Category: Gaming
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Destiny ends in iron
BY JESSE CABRAL Bungie has released the final expansion for its highly successful first-person shooter Destiny. With the launch of Rise of Iron, Destiny now has four expansions since its release in September, 2014. With news of Destiny 2 on the horizon, this looks to be the final expansion for the beloved game. Within Rise…
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Google’s AlphaGo sweeps Go pro Lee Sedol 3-0
BY COLE WATSON Last week The Sheridan Sun live-blogged the third Go match between Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo program and Lee Sedol, the top player of the past decade. Sedol had already lost the first two games in the best of five series and needed to win this match if he had any chance of winning…
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Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow revisited 20 years later
BY JESSICA ROVEDA The year is 1996. Kids all around the world are glued to the screens of their Nintendo Game Boys. Fast forward 20 years to 2016. The same kids, now all grown up, are attached to their Nintendo DSs for the same reason: Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow versions. As part of Pokemon’s…
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Street Fighter V review: The game has evolved
BY COLE WATSON Enter the arena, train as hard as you can and rise the ranks to become the strongest world warrior in Street Fighter V. It has been eight long years since Capcom’s iconic fighting game franchise received a new entry and the wait was well worth it for fans. The battles remain intense,…
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Sony’s PlayStation keynote has lack of internal support
STORY AND VIDEO BY COLE WATSON Sony’s keynote presentation last week at PlayStation Experience in San Francisco gave exciting new announcements and details why gamers should stick with the PlayStation 4 for the coming years but it also left them asking what are the internal studios up to and why didn’t we see their games?…
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Fallout 4: Welcome home vault dwellers
BY COLE WATSON It has been a long five years since gamers first explored the bustling strip of Fallout New Vegas. Now vault-dwellers everywhere can safely come out of cryo sleep for the latest entry in Bethesda’s critically acclaimed franchise, Fallout 4. Fallout 4 opens with players creating their own character in the commonwealth of…
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Black Ops III: A return to form
BY ANDREW GOULART For years, the Call of Duty franchise has been under fire from gamers who claim the series has stagnated. They say it’s the same game every year. Black Ops III puts those claims to rest. The game, released on Nov. 6, reversed the series’ annual sales decline. It made $550 million during…
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The future of entertainment may be in your face
STORY BY ANDREW GOULART Imagine you’re sitting at your desk. There are papers strewn about and some empty wrappers from those Halloween candies you ate last night. The floor is littered with clothes. The walls are the same boring colour they’ve always been. There’s an odd-looking headset on your desk. You put it on and…
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Halo: 5 Guardians makes its debut
STORY BY CHELSEA HOGG Since the franchise began more than 14 years ago, Halo has released over eight full-length games and one anniversary edition game. The latest release, Halo 5: Guardians, was released Oct. 27 at midnight all over the world. Sam Bailie, 19, purchased the game on Day One and has since completed it. “I wasn’t really…
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League of Legends: Champion comparison
INFOGRAPHIC BY MARK ELGIE Looking to get into League of Legends this fall and don’t know what champion to call your own? The following infographic might assist you in making an informed decision on which one to pick.
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The League Lives
STORY BY MARK ELGIE The League is almost here. The League of Bruins, that is. After testing the waters with two pilot events last season, the Sheridan League of Legends intramurals are set to begin in October. It’s a project that has been in the works since 2013, when the idea for an e-sports team…
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League of Legends intramurals seeking all Sheridan summoners
STORY BY MARK ELGIE We are all Sheridan Bruins. That was the underlying philosophy behind a League of Legends competition held at Trafalgar campus last Friday. The event was held to gauge interest in a potential League of Legends intramural team, in a bid to expand the Bruins community. “We were really looking at alternatives to the…