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How Twitch streamers changed the game review world

Do you remember the last time you actually read a game review? It used to be the case that praise from professional video game critics was highly sought after, and often proved to be decisive when it came to sales figures. But with the growth of Youtube and, more recently, live streaming, a negative review doesn’t necessarily spell the end of a new title anymore. In fact, where the norm used to involve sending an advanced copy of a new game to publication for review, studios have started to adapt this for the streaming age. “Advanced copy” has evolved into [...]

How Can Competitive Card Games Keep It Fresh?

If there is one style of game that has proven it can stand the test of time, it’s card games. Competitive, trading, classic, and even basic card games – it doesn’t matter what flavour they come in, people adore to play them. As one of the oldest formats in the realm of gaming, card games have run just about every gamut possible – so what is a developer to do when they set out to make something new and original? The truth is, they don’t. Like most genres, innovation comes in very, very small bursts – and oftentimes under the [...]

Has the RTS Genre Gone the Way of the Dinosaur?

It seems that only yesterday we were enthralled with the prospect of irreparably ruining our surrounding ecology purely for the purpose of acquiring enough materials to dominate our opponents, and now…? Well, the battlefield lies barren. That’s not to say that there aren’t new entries to the RTS foray out on the market these days, but it does seem nigh-impossible to throw a shoe into the crowd and not hit a disgruntled fan at how little prevalence the genre holds in today’s market. This perception, however, requires deeper analysis. Did the genre EVER hit the highs that some of its [...]

How Twitch streamers changed the game review world

Do you remember the last time you actually read a game review? It used to be the case that praise from professional video game critics was highly sought after, and often proved to be decisive when it came to sales figures. But with the growth of Youtube and, more recently, live streaming, a negative review doesn’t necessarily spell the end of a new title anymore. In fact, where the norm used to involve sending an advanced copy of a new game to publication for review, studios have started to adapt this for the streaming age. “Advanced copy” has evolved into [...]

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How Can Competitive Card Games Keep It Fresh?

If there is one style of game that has proven it can stand the test of time, it’s card games. Competitive, trading, classic, and even basic card games – it doesn’t matter what flavour they come in, people adore to play them. As one of the oldest formats in the realm of gaming, card games have run just about every gamut possible – so what is a developer to do when they set out to make something new and original? The truth is, they don’t. Like most genres, innovation comes in very, very small bursts – and oftentimes under the [...]

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Has the RTS Genre Gone the Way of the Dinosaur?

It seems that only yesterday we were enthralled with the prospect of irreparably ruining our surrounding ecology purely for the purpose of acquiring enough materials to dominate our opponents, and now…? Well, the battlefield lies barren. That’s not to say that there aren’t new entries to the RTS foray out on the market these days, but it does seem nigh-impossible to throw a shoe into the crowd and not hit a disgruntled fan at how little prevalence the genre holds in today’s market. This perception, however, requires deeper analysis. Did the genre EVER hit the highs that some of its [...]

Nikola Muckajev

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