Opinions & Analysis

Giant hits like Hitman, Uncharted, and Max Payne have already been transformed into big-screen video game movie flicks, which ultimately begs the question of which other major franchises are primed...

With endless runs of layoffs, decade-long release cycles, and diminishing returns from graphics technology, there’s long been a growing sense that something has become deeply unsustainable about AAA games.One of...

I wish I could argue for anything else but this, but I know we’ve all been there; the good old hype-train. Watching a game trailer so jaw-dropping, it finally feels...

There was a time, not too long ago when buying a new game for your console meant one thing – you owned the game. You slid the disc in, maybe...

Gaming is big business, one only has to look at how much money the Saudi Arabia-backed investors were willing to part with in order to purchase EA.Yet at the same...

Once touted as the holy grail of gaming, having 2010s kids foaming at their mouths at the prospect of playing Fortnite across platforms, crossplay made no restrictions its unique selling...

Video game development wasn’t always the cutting edge profession it is today. It lived in the shadows, was a pastime of the so-called “dungeon dwellers” or “nerds” – the kids...

An epic story saved a world, but now that same story might be Final Fantasy XIV’s undoing.Final Fantasy XIV StoryWhen a new player steps into the world of Eorzea, it’s...

For a couple of years now, even action games which didn’t use to have that many systems to begin with, are padded out with RPG systems. Shooters now have XP...

Nintendo mods, and the company’s stance on the preservation of their games – i.e. emulators and such – has once again landed them in hot water.This time, reports suggest that...