Thanks to our good friends at Xbox Canada, we were able to take a look at NBA 2K19 on the Xbox One X, and although it had been a few years since we had played a basketball video game - outside of arcade releases - and were pleasantly surprised with how far the genre has come. But is NBA 2K19 worth your time? Let's dive in!
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Two of 2018’s Best Marketing Campaigns
Promoting your product can be fairly difficult in 2018, because of two main reasons. It’s hard to know where people are getting all their content on, and who has the largest market share, making advertising decisions very difficult; second, there is always someone in China that can make it cheaper. Crappier perhaps, but cheaper. Enter Video Game companies, who have for years, been running fantastic marketing campaigns for their big titles, in an effort to get the hype building. Promotional…
Read MoreXenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna -The Golden Country Review Part 3
Check out part 1 and 2 of my Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna -The Golden Country review-in-progress. Part 3 will focus on the new community and camping aspects of the game! Torna -The Golden Country introduces a new menu option, the Community section. With this menu, you can track people you’ve taken sidequests from and also just people you’ve met in general. As you journey throughout Torna, you’ll add more and more people to this menu. Complete quests for the people…
Read MorePromotional Content Entices Consumers
Freebies and promotions are a great way to entice people to buy games, and generally this philosophy works really well. Take for instance major AAA releases, which offer limited perks in game for preordering the game early. In fact, new titles like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and EA Sports NHL 19 both offered three day early access for those who preordered the game. The bonuses are rarely huge – early access as mentioned above, or sometimes cosmetic in game items –…
Read MoreThe Comfort of Gaming at Home
Gaming at home has never been easier than today, and with a plethora of options, it is no wonder standard arcades are slowly dying out across America. The days of pumping quarters into machines is over, not only because they replaced quarters with swipe cards a long time ago, but also because people are choosing to save those quarters to buy the next blockbuster AAA game like Forza Horizon 4, or FIFA 19. The push to play games at home…
Read MoreXenoblade Chronicles: Torna -The Golden Country Review Part 2
Check out part 1 of my review-in-progress. In part 2, I talk about Torna’s battle system. I’ve already said that its better than Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s system. Why is that? How do you improve on something that is already so good? I’m usually not a fan of auto-attacking combat but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 made their battle system very interesting by giving players options when it came to special attacks for your main person and sometimes other people in your group.…
Read MoreMore Thoughts From Me #139: Final Fantasy 7 Spoilers
Final Fantasy 7 is coming to the Nintendo Switch next year. I dreamed of writing those words but I never thought it would actually happen. Final Fantasy 7 on a Nintendo platform!? Final Fantasy 7 on Nintendo’s console/handheld hybrid?! No way! Yes way. Its happening. And so I felt that now might be a good time to talk about my favorite moments of the game. If you’ve never played it before, don’t read this article. There are spoilers in this…
Read MoreXenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna -The Golden Country Review Part 1
Adam Roffel, GamesReviews.com’s editor-in-chief, asked me if I wanted to review Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna -The Golden Country for the Nintendo Switch. I said yes right away. I had played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and liked it. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever get to play Torna though because I had been busy playing other games. I have a free slot of time now and I’m more than ready to take a trip to Torna! Here is part 1 of my…
Read MoreHow to Look for the Best Online Casino Website
The world of online casino gambling just keeps on growing. As a player, you have the advantage of being able to select from literally hundreds of websites in operation all over the world. With that in mind, you want to make sure you get exactly what you are looking for in an online site. To aid in that endeavor, the following information can be used to help you find the online casino best sites. Do Your Research With plenty of…
Read MoreLEGO Halloween Witch Brickheadz – 40272
Today marks the beginning of October, and thus the beginning of the Halloween season. While places like Disney World have been living the Halloween dream for a few months now, you know the holiday is quickly approaching when LEGO launches their yearly themed sets. With the success of BrickHeadz over the last number of months, it comes at no surprise that they have released a few Halloween themed sets to get people in the mood! As more of a collectors display item than an actual playable toy, the LEGO Halloween Witch looks great amongst our home Halloween decor!
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