Over the past few years e-sports has really come into its own. Thanks to the popularity of high speed internet, thousands of people can stream matches of some of the best players of the world’s best games going at it in real time. StarCraft and StarCraft II helped create the interest for people, but games like League of Legends helped get fans get even...
38 Studios was the development company created by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, and was responsible for creating Kingdoms of Amalur, which was released earlier this year to modest success. As you may recall, the company went under in a horrific fashion a couple of months ago, and the entire staff was laid off in one fell swoop. At the time, the studio...
We knew recently that the upcoming 1.0.4 patch for Diablo 3 was going to be a doozy. They made a lot of changes to the barbarian, demon hunter, monk, witch doctor, and wizard. Another new implementation for the game will be the Paragon system.
This will address the Magic Find gear-swapping issues, and give players who have reached level 60 more to look forward...
Everyone knows of the game store giant Gamestop and their declining business given the impact the digital distribution model that has dominated the market over the last decade. Starting with Steam alone, as well as all of the other digital platforms, Gamestop has lost millions of potential dollars that could have gone to the near monopolistic company.
Gamestop...
Every year there’s a magical event that takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana that attracts thousands of people from all over the country. That event is called Gen Con, and it’s marketed as being the best four days in gaming. As far as marketing slogans go, I have to say that this one hits the proverbial nail right on the head as it couldn’t be anymore...
One of the main reasons I was excited for Gen Con this year was the announcement and showing of SolForge, a new digital card game from Gary Games. The game was shown for the first time on the Gen Con floor, and fans could come up and fully test the game on one of the provided iPad stands at the Gary Games booth. I was lucky enough to have a chance to demo the...