Online Stream Showcase Vs. A Live Conference

I was watching the Gearbox PAX East panel last Thursday (28/03) and I suddenly realised why the "Direct" culture is gearing up to take over press conferences like this. It was awkard, things when wrong, the laptop they were using was struggling with the 4K trailers, so much so that everybody made the "It's called …

Google Stadia; Future of Gaming or Ouya 2?

"This generation of gaming, is not a box" -  Phil Harrison, Google Earlier today Google unearthed the "Future of Gaming" as they liked to call it. Stadia. This is a streaming based service set up to release later in 2019. Watch the link underneath here to catch up if you haven't already and we'll discuss …

Google’s Games Console; What Could It Be?

You may have heard by now that tech giant, Google, will be hosting a gaming-related event at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) next week, 19/03/2019 and it's got the gaming world chatting. We're all deeply intrigued at what they will show and what it will mean for their vision of their gaming future. It's a wonderful …

Retro Gaming / Retro Collecting; The Future of Old School Gaming

Over the weekend, me and a few friends went down to Doncaster for the Video Game Market they hold there twice a year or so. I like going to these events, I enjoy gaming as a whole (obviously) and I really like rummaging through games, the older the better. These events are great for meeting …

Nintendo Direct Summary (13/02/19)

Last week on 13/02 Nintendo finally answered our prayers and aired a new Nintendo Direct brimming with new games to show off. if you were concerned about Nintendo not having enough games to dive into this year, then this Direct quashed them and now 2019 looks like it could be the Switch's strongest year yet. …

The Fall of the “Old School” Arcades

Last week me and my girlfriend went shopping in the Trafford Centre for the day and our plan was to hit the arcades they have while we were there and it got me thinking "Arcades are bad in 2019" and if I'm going to be serious, have been for a few years now. I remember …

The Best Games You’ll Never Play

I was supposed to write this post last week, but Nintendo had the audacity to restart development on Metroid Prime 4 and I just had to talk about that. On January 23rd, I was watching the Nintendo's Nindie Highlights show for the month of January and there Nintendo showed off some of the killer indie …

How Do You Solve a Problem Like EA?; Open World Star Wars Game Cancelled

To people that follow the games industry, I don't think this will be much of a surprise. EA got the cancel hammer out again but this time cancelled a game a lot of people were excited to play. I am of course talking about the Open World Star Wars game which was  in development at …

Nintendo Direct, January 2019; Thoughts, Strategies and Predictions

As of the time of writing this the January Nintendo Direct is not a thing. However, since pretty much the only time we haven't seen a January Direct is in 2016 but that month was sandwiched with a December Smash Bros 3DS Direct and a February Pokemon Sun and Moon Direct, So I'm going to …

The Bosses of Smash Bros. Ultimate: My Top 5

We are firmly on the hype train for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. I know all the talk is on who is going to be playable but I am just as curious on who is going to be a boss, a boss was confirmed during the last direct by game director Masahiro Sakurai and bosses are …