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When she arrived in 2009 at the Montreal offices of giant video game publisher Ubisoft, Stephanie Harvey says she suffered sexual harassment or sexism “from Day One.” Now a professional gamer and five-time world champion, she said that not only her former employer but the entire video game industry is long past due for a

LG UltraGear 27GN950 gaming monitor has been announced and it comes with a 4K IPS panel with a Gray-to-Gray (GTG) response time of 1ms. The gaming monitor was originally unveiled at CES 2020 and is now finally making its way to select markets. LG claims that the UltraGear 27GN950 is the first gaming monitor with

Spider-Man: Miles Morales on the PlayStation 5 will run at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second (fps) in an optional “Performance Mode”, developer Insomniac Games has announced. It’s unclear what compromises will be made in terms of graphics to achieve that, though multiple reports claim that real-time ray tracing — one of the much-touted

JBL’s range of audio products is incredibly diverse, spanning everything from affordable portable speakers such as the JBL Go 2 to extremely high-end audiophile-grade loudspeakers such as the JBL Project Everest series, which can cost up to Rs. 1 crore. In between these two extremes falls everything you can think of in the field of

Microsoft said Thursday its cloud video game service will debut in September as a feature available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. “We’re bringing Xbox Game Pass and Project xCloud together at no additional cost for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members,” Xbox team head Phil Spencer said in a post. “With cloud gaming in Game

Microsoft Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition have been reportedly discontinued by the company. Though there has been an increased demand for the current generation consoles during the lockdown, Microsoft has stated that as the production of the next generation console, Xbox Series X, ramps up, it was natural to stop the

Ghost of Tsushima has launched on the PlayStation 4 today. Developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, the game is only available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro. It is a third-person action-adventure game that was first revealed back in 2017 at the Paris Games Week press conference. Now,

PUBG Mobile will donate funds to fight COVID-19 based on how far players run in the game. This new in-game donation drive has been organised in partnership with humanitarian aid organisation Direct Relief. The “Running Challenge For Donation” in-game challenge will allow individual players to participate and contribute to the worthy cause. The in-game event

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said quarterly net profit surged 81 percent to a record level and predicted hefty revenue gains for the third-quarter on robust orders for advanced chips. High-performance chips used in 5G telecommunications and other new technologies have been in strong demand, particularly as more people work from home and companies scramble

Nubia Red Magic 5S will launch as a new version of the Nubia Red Magic 5G that was unveiled in March this year. The company shared the development on Weibo and further teased that phone will pack the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC. Other upcoming gaming smartphones like the Asus ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo

PUBG Mobile has launched the Royal Pass Season 14: Spark the Flame that promises a slew of new unlockables, including new multi-formed gear skins and alluring level rewards. Developed by Tencent, the mobile multiplayer also announced a collaboration with Google, allowing Android users to enrol in Royal Pass Season 14 through a Prime subscription service

More than 2,500 mobile games were removed from Apple’s China app store in the first week of July, four times as many in the same period in June, after Apple closed a loophole to comply with Chinese licence requirements, data from SensorTower showed. Apple had given publishers of revenue-generating games a deadline of end-June to

PES 2021 will be a “season update” as opposed to a full-scale launch, Konami has confirmed, after a week full of rumours. Owing to that and since Pro Evolution Soccer is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, PES 2021 will be made available at “an affordable anniversary price”. That means it won’t cost between Rs.

After years of simmering controversy over sexism in the video game industry, change may be on its way after outrage came to a boil with a C-suite massacre at Ubisoft. Following online allegations of sexual misconduct, the publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry launched a probe, resulting in the departure over the weekend of

Ghost of Tsushima — Reviewed on: PS4. Release date: July 17, 2020. Price: Rs. 3,999 (India), $60 (US), £55 (UK). Director: Nate Fox, Jason Connell. Cast: Daisuke Tsuji, Kazuya Nakai, Patrick Gallagher, Minae Noji, Hira Ambrosino, and Keisuke Hoashi. Rating: 18 (PEGI), M (ESRB). PS4 Pro Enhanced: Yes. Yellow ginkgo leaves blow across the screen

