It used to be that you had to visit a land-based casino to get a game of Blackjack or Roulette or to spin on some slots, but this industry has evolved over time along with mobile technology to now allow you to enjoy some of your favourite casino games on the go. Being chained to…
When the world of online gaming began gaining popularity around the turn of the millennium, few could have imagined the rate at which the industry would evolve over the course of the next two decades. In the last ten years alone, the online gaming market has grown significantly every year without fail. According to a…
While Nintendo has kept fairly quiet about the Switch’s online service, fans have been pretty vocal on the matter. Sure, some details were released (and not all of them satisfying), but a crucial question hadn’t been answered barely over a month before launch. How much will this service cost? The president of Nintendo in Japan finally…
When it comes to the future of gaming, no conversation is complete without virtual reality. Gaing CEOs and developers are always on the lookout for a way to make their offerings more intriguing and the general consensus is, the way to achieve this goal is by improving the VR format. And while at the moment,…
If you enjoy playing games on your smartphone or tablet, then along with millions of others you are riding a multi-million dollar wave. Over the last ten years things have changed dramatically with the development of new games incorporating touchscreen design on both Android and iOS. Be aware that although many of these games are…
I’ve spoken at length on here before of the traditional forms of multiplayer online gaming, but what if you’re more armchair general than infantry leader? Because there’s one area of online gaming I have been tangentially involved with for a few years now, and that’s sports management. Blackout Rugby is a freemium rugby management game,…
Hey there, ladies and gents. Let’s talk about Grand Theft Auto Online. More specifically, let’s talk about how the launch of GTA V’s multiplayer component was, for all intents and purposes, an absolute disaster–enough so that Rockstar is actually offering in-game reparations for affected players. Some people couldn’t access the servers. Others couldn’t do anything once…
We see all the time stories of skill from the demi-gods of online gaming around the world, those who have spent years staring at HD computer screens and melting the CPUs and graphics cards on their top-level AlienWare gaming PCs to ascend to the top of online gaming’s Mount Olympus as pure 1337 titans. And…
1-1-1-2-1-3-1-1-1. What’s that you ask? A password? Some sort of secret code? NOPE. That’s just you, playing any old MMORPG. Aren’t you tired of that? I know I am! Hotkey based MMOs seem a little outdated to me. While I’m still a fan of Star Wars: The Old Republic (though my attention toward the game…