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Apex Legends, the newest Free-To-Play Shooter from Respawn Entertainment, has managed to set the video game world on fire, smashing records for active players daily. Here are the numbers for those interested: 1 Million players in 8 Hours 2.5 Million players in 1 Day! 10 Million players in 3 Days!! 50 Million players in …
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Indie games seem to becoming less indie and more mainstream, popping up in Steam through Greenlight and Kickstarter. The recent boom of them has seen my library jump up in size. Why? Because they are slightly cheaper than the blockbusters and often provide a refreshing experience of the unknown. But there rise must be followed …
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In this case, I’m talking about Fifa. I’m a sucker for the football games and I've bought every Fifa since 2008. Yes, I know they are pretty much the same game. And yes, I will buy the next one and the one after that. Because I am hooked. I’m an addict for the beautiful game. …
This post is based around an article I found on the BBC, found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26272526 Recently the MMO called Wurm has been down after a DDoS attack. Quite simply, this kind of attack overloads the sites servers and forces it to crash. The fact that it has gone down is not the interesting part. The …
Games… Seen as great sources of entertainment by those who play them, seen as the devil by those that don’t. And sadly it’s those that don’t that have the largest say in the media world. You hear of murders and serial killers who played the… I’m sorry, “were obsessed with the violent video games that …
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When gaming meets popular culture, the world goes mad. This has happened with Twitch plays Pokémon. I feel ashamed to do a post on something so mainstream, which can be seen on every news feed and news site. Pokémon was popular before this, but never touched the news other than to comment on its great …
Betas (aka game testing) are becoming more available now than ever to the general public, and I have recently found myself getting involved in more and more of them. Over the last few days, I have been playing the Hearthstone Beta, Starbound Beta and the Spacebase Beta. And I have got to say, they are …
With the new consoles on the way (Xbox One and PS4 in case you have been living under a rock), now seems like a good time to look at Nintendo. Why? Because they are the ones who will see success from this. Yes, Sony and Microsoft will do well off of sales and whatnot but …
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