Microsoft Vs Consumers: A Blu Ray Story
For your reading pleasure I laboured arduously in the saltmines of Microsoft tech support for this spicy-take. While I didn't buy the Xbox Series X specifically for it's Blu Ray features, its capability is a…
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ABG’s Scariest Moments in Non-Horror Games
Spooktober is well and truly upon us, and here at ABG HQ, while most of the Editors are fully embracing the season by playing such hits as Dead by Daylight, Five Nights at Freddy's and…
Too Big to Fail: Should Games be Allowed to Die?
Last week, as you may be aware, Valve announced that their DOTA card game Artifact will have development stopped. This came just days after a similar announcement from Bioware regarding Anthem. But why were these…
8-Year-Old Gamer, Signs to Pro eSports Team 33
Team 33 signed 8-year-old Joseph Deen to their Fortnite squad for a $33,000 signing bonus. The young gamer was also given a $5,000 gaming setup. "It's a dream come true!" says Joseph Deen, when asked to…
ABG’s Best Game Trailers
Here at ABG, we have a strong appreciation for the cinematically oriented. We enjoy a good movie, TV series, and anything of that ilk. As such, we wanted to take a few moments to shine…
Five Games That Are Banned On Twitch
*Disclaimer - Even though these games are flagged as "banned" on Twitch's FAQ's page, there were people steaming some of these without "Adult Only" mode and freely available VOD's on Twitch... Go figure. Apparently, there…
ABG’s Game Of The Year 2020 – The Nominations
Mayron Lahmany - Editor 1. Final Fantasy VII Remake This is a big one. I recently saw one of my Facebook memories from 2015 in which a friend tagged me in a trailer for this…
Why stopping scalpers is in Sony & Microsoft’s best interest
Scalpers are a plague on the industry but stopping scalpers is in Sony & Microsoft's best interest. If you were one of those people in queues for online stores to get your console, only to…
Does Star Wars: Squadrons Need DLC?
Rhetorical Question, Farley. Short answer, no - but let's talk about why. As most of as are aware, what we want and what we need stand in stark contrast to each other. So let's take…
The Eighth Generation – More Revolutionary Than You Thought?
The Eighth Generation of consoles is coming to a close with the PS5 & Xbox Series X/S. So we ask - was it more revolutionary than you thought? Have you heard someone say what's the…
ABG’s Favourite Horror Games
It's that time of year already, the one night a year even the biggest wimps feel the twinge to get something shocking in their system. The ABG team have been discussing which horror games are…
Is Crunch Inevitable? A Project Management Perspective.
The concept of Crunch in video games has been a very hot topic of late but this article is here to ask the question, is crunch inevitable? Crunch or Crunch time is the period during…