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Sega is a gaming company with a long and storied history. The company can be traced all the way back to the 1940s, beginning with Standard Games and incorporating disparate entities like Service Games of Japan (hence Sega – Service Games) and coin-operated importer Nihon Goraku Bussan. Since then, Sega has weathered the slings and … Read more
Read articleIf you haven’t checked out Genshin Impact yet, you must be living under a particularly massive rock. Developer miHoYo’s huge open-world action RPG is currently taking the world by storm. It’s totally free-to-play, as well, so if you haven’t yet gotten around to playing it, we’d strongly recommend you do so. It takes gameplay and … Read more
Read articleYes. Most likely, yes there will be a PlayStation 6. There is your short answer, and unlike its rival Xbox with Microsoft’s unpredictable branding, the next console in Sony’s line will very likely be called the PlayStation 6. So fear not, even though the PS5 is only now being launched, there will eventually be another … Read more
Read articleRecently, Microsoft announced that it had acquired gaming giant Bethesda, plus all of that company’s subsidiaries. This is a pretty massive deal; Bethesda is the developer and owner of a huge amount of beloved fan franchises, and seeing those franchises move to Xbox and PC exclusivity could be jarring for a lot of fans. That … Read more
Read article2020 has been a very odd year. Thanks to the coronavirus, we didn’t get an E3 show, and several other major gaming events have had to either move their physical plans back, take their shows entirely digital, or just cancel outright. It’s been a tough year to be a gamer – although, in many ways, … Read more
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Well, it’s finally upon us. Yesterday, Sony unveiled the new PlayStation 5 console that we can expect to be eagerly unboxing sometime later this year. While we’ve already known about a lot of the console’s tech specs for some time now – the solid state drive, the controller’s haptic feedback triggers, the 3D audio functionality … Read more
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The age-old debate between board games and video games rages on without a clear winner. While there are some who would consider board games to be better than video games and vice versa, there simply isn’t a way of comparing the two media without realising that both have their strengths and weaknesses. Still, if you’re … Read more
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When Nintendo released the Switch back in 2017, nobody could have predicted the way it would revolutionise console gaming. Fastforward a couple of years and the Switch is dominant; its mixture of handheld convenience and docked console comfort means it’s the perfect way to play indie games and first-party gems alike. Here are the 15 … Read more
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PC gaming is a continually relevant force in a world many think is dominated by consoles. Most adult gamers still play using a PC rather than a console, so any notion that PC gaming is dying or obsolete should be discarded immediately. The PC is a treasure trove of wonderful gaming experiences, and we’re going … Read more
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For a while, Microsoft’s Xbox One was trailing in the eighth generation console war, but with some savvy marketing decisions, it’s managed to claw back a very respectable second-place showing. The Xbox One is still home to a number of excellent games, so don’t write it off just yet, even if you’re a die-hard Sony fanatic. … Read more
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Sony entered the console market with the original PlayStation back in 1994. Since then, it’s arguably dominated the landscape; although the PS3 stuttered a little, the PS2 and PS4 are kings of their respective castles. Not all games for this wonderful platform are created equal, though. Here are the 15 best games you can play … Read more
Read articleIn 2020, the importance of a good smartphone by your side is paramount. Your phone is everything: it’s your calendar, your communication device, your internet browser, and your media streaming method. With that in mind, buying the right phone is very important indeed. Different budgets will call for different options, so picking the right one … Read more
Read articleBring out the mourners, and with muffled drum, sound the death knell of the tablet. We’ve heard claims that tablets are oversized, unnecessary, and representative of technological bloat and clutter. Naturally, we don’t agree. Tablets still serve a very real purpose in 2020, and if you’re looking for one of the many things tablets can … Read more
Read articleWhen mobile gaming took off back in 2007, it was a revolution. Companies scrambled to get in on the incredible audience and market share that mobile gaming promised, and with the advent of the iPhone, mobile gaming became accessible to a colossal consumer base. Quality exponentially increased over the next few years and mobile gaming … Read more
Read articleLast year, TikTok was announced as the seventh most downloaded mobile app of the entire decade. That’s a pretty incredible achievement; although TikTok was originally created in 2012, it didn’t launch for non-Chinese markets until 2017. In two years, TikTok managed to rack up more downloads than apps that were released much, much earlier. It’s … Read more
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