Middle-earth: Shadow of War kills loot boxes with new update
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released a free update for Middle-earth: Shadow of War that removes the open-world game’s microtransaction store. Shadow of War came...
Shadow of War unsheathes the Blade of Galadriel expansion
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released Blade of Galadriel, a new story expansion for Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the big-budget video game released last October...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The year single-player games became chores
One of the great debates of 2017 is the “death of the single-player game,” a conversation that flared up when EA cancelled Visceral’s untitled...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2017
We had another wonderful year of creativity and smash hits in the $116 billion game business in 2017. My favorite games of the year...
It’s an open, open, open, open world as Assassin’s Creed and Middle-earth dominate
Middle-earth: Shadow of War stood tallest in a month of big games, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Assassin’s Creed: Origins was just...
Amy Jo Kim: Designers should listen to super fans, not super haters
If you’ve worked in games and technology long enough, you have your super fans, the people who you can turn to when you’re designing...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War: Creative director explains controversial endings (spoilers)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is getting a some flack for the way its story ends. But the ending isn’t the problem. Rather, it’s the fact that...
The British Parliament is examining the loot-box model in video games
Loot boxes in video games like Forza Motorsport 7 and Middle-earth: Shadow of War are raising a debate about business models in the gaming...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War’s PC players unlock unlimited loot boxes with cheat app
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is one of a handful of games that is attracting negative attention right now for offering players loot boxes they can...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War review — a grind as epic as its story
Any review of Middle-earth: Shadow of War has to acknowledge that it is a monumental achievement from developer Monolith and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive...