Hated 2024’s biggest bombs? Play these games instead
2024 has been a landmark year for gaming, and not in a good way. Pretty much every big budget AAA has been an abject failure, costing their studios and publishers…
Classic Star Wars games to play if you don’t like modern Star Wars
Star Wars is not in a great place right now. Neither are its games. In the decade plus that Disney has helmed the franchise, we've seen very few new releases,…
Explaining the current state of gaming to boomers
Boomers are a mysterious lot. They like beige saloon cars, spending their kids inheritance, talking about how easy it is to get a job and buy a house (if you…
Ubisoft stock prices tumble, investors revolt, company might be cooked
Things aren't looking too good Ubisoft. The French gaming giant's stock continues to tumble after big budget "AAAA" title Star Wars: Outlaws was poorly received by gamers. The situation has…
The PS5 Pro is… how much?!
After months of speculation, Sony has finally announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, and boy are gamers suffering from sticker shock. Sony threw a lot of technobabble at today's unveiling, promising…
Astro Bot should be Sony’s big wakeup call
Move over Mario, there's a new mascot in town. Astro Bot released on PS5 this week to near universal praise. And it's not hard to see why. It's chock full…
Sony’s Concord a historic failure
Sony announced today that live service Concord will be shut down only a week after release. The company also announced they will be offering full refunds to anyone who purchased…
The miniscule modern audience
The face of the games industry has changed a lot since about 2008-ish. When gaming started to go mainstream, you had a lot of people flood into the industry who…
Body Type A & B is dehumanizing
Runescape pushed an update this week which removed male and female from the character creation screen, instead replacing them with "Body Type A" and "Body Type B". This has conservative…
Why didn’t smartphones kill handhelds
Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you might have noticed that handheld gaming has become extremely popular. The Switch is now the third best selling video game system…