I was wondering where everyone went to get news, reviews, trailers, etc. IGN has always left a bad taste in my mouth with their seemingly bias reviews. I used to go to the gaming, games, Xbox, and a couple other smaller niche subreddits to gather the vast majority of the info. Now I’d like some advice on what others favorite sites are. Bonus points if it has an app. Thanks!

  • PewDiePie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, like most people in this thread I use RSS:

    • Blue’s News
    • Frontline
    • Eurogamer
    • Game Developer
    • Games Industry
    • Gaming on Linux
    • Gematsu
    • Noisy Pixel
    • RetroRGB
    • Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    • Terry’s Free Game of the Week
    • Time Extension
    • Video Games Chronicle
    • Warp Door

    There’s also YouTube channels like ManlyBadassHero, SplatterCatGaming and AlphaBetaGamer that are great at showcasing more niche games.

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    1 year ago

    For general gaming news, I go with Jeff Gerstmann and the Nextlander guys. For more technically focused stuff, it’s hard to beat Digital Foundry and their methodology of focusing on the user experience over benchmark numbers. I think all of those folks have been around long enough to be above chasing the hype cycle for traffic and they all have context from decades of being in the industry. Rich from DF started working in games media in 1990 and Jeff started working at Gamespot in 1996. It’s hard to find other folks who have been in the industry that long and still working in games coverage.

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    1 year ago

    Usually The Verge or Ars Technica. They’re not dedicated gaming sites by any means, but they cover enough for me. If I want to see gameplay, I watch IGN reviews, but I take their commentary with a grain of salt.

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      1 year ago

      I like Ars. For videos/reviews I personally like Skillup, ACG, and Eurogamer mostly, also digital foundry. Plus the official channels for the various consoles.

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      1 year ago

      Ars does fantastic work. Their coverage of space and rocketry especially. Just watch out for the wired articles that get crossposted. Many of those are just not good