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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

PreMortem.Games

In true sibling territory-marking fashion, he monopolized the console. But fortune smiled upon Teninke, when her brother eventually “outgrew” his gaming phase, leaving the console all to herself. Seeing that was hard and I always found myself in the middle of a fight beside her.

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Microsoft decries FTC's "misleading" claims of "degraded" Game Pass

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Microsoft has responded to the Federal Trade Commission's complaints regarding the recent changes to Xbox Game Pass , including price increases and the discontinuation of its console-only tier.

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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

PreMortem.Games

In true sibling territory-marking fashion, he monopolized the console. But fortune smiled upon Teninke, when her brother eventually “outgrew” his gaming phase, leaving the console all to herself. Seeing that was hard and I always found myself in the middle of a fight beside her.

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Mordhau on consoles: “A lot of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit”

PreMortem.Games

Now that Mordhau has arrived on both PlayStation and Xbox , console players finally get the chance to hack & slash their way through medieval battlegrounds. The fact that you can tell who you’re up against because of how they fight, not how they look or what their name is. It was this idea that pushed everything else.

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This is a hypothetical question, but do you think if there were more consoles on the market instead of the current big 3 we have today, do you think that would be more beneficial to the game industry and market?

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Game consoles are primarily platforms on which to deliver content to players, alongside PC, mobile, VR, and other various devices. They're all essentially fighting over distribution of the same pool of overall content. I don't think it would be helpful. Personally, I get more than some amount of streaming fatigue.

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Why I Love

GamesIndustry.biz

I was barely a teenager when I played Metal Gear Solid for the first time on my brand-new PlayStation console. However, while Metal Gear Solid had many other instances of breaking the fourth wall, mostly through dialogues or in cutscenes, none felt as impactful to me as that one boss fight mechanic. Read more

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Shooting for Success: Navigating the Ultra Competitive Shooter Genre

Deconstructor of Fun

PVP Shooters on console have been the dominant genre for nearly 20 years. In 2007 Infinity Ward released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which exploded on consoles and changed the industry -- Online Multiplayer shooters were no longer a “side mode” to your campaign -- but the dominant form of engagement.

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