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Sam

Sam "Protagonist" Bennett has worked with gamers for the past 20 years building communities for titles as diverse as FIFA and LittleBigPlanet, The Sims and Call of Duty. These days you're more likely to find him chatting enthusiastically about his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/colonelfailure”">YouTube channel</a>. Follow Sam on Green Man Gaming <a href="https://www.greenmangaming.com/profile/Protagonist/">here</a>.

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YouTube's Premiere Feature May Have Consequences

August 1st, 2018 Sam

The evolution of how we watch gameplay video has been a back and forth battle between the goliaths of YouTube and Twitch for a few years. Lately this has been heating up and just as Twitch's video scheduling services is bedding in another contender enters the fray; YouTube has announced their new...

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Of Kings and Men Steam Free Weekend

December 7th, 2017 Sam

To celebrate a great year of gaming at Green Man Gaming Publishing we're running a free weekend on Steam for medieval mass combat game Of Kings and Men. Between 18:00 UTC on Thursday 6th December and Monday 11th December you can jump into the persistent medieval war absolutely free and join in...

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An alternate perspective on loot boxes

October 18th, 2017 Sam

If ever there were an article that would likely get someone flamed, this would be a pretty good example. After all, right now there are pitchforks drawn for the very concept of loot boxes and anyone daring to advocate them is going to be tarred, feathered and run out of town. This article is not...

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Join The Green Man Guinea Pigs

September 20th, 2017 Sam

Green Man Gaming regularly run private test sessions for new features we are rolling out on the website or the mobile application. The team at Green Man Gaming Publishing also look for people to test out new games ahead of their public launch. This is where you come in! The Green Man Guinea Pigs...

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Why A Women Only eSports Competition Is Helpful

September 5th, 2017 Sam

SimBin Studios announced this week that they're launching a woman-only eSports racing competition, titled Women and Wheels. At first glance, particularly from a male perspective, this is nonsense. After all, one of the greatest aspects of videogaming is that male and female players can compete...

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CounterStrike, Battlefield Or Call of Duty - Who Are The Best Players?

September 5th, 2017 Sam

Some arguments cannot be settled using traditional methods. Following a fierce argument here at Green Man Gaming, we needed to find out who the ultimate shooter gamers are. Are CounterStrike players the top guns? Maybe the massed warfare of Battlefield made the best soldiers? Could Call of Duty be...

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Shadow Of War Executive Producer Immortalised As Orc Slayer

September 4th, 2017 Sam

An executive producer from Monolith, the makers of the forthcoming Lord of the Rings game, Shadow of War is to live on as an heroic character in the new game. Michael Forgey, who died from a brain tumour in 2016 at the age of 43 will appear in the new game as Forthog Orc-Slayer, arriving in...

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12 Months With Green Man Gaming

August 18th, 2017 Sam

At Green Man Gaming we work hard to bring a massive range of games to gamers at the best price possible. Our aim is to ensure you get a good deal on the games you want to play, and we thought you might be interested to find out how well we've been doing. Over the past 12 months Green Man Gaming...

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The Greatest Games Of Flash

July 26th, 2017 Sam

Yesterday, Adobe announced that it would be discontinuing Flash in 2020. One of the earliest means of creating animation and games to be served online the impact of Flash is considerable. While superior web and browser game technologies have emerged, let's take a moment to reflect on a few of the...

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Getting Started With Fortnite

July 26th, 2017 Sam

Epic Games' Fortnite enters Early Access today and it's the result of multiple years of development work with the title having first been announced at the Spike Video Game Awards in 2011. Described as a world where you explore, scavenge, build and ultimately survive as you fight off the zombie...

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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Team Killing Policy Has Big Problems

July 19th, 2017 Sam

Another day, another story from PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS as popular Twitch.tv streamer DrDisRespect finds himself banned from the game for intentionally team-killing a member of his squad. While the friendly fire incident was blatant, it's within the performed character of DrDisRepect's...

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Twitch Streamer DrDisRespect Banned From PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

July 19th, 2017 Sam