The best games writing from around the web. Good Games Writing Weekly is a round-up of the best writing on games and related fields from around the web. Some themes…
Nothing new for heavy hitting franchises. A pair of major gaming franchises got picked up for the manga and comics treatment recently. Yen Press announced they acquired a rights to…
Play anything, anywhere Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division, released a sprawling mission statement this week. At the core of it, one message was clear: The future…
Monotonous Monopoly. The legendary plumber turns 35 this year and while the world waits with bated breath for news of a rumoured re-release of the greatest Mario games, Nintendo has…
Breaking the fourth wall. Why would kids actively enjoy steeping themselves in the worlds of happy-go-lucky characters whose lives are disrupted and ripped apart instead of being creeped out and…
Zoom zoom. Google has been playing with its Google Meet videoconferencing tool throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even adding some of its enterprise level tools to free accounts, and upgrading the…
Don’t get lost in Anubis. Overwatch is celebrating all things musical with its latest event. Sigma’s Maestro Challenge will see players battling it out to earn a new icon, emote,…
Changes big and small. Civilization VI will continue its quest for world domination for the next year and the latest part of the New Frontier Pass keeps raising the stakes.…
Prestige branding. LEGO and Nintendo are coming together to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System with a massive LEGO set building the console, life-size controller, a Game…
15 overall new additions. A stunning array of new sites have been designated UNESCO Global Geoparks, recognizing their “international geological significance”, UNESCO announced late last week. Canada, China, and Spain…