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Finding the Beat: Who’s Listening to Mobile Gaming Soundtracks?

I turned to my coworker this morning and told her I was writing an article on mobile game soundtracks. Her response was “Oh, I always turn my sound off when I play my mobile games.” As I’ve been researching stats and information about mobile game soundtracks, I’m stumbling upon this sentiment quite frequently. Some folks prefer to listen to their own music while they tap through their handheld platformers, puzzles, and card games. Some silence their phones so not to disturb public areas. And some players just find that most mobile game music is not terribly exciting. Back in 2013 a survey was conducted by a company that made it easier for devs to add sounds to their apps. Not surprisingly they found that 73% of mobile game users play their games with the sound on. Obviously I find this study suspect. However, this was the only data I could locate on the topic. So, I ran my own little informal study. 100% of my respondents (roughly 50 people) said that they typically turn off music whil

Gigantamax Raids for March 2020 - Pokemon Sword & Shield

Three more Gigantamax Pokemon are joining 5-Star Max Raid Battles this month in Pokemon Sword & Shield. Here's what you can get for the month of March 2020. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have been working to keep Pokemon Sword & Shield updated frequently with new Dynamax encounters. There are a series of Wild Raid encounters that stand above the rest. Those are the Max Raid battles containing rare and powerful Gigantamax Pokemon. Gigantamax Pokemon are special forms of Dynamax Pokemon, capable of using signature G-Max Moves that are otherwise unavailable to Dynamax Pokemon. The Gigantamax Raid battles for the month of March 2020 have been revealed by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. Here's what trainers can catch for the next few weeks: Gigantamax Raids for March 2020 - Pokemon Sword & Shield For March, Pokemon Sword & Shield players can find 3 and 4-star Raids containing Dynamax Snorlax, Machamp, and Gengar. Additionally, Pokemon Sword players can find Giga

Khan Maykr boss fight - Doom Eternal

Most Doom Eternal’s campaign will be spent killing hordes of demons and other baddies across a myriad of levels. However, there are a few times where the Doom Slayer will find himself face to face with the worst of the worst. In this guide, we’ll break down everything you need to know to take down the Khan Maykr boss in Doom Eternal. It should go without saying, but this article contains spoilers. Read at your own discretion. Khan Maykr boss fight - Doom Eternal The Khan Maykr is one of the biggest boss fights you’ll take on in Doom Eternal – and one of the most difficult as well. You'll come across this boss sometime after completing the  Gladiator boss fight . This boss fight takes advantage of several new features and enemies in the game, so you’ll need to be on your best behavior if you want to pull off this win. There are a couple of basics to be aware of before you dive into this bossfight. First, renewing ammo with the chainsaw won’t work this time around. The Maykr Drones t

Wasteland 3 hands-on preview: Tundra, trouble, and turns

The original Wasteland came out over 30 years ago, which was followed by a ground-breaking sequel in 2014. Now, some six years later, Wasteland 3 is on the horizon. The team at inXile Entertainment have been hard at work crafting an experience that evokes the same emotions and challenges of Wasteland 2, while also ensuring systems and mechanics advance and evolve. With the release of Wasteland 3 scheduled for May 19, 2020, Shacknews had the opportunity to go hands-on with a preview build of the game on PC. We’re pleased to report that it looks to perfectly capture the gritty, yet hilarious, nature of surviving a hostile, post-apocalyptic world while maintaining the tried-and-true combat and story building of the originals. The preview build of Wasteland 3 starts with a bang. Our convoy gets ambushed on a frozen lake at the base of a dam. After fighting off the ice, the two survivors manage to enter the dam and take out the unhinged Dorsey gang that were holding it. As the dust settles,

Shack Chat: What is your earliest, or fondest, memory of Doom?

Shacknews started as Quakeholio, a Quake fansite (obviously). That means our roots in FPS games go deep, far deeper than one shooter from id Software. Doom is Quake's antecedent, so, naturally, we hold that franchise near and dear to our hearts as well. This week, we reflect on our earliest memory of Doom, or our fondest. What's yours? Let us know in the Chatty thread below. What is your earliest, or fondest, Doom memory? My earliest and fondest Doom series memory is one that goes way back to the 1990s. It was December of 1993, and my friend down the street just received a brand new computer for his birthday. It had a brand-spanking-new Pentium processor which was several generations ahead of my family’s shared PC. The closest thing I had to a gaming PC in those days was an NEC that had a 386 CPU and no sound card. I was a buster. It was either serendipity, entropy, or some sort of act of God that led to Doom’s shareware being uploaded the weekend of my friend’s birthday party.