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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) was last week and Stella got to be one of the 30,000+ attendees. While at GDC, Stella was super busy and signed up for a ton of meetings and hands-on demo time. There’s over 400 exhibitors at GDC so getting through the show floor takes the full week. However, there were some really great standouts that Stella wanted to bring some light to so these are the best demos Stella played at GDC.
On this episode of Snap Aim, Stella and her editor Ivan Rodriguez chat about The Hidden Ones and the latest closed beta that went live. @InfantryInk is an expert fighting games player and got some hands-on time with The Hidden Ones and he discusses the mechanics, gameplay, and more compared to other fighting games. The Hidden Ones is set to release sometime this year 2025 and as a free-to-play model with NO gacha mechanics in unlocking characters.
WB Games just shut down Monolith Productions (Shadow of Mordor), Player First Games (MultiVersus), and WB San Diego (mobile/free to play games) this Tuesday February 25, 2025. The Wonder Woman game in development by Monolith is now cancelled and the question of who owns the Nemesis System is up in the air. Here's the breakdown on who owns the system and what will happen in the future with the WB Games universe.
NetEase Games, developer of Marvel Rivals, laid off their Seattle-based team this week after posting the next season update for the live service project. Not all of the names of those affected have been publicized but in this episode of Snap Aim, we dive into those named, NetEase's earnings in the last year, and why NetEase would dissolve their US team.
In this episode of Snap Aim, Stella sits down with three Respawn developers to chat about the process behind creating Apex Legends content and changes. She talks with Josh Mohan, Associate Design Director, Eric Canavese, Lead Battle Royale Designer, and John Larson, Game Designer.
The 2025 League of The Americas (LTA) season just started a few days ago on the 18th and has brought a huge overhaul to the League of Legends esports scene. Stella Chung got to sit down with Mark Zimmerman (MarkZ), the commissioner of the LTA, and chat about why the changes were made, why now was the right time for the update, and how the fan response has been to the overall LTA rebrand.
This episode of Snap Aim is full of lots of legal speak and Stella goes through all the specifications of why the US Department of Defense is required to name all Chinese military companies operating in the US, how they're specified to be on that list, and if Tencent belongs on that list.
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is a great example of how some movie concepts are hard to truly replicate with balanced elements to a video game. However, The Great Circle could be a good place for Indiana Jones to continue coming back for more video games. Here's my review of The Great Circle.
While the latest Marvel Rivals Winter Celebration update brings in a new game mode and holiday cheer, the update also angered fans by getting rid of the ability to remove mouse acceleration. Here are the details on what happened.
So many games have been announced from The Game Awards and I listed all of them and provided as much of a description as I could to each game that was publicly written.
Ubisoft announced this week that they would be ceasing support to XDefiant, the free to play FPS FPS that released back in May 2024. Along with this news, Ubisoft also announced the closure of their SF studio and the layoffs of 143 people.
Snap Aim Podcast episode 29 coming at you with a spicy take on if video game DLCs and Expansions should be considered for Game of The Year Awards instead of being in its own category. This episode comes a few days after The Game Awards decided to change their rules to allow for a DLC to be considered for their Game of The Year Award which has divided the gaming community's opinions.
The Australian government just proposed a ban on social media from kids aged 16 and under. Here's the breakdown of that news and why it could be good (or bad).
Episode 27 of Snap Aim Podcast is here and I'm talking all about the Nintendo leaks that include the codename of the next Nintendo Switch console, a lawsuit against Bungie claiming they stole someone's content for their Red War expansion, and Nintendo's new clock Alarmo needing a Nintendo Online subscription to work properly.
Welcome to Episode 25 of Snap Aim. Stella chats with Mark Medina about the PS5 Pro and whether or not they'll be buying it.
