has come forward with even ...

Square Enix Announces Chaos Rings III for iOS, Android, and Vita

Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)

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Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)

July 30, 2014 /
With the videogame industry generally settled on a few select genres that like to reiterate the same style and mechanics over and over it’s easy to forget just how artful, creative, and unique the medium can be, but even two years after its original release Gravity Rush (aka Gravity Daze in the east) does an excellent job reminding us just how much more games can be than the accepted norm. Inspired by the style of French comic artists Moebius and Hergé, Gravity Rush takes place in the cel-shaded ...

Gravity Rush – Dizzyingly Enjoyable (Review)