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2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself
1The video game industry went on a shopping spree in 2021. Epic Games bought Mediatonic (Fall Guys), Sony bought Housemarque (Returnal), and Embracer bought Gearbox (Borderlands). It seemed like things might slow down in 2022, but instead they ramped up even more into an acquisition free-for-all. What will the future bring? Nobody knows. But the…
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Smash Bros. Tournament Fiasco Has Players Boycotting Events
In the wake of Nintendo being Nintendo and unceremoniously cancelling the Smash World Tour, one of the year’s biggest esports tournaments dedicated to all things Super Smash Bros., copious folks in the game’s community have come out in protest. Casual fans, pro players, long-time commentators, and even other tournament organisers, from AITX eSports to Beyond…
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Turns Out You Can Run Mac OS On The Nintendo Wii If You Want, I Suppose
With over 100 million units sold since its debut in 2006, there’s no denying the popularity of the Wii, but two Nintendo consoles later, people are still finding clever ways to expand the capabilities of the console. This hack focuses more on productivity than gaming, however, by turning the Wii into a Mac.
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Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results of their “game industry net zero 2022 snapshot”, a report that takes a detailed look at how most of the world’s biggest video game companies are responding to the impending climate crisis. The good news…