Category: Feature
Gaming: The Most Successful Social Media Platform?
A few weeks ago, I was at a party with a few of my friends, where I was introduced to a whole load of new people that my friends had met through playing League of Legends. Sometime, throughout the night, the topic of gaming’s ability to connect people with each other through in-game chat and co-operation was discussed and most were ...
Is Video Game Addiction Real?
Recently, a study was published in the US which suggested that young men are spending more hours playing #videogames than actually working. Now, this suggestion did get a lot of people speaking about the idea. As with every potentially controversial study ever published, there are people who agree with the inference and those who disagree with it. Personally, ...
4 Games That Need HD Remakes
Two weeks ago, Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy was released on PlayStation 4 to the great excitement of many long-time fans of the series. Gamers were so excited to delve back into the famed 1990s platformer that it even bested Horizon Zero Dawn’s first week sales in some countries (which is quite some feat when looking ...
4 Tips For Beating Your Gaming Backlog
Over the past two weeks, #Steam, the #PlayStation Store and the #Xbox Games Store have all been holding major #sales, in which it was possible to pick up a lot of great games at very cheap prices. If there is anything that a good sale and the desire to purchase a ridiculous number of #games at one time reminds me of, it is my ...
Why Do New Multiplayer FPS Games Struggle To Maintain Active Communities?
Earlier this year, Evolve: Ultimate Edition was included in the Xbox Live’s Games with Gold service. I have yet to play it due to the fact that supposedly the game doesn’t have a very active community and this kind of had me thinking about the title and how many gamers were very excited for it when it first ...
Microtransactions Vs. Season Passes: A Star Wars Battlefront Story
Earlier this year, it was suggested that #StarWarsBattlefront2 would have no season pass and that, in turn, all #DLC for the game would be free. Despite the ambiguity surrounding this suggestion for some time, #EA confirmed this fact at #E3 last month saying that DLC will be free to all players. However, in order to recoup the losses faced from ditching the season pass scheme, ...
‘Destiny 2’ Will Have Timed Exclusive Content for PS4: Do You Care About Timed Exclusive Content?
Timed exclusive content seems to be something that has become more prevalent within gaming over the past few years. Basically, what timed exclusive content refers to is the action of making a new game or an upcoming #DLC exclusive to one platform for a limited time and is largely associated with consoles. Probably, the most popular example ...
Can I Get A Do-Over? Games The Gaming Community Changed Their Mind Over (For The Negative)
A few days ago, I was going through the posts on the True Gaming subreddit, when I came across a thread concerning the quality of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. After having completed and thoroughly enjoying the title, the creator of the thread asked the question of whether or not others felt that Breath of ...
Promo: That Tech Shop
That Tech Shop is an online tech store that specialises in providing customers with some of the best and most desired accessories for PC, console controllers and mobile phones. Shipping around the world and charging in five major currencies, That Tech Shop is definitely an option to take in consideration if you’re looking at accessorising ...
4 Reasons Gamers Are Sceptical About Buying The Xbox One X
One of the biggest moments at #E3 this year was the reveal of the #XboxOneX; the world’s new most powerful #console. Boasting impressive specs and the ability to render images in native #4K, the Xbox One X certainly did have the attention of #gamers across the board. The console, however, has elicited a somewhat mixed response from gamers, and, rightfully so. There are those ...