2020

31

Dec

By Seasoned Gaming

Articles

The 2020 SG Awards : Full Recap and List of Winners

In the first annual SG Awards Show, the SG Crew came together to celebrate the best, and our favorite, games of 2020!   You can find the live show along with the full list of nominees and winners below. Thank you to all of those who participated! https://youtu.be/7YQDwVYgxUs Best RPG…

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01

Oct

By Seasoned Gaming

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World of Warcraft Shadowlands Delayed Until Late 2020

In the latest major delay due to the pandemic, the highly anticipated Shadowlands expansion for World of Warcraft has been delayed until later in 2020. The development team offered the following statement. Our Take We feel like we've said it many times but we'll say again; we're not surprised. The…

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13

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

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Flight Simulator Lands on Xbox Game Pass for PC in August

After admiring the gorgeous videos and screenshots for months now, aspiring pilots will have their chance to hit the runway next month. Flight Simulator launches on PC, including Game Pass, on August 18th. You can find the official site here as well as the latest trailer below. https://youtu.be/TYqJALPVn0Y Our Take…

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09

Jun

By Elliot Porter

Articles

Is E3 Gone Forever?

This week was meant to be the biggest week of the gaming calendar in 2020. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the gaming industry was preparing for E3 2020 in Los Angeles. All to celebrate a very important year for video games ahead of the upcoming console generation. Things have obviously…

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21

May

By Seasoned Gaming

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2020 Special Olympics Announces Xbox Virtual Gaming Event

Microsoft and the Special Olympics have worked together since 2014 and with the on-going pandemic, what better time to collaborate on a virtual gaming event. "With athletic training and competitions currently postponed due to COVID-19, Special Olympics is looking for new ways to connect, compete, and just have fun. Enveloping…

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13

May

By Seasoned Gaming

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PlayStation Fiscal Results : Digital Growth and Continued PS4 Success

This morning it was PlayStation's turn to speak to their fiscal results for 2019. For Sony, there's a mix of both positive and negative news here. The positive is a mix of continued sales of the PS4 even late in its life cycle, while PSN Plus subscriptions and digital content…

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05

May

By Seasoned Gaming

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Activision-Blizzard Posts Nearly $1 Billion in Revenue from Microtransactions in the First Quarter

If you ever wondered why so many games have in-game transactions nowadays, here you go. Activision-Blizzard released its quarterly earnings report today and among the figures, the most notable is the increase in revenue from "in-game net bookings", aka micro-transactions, in the first quarter of 2020. As reported: In-game net…

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20

Apr

By Seasoned Gaming

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Rumors Heat Up

There's been chatter around the industry of the new Assassin's Creed for some time now, with almost all of them pointing towards a viking themed titled. If the latest rumors are to be believed, that holds true along with several other interesting tidbits. According to multiple sources, the official reveal…

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16

Apr

By Seasoned Gaming

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PlayStation 5 : An Update on Pricing, Production Issues, and Promotional Plans

We've talked extensively on how Sony has been unusually quiet regarding the PlayStation 5 to date. It seems that their original plans may have been disrupted after all. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the global COVID-19 outbreak impacted Sony's plans in how the PlayStation 5 was going to…

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19

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

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Rumor : Call of Duty 2020 is a Black Ops Reboot

The latest Call of Duty rumor is here and as we always say, we don't typically report on such things. However, given what we've been provided this seems to have validity. As we know, the upcoming Call of Duty for 2020 is going to be developed by Treyarch as Activision…

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11

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

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E3 2020 Officially Cancelled : Details and an Update on our Plans

While we were notified yesterday, we were waiting for the ESA's official announcement before posting. That came this morning. Per the ESA: "After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry--our fans, our employees, our exhibitors and our longtime E3 partners--we have…

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28

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

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Game Developers Conference Postponed due to Concerns over Coronavirus

It's now official, GDC 2020 has been formally postponed. The following statement was issued. As you can likely imagine, there are a lot of logistics to work out with the announcement. Here are some of the core details: All tickets will be refunded (will take some time to process). Speakers…

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12

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

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(Corrected) Nintendo will be in Attendance at E3

UPDATE 2: The ESA has offered a statement regarding attendees at E3 2020 which includes Nintendo (and Xbox for that matter). This is reassuring to see and we're now curious what is meant by Xbox as Xbox hasn't been on the E3 show floor for a couple of years now.…

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31

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

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Nintendo Confirms No New Switch Model in 2020

Contrary to both rumors and the hopes of many, including us, Nintendo has confirmed that they will not be releasing a new Switch model in 2020. President Shuntaro Furukawa stated "We have no plans to launch a new Nintendo Switch model in 2020" during a briefing in Tokyo.  But Furukawa…

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29

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

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Microsoft Reports on Xbox Gaming Revenue for the 2nd Quarter

This afternoon, Microsoft held it's quarterly earnings call and as we always do here at SG, we tune in and then summarize the core findings as they relate to Xbox (as we also do for PlayStation and Nintendo). Gaming revenue was $3.3 billion (down 21% year over year). Microsoft attributes…

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