OPINION PIECES

YouTube shut down one of Blizzard’s YouTube channels for a shocking 40 minute period of time today as the result of alleged copyright violations. Yep, you read that right. The Irvine California based gaming company’s World Championship Series StarCraft YouTube channel was suspended for violating their own copyright by posting content that they actually created. It seems that DCMA takedowns ...

Although there are literally hundreds of free MMORPGs to choose from, it’s pretty hard to find one that’s actually worth playing for more than a few days. This is exactly why we took the time to search all over the place with the aim of finding ten great titles that you can play right now for free. As it’s usually the case with ...

Bioware have always been well accomplished at allowing their players to make their own choices, in dialogue and gameplay. The first thing  that I noticed with Inquisition is that the dialogue is limited in the choice that it offers the player. You have the standard good, bad and neither dialogue options (without the paragon and renegade options) but they’re so ...

Rockstar’s new Grand Theft Auto 5 has been out for a few days now and both PS4 and Xbox One players have been locking themselves into their bedrooms to spend as much play time as possible with the newly released open-world title of the acclaimed series. In typical Digital Foundry fashion, GTA 5 was submitted to a thorough performance analysis ...

Both Sony and Microsoft are gearing up for the holiday season with various marketing schemes and promotions aimed at swaying potential customers to their side. Just yesterday, Sony drew first blood by releasing a new commercial in which they claim that the PS4 is “the best place to play this holiday 2014.” One can’t expect anything less from a company trying ...

An Xbox and Playstation Collaboration is something that must have crossed every gamer’s mind. This may be looking far, far ahead to an ideal world but with all the complaints about Xbox and Playstation players being left out of content exclusive to the other it makes one think about a collaboration between the two. Do we really need two types ...

Destiny was at the forefront of our dreams for the next generation of console gaming. When news that the Publishers of Call of Duty, Activision, and the Developers of Halo, Bungie, were coming together to make an open world First Person Shooter, the gaming community exploded with excitement. With these two companies backing Destiny and the largest yet seen budget ...

With the new era of next generation consoles getting into the swing of things there seems to be a trend appearing with first person shooters. Titanfall kicked things off with the next-level maneuverability showing off double jump and free running and even the dash that the titans utilize. Well received by the players, this opened up new gameplay, more diverse levels ...

The RPG genre has always been a stacked category of the game industry, gathering tons of fans in huge communities worldwide. With so many great titles to choose from, I’ve decided to give it a shot, and drew up my own list of top 5 RPG preferences. RPGs have been my cup of tea for a very long time, ever ...

Ubisoft had a troublesome Assassin’s Creed Unity launch due to a plethora of graphics issues, including incredibly low frame rates, numerous glitches, lag, and texture pop-in on all platforms. Unity players can now learn more about upcoming patches and fixes on the new live blog Ubisoft has set in place exclusively for players of the game. Also, official forums are ...