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The ‘Death’ of the single player AAA game has long been preached by some industry insiders. From the moment that Call of Duty, and other multiplayer games became smash commercial hits many have wondered if those games will eventually replace the Triple AAA games that feature strong single player story driven campaigns like the Uncharted…
For a few years now, Microsoft has shifted gears (no pun intended) moving in a direction reminiscent of its early original Xbox, and Xbox 360 days. The company has been acquiring several studios to work under their Microsoft Studios (Now Xbox Game Studios) banner in order to boost their portfolio of exclusive games. Exclusive games…
When Grand Theft Auto V was announced during the PS5’s game reveal it was a surprising thing to many who were left wondering if we had ever seen a Remaster of a Remaster before. At the same time, Rockstar’s move to bring its popular (some would say “Too” popular) game to, yet another generation of…
Every major player in the Video Gaming industry has seen a tremendous financial growth spurt (driven by sales) during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lockdown has prompted people to stay indoors, and to flock to their video gaming consoles. The biggest winner has been by far Nintendo, with their Hybrid Portable Switch Console. Microsoft saw a 130-percent increase in…
A failed attempt of developing a Resident Evil 2 port for the Sega Saturn ended up in the development of Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Code Veronica chronologically speaking was the true sequel to Resident Evil 2, even if Resident Evil 3: Nemesis ended up being the numbered successor to the PlayStation survival horror hit. While…
Fable, a Peter Molyneux’s creation that made its debut in 2004 on the original Xbox console. The game was well received though highly criticized in some circles because in true Molyneux fashion, some of the promised groundbreaking features did not make it to the final game. The action RPG series would produce two…
Microsoft’s Smart Delivery program is one of the corner stone features in the company’s marketing campaign for its upcoming Series X console. Gone are the days of buying a current gen game, only to be forced to purchase a “remastered” or “remade” version on next generation hardware. At least, this will be the case as…
The PS5’s games unveil last Thursday added to the growing of hype of the next generation machines. We have now seen games running on both machines, and the expectations for each console will only grow as Sony and Microsoft continue to showcase their games and plans for their respective launches. The one thing that remains…
Sony, which had been awfully silent in the months leading up to yesterday’s reveal finally unleashed both its console’s final retail design and quite a few first party heavy hitters. Learning from Microsoft’s mistake, many of Sony’s games had some actual gameplay footage. The Console While its innards had been widely discussed for months before…
Before we start, let us make one thing clear: Japanese Role-Playing Games are not dead. The genre never died, its games are everywhere around us in portable machines, mobile phones and in-home consoles. The word ‘demise’ in reference to the JRPG genre is more a description of the genre’s current state in comparison to its…