Konami is a company that has truly taken over the spotlight in recent years, and not exactly for good reasons. It’s been doing quite a bit to alienate its long term fanbase. Whether it’s the cancelation of Silent Hills or transforming of its beloved franchises in gambling machines, fans are not happy. They’ve been doing a fair bit to drive ...
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I think it’s safe to say that everyone was happy to see Steam get a refund policy. While refunds weren’t unheard of before then, they tended to be rather rare and hard to get. A lot of hoops had to be jumped through. Now, while there are quite a few restrictions, customers have a reliable source of refunds. A couple ...
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In a lot of ways, virtual reality is the new wild, untamed frontier of gaming. It’s the current hot topic that everyone seems to be talking about when it comes to innovating in gaming. It is also, however, an area that is risky to settle, and may not necessarily pay off. Last generation, motion controls seemed like the future of ...
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Delays are an odd thing that have the ability to inspire very mixed emotions. On the one hand, a delay can be very good for a game in the long wrong. Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.” There is some truth to this, as several classic games were heavily ...
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Atari has most certainly earned its place in the history books as a pioneer of the gaming industry. After the release of Pong, it became one of the definitive giants of the early video game world. Even gamers who weren’t around to game in the 70s have heard of the games they created. Space Invaders, Pitfall, Asteroid, Missile Command and ...
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I have always admired EVE Online from afar, but have never gotten around to trying it. There were two main reasons for that, both of which are rather obvious. The price and the brutality of it. Anything goes in EVE, and that means any non-allied ship is a target. New players are essentially target practice in a complicated game with ...
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Milestones and anniversaries are customs that are practiced by the majority of the human race. Birthdays, days of marriage, and years of operation are all given special attention when the anniversary date comes round. Particularly when they line up with a particular milestone. For video game companies, it is no different. In fact, given the youth of the medium, in ...
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As the months go by it becomes clearer to the general public how much of a good decision the Xbox One S was, the Xbox One had a rough start and it could barely win some months in the United States against the crushingly powerful PlayStation 4, the Xbox division tried its best to improve the console’s image but it ...
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Passion can make a project come to life, but dedication and conviction are the elements that keep it alive after troublesome times, that is the story of D-Pad Studio. Simon Andersen had the idea to make Owlboy back in 2007, and with a team consisting of 4 people (including himself) development of a demo of the game started on that ...
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With the release of Skyrim: Special Edition just a day away, the good people at Bethesda are offering something very special to certain people of the world. Partnered with the Bourke Street Bakery, Bethesda are offering free sweet rolls to the people of Australia, especially those who live in the bakery’s home town, Sydney, on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th ...
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