Tag Archives: video games

Back in 2012, video games took the top spot in the UK when it came to ranking the biggest entertainment mediums by revenue. In the decade since, gaming has remained consistently at the top…until now, with video content officially surpassing gaming as the biggest entertainment medium in the UK. As …

For years, Tencent has grown its portfolio of gaming investments. The company owns minority stakes in many publishers and studios across the industry, but it doesn't have as many majority stakes, or wholly owned studios. That could change soon, as sources claim Tencent is now planning to be more aggressive …

The video game market has been pretty quiet this Summer, following a very busy Q1. Soon, the drought of new releases will be coming to an end, as October is shaping up to be the busiest month of the year.  This isn't a new phenomenon in the games market. A …

Shueisha, the company behind Shonen Jump and publisher of some of the most famous and recognisable manga series in the world, is now setting up its own game development operations. Traditionally, Shueisha has licensed out its IP to other game studios and game publishers, but moving forward, the company will …

Compared to many other creative industries, the video games market is one of the youngest. Even so, it has been maturing at a rapid rate, seeing explosive growth especially in the past few years. On a national level, the industry has broken records, with 2021 being the biggest year ever …

Netflix is continuing its push into the video game market. Shortly after beginning public testing for game streaming, Netflix has now acquired its first video game studio – Night School Studio, best known for the indie game ‘Oxenfree'. Night School Studio made a name for itself back in 2016 with …

China’s approach to governing a country can be seen by many ‘Western’ nations as being much more aggressive in its involvement in the personal lives of its citizens. This was seen with the country’s one child policy, and now, the government is limiting the number of hours that children can …

Once the lootbox controversy boiled over with the release of EA's Star Wars Battlefront II, many called on the ESRB to put measures in place and for better regulation in the games industry. The ESRB did begin putting ‘in-game purchases' notices on physical game boxes but now, that will be …

The idea of ‘gaming addiction' and loot boxes encouraging gambling behaviour has been a heavy topic of discussion for the last few years. The World Health Organisation and NHS already recognise Gaming Disorder as a mental health condition and now the NHS is specifically targeting loot boxes too.  NHS mental …

Black Friday is consistently the biggest retail shopping event of the year and while total UK physical game sales were down compared to 2018, retailers still sold through an impressive 1.3 million physical game copies last week. This also means that the UK's top ten games chart is very different …

The violent video game debate has sprung up again this week, although notable members of the industry have been speaking out against recent comments from politicians.

Over the last couple of years, there has been plenty of debate surrounding in-game loot boxes and whether or not they should be considered gambling. Investigations have been launched and politicians have gotten involved all across the world. While some countries took the view that loot boxes were fine, others …

Anthem may not have launched to positive reception but it still went on to be BioWare's biggest game launch ever. Since then though, the game has been slipping in the charts. Beyond that, the latest stats for March video game sales show Ubisoft's The Division 2 earning the top spot, …

Today we are shining a light on GRIP: Combat Racing, a fun indie title that will have you not only racing to get first place, but battling it out for the top position too.

Today we are taking a look at something a bit different- Moonlighter, an action RPG developed by the small team at Digital Sun. It shares DNA with other indie hits, including The Binding of Isaac, Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley.

This week, BoMenzzz sits down to solve some Lovecraftian mysteries in Call of Cthulu. We kinda forced her to play this one and she wasn't too happy about it. She took one for the team.

Today we present part two of our Red Dead Redemption gameplay. This time around, we spend more time exploring the huge open world, as well as the different customisation options you get.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally out! Over the weekend, BoMenzzz checked it out on PS4, providing lengthy gameplay and first impressions.

Take a few minutes and do some research on the evolution of video gaming. While classic games like Pac-Man, the original Super Mario Bros., and the early Final Fantasy games certainly have a retro appeal to them, they pale in comparison to the leading games of the last few years …

Video games have been criticised by politicians and activists for years, especially ones that contain violence. To tackle this, most countries have an age restriction policy in place to make sure that children don't get their hands on something inappropriate. However, it turns out that many parents simply don't pay …

Every three years, the US Copyright Office opens itself up to hearing out petitions on changes it can make to the DMCA system. Back in 2015, this opened the door for MADE to argue for exemptions to be made to allow libraries, archives and museums to emulate, jailbreak or circumvent …

It looks like the concerns raised by last year's video game loot box controversies are still prevalent in the minds of politicians over in the US. This week, Hawaii's representative outlined four bill proposals that would age-gate games considered to contain a ‘gambling element'. In addition, a US senator sent …

The massive video game voice actor strike has officially come to an end after a whopping 11 months of negotiations. The strike was organised by SAG-AFTRA, a union for American voice actors. Over the last year, members of the union have been trying to negotiate better pay and working conditions …

While crowd-funded games might not be the big news they used to be, plenty of gamers are still backing projects that they really believe in. According to the latest statistics, video game projects raised just over $46 million over the course of 2015, which is more than what was raised …

Just 50 years ago the number of people, who played video games, was less than a hundred on the planet. Nowadays hundreds of millions of people play games on various devices from smartphones to premium PCs built by boutique PC makers. In the future, the number of gamers will increase even further …

Satya Nadella, the newly appointed chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., continues to re-appoint executives in an attempt to create an efficient executive team at the software giant. In addition to the new team, we are starting to see changes that Mr. Nadella wants to bring to Microsoft. For example, …

There's been a lot of talk about violent video games recently in the wake of the Sandyhook shooting in the US and this has led to people looking to do something about it. The most recent event is a library in New Jersey that has announced it will no longer …

We've had movie adaptations of video games before: Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Pokemon, Street Fighter, DOA, Mortal Kombat; and they're all pretty horrible. However unless you're a fan of Press Start – and even that's about a video game-like universe – then you probably haven't seen a movie about an …

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at KitGuru Gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “A Video Game Lasting 10 Years Reveals a Version of the End of the World” One man with …

For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “The Intro of Matt Stone and Trey Parker's South Park RPG” Remember the excitement surrounding the announcement of …