Starfield manages to disappoint a brand new audience years after launch.
Category: Commentary
Sony’s Actually Trying to Clean Up the PS Store
With all the bad news coming out of the AAA sector of games, I thought it’d be nice to talk about something positive for the change. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, no matter what store you’re on, be it Steam, Xbox, Nintendo’s eShop or the PS Store, you can’t just casually browse what’s available. Well,…
Xbox Might Add Another Tier to Game Pass
It’s hard to tell what exactly the game plan is with Xbox. For the past few years, it seemed as though it was looking to exit the console space entirely, especially with the “Everything is an Xbox” campaign they were running last year. Yet, now that campaign has been very quickly and quietly retired with…
Sony Likely Won’t Have a PC Launcher (Thankfully)
Between Sony’s decision to rebrand PlayStation Network (PSN) into, uh, something else later this year and the statements its been making regarding PC as a platform, there hasn’t been a lot for fans to celebrate this year. One thing that likely will be nice, though, is that Sony doesn’t appear to be interested in making…
NetEase Cuts Funding for Gang of Dragon
The world of video game development, despite how terribly predictable it can be in terms of AAA releases, can be utterly chaotic behind the scenes. New games get announced all the time, but it’s only a relative few that make it all the way through to release day. Customer demand and developer passion isn’t always…
FromSoftware Reportedly Rejected a Bloodborne Remake from Bluepoint, Not Sony
Something that many PlayStation and soulsborne fans have been hoping to see for a very long time now is some sort of remaster or remake for Bloodborne. It’s also something that just has not materialized despite keen fan interest and money-making potential. Between Sony’s continued lack of acknowledgement of fan interest and its recent closure…
Nintendo is on a Mission
And it seems that mission is to see just how much it can get away with before people finally decide to stop blindly buying their stuff. Yup, Nintendo is once again courting controversy by, once again, making decisions that are decidedly not consumer-friendly. Heck, they aren’t even fan-friendly. The decision in question: selling Pokemon Fire…
The Writing’s on the Wall
A recent article by journalist Jason Schreier on Obsidian, the studio responsible for The Outer Worlds and Grounded series, and Avowed, to name just a couple of its very recent credits, has been weaving its way through the news and social outlets. It’s an interesting read. While it’s focus is on the studio’s re-invention efforts,…
Crimson Desert Developer Confirms No Microtransactions
I wonder, when was it that microtransactions became so ubiquitos in the big-budget gaming space that the lack of them became a legitimate selling point? Was it a year ago? Five years? Well, however long ago it started, having no microtransactions is still cause for celebration. Does their absence mean Crimson Desert will automatically be…
Epic CEO Calls Out Steam…Again
Okay, so this isn’t important news, but I thought it was kind of funny, so here we are. Steam has been around for a very long time now, and it’s pretty much been the king of video game distribution on PC for most of that time. It’s not perfect, but it is, even to this…
VIRTUAL BASTION 