What makes gameplay epic? The essential triumvirate of emotions
A video game’s direct appeal is, in my opinion, based on a triumvirate of elements. These elements are collected together within each and every video game in a…
22 December 2013
News
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PlayStation
PS4 Availability Worldwide Trumps the Xbox One
The console debate has been incredibly heated since the release of the next-gen iterations of both the Playstation and Xbox. Ranging from Sony having a better day one…
22 December 2013
Confessions of an Achievement Hunter
They used to annoy the hell out me, the periodic pauses in a game as it informed me that I’d unlocked a Dwarf-Throwing achievement on some Middle-Earth inspired…
22 December 2013
First Person Shooter
Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer glitch on “Squads” Mode Reported by Users on CoD Community Forum
The Call of Duty Ghosts Community Forum, over the past forty eight hours, has been abuzz with rumours and murmurings of a ‘squads’ mode Call of Duty Ghosts…
20 December 2013
Action
Fallout 4 Hoax – Survivor 2299
War. War never changes. This is the most iconic quote we hear in the Fallout series and it has been three years since we’ve had another release. With…
19 December 2013
Industry
The curse of microtransactions and the bleak future of gaming
You have a console, that’s roughly worth between £349 and £449, depending on whether you opted for Xbox One or PlayStation 4. You then paid online subscription to…
18 December 2013
Video Gaming: What does it mean for each and every one of us?
In 1983, Nintendo launched the Nintendo Entertainment System, initially released in Japan as the “Family Computer”, referred to in the US and Europe as Famicom. This computer ushered…
17 December 2013
PlayStation
PATCH UPDATES: The Single Biggest Threat to the Future of Next-gen Gaming
The console launches, last November, of Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen video games platforms marked a new era in home video game console playability. The increases in graphics, social…
16 December 2013