Category: editorial

Its been a handful of days since the issue began. Helldivers 2 gamers were experiencing the game stalling, or all out freezing, when using specific weapons such as the Arc Thrower, Arc Shotgun, or the Tesla Tower.

The issue has been so prominent and so frustrating that many people simply stopped playing the popular game.

To better understand why is so frustrating, imagine you’ve earned XP in and suddenly, you’re kicked out. And yes, you lose all that XP and more progress aspects. The entire point of gaming is to collect progressive aspects along the way.

The game released an official Discord over the matter:

• Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play:
  Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.
  Players cannot unfriend other players befriended via friend code.
  Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.
  Players cannot befriend players with Steam names shorter than 3 characters.
• Hellpod steering close to large or important objects is currently not functioning as intended, resulting in steering being disabled in a large area around the object.
• Online features are not functioning when console language is set to Ukrainian.
• Players may be unable to select loadout when joining a multiplayer via an activity card.
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.
• Drowning in deep water with a Vitality Booster equipped puts Helldiver in a broken state.
• Exosuits will sometimes be delivered in a damaged or broken state.
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
• Pink artifacts may appear in the sky when setting off large explosions.
• Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction.
• Sometimes the player’s loadout customizations will reset after restarting the game.

Ok, so let’s hope that Arrowhead Game Studios has this completely resolved so a great many of us can come back and play without worrying about getting booted and losing all of our progress.

In gaming, its all about immersion. The audio, graphics, and storyline fuse together to create a massive virtual world. Its a sophisticated blend of art and technology that blends together and creates some of the world’s most fantastic, mesmerizing games.

Let’s look at how that happens.

Continue reading “Building Realities – Art and Technology in VR Game Development”

Adult games, which cater to mature audiences, have a distinct and significant impact on the gaming industry. And now, we’re not only talking about the controversy that follows some of these games due to taboo subject matter that can involve war or horror violence. We’re talking real actual market movers in technology and more.

Let’s have a look.

Continue reading “Grown-Up Games: The Rise and Impact of Mature Gaming”

We know, we know, you’re all about that PS6. But guess what? The PS5 Pro could well be the PlayStation to have if any of the new rumors about a revamp are true.

Continue reading “PS5 Is About To Get a Massive Revamp”

As if trying to protect humanity from satiracal, laughable villians isn’t already a big enough problem, now there’s a bug issue (at least, according to those playing Helldivers 2).

Continue reading “Helldivers 2 has a Bug ‘Propoganda’ Problem”

Did you know that the gaming industry has been a significant driver of technological advancements for decades? Indeed, it has. And many of these advancements have had rather wide-ranging impacts that certainly go well beyond gaming itself.

The next time someone disses gaming, always have these five major tech advancements, all originating from gaming, in your back pocket.

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People aren’t usually THIS quiet over a new game release. It kinda of makes us wonder, what’s up with Rise of Ronin? Will it be good? Why is everyone so darn quiet about what should be a pretty anticipated release.

Rise of the Ronin is a “highly”sort of” anticipated open-world action RPG developed by Team Ninja (creators of the Nioh series) and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Here’s what I know about it (and what we don’t):

Continue reading “Rise of Ronin Quietly Releases This Month. Will it Slash Ratings?”

In movies, the extras don’t often garner much attention. In gaming, the same can be said for Non-Playable Characters (NPCs). But much like extras in movies are vital to creating an immersive experience, NPCs are the backbone of gaming experiences.

NPCs differ from a player controlled protagonists and they are set to perform pretty specific roles. Now, NPCs are set to get a lot better over the next decade as AI infuses them with deeper versatility. However, although you’ll be able to interact with them at a higher level, they’ll remain in the background supporting the environment.

NPC characters range from background fillers to complex figures that seem to possess motivations and sometimes backstories.

And in some special cases, NPCs become the beloved, or iconic characters, and that’s what we’re looking at today.

Continue reading “The Icons in the Shadows: The Most Famous NPCs in Gaming”

Virtual reality’s (VR) rise and expansion throughout the gaming industry is nothing shocking. With such growing interests in deeper gaming exploration and immersive opportunities, VR is taking the gaming industry by storm.

We often focus on VR’s pervasive influence on video game immersion and how that helps create much better, more incredible games. But there’s another side to this tale: mental health. VR gaming can be a valuable therapeutic experience.

Today, we’ll look at all the ways.

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Virtual Reality (VR) in gaming allows players to immerse themselves in a 3D like atmosphere. Its a bold new way forward for the world of gaming that operates by use of special equipment, such as VR headsets, headphones and often hand-held controllers. All these pieces help instill immersive qualities into the experience, including sound.

And sound is super important, as we’ll see in this blog post.

Continue reading “Virtual Reality & Sound: The Immersive Role in VR Gaming”