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Win a video game, my treat!

With my website project nearing completion, I thought it was time to get the word out. It's not the best and somethings need to be revised, fixed, and added... However it does showcase my own take on the gaming fan site scene. And what better way to get things going than holding a friendly topic posting contest to win a free video game of up to $59.99 retail value? More details in this post.

If I'm to create another one of those fan sites, my first goal is what I can do that gives a different feel or style than that of the other thousands of fan sites. Well, it might still be a few months to get it fully down, but this is what I've conjured:

  • Global Style Changer - Changes both website and forum appearances, thus not giving hard transitions between both as well aspicking a look that matches the visitor's preference.
  • Forum Redesign - Redesigned the forum listing, thread listing, post display, user control panel, user profiles, and many more aspects of our forums that give not only a "different experience" value, but hopefully a more user-friendly and eye appealing design.
  • Ad free and blogs! - Ad-free option available to members that have had their accounts upgraded to Honored Membership, gained from benefiting the community in some type of way. Blogs are available to any member for similar uses as N4G - just an additional feature to play with.
  • Streamlined content - Working with getting content sorted by Preview, Review, Guide, Images, Videos, and etc, it helps people who've came fo a purpose, get to that resource even faster. As well, our reviews are on a 5-point scale, with pros/cons and the review going straight to the reasonign for the score, and less like the game's instruction manual.
There's more ideas and work to be done, but I think I'll shift back to the contest. The theme of the contest being "New... Unique... Interesting..." By 'new' I'm referring to a topic that has yet to be created on these forums. By 'unique' I mean not a copy/paste of threads you've done already, all topics will be checked before deemed an 'entry'. By 'interesting' I mean a topic that drums up critical thinking (note that topics can be deemed 'entries' even if they get no replies).

The one that gains the most entries by August 15th, will receive a game of their choice for any console (and PC/Mac) up to a $59.99 retail value. A thread/topic becomes an entry when it passes my judging process, which can be found on the official announcement (as well as links to contest rules, forum rules, and website policies). As the contest rules stand, I agree to purchase and pay for all shipping/tax involved. I might also find a method of allowing point values to spend in the online stores for any console (Xbox Live, Virtual Console, etc). Game cards for such games as World of Warcraft could be arranged as well.

Anyways, thought I'd let this be known, and what my latest project is. Visit if you wish, all commentary is appreciated. :)

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio27d ago

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.

Jingsing27d ago

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.

Tanktopmaster9227d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit27d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing27d ago

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.

Tanktopmaster9227d ago

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

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Games Done Quick is coming to Europe for the first time with 3 days of Gamescom speedruns

The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

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.