In 2015, when it was revealed that Konami had some allegedly terrible working conditions for some of their employees, not many would have thought that the cruel treatment would extend all the way up the ladder to a legend like Hideo Kojima, who has since famously parted ways with the publisher in order to focus … Read more
It only seemed like yesterday that the Autum Sale on everyone’s favorite digital game distribution service, Steam, ended. Now, it’s already time for another sale, a bigger and better one, to be exact. We’re talking about the Steam Winter Sale 2016. Although there’s still a bit of time left until the sale actually begins, the … Read more
Pewdiepie is the king of Youtube, but he’s not very pleased with them lately. “I feel like Youtube is a toddler playing with knives. Take the knife away from that baby…” – Pewdiepie Recently, there has been some controversy surrounding which videos are getting recommended and featured. H3H3 productions recently did a video highlighting some … Read more
There’s no shortage of bad blood between film director Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) and Konami. Del Toro was working alongside Hideo Kojima (the visionary behind the Metal Gear series) on a game called Silent Hills, before it was cancelled by Konami, which left a bitter taste in his mouth. Kojima and … Read more
Any mature person can tell the difference between a videogame and reality, but sometimes the lines get blurred and things can feel a little too real for comfort. That has been the case with a particular scene from a game called Spec Ops: The Line, which came out in 2012 and was relatively well received. … Read more
Let’s flash back to 2012 for a minute. That’s the year that there were internet blackouts to protest against SOPA, Encyclopedia Britannica stopped publishing their books, the first Avengers movie came out, and – oh yeah – Steam released a measly 379 games. They just barely managed to surpass one game per day. Steam was originally … Read more
If you’ve been enjoying Battlefield 1 and were hoping to see Battlefield 2 in the near future, sorry to have to crush your dreams. It sounds like EA is going to keep up support for Battlefield 1 and focus on some new titles over the next couple of years, with no new Battlefield game coming … Read more