The early Tuesday morning announcement of Microsoft’s plan to acquire Activision-Blizzard was a bombshell for most of the gaming community. Despite the games industry being knee-deep in several acquisitions by companies like Embracer Group, Sony, and of course Microsoft itself,…
Ten Best Video Games of 2020
Join TYF’s gaming writers in exploring the ten best video games of 2020: multiplayer, complex stories, open worlds, and the best RPGs of the year.
The Differences Between PlayStation and Xbox Finally Matter
…and it’s not because of exclusives The differences between Sony and Microsoft’s attempts at next-generation consoles are finally important. Yes, the concept of the ‘console wars’ is an exhausted one – a leftover of the late ‘80’s/early ’90’s need to…
Gears 5 Review: Just Big Gory Fun
There are few franchises in the world as time-resistant as the Gears of War franchise. Initially raised out of the ground by a team at Epic, the franchise has since moved onto being one of Xbox’s biggest in-house IPs. However,…
Project Scarlett is the Next Xbox
In addition to showing off a metric ton of video games, Microsoft also took some time out of its E3 presentation to briefly look forward to the next plans it has for the Xbox brand. True to E3 fashion, it…
NieR Automata & We’re Getting A Mario Movie | What the D-Pad #16
Welcome back to another installment of What the D-Pad, the weekly gaming podcast on Twitch.tv/TYFOfficial on every Wednesday or Thursday where we play a trending or topical game and discuss current news that I found on Twitter or Google News. This week,…
Video Game Review: Cuphead
There’s lots to love in Cuphead, but it’s hard to love it all. For those of you who haven’t been hearing everyone freak out about it, Cuphead is a new indie title for Xbox One and PC that models a…