Hacking is never a good thing. Whenever someone gets hacked, be it a social media company, a business, or a gaming company, people’s details get lost, stolen, or compromised. Hacking is a criminal activity carried about by people with malevolent intentions, and it should never be applauded when it happens. After it has happened, though, nothing can be done to limit the circulation of any stolen information that’s reached the internet. Once it’s in the public domain, it will inevitably end up becoming common knowledge. Unfortunately for Capcom, that’s what happened when their systems were compromised in mid-November.

In the first few days after Capcom confirmed the attack had taken place, all of the attention was on what risk – if any – might be posed to people whose data is stored on Capcom servers. The answer to that question is still unclear. Capcom believes that some information relating to up to three hundred and fifty thousand people might have been accessed, but there’s no suggestion that any complete records or financial information were taken. Now that panic has passed, the press (and the wider gaming world) have turned their attention to what information about the company’s future plans has been gleaned from the hack. As it turns out, there appears to be quite a lot of new information to be learned about the long-awaited next game in the globally-popular “Street Fighter” series, “Street Fighter 6.”

Fans have been waiting for a new edition of the game for almost five years. “Street Fighter 5” suffered from numerous problems when it was released and initially garnered negative reviews. Capcom has spent much of the past few years trying to make up for those problems by releasing new content, fine-tuning the game, and making sure that everyone who paid for it ultimately felt like they’d got value for their money. They’ve mostly succeeded in that task, but the game is starting to look and feel its age. That’s not to mention the account that a new generation of game consoles has been launched this year. It was generally expected that a new “Street Fighter” game would appear in either late 2021 or early 2022 – and that speculation wasn’t misplaced. The leaked information that’s reached the internet confirms that’s the current plan – and that’s not all that it confirms.

In addition to confirming that “Street Fighter 6” is currently slated for a late 2021 release, the documents we’ve seen online confirm that the series will be returning to the Microsoft Xbox. To the surprise of everybody (and for reasons that never became entirely clear), the fifth edition of the game was only ever released for PCs and the PlayStation 4. There hasn’t been a new edition of “Street Fighter” for the Xbox since the days of the Xbox 360. That right will be wronged by the next version of the game, which will be available for not only the PS4 and Xbox Series X but also for their predecessors, the PS4 and the Xbox One.

The news that the game is still on target for 2021 will come as a surprise to some people who’ve been paying attention to news of its development within the past twelve months. Although Capcom never comments on rumors, there were widespread reports a few months ago that the proposed sixth game hadn’t been received well by play-testers and that Capcom had become unhappy with the direction taken by producer Yoshinori Ono. Ono has subsequently left the project, and the “Street Fighter” franchise is under new management. The beta version of the game that play-testers have seen is thought to have been all-but scrapped, which, if true, would have led to significant delays. If any delays have occurred – and if there’s any truth to those rumors at all – Capcom has recovered sufficiently from the issues to tentatively put the game back on the 2021 calendar. As always, though, any such stories should be viewed with suspicion until Capcom issues an official statement.

While that completes the round-up of everything new we’ve discovered about “Street Fighter 6” recently, it doesn’t tell you everything that’s going on with “Street Fighter” in general at the moment. Aside from the sixth game in the series, Capcom has also been hard at work on a Capcom “mini arcade” that will feature classic games from the development company’s back catalog – and that naturally means that the miniature game system will come pre-loaded with “Street Fighter 2.” In fact, it comes pre-loaded with no fewer than four different versions of “Street Fighter 2.” Entitled the “Capcom Retro Station,” the system will include the original “Street Fighter 2” plus “Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition,” “Super Street Fighter 2,” and the hyper-charged final incarnation of the game “Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.” That’s in addition to other Capcom classics like “Mega Man” and several of its sequels.

The fact that Capcom would return to “Street Fighter 2” to market a new console doesn’t surprise us. It’s still the best-known and most-played of the series for all the technical superiority of the later games. It was “Street Fighter 2” that inspired the notoriously awful 1990s “Street Fighter” movie. The same game also inspired no less than three different online slots, all of which are still available at various online slots websites today. In fact, the “Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior” online slots game is the single most popular of all the online slots with free spins no deposit inspired by video games. That’s quite an achievement when you see what it’s up against. Although more modern video games like “Tomb Raider,” “Call of Duty” and “Hitman” have all themselves been adapted into online slots, it’s still the definitive ‘best’ version of “Street Fighter” that sits at the top of the pile.

