MasonicGamer.com: Recently I did a “My Top 10 Most Improved Sequels” list which seemed to go down pretty well with everyone so I decided to come back with a part 2. Yes much like our games industry today I couldn’t just leave something good alone and had to do a follow up. I did mention in part one that there were titles that simply didn’t make the list the first time round so I might do a second list in order to include them.
As per usual there is no order to my list, I randomly list games that come to mind until I eventually reach ten and then I spend the rest of my evening wondering why I missed out on a certain game. Please understand that I’m not rich and I’ve not played every game ever made therefore some “obvious” games may not make it, as you can see I’ve cleared titled this post as “My” top 10 therefore making it clear it’s a personal list.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Oh definitely DKC2 that's such a classic SNES title.
Honestly all 3 games in that series are fantastic.
good article actually.
Fantastic list. I agree with every single one. What's so funny about the first modern warfare was that it was absolutely spectacular at it's time of release. I had never seen anything as compelling (in terms of straight forward military shooter), and the atmospheric effects, like smoke and rain were incredible, and the game STILL looks damned good. Who would have known that Call of Duty would slowly over saturate the shooter market in the coming years..
I'd add Tekken 3, Resident Evil 2, Silent Hill 2, and GTA VC/SA
Sonic Adventure 2 was much more enjoyable than Sonic Adventure.
As for GTA, wasn't San Andreas quite a leap? Even if it's just because people liked the setting? (Both my nominated games here feature San Fransisco-type environments).
I certainly won't be saying Crazy Taxi 2 though - a bit of a needless sequel set in New York with its flat ground and few things worth being called crazy although CT3: High Roller looked fun.