Animal Crossing: New Horizons gains a dark underbelly
Just what is wrong with you people?! Will anyone ever play Animal Crossing: New Horizons the way it was intended ever again, or will we have to out you lot every single week? On the surface, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is as unassuming and frothy as games come. The painterly villages are filled with adorable...
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Is cross platform marketing the new key to owning the charts?
Call it sheer dumb luck or a stroke of marketing genius, either way Travis Scott may have given us a peak at the future of clout chasing in the music industry. With more registered players than the entire US population, it’s safe to say Fortnite was no flash in the pan. Developers Epic Games...
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: a definitive next gen title?
After a two-year stint away, Ubisoft is finally ready to show us the fruits of their labour with a first gameplay reveal of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Well, that trailer reveal was certainly something wasn’t it? Vikings... we did tell you so, though ‘Ragnarök’ was a ways off. Instead, the 12th instalment of the franchise will be called Assassin’s Creed Valhalla,...
How Xbox Game Pass became a major hit
Bringing a Netflix style subscription to the world of gaming may have once seemed a little overzealous, but Xbox has found just the right formula for success. In the summer of 2017, Microsoft took a leap of faith by announcing a brand-new subscription service: Xbox Game Pass. And I remember being...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons hilariously slashes in-game interest rates
Are games getting a little too realistic these days? If you’re worried about the economic fallout being caused by the COVID-19 virus and are looking for distractions, Animal Crossing: New Horizons really isn’t offering much in the way of escapism. In line with the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of England, the...
The Last of Us Part II gets new release date after major leaks
Director Neil Druckmann is ‘heartbroken’ but maintains that major leaks of The Last of Us Part II will not spoil the experience come release. Having being delayed indefinitely earlier this month, we now have an official release date for The Last of Us Part II. But was Naughty Dogs’ hand forced, and why is...
PlayStation 5 controller finally revealed
We’ve yet to get a proper look at the PlayStation 5, but the new controller suggests we’re likely to see a drastic design change from last gen consoles. With the Xbox Series X's official unveiling happening back in December 2019, Sony were expected to follow suit shortly after. However, here we sit four months later with nought to go on but unconfirmed devkit mock-ups of the PlayStation 5. Today, we’re excited to say we’ve finally...
You can now use Google Stadia for free
After flopping at release, Google is hoping more people get on board with its gaming streaming service by making it free. Believe it or not, there was actually a period of time where we were pretty excited for Stadia at Thred. We wrote a lot about it during the build up to launch. Google gave us plenty of reasons to be hyped about this new, Netflix lookalike service that had...
COVID-19 to derail next gen console launches?
With Nintendo’s Switch production grinding to a halt in Japan due to global concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, could the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X be pushed back too? As if you even needed telling, Sony and Microsoft are again readying their revolutionary machines to usher in the next generation of console gaming, with both the PS5 and Xbox Series X slated for launch before the holiday season rolls...
The top gaming trends of 2020
This year we’re likely to see more people streaming, using cloud gaming, picking up consoles, and mobile might see a resurgence too. 2020 is likely to be an interesting year for the gaming industry, given that the next generation of consoles are just around the corner and a multitude of big releases are set to close off the PS4 and Xbox One nicely. And, while Google’s Stadia launch went less than smoothly, the...
