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Even large publishers like Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo normally prefer to release more games on a shorter development cycle, spending less in both development and marketing for each. It's pretty normal that those games will go on to sell fewer copies, but this doesn't make them irrelevant (or less profitable) when combi


This incident has provided a good opportunity for Riot Games to adjust their policy regarding voice talent. While it might distract slightly from the game itself, making news of their voice actors only stands to increase the profile and popularity of _ League of Legends _ . A hire such as James Faulkner, who already has a significant foothold in fantasy entertainment as Tarly, would make for enticing news out of Riot. As mentioned in Gilliam’s piece, it is also widely rumored that Patrick Warburton provides the voice of

While these bizarre choices to keep certain games longer in the dark than others could be interpreted as Sony having faith in their first-parties to be big sellers without any additional marketing above and beyond the necessary, it instead tends to come across as ignorance at the clear bounty Sony has at their disposal. Fortunately, Sony’s mistakes during the past year have the luxury of being labeled as an "off-year" and can be completely disregarded as Sony continues to make plans for the next year in marketing. If Sony can reinstate a focus on E3 and PSX being the dates for fans to salivate at, and making sure their first-party titles can present something substantial in-between these six month gaps in at least one of the two events, as Sony has proven they can over the past few years, the publisher can return to being the giant to topple at some of the year’s biggest industry events.


Are they the most relevant factor compared to giants like Call of Duty or Star Wars ? Certainly not, but they are still a factor. One of the reasons why the PS4 has been so successful this generation is the sheer amount of variety it offers to its customers. You don't just have the high-budget shooters and the AAA action-adventures, but you also have plenty of creative indies and a constellation of Japanese games, which add plenty of often quirky flavor to the lin


The voice of Swain from League of Legends has been uncovered, and it is a notable Game of Thrones ** actor** . The Grand General of Noxus was voiced by longtime actor James Faulkner. Faulkner is perhaps best recognized currently as Randyll Tarly from HBO’s _ Game of Thrones


There is a reason why Phil Spencer travels periodically to Japan to persuade local publishers to put their games on Xbox One, despite its abysmal sales in the country. He doesn't fly halfway around the world to push the console on the local market, but because Microsoft is well aware of the fact that that it's lagging a bit behind in terms of diversity on the worldwide scene, and Japanese games can help address t


The game is inspired by the time period and historical reality, but it's still an original story set in Sucker Punch's version of that world. It's not a "historical simulation," so there are fictional characters and events, but it's still important to capture the tone of the


_ League of Legends _ , the long-running and massively popular MOBA, is made by game company Riot Games. Riot traditionally does not credit voice actors for their work publicly, and instead only acknowledges the talent after the actors themselves reveal their work. The gaming world was clued in to Faulkner’s work by a reddit post by a Spideraxe30 showing a Twitter interaction between Faulkner and another user. Faulkner, apparently unaware of Riot’s practice of crediting voice talent, coyly acknowledged his work on the game and lamented the lack of acknowledgement on Riot’s p


Harper thought for a moment that he'd lose his job, and Fox describes it as the "freak-out moment" at Sucker Punch, but luckily no one else picked the news up. The much-feared leak mentioned yesterday by Shuhei Yoshida did not hap


Interestingly, Nate Fox asked the audience at the end of the panel if they would be interested in playing the Strategy Game Rankings|Https://Strategynewsbase.Com/ with Japanese dialogue, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Fox followed up with "noted." Looks like my wish might actually come tr


It’s been a month since we announced our newest title, Ghost of Tsushima. Here at Sucker Punch, we’ve watched so many reaction videos and read many of your comments with smiles on our faces, so we thought PSX was a great opportunity to share a little more with you


They cover the games that are part of popular franchises, that have AAA or AA-level production values, and big marketing budgets, ignoring those that don't have those perks. Of course, this is another factor that translates more or less directly into sales, or lack of ther


There's no denying that eSports will continue to rapidly grow for the foreseeable future. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds ' eSports community is only just getting started, the huge, expensive Overwatch League doesn't start until next year, League of Legends is franchising its North American league next year, and it feels like a AAA game isn't launched these days without some consideration for eSpo