Gamers want metrics. We love them. We live by them. But what happens when our beloved ranking metrics are turned against us?Anyone who’s spent any modicum of time progressing their character/profile or any other manner of metric-gathering progression path will…
There is only one true way to experience the thrill of multiplayer: PvP.There are a million and one variants to multiplayer game design, but nothing can come close to the sensation of victory coursing through your system. There are those…
Sony has announced the festive season’s latest nostalgia necessity in the PlayStation Classic which is set to hit store shelves this December. The products will be similar to the NES Classic and the SNES Mini released by Nintendo in previous…
Ah, gaming in 2018. Untold thousands of games competing for your finite attention in any way they possibly can. Whether it be through the latest in cutting-edge graphics, systems design, or taunting you by flaunting their uber-new server architecture, devs…
The impossibly cinematic West rolls by, a narrator contextualises the scene: “In the late 1800s America was evolving. On its way to becoming the most powerful country in the world”. Instantly we’re hooked.The latest trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2…
To the outsider, the act of spending hours entering inputs into a video game may come across as not only mind-numbing, but possibly sociopathic. All those hours spent isolating ourselves from the world, it’s no wonder that gamers are some…
It’s the fifth year of this console cycle and time to peak around the corner to predict what might be next. The battle for top spot will be won or lost by the ability to get into our wallets. So…
Appropriate marketing is integral to the success of any product and video games are no exception. Entire divisions of companies are set aside to focus solely on marketing strategies and policies. Identifying you’re key demographic and what appeals to them…
