The COVID-19 Pandemic has rampaged the world, and it has had an impact on the gaming industry. Millions of people forced indoors for prolonged periods of time has elevated video games sales to absurdly high numbers for the time period. Xbox’s head, the charismatic Phil Spencer in an interview with Business Insider couldn’t help but…
Sony Executive Replies: “Wait For PS5 Sales” To Criticism Aimed At Marketing Strategy
We have seen what the Xbox Series X will physically look like, and we have seen footage of some of its games running on the hardware. By contrast, the appearance of Sony’s Upcoming Playstation 5 unit remains a mystery, as are its games, and Sony’s executives are not worried about it. According to Business Insider,…
iD Software Removing Denuvo Anti-Cheat from PC Version After Backlash
Doom Eternal fans were not pleased recently when iD Software, the creator of the game, released a patch recently that installed Denuvo’s Anti-Cheating software on players’ PCs. The anti-cheat software has root level driver access to PCs it is installed on and has been linked to a number of bugs, performance issues and even ruined…
Ubisoft Is No Longer The Top Gaming Company In Europe
Polish company CD Projekt overtook France’s Ubisoft to become the top gaming company in Europe in terms of financial value according to Video Games Chronicle. Marked at $8.13 billion, the company has obtained an increase in value thanks to the increasing popularity of The Witcher 3 which has now sold over 30 million units world wide. I still…
Days Gone (PS4) Review
I have to admit, as much as I have complained about suffering from “Open world game exhaustion” during this generation of consoles…I just keep falling back into playing these type of games. Days Gone, released in 2019 is my most recent acquisition. Another Sony exclusive, and another PS4 open world game. Days Gone was different…
Minecraft Sells Over 200 Million Units With 126 Million Monthly Users
Mojang Studios is celebrating the extraordinary milestone of achieving 200 million units sold of their once in a generation hit Minecraft. The Microsoft owned studio ( Microsoft bought it for 2 billion in 2014) was very proactive during the ongoing quarantine period by offering their Minecraft: Education Edition free until June. Over 50 million downloads of…
O.J. Simpson and The Power Rangers Killed The Gargoyles TV Show In The 90’s
The Gargoyles was one of my favorite TV shows back in the 90′. After 2 glorious seasons, and a pedestrian 3rd one that was done under different staff, the series was canned. The series made a resurgence last year on Disney Plus as the 3 seasons are included with their app. A in depth Polygon…
Unreal Engine 5 Makes its Debut With An Impressive Tech Demo Running on PS5
Epic unveiled its new engine, the Unreal Engine 5 with a jaw dropping tech demo that looks quite more impressive than any thing we have yet to see for the upcoming console generation. The demo is running on PS5 hardware which is something that Sony needed badly (marketing wise), as much has been said about…
Microsoft Waiting on Sony PS5 Price Announcement to Better It
Sony and Microsoft have kept the price points of their next generation consoles in the dark. It seems like they are waiting on each other to announce their pricing. Long time industry analyst Michael Patcher believes that Microsoft will not only wait for Sony to show their hand, but that they will go beyond matching…
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Frame Rate Will Not Reach Valhalla
If you thought you had seen the last of 30 fps games, think again. According to Eurogamer Portugal, Assasin’s Creed Valhalla will run at – a not so impressive – 30 frames per second. Considering how powerful the Xbox Series X is….these are baffling news indeed. Ubisoft didn’t stress, or comment on the frame…