A Viewpoint

      Great games are made of great gameplay, and what we call the overall gameplay experience is essentially a wide range of individual mechanics’ that the player gets to perform over and over throughout the course of a game. But there are some gameplay mechanics’ that stand out as far more enjoyable and satisfying than others, so much so that they become the sole reason for replaying the game over and over again. And at the nucleus of all truly great videogames are these unique and memorable gameplay mechanics’ that feel exciting and rewarding every single time you do them and never really get old. And this article is about celebrating those timeless gameplay mechanics’ that have also made the games they’ve appeared in some of the greatest in videogame history. They’ve been ranked according to their ingenuity and re-playability, so let’s dive in.      7. Maximum Armor (the Crysis series) : This is more of a personal favorite but I've always found t...

The first story driven downloadable content for the newly released Batman: Arkham Knight is Batgirl: A Matter of Family and will be available on July 14 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for those who bought the game's season pass. For those without the season pass, the DLC will make it's way after a week on July 21 for £6. This particular piece of add-on content was developed by Warner Bros. Montreal, the developer of Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013. However, Warner Bros. has confirmed that later DLC's of Batman: Arkham Knight will be developed by Rocksteady, the developer behind the acclaimed Batman Arkham Trilogy. Batgirl: A Matter of Family can be seen as a prequel to the Arkham trilogy as the events of the DLC take place before the first game of the series, Batman: Arkham Asylum. The DLC also enables the players to step into the shoes of Batgirl for the first time in the series. The DLC will take it's players to an entirely new location, with all new missio...

In an attempt to address the terrible performance issues in the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight, Warner Bros. and developer Rocksteady have effectively suspended all sales of the PC version of the title. Warner Bros. announced the decision on their official forums yesterday. We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. We take these issues very seriously and have therefore decided to suspend future game sales of the PC version while we work to address these issues to satisfy our quality standards. We greatly value our customers and know that while there are a significant amount of players who are enjoying the game on PC, we want to do whatever we can to make the experience better for PC players overall.  The publisher also stated that players can request a refund through Steam or even from the retail store where the game was purchased, if they want.  Warner also expressed gratitude to the...