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I Love That Game Developers Even Think to Do This
Polygon reporting on NBA 2K17:
Visual Concepts traveled to every NBA team’s arena to "record and analyze the different sounds exclusive to each arena,"
The authentic audio in NBA 2K17 includes the way the ball sounds when it bounces on the floor, hits the rim and backboard, and goes through the net;
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Vampyr Coming to PS4 in 2017
https://youtu.be/sTExU8XsvOw
Oh boy do I wish I liked the look of this game. This is developed by DontNod, the developer behind Life is Strange (a game I need to finish, but love), and sports a look and feel similar to Bloodborne. I should love this game right off the bat, but I
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PlayStation 4 Sales Continue to Rise
Sony announced another quarter of impressive sales revenue numbers for their PlayStation brand:
The company reported the results of its fiscal first quarter today, and it revealed that it generated $3.2 billion in revenues from its game and network services division during the three-month period ending June 30. That is up 14.5
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Sony Continues to Thrive on PlayStation Revenue
That damn home console market continues to refuse to die as yesterday Sony talked about the state of their "Game and Network Services" division of the company. It was essentially a victory speech as the company outlined all the things that are going well in this part of the company. You can read
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Microsoft to Have More Powerful Xbox One...Next Year
Last month saw rumors of a new PlayStation console coming this fall, and now we're starting to hear rumblings that Microsoft is also getting into the new console game a little earlier than many of us were expecting. Kotaku first broke the news yesterday, indicating that Microsoft will be unveiling not one, n=
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The Video Game Landscape in 2016
The Entertainment Software Association released its annual "Essential Facts" report about the demographics of the video game industry. You can dig into the entire report if you'd like, but here are some of the most interesting findings:
48% of US households have a dedicated gaming device
That's a pretty
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Video Game Console Sales Sure Look Bleak (if you don't care about real numbers)
Let's talk about video games for a second. As always, we have tech pundits talking about the end being neigh for video game consoles, which is why this article caught my eye. There is so much wrong with this article that it's almost too easy a target. Let's take
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PlayStation 4 Remote Play Comes to Mac and PC
This is more of a public service annoucement than anything else, but Sony just released their version 3.5 update to the PlayStation 4. You can download it now by going to your PS4 and going to Settings>System Software Update and choosing to install the udpate. It only took 5 minutes or less
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Uncharted 2's Stellar Storytelling
"That movie looks like a video game" is one of the harshest criticisms you can level against a film. Video games are traditionally terrible story delivery mechanisms, and we've only recently gotten anywhere near having stories that aren't embarrassing1. Even games that are considered to have good stories nowadays
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Video Games Are the Last Bastion of Premium Priced Consumer Software
What if I told you that there is a market out there that routinely sells software for over $50 and has a large, thriving market that is happy to pay that amount? If you come from the worlds of mobile and desktop software, you'd probably think that's crazy talk. Most apps
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Nintendo May Kill the Wii U by End of Year
Japanese newspaper, Nikkei just reported that Nintendo will cease production of their Wii U by the end of 2016. I predicted last July that Nintendo would kill the Wii U this year:
All signs point to Nintendo trying to rush the Wii U out the door to make room for their new home console. It
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Sony Working on a "PlayStation 4.5"
Kotaku is reporting that Sony is working on what is essentially a PlayStation 4.5. From what developers are saying, it looks like it will be a PS4 with some upgraded internals.
Based on conversations with developers who have spoken with Sony, this ‘PS4.5’ will include an upgraded GPU both to support high-end
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3 Reasons PlayStation VR is the Headset to Beat in 2016
There were a couple moments during Sony's VR event today where I just knew the PlayStation VR was going to "win" the VR space in 2016. Sony came out swinging with some key talking points that show not only that they are a company that can make cool products, but that
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A Few More Firewatch Wallpapers
Because I couldn't help myself, here are a few more Firewatch phone wallpapers based on some early moments in the game. As always, if you like them, please feel free to share them to your heart's content.
You can download all 4 new wallpapers here or pick and choose from below.
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First Impressions of the PlayStation Vita
The store clerk's eyes went wide when I told him I wanted to buy a PlayStation Vita. To his credit, he was very friendly and helpful unlocking a Vita for me and getting me checked out in no time flat. As soon as we started walking over to the PlayStation case, he was
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The Beautiful, Frustrating World of The Witness
I played a few hours of The Witness today and it was amazing. This is definitely a game that some people will love and many others will hate, but I'm strongly in the "love" camp. I don't review a lot of games (the last one was Bloodborne last April)
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What if it's Not the Wii U's Fault it Failed?
I wonder if the Wii U was doomed from the start. The common wisdom is that the Wii U has failed for many reasons:
1. The name was confusing (is it just a Wii add-on?)
2. The tablet controller wasn't compelling
3. It was underpowered compared to the competition
4. There weren&
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Those Damn Game Consoles Just Refuse to Fail
Oh tech press, how you loved to shit all over the Playstation 4 and Xbox One over the past 3 years. Here's an excerpt from M.G. Siedler's impressions in November 2013:
Color me officially bearish about the latest generation of video game consoles. All the reviewers seem to want to