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Japanese Games Never Died, They Have Just Been IgnoredForbesAbout ten years ago a curious change occurred in the Western gaming press, it seemed that anything Japanese was a byword for bad. This also had the effect of silencing the history of gaming that pre-dated it. Allowing for, among other things … …read more From:: Gaming … Read more

Origin Omega brings hardcore gaming credibility to the home theater PCTechHiveAs Valve continues to fiddle with Steam OS, the key cog in the Steam Machine initiative it announced way at CES back in 2014, system builders have been taking matters into their own hands. We’ve seen various small form-factor gaming PCs that boot …Origin’s Omega … Read more

LI Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Halt Gaming Facilities In Nassau, Suffolk CountiesCBS LocalWESTBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – After the Westbury community came together and fought the plan to bring a casino to their neighborhood, a lawmaker has proposed a bill that would halt gaming facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Assemblyman … …read more From:: Gaming … Read more

Shack Reels: Top 10 Badass Women in GamingShacknewsThere’s been some seriously badass women in video games over the years,and today,we decided to rank the top 10 badass women. Back in the day, women were often used as a way to get the game’s protagonist to go on some grand adventure. Girlfriends … …read more From:: … Read more

Vegas gaming giant sinks on downgradeBoston Globe (subscription)Shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. slipped after the gaming company was downgraded by Zacks from “neutral” to “underperform.” Zacks has a $144 target price on the stock. Its analysts tied the downgrade mostly to Wynn’s recently reported fourth-quarter 2014 …Gaming towns not exactly three of a kindLas Vegas … Read more

Gaming Deals: Get an Xbox One With Wolfenstein and Extra Controller for $350GameSpotThe PlayStation Store is holding a Critics’ Choice sale, offering Child of Light for $7.50, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition for $34.79, and many more. As an added bonus, anyone who spends more than $100 between now and February … Read more

The Unlikely Story Behind One of Gaming’s Greatest Sports TitlesGameSpotProfessional hockey game NHL Hockey 94 is considered to be one of the most iconic and influential sports games of all time. So you might be surprised to learn it was developed in a barn in Maine by a man who knew nothing about hockey. Maine … Read more

Games Are A Challenge Because They Are Cognitive FirmwareForbesThere tends to be a perennial meme that emanates from games publishing management, specifically that games are too hard to learn. They still mistakenly think games are a form of passive entertainment and that you can make a game for everyone. This is … …read more From:: … Read more

The Australian Team That Wants To Fix Motion Controlled GamingKotaku AustraliaIt’s never occurred to me until this very second, but maybe the problem with motion controlled gaming is the lack of resistance. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. The best games, in terms of control and feel, have a great … Read more

Op-ed: The Order: 1886 and bad single-player games in a Twitch worldArs TechnicaHowever, the critical aparatus has largely forgiven many games with some of The Order’s other failings: ho-hum combat with a lot of weirdly placed, chest-high objects to hide behind; overlong cut scenes; quick-time event button prompts; and even …and more …read more From:: … Read more

Gaming Trends That Need to Die in 2015GameSpotGaming Trends That Need to Die in 2015. Skimpy armor, Kickstarter games gone missing, moba fever, huge day 1 patches, and more. Video games have a number of trends that we would like to see go away in 2015. Have any you would like to see gone? …read … Read more

SMALL-BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Mythic Monster Gaming, Highlandnwitimes.comThe two opened Mythic Monster Gaming in Highland in November. The 1,600-square-foot store focuses exclusively on gaming, including board games like HeroClix, Settlers of Catan, and War Machine, in addition to several table top role playing games. …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more

Is Playstation 4 Destined To Outsell All Other Gaming Consoles?The InquisitrA recent forecast predicts that Playstation 4 will surpass every other gaming console in sales. Digital Trendsreports that Playstation 4 will sell about 40 percent more units than Xbox One by the year 2019. The PS4 will reportedly surpass gaming …Why We Demand Cross Platform … Read more

16 Most Replayable Levels In Gaming HistoryWhatCultureReplayability is a funny thing to consider as games occasionally barrel towards a more cinematically-focussed agenda, as if you take one look at The Order: 1886’s powerhouse aesthetic and complete lack of substance as a case in point, it’s not enough … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google … Read more

Best Gaming Laptops 2015: Alienware 17, Razer Blade 14, Asus RoG G751,MSI …Tech TimesRazer Blade 14. The Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop is a sleek machine that measures a mere 0.70-inches thin. It’s built with a stunning QHD+ display and up to 16GB of fast 1600 MHz DDR3L memory with up to 512GB of solid-state … Read more

Mobile will never just become a core gaming mediumPocket Gamer.BizRecently, Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO, made comments that tablets could catch up to consoles by the end of the decade. Moore’s Law suggest that he’s on the right track. Mobile hardware is advancing quickly. We’re seeing games from the previous console … …read more From:: Gaming … Read more

Growth of competitive video gaming provides new opportunities, challenges for …Fresno BeeThe San Jose State Dream Team, which won $27,000 in scholarships last year at the first North American Collegiate Championship (NACC), a year-long league for Riot Games‘ fantasy PC game “League of Legends.” CARLTON BEENER — Riot Games … …read more From:: Gaming News … Read more

