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In case you’ve been living under a rock over the last week, Blizzard has gotten itself into a bit of hot water by siding with an authoritative regime over one of its players. For a brief summary, one of the players in the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament advocated for the liberation of Hong Kong in a …
Bungie And Destiny 2 Are Free Of Activision-Blizzard Read More »
Following the Daryl Morey dust-up involving the NBA and China, the war of words between the US and China has officially hit the gaming world. In a post-match interview during the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament, Hearthstone player Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai decided he had seen enough oppression, and while wearing a gas mask and goggles resembling …
Ever since Gears of War debuted on the Xbox 360 in 2006, it’s been one of Xbox’s biggest IPs, and its particular “dudebro” brand of excess and hypermasculinity has come to define the Xbox lineup of games in many people’s eyes. However, the most recent release in the series, Gears 5, has a Latina woman …
Xbox Is Leading The Way In Diversity And Inclusion Read More »
Messing around with game development can be fun. However, one of the hardest steps in game development can be upgrading from programmer art to actual art someone would enjoy looking at. After all, it’s much harder to improve your art than it is to improve your programming. This is where graphical assets come in. By …
Make Your Own Digital Card Game With The Newest Humble Bundle Read More »
Ahh, digital collectible card games (CCGs). Ever since Hearthstone took Magic the Gathering’s mechanics and heavily simplified them for use with the Warcraft world, it seems like we’ve had a new one pop up every few weeks. Occasionally, we’ll get something more original, like Valve’s Artifact, but they really fumbled that launch by not letting …
Doom is one of the most influential video games ever made. id Software, which developed Doom (along with several other groundbreaking games), is one of the most influential game studios of all time. John Carmack and John Romero, the two main drivers behind id Software, are two of the most influential game developers in history, …
Yesterday, Google launched their response to Apple Arcade: Google Play Pass. You can read about both services in the primer we published. Google Play Pass is a godsend for Android gamers, but it looks like a bad deal for mobile game developers, at least for now. Let’s dive into why Google Play Pass is currently …
Google Play Pass Should Pay Developers Up Front, Not By Time Read More »
For years, mobile gaming enthusiasts have suffered through a wasteland of in-app purchases, lazy cash-ins, and a generally uncurated environment. In fact, My Dpad started as a response to that, and one of our most popular pages is just a list of mobile games that are actually worth your time. Luckily, the dark days are …
If you want to play old Sega Genesis(/Mega Drive) games, you have all sorts of options. You can buy used games on the cheap or you can emulate for even cheaper. If you want to stay on the legal side of things, you can try the SEGA Forever games on your smartphone. However, the upcoming …
Sega Genesis Mini: Now Complete With Road Rash II Read More »
If you’re one of the million-plus who have been playing HQ Trivia daily, you’ve probably wondered how they make money. If you’re invited anyone to the game and had to explain it to them, they probably had the exact same question immediately. Well, now we know how they will make money, and it unsurprisingly comes …