The Capcom Retro Station is currently available in Japan but doesn’t yet have a release date for other markets – although it’s believed that one will be announced soon. We might be waiting a little while longer for verified information about “Street Fighter 6,” although now the hackers have let the cat out of the bag, Capcom might conclude that its hand has been forced and confirm what we all know sooner rather than later. As and when that information becomes available, we’ll bring it to you here.

 

When choosing what game you want to stream the feeling can be very overwhelming. Even if you covered your basis by learning everything on how to start streaming this option is still tough thanks to the fact that there are over thousands of games available. What you can guess though is that a lot of these games aren’t going to do you justice. By choosing a good game for yourself the potential to shine grows by a huge amount. Knowing why a specific game is great for you to stream should be understandable if you follow the 5 tips below.

Find A Game You Enjoy

If out of everything listed here you only take away one piece of information it should be this. Choosing a game that you enjoy will make your stream better than if you chose a popular game that you don’t like. The main reasoning for this is that while streaming you are presenting your thoughts and emotions of the game constantly to the viewers and if you aren’t enjoying yourself that will show itself. If you believe you can tough it out then it will still bleed through subconsciously with examples being that you communicate less and don’t smile often, so keep this in mind when choosing a game.

Choose A Game With A Demand

It is pretty obvious that a game that people are watching often is going to be one of your better choices. For new streamers to veterans, there is always potential to grow your stream and by capitalizing on what is popular you can see some serious channel growth. A games popularity comes and goes and while there are exceptions to that with popular esports games, finding something that suits your strengths is a good decision.

Make Sure To Be Cautious Of Over Saturation

Popular games with high view rates are a trap that most new streamers fall for. There is no doubt that most of the really popular games are chock full of new streamers and this alone can show obvious signs to avoid it. Thanks to the gravitating aura these games have there are usually way too many people trying to stream it which overall makes it harder for you to stand out. Let your potential shine through a game with a more relaxed amount of streamers.

Is There A Competitive Scene To The Game

Competitive games have been growing for not just their skill requirements but also the relevance they have in the gaming community. There are gamers who always seek to improve their capabilities with said competitive games and with that comes a potential audience. If you are skilled in any of the popular competitive games then this might be an amazing choice for you.

Focus On One Game But Feel Free To Branch Out

Sticking to a game is what most people suggest but don’t feel like you can’t switch or branch out. Choosing your first game to stream isn’t like school where you are meant to choose a career path and stick with it, you are always free to switch games if you feel like your first choice could have been better. Branching out from just one game is also a good decision as having a bit of variety doesn’t hurt to watch but make sure to have a game you focus on.

For many pro streamers, they let the game be their whole ‘thing’- it’s about their skill level at a particular game. But unless you’ve got the skills to be a top tier player, your streaming success will be based on your personality, and your personal brand. So leverage that, and choose a premade twitch overlay for your stream that not only complements your gaming style, but is also interesting, eye catching and engaging!

Final Tips

Feeling more confident about choosing a game to focus on and get started with? Hopefully, this has helped you in narrowing down on what you believe to be the perfect stream game for you. Remember that streaming should be more fun than serious and that you should always consider your enjoyment when you choose a game.

 

We’ve waited a few days to write this article. FIFA 21, the latest in the very long-running line of annual soccer game releases from Electronic Arts, was released on October 6^th. In the two or three days after it was launched, everyone took to the internet to give their opinion on it. Some people loved it, and some people hated it. That’s inevitable with a launch of this magnitude. We wanted to wait a little longer and spend more time playing it before we weighed in with our own opinion, but the time has now come. We’ve played FIFA 21 every way it can possibly be played, and here’s our honest take on what’s wrong with it.

