In 2017, during DotA 2’s premier tournament, The International, Valve took the opportunity to tease their newest project. The crowd waited with bated breath as the word “Artifact” flashed across the screen underneath a snazzy logo. Their excited gasps quickly turned into a chorus of boos as the rest of the teaser played, revealing the…
The highly anticipated release of Borderlands 3 is almost upon us and fans everywhere are beyond excited for the latest introduction to their beloved series. Ten years ago in 2009, an emerging genre was defined by the release of the original Borderlands. Critics at the time were calling the game “Diablo-inspired”, little did they know…
Roll 20 – Tabletop Gaming in UCC and Cork Across UCC’s sprawling campus, there is a spirited and active gaming community that contains people of all experience levels. Tabletop gaming is exploding in popularity globally and Cork is no exception to this phenomenon, any aspiring adventurer or master tactician will have no trouble jumping right…
Writes Jack Coleman The sun has set on another Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), an annual event held in Los Angeles where developers get together and try to sell you on their games, many of which don’t even exist yet. A common story that arises every year is who came out on top, who ‘won’ E3?…
2019 could still prove to be on of UCC’s most prosperous years for gamers. With greater opportunities to come, this article will sum up some of these: Netsoc UCC Netsoc will continue to offer weekly gaming events, ranging from tournaments to more casual gaming. All events will be placed on social media before hand so…
Disappointment for UCC Esports as the League of Legends squad failed to qualify for the next round of Irish Collegiate Esports. A combination of bad luck and overaggressive plays resulted in the Netsoc Rebels missing out on a place in the knockout stages by one point despite their hugely positive start. The team’s third game…
Last week saw the announcement of the Google Stadia, a console which I covered in this paper a few months back when it was leaked under the code name ‘Project Stream’. Stadia is without a doubt an ambitious project and stands at a level of innovation that the industry is crying out for in its…
Just a week after its formation, The UCC Esports team was met with some disappointing news. Due to issues with other colleges, the inter collegiate Overwatch Tournament was cancelled. The team were obviously disappointed, but will be given another opportunity to represent UCC during the summer Overwatch tournament. This left the Rebels’ League of Legends…
Violent video games are nothing new. Wolfenstein (1992), Doom (1993) and Mortal Kombat (1992) are all household names in the video game communities. As technological advances lead to more and more realistic video games, the violence that games portrays becomes much more real also. This article is not here to debate whether or not this…
Violent video games are nothing new. Wolfenstein (1992), Doom (1993) and Mortal Kombat (1992) are all household names in the video game communities. As technological advances lead to more and more realistic video games, the violence that games portrays becomes much more real also. This article is not here to debate whether or not this…