With over nine million votes cast by members of the gaming public, From Software's hardcore action RPG sequel was crowned Game of the Year.
Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Watch Dogs maker Ubisoft Montreal was named Studio of the Year, while the Lifetime Achievement was bestowed upon Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima.
Elsewhere, DayZ, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag each scooped two awards. The open world zombie title was the winner of Best Original Game and Best Indie Game, Blizzard's collectible card game picked up Best Online Game and Best Mobile Game, while Black Flag won Best Visual Design and Best Audio.
Steam won Gaming Platform of the Year, Oculus Rift retained the Innovation of the Year crown, the Most Wanted award was won by The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, while PewDiePie was named Gaming Personality of the Year.
Playing a game can help improve your mood according to a recent study. Who knew!
It’s a form of escape like other entertainment just more interactive than most. Didn’t need a study to know this
Pretty obvious to me, my videogames are sometimes the main reason why I still havent put a bullet in my skull
It has been announced that Ubisoft's Executive Committee and Board of Directors will launch an investigation and review of the company.
Is Ubisoft board going to investigate themselves since they're the ones telling Ubisoft how to do less for more and push MTX over taking longer to make better games w/o them?
Honestly kinda glad all these AAA publishers are finally imploding, they've tainted this industry and took advantage of us too long. Die and don't come back
The article discusses a claim by an intellectual property (IP) expert that Nintendo likely does not hold patents strong enough to prevent the game developer Pocketpair from creating Palworld, a game that some believe resembles Pokémon. The expert suggests that Nintendo's legal challenges against Palworld could amount to nothing more than corporate bullying, as the patents Nintendo might be relying on are not robust enough to stand up to legal scrutiny. The situation could be seen as an example of a large corporation trying to exert undue influence over a smaller competitor.
Crazy how far they are willing to go over nothing rather than tell Game Freak to get their shit together and sort the quality of the mainline games out.
Personally I'd drop the two game bullshit, make a full on complete game, and take their time making the best game they can without relying on a silly battle gimmick they'll ditch after one game. Gimmicks out of battle is what they should be focusing on, beauty contests, berry making, secret bases, the underground, Seasons, events during day / night and post game content like travelling to a new location or something.
It's straight up bullying with mooney and using the government laws as a tool to do so. They should be fined.
The Wolf Among Us had the best story as well storytelling.
No offense to The Last Of Us: Left Behind though. :(