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| Editor | Steve Hannley |
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| Categories | Computing, gaming, computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly from 2005–2008 Quarterly from 2008–2011 Online from 2008–present |
| Founder | Tim Lindquist |
| First issue | June 2005 |
| Final issue | First Half 2010 |
| Company | Hardcore Gamer |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Website | Hardcore Gamer |
| ISSN | 1936-2110 |
Hardcore Gamer is an online American video game magazine published by Steve Hannley. Founded in 2005, Hardcore Gamer published 36 issues in print before switching to an online-only format. [1]
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.
Contents
Hardcore Gamer concentrates on niche and indie video game titles, such as Disgaea and Limbo , and contains specialty features which differ from what more mainstream outlets generally cover. The Graveyard feature, for instance, covers forgotten retro games. Although primarily focusing on specialty games, Hardcore Gamer features stories for major releases such as Grand Theft Auto V and The Last of Us , assessing them from alternative perspectives.
A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focused. The market niche defines the product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that it is intended to target. It is also a small market segment.
Disgaea is a series of tactical role-playing video games created and developed by Nippon Ichi. The series debuted in Japan on January 30, 2003, with Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, later re-released as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Disgaea DS. One of Nippon Ichi's most popular franchises, it has branched off into both a manga and anime series. The Disgaea games take place in a fictional universe called the Netherworld and are known for elements, such as complex gameplay, extremely high maximum stats and humorous dialogue. Main characters in the series often include cynical, power-hungry antiheroes forced to fight alongside heroic foils. The Disgaea series has sold 3 million games as of May 18, 2017.
Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game developed by independent studio Playdead. The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, and has since been ported to several other systems, including the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. Limbo is a 2D side-scroller, incorporating a physics system that governs environmental objects and the player character. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps as he searches for his sister. The developer built the game's puzzles expecting the player to fail before finding the correct solution. Playdead called the style of play "trial and death", and used gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to steer the player from unworkable solutions.
