Middle-earth: Shadow of War came out on October 10, 2017. Two hundred eighty days later, it is now free of all…

When the video game Shadow of Mordor was released in late 2014, its most marvelous trait was its Nemesis System.…

The ship may have sailed on Shadow of War, a messy sequel received angrily by fans and a game that has taken six…

QUOTE | “Simply being aware that they are available for purchase reduces the immersion in the world and takes away…

Middle Earth: Shadow of War, a game whose loot box system helped spark 2017's backlash against the practice, is…

It’s not the loot boxes that bummed me out about October’s Shadow of War. When playing the game, you can easily…

Five of my orcs died in Shadow of War yesterday. I callously dropped them, one by one, into the game’s new online…

The original Super Mario Bros., which was a pretty well-liked video game, didn’t tell players the button commands…

Video games will always manipulate us. Each challenge and scenario in a game has been carefully engineered to make…

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2017 has changed Mario for me, and not just because he might be mind-controlling poor Goombas. Nintendo has told me…

Shadow of War’s huge orc variety is one of the most impressive things about the game. In my dozens and dozens of…

Over the past few weeks, as randomized loot boxes have dominated the conversation surrounding this fall’s video…

When Shadow of Mordor released in 2014, its “nemesis system” was brilliant enough that many people hoped it would…

Ever since reviews of Shadow of War hit, talk of loot boxes and microtransactions have been heavy with panic and…

Forget the nemesis system, loot boxes, or the well of charisma that is Talion of Middle-Earth, the element of the new…

Microsoft showed off its Xbox holiday line-up at a showcase in Manhattan last week. They spotlit several games and…

Last week’s feel-good news that Shadow Of War developer Monolith is commemorating the game’s late executive…

On March 3rd, Monolith executive producer Michael Forgey died of cancer. The staff at Monolith announced yesterday…