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Minecraft Dungeons has charm and potential, but needs lot more time in the furnace

  Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, so it’s natural that Microsoft, after buying creator Mojang some years back, would attempt to apply the genre’s playful, blocky aesthetic to other genres. After modest success with the Story Mode adventure game and Pokémon GO-like Minecraft Earth, they’ve tried their hand at a light action-RPG à la Diablo — and unfortunately come up rather short. For now, that is. Minecraft Dungeons is a sort of my-first-dungeon-crawler type game, a friendly, streamlined version of the genre Diablo created

China Takes Down PSN Store Temporarily Due To “Security” Issues

During our recent turbulent times, playing video games is one of the best ways to regain some sense of normalcy. In mainland China, however, PlayStation players hoping to access the PSN Store are currently unable to do so because of alleged security issues. The reported catalyst for the suspension sounds like it came from a comedy movie.The PlayStation Store (PSN) has been temporarily suspended in Mainland China from 7am on May 10. No time or date given for resumption of services. The official reason given is to carry out security

Spyder on Apple Arcade Lead Designer Nic Cusworth interview

Sumo Digital is known for having a hand in major recent titles like Sonic Team Racing, Mortal Kombat 11, Crackdown 3, and the rebooted Hitman series just to name a few, but they also know their way around mobile game. Their latest venture is Spyder. Spyder recently launched on the Apple Arcade. It’s a game in which players take on the role of a miniature spider-like robot called Agent 8. Agent 8 is a spy robot built to infiltrate technology and sabotage the plans of evil doers. Our own Blake

Shack Chat: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020?

It's that time again, your favorite time of the week. This week the Shack staff gathers 'round our virtual meeting table to discuss one of many upcoming digital gaming events. EA Play 2020 was recently announced as a digital event, and we thought it high time to sit down and look deep within ourselves to figure out exactly what we want from EA Play in 2020. Question: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020? Skate 4 - Asif Khan, Better than the rest of the Shack staff

How is AI Revolutionizing the Gaming Industry?

Share... Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Print email While there is much talk about the future of AI in gaming and the myriad of potential implementations, the current usage of AI in the game industry is not nearly as some make it out to be, nor is it really a massive focus for game developers. That’s not to say AI isn’t amazing technology, but it is surrounded by a lot of hype which we’ll try to dispel. While many think of AI as something that can add Skynet-level awareness