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December 28th, 2020 Kris Naudus / Nintendo Unlike most other forms of entertainment, video games weren’t hit as hard this year. Sure, the big live events like E3 and EVO were cancelled, but gaming is an activity enjoyed by most at home. That means the majority of big releases — like Doom Eternal, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Final Fantasy VII Remake — were able to go on as scheduled. But unlike previous years, them and their ilk didn’t drive the conversation in 2020. With live sports and movie theaters shut down, lots of people who normally wouldn’t consider themselves “gam...

Source: Windows Central / Zackery Cuevas Huge, AAA games once again dominated headlines in 2020, even if it wasn't always for the best. It makes sense, since these are the titles that dominate conversation in the gaming industry. They're the biggest, flashiest, and most expensive and whether we like it or not, they steer trends. However, 2020 was a bit different. Sure games like The Last of Us Part 2 won all the categories at The Game Awards and Cyberpunk 2077 broke pre-order records, but the real conversations in gaming this year involved much smaller titles. A lof of the big successes this ...

'); } As stay-at-home orders spread across the world in February to March, Chicago-based game developer Jackbox Games found itself in an unusual position. While it chose to send its developers home to work remotely, players were tuning in from all over the world to play their party games. A lot of players. According to CEO Mike Bilder, the company's traffic has been at holiday levels every day since about March 13th.  Through Zoom, Discord, and every other platform you can think of, all kinds of people are playing the Jackbox Party Packs at unprecedented levels. For a company that built...

So many of us are lonely during this holiday season. We may be sick, or have sick family members. Or maybe everyone in your family is healthy, and you’re being responsible by not having a large gathering. It’s going to be a difficult holiday without a safe way to see our loved ones. Which is where games come in. These 10 online games from Microsoft’s Game Pass Ultimate service all offer that sense of community and togetherness that we may be missing during this holiday season. A good game, played with friends and family, is a shared experience; you’re all (hopefully) emotionally inv...

Posted on Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for December 23rd, 2020. It’s the day before the day before Christmas, and you would think the new releases and sales would be slowing down. But no, still an awful lot to look at today. If you caught yesterday’s article, you may already know that I was at the hospital today. It wasn’t quite as long as I thought it would be, but it was still long enough that today’s feature is a bit lighter than it may have been. Let’s check it out! News