World of Warcraft and Overwatch publisher Blizzard Entertainment is in a mess. It punished Hearthstone esports competitor Blitzchung for speaking out in support of Hong Kong protesters. It even plans to stop working with the commentators who conducted the interview. Now, Blizzard is facing a wave of criticism. And while that outrage’s is happening online, […]
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Globally, 2.6 billion people spanning across geographical regions, generations, and socioeconomic backgrounds take part in digital gaming. This is a big portion of our world’s population, so unsurprisingly, it doesn’t — and shouldn’t — stop at players with disabilities. In fact, approximately 92% of people with impairments play video games, and there are more than
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is not the first game based on the popular post-apocalyptic zombie franchise. We’ve seen many TWD games before. But Saints & Sinners does something different by being a virtual reality experience. Because of that, it makes playing through the familiar TWD setting feel new again. This was my general
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It’s hard to screw up the art that you splash on the walls of a town in Concrete Genie. You use the motion controller for the PlayStation 4 to “paint” art templates onto the town in hopes of bringing the abandoned fishing village of Denska back to life. The game from Sony’s small Pixelopus studio
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The upcoming hand-tracking feature for Oculus Quest reduces battery life by just 7 minutes, according to Facebook. Hand Tracking was announced during the week at Oculus Connect 6, Facebook’s annual VR/AR conference. Releasing early next year, it will allow users to interact with the Quest menu and supported apps without using the Touch controllers. During the developer
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In real-money casino games, be it an establishment in the physical world such as a hotel on the strip or online, the potential to win or lose money is present from the moment a player “enters” the casino. It’s this danger of the gamble that drives many players back to the tables time and time
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Gumi has always been partial to new technology. Founded in 2007, the Japanese game publisher had one of the big hits of the smartphone era with Brave Frontier in 2012. The company went public in 2014, and now it has 865 employees. The company has moved into new markets through its affiliate companies. Yomuneco recently
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We’re living in a golden age of “games” that are really just ironic cash-in advertisements for fast food companies. Not since the Wild West of cheap NES cartridges have we seen this. Sneak King was truly ahead of its time. Just a few weeks ago, KFC took things to the next level (or new low)
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From its humble beginnings at the arcade to its growth via consumer electronics in the 1980s and 1990s, gaming has gone through multiple phases and iterations. One of the most significant in the last decade or was the rise of mobile games, supported by items in-app purchases, and the growth of 4G. In the last
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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Essentially everyone agrees that the new Link’s Awakening remake on the Switch is a fantastic game, but that’s no surprise. The original Game Boy version is among the most beloved Zelda titles ever. However, many reviewers and players have commented
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