In the year 1981 a decision was made which would forever alter the face of video games as we know them. A young gorilla named Donkey Kong was throwing wooden barrels at a spunky little plumber named Mario. What happened next influenced the level design and gameplay of most FPS and adventure games since.
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.
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Lol
He's talking about games where you single handedly wipe out platoons of enemy soldiers like a walking tank, and he's worried that exploding barrels defy logic?
I do hate getting killed by exploding barrels in BF4, at the same time I find myself laughing at it a little every time it happens. Classic.. I think to myself.
i love when enemies stand next to a barrel especially if the game has a high level of gore.
im fine with the exploding barrel i dont care if it would happen in real life or not its a game i dont want everything super realistic.
The exploding barrel is a FPS staple. Along with crates, it just wouldn't be the same without them. Many games make variations to the barrel. But I'm having trouble thinking of a shooter that doesn't have some sort of "container" that explodes to devastating results.
I just finished a play through of Second Son (goody two shoes this time round) and while there were no exploding barrels the ammo crates were their spiritual equivalent. Extremely handy for taking down some of the tougher baddies.
I can't see devs ever not including some sort of "exploding barrel" equivalent in shooters. They just offer too many gameplay opportunities for such a simple mechanic.