Over the years, the video game market has seen huge expansion. A few decades ago, you could reasonably play every new game released in a year with enough time left over for old favorites, but that’s just not the case anymore. On Steam alone, nearly 19,000 games were released this year, but it’s safe to…
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Re-imagines a Big Franchise
Introduction: The Indiana Jones series of films, as well as many other works it produced, is among the most bellowed franchises in Hollywood. However, its path through the world of gaming has been a bumpy, protracted ride and each new title comes with plenty of risk. The latest game, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Misses on Greatness but Delivers a Great Game
Introduction: The long-awaited sequel of the Dragon Age series arrived at the end of 2024 and brought a massive game to the action RPG audience. Many years in the making, Dragon Age: The Veilguard provides a mix of role-playing combat excellence, technical polish, and a huge content offer, but also includes some substantial issues that…
Throne and Liberty could be the Next Big MMORPG
Introduction: The arena of MMORPG has always been one of the most challenging spaces in the global gaming market. The fact that the genre combines massive multiplayer online games with role-playing mechanics shows just how demanding these games are for development, even in those cases when they fail to win over a big audience. That…
Halo Series is moving to Unreal Engine and its Studio is Rebranding
Introduction: The Halo gaming series is one of the biggest franchises in the world, but over the last several years, it has witnessed declining popularity. Despite its numerous offshoots, including a live-action TV show, the core gaming franchise had struggled to return to its glory days when Bungie developers were behind the helm. But now,…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Might Be the Best COD in Years
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is easily one of the most anticipated games of the year, fueled in part by a hefty marketing campaign. After the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard by Microsoft, no expense has been spared in the advertising for Black Ops 6, drumming up more hype than most other COD titles in recent…
Amazon Fire TV strikes up a Partnership with Xbox for Video Game Streaming
Introduction: The notion of home gaming systems that are free of any physical console or other device has been gaining strength in the recent period. Now, a partnership between Amazon’s Fire TV service and Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is showing that the notion of streaming video games is no longer just a technical feasibility, but…
Rumored Xbox Handheld Device Could be a Great Addition to the Console Market
Introduction: Things have been very static in the Xbox development domain for some time now. But recently, a rumor began circulating that the same team is developing a handheld gaming version of Xbox that could change the fortunes of the gaming branch of Microsoft. Article: During the better part of the 21st century, the landscape…
Microsoft Announces a Major Multi-Platform Push
Amid a swirl of internet rumors and speculation, Microsoft just publicly laid out their business plans for a big push toward multi-platform software releases. Through recent announcements and social media posts, the company has continued to carve out a slot as a major third-party publisher on PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. So, is this the end…
Microsoft’s Unclear Approach to VR and AR Technology will Remain a Problem for 2024
Introduction: It is hard for any tech company, large or small, to make a decisive pivot towards or away from virtual reality and augmented reality. In the case of one of the largest companies in the global IT industry, Microsoft, the same difficult decisions are painfully visible and will likely make 2024 another wasted year…