No, this blog post has nothing to do with Forza Horizons. If that was your first thought from reading the title, as you may assume from a video game crazy man, then I’m afraid you have been misled. Talking about being misled I think I’ve been reading too many popular gaming websites these days, sprouting their attention grabbing headlines and filling my noggin with so many factoids about nothing in particular that for some reason I feel like I actually learned something useful.
Where did that chip come from? Who cares it tastes great!
So in case you didn’t notice, I’m on my soapbox today. The reason this happened is because for the first time in many years I decided to read GamesMaster magazine, my childhood publication of choice. This magazine fundamentally grew my enjoyment of gaming at a very early age into a love and a passion. I read every inch of every magazine and absorbed all the cross platform goodness even though I only owned a Gameboy and later, a Playstation. But that didn’t matter to me, what I was reading was and still is good wholesome material about games that reminds me of a time when I didn’t care about achievements, multiplayer high scores or internet hits. I feel like I’ve become too bogged down in exclusivity and review scores lately and GamesMaster has been a welcome change to the OXM’s, OPM’s and 10 out of 10’s.
I started writing because of my love for gaming and I started gaming when I was old enough to hold a Gameboy, which was harder than it sounds, as Gameboy’s were chunky grey bricks back then. Lately it feels as if this passion has been dimmed due to, in my opinion, an un-founded feeling of needing to be faithful to my platform. GamesMaster has opened my eyes to the world I have been missing, the plethora of accessible technology and platform variance.
It has also reminded me of a time when I used to read articles because they meant something to me, not because they were top news items, or because I thought it was something that someone else needed to hear, or because I was sponsored to do so (which I most certainly am not). Because I was open minded and interested and passionate.
My writing is for me a means to show what I am passionate about and that’s not what it’s been thus far. I am always looking to improve when I can, learn when I can and from now on, try my best write in a way that presents this passion to the reader.
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
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
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.
GamesMaster magazine, never heard of this o0!
It's published and sold in UK only. GamesMaster was originally a TV show, the first ever in the UK to be solely dedicated to video games. The show continued as the magazine was first published in 1993 when I was 6!
You may have heard of its sister publication Edge?