It’s fair to say that the console wars are going just as strong as ever, and as ever, console exclusives are playing a big part. The internet is a dangerous place of warfare and ‘one-up-man-ship’ as fans of either the Xbox One or Playstation 4 triumph their own console above the other. Sales performances, gaming expo appearances and a million other minor factors are constantly debated, and more of...
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Nothing gets gamers drooling quite like E3. It’s undoubtedly the highlight of the gaming calendar every year and by now the rumour mill is already going crazy with guesses as to what might make an appearance at the conference, with tantalizing snippets about Zelda for the Wii U, Virtual Reality and tons of new games, but it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Hidden in with the glints of gold are rum...
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Let’s face it. At one point or another you have probably bragged to a friend that your console had this super awesome game that his or her console did not have. Exclusives are bragging rights that make us feel superior to other gamers. It is a nice feeling, but one that is ultimately stabbing us in the back. All exclusives are doing is forcing us to pay more money to own all the consoles in ...
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PS4 vs Xbox One. To be perfectly honest, I don’t get console wars. They have been ongoing ever since I can remember but the most prevalent of any of these wars is the battle between the PS3 and the Xbox 360. With the dawning of a new generation of consoles we now are witness to the new war between the PS4 and the Xbox One. Even though we haven’t even had the opportunity to get a hands on look at t...
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opinion: I just thought about it recently. Mistwalker, the company featuring basically the A-team from Square Enix and Final Fantasy games have solely made exclusives games for a particular console or device and never have ported that game. They first began with the Xbox 360, developing Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Next they went to Nintendo DS with a few games including some Blue Dragon spin-off...
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2012 really was Minecraft’s year. Well, Minecraft and the Mayan calendar. Why was 2012 all about Minecraft? There’s the obvious answer: the PC and iOS versions released at the tail end of 2011 while the Xbox version released in Spring of 2012, but that answer is no fun. How is it that Minecraft has hooked so many people (including myself) with all its blocky, scary, and sometimes buggy glory? I pl...
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