PUBG will soon be getting some new features and improvements to the Sanhok map. The developers have been teasing the upcoming changes through short clips on Twitter and a recent 30 second clip, along with version 8.1 update patch notes, show off the reworked areas, an armoured truck, and a decoy grenade. These new features

Ubisoft made several major announcements at its digital-only event over the weekend — Ubisoft Forward — including the reveal of Far Cry 6 with Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito, release dates for Far Cry 6, the London-set Watch Dogs: Legion, Vikings-based Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and free-to-play 2D fighter Brawlhalla on mobile devices, an open beta

PUBG Mobile has introduced a new anti-cheat measure that prevents users from taking unfair advantage of the Spectate Mode. The developers state that players were able to take advantage of Spectate Mode by using two devices to pinpoint in-game enemy players and gain an unfair advantage. Now, with the new anti-cheat implementation, only what is

An unopened copy of a vintage Super Mario Bros. video game has been sold for $114,000 (roughly Rs. 85.7 lakh) in an auction that underscored the enduring popularity of entertainment created decades ago. A bidder who wished to remain anonymous snapped up an early version of the pioneering Super Mario Bros. game released in 1985

Crash Bandicoot is coming to iOS and Android as an endless runner mobile game, with the help of Candy Crush developer King. Along with the likes of Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot is arguably one of the most popular platformers dating back to the early PlayStation years. From the screenshots and

Sony will invest $250 million (roughly Rs. 1,882 crores) in Epic Games for a minority stake, the two companies announced. The investment has been made through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The development was shared via a press release and by Sony on its website, and it states that this investment will help Sony and

Sony showed what PlayStation 5 game boxes will look like, as it revealed the box art for the upcoming PS5 exclusive, Spider-Man: Miles Morales. At a first glance, the box design seems similar to the older generations. However, a keen eye would reveal minute changes in the box colour and the PS5 logo. The PlayStation

PUBG Mobile will get 0.19.0 update today, and the new update will bring the exclusive new map called Livik. The developers have shared patch notes for the new update with all the changes and improvements that we can expect to see in one of the most popular battle royale games on mobile. Livik has been

Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins returned to the streaming world Wednesday with a match on YouTube, after Microsoft pulled the plug on the Mixer platform where he had an exclusive contract. Blevins had amassed nearly 24 million subscribers at his YouTube channel shortly into a Fortnite match he had tipped fans off to in a

Lenovo Legion Gaming Phone, the much-anticipated gaming smartphone from the Chinese tech firm, is set to be launched on July 22. The brand also confirmed that it will be powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus aka Snapdragon 865+ chipset. The news comes a day after a Lenovo phone thought to be the upcoming

Lenovo Legion Gaming Phone, an upcoming gaming smartphone from the Chinese tech company, may just have received an impressive result on AnTuTu benchmarks. The benchmarking firm has posted details of a Lenovo model L79031 receiving an impressive score of 648,871. Thanks to its impressive graphical performance on the benchmark, the Lenovo smartphone is thought to

Microsoft has reportedly asked all game developers not to charge players when they upgrade a title from its Xbox One version to Xbox Series X. Studios are asked to offer all next-gen upgrades for free, either as part of their Smart Delivery scheme, or through any of their own policies. Through Smart Delivery, Xbox players

Halo 3 is coming to PC on July 14. Thirteen years after its original launch on Xbox 360 and six years after it was re-released on Xbox One, Microsoft is adding Halo 3 to Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Windows PCs. It will be available for purchase on both Microsoft Store and Steam, or

Microsoft has expressed interest in buying Warner Bros’ gaming unit, The Information reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Warner Bros parent AT&T was discussing a sale of its Interactive Entertainment gaming division that owns popular videogame Mortal Kombat for a deal that could be worth about $4 billion (roughly Rs. 29,958

PUBG Mobile recently got a major upgrade which included a new map called Livik. This new update brings the game to version number 0.19.0 and brings a few new additions along with the new map. Livik is a ‘Nordic’ style map with snowy terrain and waterfalls. It is spread out across a 2km x 2km