E3 2019 didn’t provide much hope for Anthem, as that game's presence was swept under the rug in favour of games such as FIFA and Apex Legends. Is EA finally ready to take Anthem out back and put it out of its misery? Not exactly.
Clearly, the old way of launching a video game is not working for live service titles such as Anthem. EA agrees.
Massive Entertainment doesn’t just want to create another game as a service. They want The Division 2 to be a proper hobby, and a partnership for fans to become invested in.
This year, we wanted to find those ongoing games that always had something up their sleeves for the fans who kept coming back, the games that refuse to bask in previous triumphs and always offer something new to coincide with the change in seasons and fan attitudes. We think we found a couple of great nominees, as well as one heck of a winner.
A lot of lessons were learnt during the days of The Division, not the least of which was focused on how to keep players around long after the end credits had rolled. Lessons which are clearly being applied to The Division 2: Electric Boogaloo.
If there’s any single mega games publisher and developer who’s been able to stretch the longevity of its retail, non-subscription games beyond the usual lifecycle, it’s Ubisoft. Sure, Rockstar’s kept GTA V going far longer than any single game should, but there are many Ubisoft games that still draw in millions of players – and it’s all because the company continues to supports its games.
If you’ve played one Ubisoft game, you’ve most likely played them all. When it comes to the sandbox genre, the French developer and publisher is utterly obsessed with larger arenas within which to ply their various licenses such as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy’s Watch Dogs or Tom Clancy’s Assassin’s Creed for example. It’s a genre which isn’t just …
Are there ways for companies to make some extra scratch on the side without offering loot boxes/crates/containers/loot packages? Square Enix lvl 99 boss Yosuke Matsuda thinks that “games as a service” can move beyond those crate expectations.
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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