Ultimate Team

Let’s deal with the elephant in the room straight off the bat. Ultimate Team is still there, and it’s still mostly based on loot box mechanics. It’s almost unbelievable that EA is persisting with loot boxes at this point. Belgium has banned them because they use identical mechanics to online slots. The United Kingdom is also very close to banning them because that country’s government also considers them to be too similar to online slots. Think about it. You’re spending money – real or “in-game” money – on a Real money casino, with no way to influence the outcome. How is that any different from what a player does at an online slots website? It isn’t. You’d never let a child gamble, and the morality of allowing them to simulate gambling is dubious at best.

That side, Ultimate Team, is largely unchanged. Fitness and coaching have been removed, which has proven to be a popular choice with the community, and you can customize your stadium, which is a nice (if meaningless) touch, but everything else is basically the same. If you liked last year’s Ultimate Team, you’ll like this. If you expected significant evolution, you’ll be disappointed.

Gameplay

There were a few things that players badly wanted to see done to the balance of gameplay compared to FIFA 20. They got some of them. Crossing, thankfully, has been dramatically improved. It’s now possible to score a headed goal, and it’s nice to get that experience back. The defensive IQ of your computer opponents is better now, too. The same goes for your teammates. They’re less likely to fall over because of the most innocuous of challenges. They’re more likely to run into space to receive a pass when space is so obviously available.

The downside is that dribbling is now even more complicated than it was last time around. We don’t think anybody asked for that. There’s now a third mode of dribbling to go with skill dribbling and strafe dribbling, and we can honestly say that we still don’t know what it’s for or how it makes the game any better. The game has also (re)introduced “creative runs” – a feature from years ago where you can briefly switch control to off-the-ball teammates to have them run for you. This is a good idea in principle, but the player on the ball has a dreadful habit of losing it as soon as you surrender control of them. There are some nice ideas here, but they’re not fleshed out.

Realism

Here’s one of our major gripes with this game, and it won’t be one that everybody agrees with. VAR – or “Video Assistant Referee” to give the system its full name, hasn’t been popular with everybody. In fact, it hasn’t been popular with the majority of people. Fans hate it. Players hate it as well. It’s been accused of everything from spoiling the atmosphere of individual games to ruining the sport completely. For a supposedly foolproof system, it makes a lot of mistakes, and the decisions it makes about goals – especially those where there’s a possible offside or handball – are egregious. It’s far from a perfect system, and we wish it weren’t there.

Even with all of that said, hating the system doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. That makes it inexcusable to leave it out of FIFA 21. This game, above all other things, is supposed to be a football simulator. VAR, for better or for worse, is very much part of the modern game. Not including VAR in this year’s edition makes it feel stuck in the past. We know that not every player would want to deal with it, so give them the option to turn it off if they want. The exclusion of VAR feels lazy and doesn’t help with the impression that this ‘new’ version of the game is really just a slightly tweaked version of last year’s with new kit designs.

Career Mode

There are a few surface-level improvements with career mode, so here they are. Transfer negotiations are a little more flexible and realistic than they used to be. You can now loan players with an agreement to buy them at the end of the loan term, and the clubs who come in for your players tend to be a little more realistic. When you’re training young players, you can now train them in groups instead of individually, and you can encourage them to learn new positions. That rapid 17-year-old left-back you’ve been nurturing can be turned into a left-winger, becoming the new Gareth Bale in the process.

Simming games in career mode is a better experience now, too. You can watch the gameplay out minute by minute as if you were playing Football Manager, but jump in and take over if you go a goal down or the game isn’t going the way you want it to. That’s a lot better than pressing one button and immediately being given a result you can do nothing about.

These changes don’t make career mode feel any less empty, though. The same teams still go up and down from all the leagues. You can’t edit kits. The same managers keep their jobs for as long as you play through your career. Whether it’s 2021 or 2031, Jurgen Klopp will still be in charge of Liverpool, and Sean Dyche will still be at Burnley. The world is stale and static, and so after a while, it becomes dull.

We should have known better than to expect too much of this version of FIFA. It’s come out at a difficult time, during the transition from the current generation of consoles to the next one. Next year there won’t be a current-gen version of the game, and so more focus will hopefully have been placed on making the most of the capabilities of the newer hardware. FIFA 21 is very much a placeholder game, and so because of that, it might be one to miss.

