In the 2000s, fans of sports games were blessed with choice. Unlike modern times, it was more than just a new simulation game each year. We still have those (sometimes even several), but arcade sports consistently entered the competition, giving…
Vince Zampella obituary: pioneering video game designer The TimesVince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ killed in Ferrari crash NBC Los Angeles’Call of Duty’s’ Vince Zampella dies in crash of Ferrari on SoCal mountain road Los Angeles TimesVince Zampella, ‘Call of…
While college football is big business, the NFL remains king as more evidence arrived from last weekend’s television ratings.Even the first round of the College Football Playoff last Friday and Saturday struggled to compete against opposing NFL regular-season games on…
Welcome back to MassivelyOP’s annual MMORPG awards for 2025! Today’s award is for the Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded to LOTRO last year. In fact, last year was our first year reviving this award after retiring it in frustration…
DEADWOOD (KOTA) – Deadwood’s gaming industry recorded a 10 percent increase in November compared to the previous year, according to the Deadwood Gaming Association.The November growth contributes to an overall increase of 2.7 percent for 2025, the association said in…
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will likely go down in fighting game history for the bad decisions that were made during the development process more so than…
Who doesn’t love Christmas football? The NFL’s still-rare holiday tradition returns for another consecutive year — and this time, it lands perfectly on a Thursday. That means three full games instead of the usual two, giving fans an all-day slate…
It’s been a little over a year since Wizards of the Coast launched the latest iteration of Dungeons & Dragons in September 2024. Colloquially known as “D&D 2024,” this is a revised and expanded version of the fifth edition rules,…
RPGs have always held a special place in gaming because they offer something deeply personal. They let you grow alongside their characters while exploring worlds that feel layered, all the while often giving you a plethora of options to influence…
“Itchie”, a Japanese programmer and producer who used to work at game companies like Square and SNK, recently took to X to reflect on a fallacy that tripped him up earlier in his career as a developer. The post has since set off a discussion about tutorials in games – especially gamers’ inherent dislike of them. “Back…
Jim Beam column:Kids have played great games Published 7:10 am Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Christmas is a time when we often remember the happy days we enjoyed as a youngster. I wondered this year, for example, if the toys I…
Danganronpa, a game series I can never reliably spell, has just passed 10m sales, maker Spike Chunshoft has announced. Best described by a 2023 Danganronpa Pride Week article as “a Battle-Royale-meets-Ace-Attorney visual novel series that is, quite frankly, insane,” Danganronpa…