The Biggest Video Game Publisher Fails Of 2018

Optimists pointed towards the Platinum-developed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , which grew beyond its awful name and pre-release disappointment to be a fun action-centric title. Unfortunately, Konami's first post-Kojima game in the series didn't exactly get the pulse racing when announced. Metal Gear Survive was a survival crafting game, and one that seemed a long way from what Metal Gear stood

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' œcrate and key system isn't supposed to come until the game launches in full but of course, money talks so it's coming NOW. According to Greene and the devs, it's for testing but they're selling items already for real cash so take that for what you will. The goal is to provide a "healthy economy" after launch to keep monetizing the player base for future updates and content additions (like the two in-development maps). All the items are cosmetic only and should not affect gameplay. Still, microtransactions during early access are tough to swallow, especially for a game that's selling so well right now. The other concern is that because the in-game cosmetics count as Steam inventory items, players can sell for real-world cash which can lead to skin gambling/market issues like CS:GO had to deal with recen

**When you’re preparing to compete in a game, do you allow yourselves to play anything else? After doing drills and training for PUBG Mobile , for example, do you like to unwind with some Super Smash Bros? Or do you have to live within PUBG 24/7

E Sports are huge and they’re only getting bigger. There are more and more teams like Cloud9 with large rosters of incredibly skilled players, and tournaments are even being aired on television, not just on Twitch or YouTube. Where do you see the major league gaming scene five years from

Ian Huston: I fully expect the gaming and esports industries growing exponentially from where they are today. As gaming and esports become more mainstream culturally, and as the demographic with the highest representation of support for the industry gets older with more disposable income, things will naturally change to scale with the massive dem

Interactions with the level geometry can also be troublesome when players are prone. Aiming works a little bit different for players lying on the ground, and being on ground that isn't level can result in a jittery camera that makes it impossible to

No list of the year's best multiplayer games would be complete without PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds . It's difficult to express just how successful the game, which started as an early access title on Steam and became a worldwide phenomenon overnight, has truly been, but we will try. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds set a new record for most concurrent Steam users earlier this year, surpassing industry staples like Dota 2 , while also forming the foundation of a new eSport and online streaming sensation, with the title frequently occupying one of the top spots of metrics tracking Twitch's viewership figu

There’s a misconception about professional video game competitors, that they don’t work hard like other athletes, that playing video games isn’t comparable to traditional sports like baseball and basketball. Do you think that unjust perception will change? E-Sports on ESPN was a big step, I think, but what do you think is the next step in E Sports’ march towards the mainstr

I'm at our new @PUBATTLEGROUNDS office in Madison today. The team is working on our desert map. Here's a WIP preview of this new location... pic.twitter.com/ReLbsvwv9A — PLAYERUNKNOWN (@PLAYERUNKNOWN) July 3,

Karnage: Cloud9 is globally recognized as one of the best if not the best esports organizations to be a part of. This goes for their employees/staff, pro esports players, and the stream team. Cloud9 recently won the esports organization award of the year and has won many world championship tournaments from Rocket League to CSGO ., etc. Too many to l

The debate over loot boxes may have died down a little since last year, but it's an issue that is unlikely to be acceptable any time soon. A spike in child gambling issues has seen the UK Gambling Commission suggest that loot boxes are part of the problem, while government scrutiny sees loot boxes banned by certain countries. When it comes to EA, the publisher is fighting back against Belgium's ban of loot boxes, so it appears as though the company is keen to keep this controversial business model within re

However, eventually Shadow of War did have to stop with the loot boxes and remove them altogether. The manner in which this was done, though, left the slg game cheats's players feeling unimpressed with developer Monolith and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive. In the post explaining the decision to remove the microtransactions, Monolith essentially explained that loot boxes had undermined the quality Shadow of W

Karnage: Playing video games and becoming a professional esports player takes a lot of hard work and dedication. True, we are not putting in as much physical activity and exercise, but we put in just as much time towards perfecting our craft as the professional athletes do. I think the next step would be to create teams for each region and have them compete against each other on a more regular basis, create a league of some sort, and air it for more fans/view