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The gaming industry as we know it today has a couple of key innovations to thank, namely the television, the home PC, a string of key consoles and by extension game designers, and lastly, the smartphone. There are of course other candidates…

The controversy surrounding loot boxes hit its peak once EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II was released amidst a load of backlash. However, this response from players ended up prompting something that many people didn’t expect; Governments were…

As players, we’re always willing to take risks in our video games – sacrificing our souls in the hope of vanquishing a Lord of Cinder or launching an attack in XCOM with a 60 percent chance of success. In retrospect, risk and reward has…

Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry. Most households contain some sort of console or gaming device. When people think of gaming they think Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo but gaming is moving away from consoles. Where’s it moving? Your…