The consumer market research group the NPD Group has released its findings on video game sales in 2013 and the numbers are staggering. We spent a whopping $15.39 billion, with a B. The industry as a whole saw a 1% increase while the release of the Next-Gen systems helped pushed console sales up by 5%….
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Title: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Release Date: October 29th, 2013 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Formats: All Consoles Multiplayer: Yes WARNING: This review will not include multiplayer gameplay review seeing as how I detest everything about this game in multiplayer mode. Everything. AC4 was initially a miss on my radar with the plethora of…
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Telltale has released a trailer for the anticipated second installment of their acclaimed click and point, dramatic tear-jerker of a game. Main character Clementine returns bearing consequences and effects of decisions made in the first game. Season 2 Episode 1: All That Remains, continues Telltale Games’ rich world with real, effective characters and story-centric gaming…
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Today, things hit the fan with the YouTube gaming community. After a recent implication of a new copyright infringement scanner, of 100s of videos of game play/content was flagged for infringement. Many of these popular videos include adept gamers playing portions of many game titles. For many non gamers, the question on everyone’s mind is…
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What exactly IS Geekation? Geekation 2014, or #GK8TN for the hashtag-infatuated sort, is a gathering event that pulls together an international group of geeks, nerds, and like-minded people for a extended weekend of discussions, activities, parties and other tomfoolery that feeds our big, geeky hearts. In other words, “A Meetup, to Geek Out” Where is…
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Ryan Numrich and I will be hosting a board game day on Saturday at the Chicagoland Games store and taking cash donations to go to Concern USA’s relief effort after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. If you’re in the area that day please come, even if it is for just one short game and to…
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Dont get me wrong, a loyal fanbase drives companies like DC Comics or Blizzard. It’s what every entertainment driven company shoots for. Casual fans are amazing and they fork over the big bucks but the loyal fanbase keeps your company afloat when the college students graduate and get jobs working 83 hours a week or…
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If you haven’t gotten a chance yet to play the first two games in the Batman: Arkham series, you can purchase them and a few other games for only five dollars on Humble Bundle. In order to get this cool bundle, you need to donated more than $4.49. Or you can be like Bruce Wayne…
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I don’t know about you all, but I’ve been really excited for South Park: The Stick Of Truth. Sadly, it just seems like this game keeps getting delayed. Late last week Ubisoft announced that the game was shifting from its December launch date to March 4, 2014. Ubisoft’s official blog gave some of the reasoning…
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Can You Escape, by Kaarel Kirsipuu, is a puzzle game. You find yourself in a room. You are not given any clues about how to escape; you must explore the room to find clues and objects that will help you escape. Tapping is how you will discover the parts of the room you can interact…
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