Shamus Young, Author at The Escapist

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Stadia’s Pricing Model Will Ultimately Be Its Downfall

Three months ago I looked at Stadia, Google’s upcoming streaming platform. At the time I was pretty skeptical that it was going to ...

By Shamus YoungJuly 8, 2019

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The Bungie Split Could Prove Activision’s Incompetence

Back in March, I made the case that the big publishers were squandering money and wasting opportunities because their leadership teams doesn’t understand ...

By Shamus YoungJune 25, 2019

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Marvel’s Avengers Was Missing More than Just Gameplay

Last week at E3, Square Enix showed us the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers. I’ve been saying for years that we need more superhero games. ...

By Shamus YoungJune 18, 2019

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Microsoft’s Game Pass Is a Kafkaesque Nightmare on PC

Microsoft is rolling out a new cloud gaming service. It will let you stream from the cloud in a way similar to the ...

By Shamus YoungJune 11, 2019

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Microsoft’s New Plan for Xbox

Microsoft made the second-biggest Understatement of the Year last week when Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox said, “We’ve not always lived up to ...

By Shamus YoungJune 4, 2019

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Crunch is Proof that Video Game Executives Don’t Understand Video Games

A couple of weeks ago, MovieBob talked about the problems the video game industry has with crunch and why it’s a bad thing. ...

By Shamus YoungMay 28, 2019

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Rage 2: Shut Up and Let me Shoot Stuff

John Carmack, co-creator of Doom and the id Tech 5 engine that powered the original Rage, isn’t a fan of story in video ...

By Shamus YoungMay 21, 2019

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No Man’s Sky Was Never a Con

It’s been almost three years since the controversial, frustrating, and ultimately disappointing launch of No Man’s Sky. The pre-release hype and the mind-blowing ...

By Shamus YoungMay 14, 2019

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Why Steam Can’t Meet Epic’s Price Challenge

As I’ve mentioned in this space previously, the Epic Games Store is challenging Steam. I liked the company’s initial idea to attract developers ...

By Shamus YoungMay 7, 2019

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EA Crippled BioWare With Frostbite

At the beginning of April, Jason Schreier at Kotaku published a report on the troubled development of Anthem, detailing the weird problems the ...

By Shamus YoungApril 30, 2019

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Inside Sony’s Strategic PlayStation 5 Reveal

In an interview with Wired, PlayStation system architect Mark Cerny revealed the details of Sony’s next-gen PlayStation console. The upcoming system isn’t going ...

By Shamus YoungApril 23, 2019

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Is Google Stadia Doomed?

OnLive was a game streaming service that was announced ten years ago at Game Developers Conference 2009. The service promised that users would ...

By Shamus YoungApril 16, 2019

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