Assassin’s Creed: why DLC and companion apps are gaming’s next war zoneThe GuardianBut unlike other companion apps recently released for games like Call of Duty, Titanfall and Battlefield, it’s not free. Well, not strictly. Players who download it either have to pay to unlock certain features, or pay for the completely unlocked …Assassin’s Creed Unity … Read more

Backtracking Shouldn’t Be a Bad Word in GamingPopMattersBy comparing these two games, it would seem that modern horror games are afraid of slowing down. Most big horror games since Resident Evil 4 all share Isolation’s relentless momentum: Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6, the Dead Space trilogy, The Evil … …read more From:: Gaming News … Read more

SK Gaming and Fnatic turn in another thrilling ‘el clasico’The Daily DotSK Gaming is the original professional esports team, perhaps the first to ever salary players. Fnatic is its regional European rival ever since it burst onto the scene midway through the last decade. In League of Legends, that rivalry burned bright as … …read … Read more

‘The Order: 1886’ Is A Beautiful, Failed Experiment In ‘Cinematic’ GamingForbesGamers will get to play The Order: 1886 for themselves tomorrow, but today the veil drops and the press are allowed to share their opinions about the game, myself included. Ready at Dawn has done an admirable job handing out review copies well in …If … Read more

Fingerprint’s Nancy MacIntyre: Gaming veteran. Entrepreneur. Wishful talk show …TechRepublicFrom Broderbund, MacIntyre took a job at Hasbro as they were getting into the video game business. And after that, she moved to California to work for LucasFilm, where she ran all the Star Wars online gaming experiences, and then wound up in global … …read … Read more

With a new CEO and original stories on the way, Telltale just turned a new pageDigital TrendsTelltale Games is at the dawn of a new era. It’s been just north of 10 years since veterans of the golden age at LucasArts founded the studio. One of those founders, Dan Connors, recently set aside his CEO … Read more

Mobile gaming sales to overtake console gaming in 2015MetroRevenues for smartphone and tablet games almost doubled in 2014 to $25 billion, but that may not be as bad news for consoles as it sounds. Thanks to increasing demand in Asia, this year is likely to see revenues for mobile gaming surpass that of …Are freemium … Read more

PSA: 51 classic Sega Genesis games on Steam for about five cents eachArs TechnicaBut paying just about five cents each for a bundle of 51 classic Genesis titles is a bargain basement deal that’s too good for practically any gaming fan to pass up. Amazon is currently selling all five pieces of the “Sega Genesis … Read more

Our 10 favorite Xbox One games that you can play right nowDigital TrendsWhen Microsoft initially released the Xbox One in November 2013, it had the typically light crop of launch titles. Ryse: Son of Rome and Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag were two of the standouts, but the former was was a derivative hack-n-slash title … Read more

Twitch is about a new generation of the gaming communityLazygamerMy earliest gaming experiences didn’t include holding the controller. I used to watch my brother play, getting blamed for distracting him whenever he lost. I soon leveled up and became the navigator, drawing maps of dungeons and telling him where to go … …read more From:: … Read more

NORMAL — Three more gaming establishments could be coming to Normal.Bloomington PantagraphNORMAL — Three more gaming establishments could be coming to Normal. The Normal Local Liquor Commission on Monday approved limited-hours liquor licenses for 35 Years LLC for three different “Marie’s Place” locations: 115 Susan Drive, 1520 E.and more …read more From:: Gaming News By … Read more

Pennsylvania considers gaming expansion into bars and tavernsabc27Eric Schippers of Penn National Gaming, Hollywood Casino’s parent company, released a statement to ABC 27 that read in part, “Those who operate video machines have an unfair advantage because they don’t have to abide by the same rules and … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google … Read more

Gaming Deals: Get a Wii U With Super Mario 3D World for $260GameSpotFrom now through to March 1, GameStop shoppers that trade in a PlayStation 3 (120 GB or greater) or an Xbox 360 (250 GB of greater) toward the purchase of a new PS4 will receive $125 in store credit. That means you can … Read more

Has modern gaming destroyed visionaries?LazygamerI am bored of far too many games, lately. Everything feels repetitive and overdone with solid ideas getting rinsed and repeated to the point of becoming washed out. We all long for something unique and innovative, something that will set a new … …read more From:: Gaming News By Google News … Read more

Will Arnett talks new Xbox show, gaming palsYoungstown VindicatorDespite a recognizably raspy voice that’s been featured in everything from “The Lego Movie” to GMC truck commercials, self-professed video gamer Will Arnett hasn’t been identified while chatting with other players online, nor has he taken the …Will Arnett talks new Xbox show, celebrity gaming palsChicago Daily … Read more

The GamerGate Law & Order Episode Reveals Progressives As The New …Breitbart NewsThe victim’s persecutors are a vigilante group of misogynistic gamers, who are portrayed as a cross between ISIS terrorists and the creepy serial killer from Silence of the Lambs. Gamers are also portrayed, hilariously, as master hackers and cyber … …read more From:: … Read more

Inside the UK’s first gaming schoolEurogamer.netA school where kids make video games: we used to get the cane for even imagining that when I were a lad. That’s why when “the UK’s first gaming school” flashes across my inbox, I know I have to get to Liverpool to see it. A brisk walk down the … Read more