Call of Duty: WWII Really Wants You to Embrace Loot Boxes.

Two weeks ago I talked about how bad loot boxes suck, and the recent release of the latest installment in the Call of Duty series seems to be proving my point even further.

Are Single Player Experiences Really Dead?

When Electronic Arts(EA) announced last week that Visceral Games would be closing and their Amy Hennig lead Star Wars project would be refocused to more of a multiplayer experience at a different studio, people started to worry this was a sign of the end of single player experiences. A recent article by Kotaku shines some light on what happened at Visceral Games.

Loot Boxes Suck, Right?

On Tuesday, Waypoint writer Patrick Klepek posted an article titled The Organizations That Could Do Something About Loot Boxes Don’t Care. Reading this article I realized something, though I always didn’t agree with them, loot boxes REALLY suck, right?

Media Giant IGN Buys Humble Bundle: What Comes Next?

This morning, Humble Co-founder and CEO Jeffery Rosen announced in a blog post that Humble Bundle would be joining the IGN family. What does the media giant acquiring the company mean for the status of their charity first driven bundles?

Ubisoft’s Fight Against Hostile Takeover Continues

It’s no secret that French multinational media conglomerate Vivendi has been trying to gain a majority stake in Ubisoft every since a hostile takeover bid was backed by Gameloft in 2016. It’s been an uphill battle for Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, but the scales finally seem to be tipping in their favor.

The Games as a Service Boom.

Earlier this week Mitch Dyer, one of two writers on the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II, posted a very interesting thread of tweets talking about the recent explosion of games as a service within the Video game industry and it really got me thinking.

Do Video Games Have a Place in Education?

Earlier this week Kotaku posted an article about a company who wants to “Replace textbooks with video games”. That poses an interesting thought, could video games be the next step for education?

What is Hit Start?

Hello and welcome to the very first post of Hit Start!