Loot Boxes & Microtransactions: Necessary Evil Or Just Wrong?

Titan Quest is a hack-and-slash action RPG with an ancient Grecian open-world setting to explore. The remaster has brought several visual and quality of life improvements to the game and the transition from the keyboard to the controller is a smooth

The areas in Paris that are occupied by the Germans is colored in black and white while the liberated have their color returned to them. It’s a great experience and Assassin’s Creed: Unity briefly touched upon a 1944 occupied Paris and The Saboteur allows players to explore this time period at more len

The 2013 show, co-hosted by Joel McHale ( Community ) was more about the developers and awards, more about new announcements and loving the community. Despite a lot of awkward moments, last year's event was an improvement over years past but this year, Keighley is out. He and Spike (and owner Viacom) gracefully parted ways (apparently) and instead, Geoff Keighley is hosting a brand new, non-network-reliant game show, simply titled The Game Awards 2014 . And he's doing it with the backing of Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and bevvy of top game publish

One form of microtransaction is called a loot box. This isn't the same as finding a chest in The Legend of Zelda or Final Fantasy ; while those are literally boxes filled with loot, a loot box in this sense is an item, purchased with real money, though they can sometimes be earned without paying real dollars. Sometimes they're called Crates, War Chests, Lockboxes, or something else, but the principle is always the same. This loot box is then opened, adorning the player with semi-random items. It's akin to buying a pack for collectable card games like Pokèmon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or Magic: The Gathering . The consumer isn't buying an item, but the possibility of an item they want, while incurring the risk that they'll be stuck with something worthless to t

The nominations for the first ever edition of The Game Awards were unveiled this morning and include the standard set of genre-based categories, a fan category for most anticipated title of 2015 (which mostly includes delayed games) and as a bonus, some love for famous YouTube celebs and eSports teams to help spread the word and bring in the "hardcore" crowd for appro

Ryse: Son of Rome was originally an __ Xbox One exclusive that was released in 2013, it was later released in 2014 for the PC. It was developed by Crytek the same developers that created the Crysis series and just like that series Ryse has great visuals and fantastic production val

The game is set in Ancient Rome and while it plays loose with historical accuracies fans of both Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Odyssey will enjoy this entry. It’s a linear and cinematic game but the combat shares some similarities to both Assassin’s Creed and the Batman: Arkham ga

With the nominations coming before the year's end, we're faced with the usual issue of not all of 2014's titles being included (like Ubisoft's The Crew ) but at least they got in the most recent two-three weeks which includes the largest batch of high profile releases. The deadline for eligible entrants was games released by November 25th. On the Canadian Videogame Awards front, the date of nomination eligibility was much earlier and meant that some of the year's biggest titles ( Assassin's Creed Shadows cheats|https://creedshadowgame.com/ Creed Unity, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, etc. ) didn't make the

Who Will Be There: 343 Industries's executive producer Dan Ayoub , senior producer Dennis Ries, and franchise director Frank O'Connor, along with Certain Affinity's president and original Halo 2 multiplayer designer, Max Hober

A huge part of making a great photo in Skate was the spot; this is also true in games nowadays. This is especially true with No Man’s Sky , and the game's recent NEXT update from this summer. You do have a viewable avatar now thanks to the NEXT update, but they don’t define the experience in the same way as God of War ’s Kratos or Spider-Man. It is No Man’s Sky ’s environments that are the stars: how you frame each environment defines the tone of the atmosphere. Taking a photo in the nearly endless space may evoke feelings of loneliness, while a view of one of the planet’s gorgeous vistas brings a sense of wonderm

Typical DLC (downloadable content) comes in the form of levels or expansions. Back in the old days, PC games would receive "Expansion Packs," such as StarCraft: Brood War or Diablo: Hellfire ; they're not sequels, but they, as their classification suggests, expand upon the content of the original game, while working within the same framework and engine as the origi

16 th Century Japan is a time period that mainline Assassin’s Creed games have yet to tackle but Sekiro is a perfect alternative for fans. Although the game delves far more into the supernatural than any of the Assassin’s games do there’s a lot parallels in the way Wolf takes down his enemies in stealthy ways using a grapple rope