Megaways slots, if you didn’t know already, is a great and unique twist on one branch of online casino games you won’t want to miss out on. Compared to original slots, Megaways Slots offer something truly different, and players get more chances to win and play slots than ever before. Read on to find out more, or head to your nearest online casino and game with Megaways slots today!

What are Megaways Slots?

In comparison to traditional online slots, Megaways Slots are vastly different, though the concept is nothing new. Usually, regular slots are set across five reels with three or more symbol variations and between 10 and 243 pay lines. In other terms, regular slots have a set number of reels and symbols. Most of the Megaways slots offer from 46,000 to 117,000 different potential winning combinations.

However, with Megaways slots, the number of symbols there are entirely random and so there are more potential winning combinations possible. For example, each Megaways slot reel consists of anything from two to eight symbols – meaning a whole bunch of different winning combinations. These expand into more than a hundred thousand ways to win! Not something any online casino player will want to scoff at.

How Megaways slots work

But, just how exactly do the mechanics of such a thrilling and different kind of slot machine work? It’s all in the reels with the workings of Megaways slots. Most of the Megaways slots today have up to six reels, but the cinch is that all of the reels hold a really varied amount of symbols. Due to such a great symbol variation, there’s no way any player can know what will happen with the next spin.

Say for example you’ve got three symbols on the first reel, two on the second and eight on the third. On the next spin, you could have seven on reel one, four on the second and so on. It’s a fun concept with slots and the fact it gives players more ways to win – Megaways in fact – it’s a hard concept not to love!

2020 Megaways Slots

#1 Bonanza

This was one of the earliest Megaways slots, but it remains one of the most popular titles to this day. And for good reason, like many others in the Megaways genre, with Bonanza you can get up to 117,649 winning combinations along with a tonne of thrilling features!

#2 Extra Chilli

Another Megaways slot that’s a bit of a cult classic, try your luck with Extra Chilli. It’s similar to Bonanza in terms of function and design so you can expect this to be a popular and fun choice from Megaways slots. Extra Chilli has six reels and up to 117, 649 potential winning combinations.

#3 Dragon Born

The first of the Megaways slots released, Dragon Born is still a popular hit with the online casino scene. With six reels, up to 117,640 possible pay lines and special features it’s still as good a choice as any. But don’t just take our word for it. Give one a go today!

When you first think of those who might be most likely to play bingo, you’ll probably think of retired people, those over 60 or 70, who like to head off to the local bingo hall and who enjoy their one or two evenings out a week there. It sounds, to many, like a game for ‘old people’.

The truth, though, is that more and more young people are starting to enjoy the thrills of free bingo as well. That’s because bingo is now available online for anyone to play, and rather than going to a physical bingo hall, people can play online or on their mobile devices and have just as much fun.

Having A Fun Night In

Online bingo offers younger people the opportunity to do something different. They don’t have to sit and watch TV or scroll aimlessly through their social media feeds – they can play online games and potentially win some money as well. It’s a much cheaper option than going to be a nightclub or pub, and it doesn’t take up too much time either – a half hour here or there, or even less than that, and you can have a good time, spend a small amount of money, and enjoy the thrill of bingo (whether they win or not).

You might even want to invite your friends over and play together – a takeaway and a bottle of wine or a soft drink to add to the mix makes it the perfect night in.

Social Bingo

One of the reasons that bingo is so popular in general is the social aspect of it. People love to be with others, and when they go to a bingo hall they can chat with friends and have a lot of fun whilst also playing games.

Online bingo – which the younger generation prefers – also has a social aspect to it. Although you won’t be seeing people in person in a physical sense, you will be able to have online chats with lots of people (far more than there would be in a bingo hall). You might make lifelong friends, or you might only chat for one game; the choice is yours. The social aspect of online bingo is just as important as the social aspect of traditional bingo, and it’s a good reason to play.

Play When You Want

Younger people like playing bingo, it’s true, and the fact that they can play when they want to no matter where they are definitely helps. They don’t have to set time aside in their busy weeks to go to a physical building at a specific time, and leave at a set time, and get home late. They can play whenever they have a spare moment, or they can set time aside if they prefer. The choice, as ever, is yours, and it’s all down to have some great options too.

Because there are so many options, it means more people than ever can play bingo in a way that suits them. These include younger people who may not have been able to before bingo went online.