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Hayden Biddick

Hayden Biddick
Empire gamer, 2IC Tech Cave dweller, esports fanatic and part time movie goer/reviewer

E3 How it Went Down: Xbox

It’s that time of year, E3 has returned for 2017, now it’s time to bring you the round up for each conference. We’ve been over EA, next up was Xbox. How did they fare? Xbox One X aka “Project Scorpio” Microsoft started off with perhaps the one thing that was …

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E3 How it Went Down: EA

It’s that time of year, E3 has returned for 2017, it has has begun and now it’s time to bring you the daily round up. Many people I know are all over in Los Angeles experiencing this event, so I write this with tears hitting my keyboard and jealousy acting …

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Preview – Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Are you wanting to play a new first-person shooter but don’t want to have to deal with jet-packs, space or perhaps you’re already over Battlefield 1? Well then here’s a game for you to check out, from the developers Tripwire Interactive and Antimatter Games comes the sequel of 2013’s Rising Storm. The …

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Our First Look at Destiny 2

Today was a good day! Bungie gave us our first at Destiny 2, the anticipated sequel to…well, Destiny. The gameplay trailer that was dropped really did not disappoint, and the video game community seems to be frothing at the loins at it, more than usual as well because they all …

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Grinding Gear Games – NZ’s Largest Video Game Studio

Put your hand up if you knew that in the heart of West Auckland, in a building one floor below Family Planning, you would find New Zealand’s largest video game studio, Grinding Gear Games. I would but I’m typing. Founded in 2006, Grinding Gear Games (GGG) are the developers of the …

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5 Games to look out for in 2017!

2016 has finally come to an end, so now it is time to look forward to what games 2017 has in store for us. Here are my top 5 games to keep an eye out for this year.   Horizon Zero Dawn: Horizon Zero Dawn is a new IP coming from …

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Haydens Top 5 Games of 2016

#1: Overwatch In May 2016, Blizzard Entertainment brought us a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter called Overwatch. Praise be to Blizzard for creating yet another amazing and addictive game. With 23 unique heroes, that are part of four roles, offense, defense, tank and support but each hero has different abilities that really diversifies the …

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Origin, History and Rise of the Emoji

The emoji has rapidly become part of everyday use within text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and any other social media outlet you can name to liven up communication between users. Before we get to the modern day use, let’s have a history lesson. Emoji is of Japanese origin, created …

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International 2016 Streams

If you are interested in or curious about eSports then DotA 2 (Defense of the Ancients) is the game to watch. Here are the four streams for the DotA 2 Championship, The International 2016. You can have them all playing at the same time, though I find it difficult to …

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The International 2016

If you’re new to gaming or a casual gamer then you might not know about or very little of the professional competitive side of gaming known as eSports. eSports is a massive industry where gamers can compete in tournaments for money, these tournaments may be streamed live to thousands or …

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