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The State Of Console Gaming In 2019
2019 is coming to a close, and there’s a wave of new consoles on the horizon. Along with the looming future of game streaming, 2020 is looking good for gaming. We’ve already outlined the state of the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and the Nintendo Switch, so we decided to add a video to the…
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Live-Action Games Are Having A Renaissance
Full-motion video games have been around since the early days of VHS, but their implementation of real actors on camera usually felt like gimmicks. Now, though, the way developers are utilising the strengths of real actors on camera is getting really clever, with games such as the creepy and fascinating Telling Lies, where you piece…
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Fire Emblem Continues The Series’ Renaissance On Switch
It’s been a while, but Viewpoints is back. For this episode, I chatted with Kotaku’s Gita Jackson about our love for Fire Emblem: Three Houses and why we think the tactical role-playing series is so popular in the West.
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Sony And Microsoft Can’t Match Nintendo Directs
This week saw Sony and Microsoft both getting in on the video news show format. Sony had its first PlayStation “State of Play” video, focused on PSVR titles. And Xbox put out the first episode of its “ID@Xbox Game Pass”, a mouthful of a name for a presentation that included both announcements and developer interviews.…