Gaming

With the lockdown being extended in India once again, a lot of you are probably running out of things to occupy yourselves with. Back in March, we had posted a few articles on how to keep yourself occupied while being quarantined at home. We had published a list of some of the popular multiplayer games

PlayStation Store is in the sale fest mode these days. After kicking off the Games Under $20 Sale earlier this week, the PlayStation Store is now running a Hidden Gems sale that offers some steep discount on a tonne of games. As the name clearly suggests, you won’t find many latest AAA titles during the

Fortnite is a popular game, owing much of its popularity to the battle royale mode. Now, Fortnite’s developer Epic Games has announced that the game has over 350 million registered players, adding that in April, players spent over 3.2 billion hours in-game. Notably, the development comes at a time when people around the world are

US video game titans Activision and Electronic Arts on Tuesday reported strong earnings as people staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic turn to games such as “Call of Duty.” Activision said an average of 102 million people played its games online per month in the first quarter of this year, with Call of Duty:

Forza Street, a popular desktop racing game by publisher Microsoft, has finally reached Android and iOS devices. The mobile app can be downloaded via Google Play Store, Samsung Galaxy Store, and Apple App Store and it is available for free. Forza Street’s developer, Turn 10 Studios, on Tuesday also announced “special gifts” for early adopters.

Amazon Prime members in India can now avail gaming benefits, including free access to in-game content, upgrades, and in-game currency. Amazon has also tied up with some mobile game developers to host Prime-only tournaments for its Prime members in the country. The list of games that will offer you benefits if you own an Amazon

HP has added two new gaming desktops, a monitor, and more on Monday to its gaming-focussed Omen lineup. The company says there has been a significant increase in gaming over the past couple months and to enable gamers, HP has released new hardware under its Omen brand. The products include the Omen 25L and Omen

There’s still plenty of time before we can actually buy next-gen gaming consoles but in the lead up to that, Sony and Microsoft have been leaving small breadcrumbs of what gamers can expect from these future machines. More than Sony, Microsoft has been more open so far about its upcoming Xbox Series X console’s details

Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) consoles have gotten more expensive in India — the PS4 Slim price has gone up by Rs 2,000 while the PS4 Pro price has gone up by Rs. 1,720. Of course, as non-essential items, the consoles are not being sold online due to the coronavirus lockdown, but Sony has confirmed the

PlayStation Plus subscription price in India has been reduced to as low as Rs. 499 for a month. The change is reflecting on Sony’s online PlayStation Store in the country. Retailers such as Games The Shop have started showing the updated PlayStation Plus subscription price as well. PlayStation Plus is required to play multiplayer games,

Assassin’s Creed is back, and this time, it is taking players to the world of Vikings. Ubisoft has officially announced Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, its latest addition to the acclaimed franchise that is a concoction of historical fantasy and stealthy murderous action. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox One, PlayStation 5

Fortnite World Cup, the popular e-sport event, has been cancelled this year owning to the coronavirus pandemic. The development was announced by the Fornite developer, Epic Games, in a series of tweets on Thursday. The company also said that all physical Fortnite events will be held online for the rest of the year. Epic games

PUBG has become a very recognisable brand of sorts with a huge userbase, both on mobile and PC. Now, it has been announced that PUBG PC version will be available for free on Google Stadia. The game streaming service by Google has been adding new games to its library and PUBG is one of the

Japan’s Nintendo is expected to extend its decade-high earnings streak when it reports fourth-quarter results next week, powered by the hit Switch console which is expanding its reach among locked-down consumers. Nintendo is seen posting an 80 percent jump in operating profit on May 7 to JPY 54 billion (roughly Rs. 3,800 crores) for the

PUBG Mobile has announced that a new Snow Walker set is available as part of the Twilight Hunt crates. This comes soon after the game introduced the Arctic Explorer set within the Lucky Spin section of the game. The Twilight Hunt crates includes white, orange, and black weapon skins for players, a new planetary pot

Looking for a new late-night talk show? Gary Whitta — best known for co-writing the story to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — just launched one inside a video game. Over the weekend, Whitta kicked off Animal Talking with Gary Whitta, his own late-night talk show inside the Nintendo Switch life simulation game Animal

Call of Duty: Mobile has been receiving regular updates owing to the large number of people playing it. It features a similar battle royale game mode as offered by PUBG Mobile and Fortnite, but changes the mechanics a bit. Now, the game has received a new update with version 1.0.12 that brings the new Season

PUBG Mobile is all set to receive a new update next month. Tencent Games has confirmed that version 0.18.0 update will roll out for the mobile game on May 7. The popular battle royale game looks to add a host of new features with this update. A recent leak suggested that the PUBG Mobile 0.18.0

Rovio Entertainment, maker of the 10-year-old Angry Birds mobile game series, on Tuesday reported an almost 75 percent rise in first-quarter profit, helped by lower costs. The Finnish company, which listed its shares in 2018, said its adjusted operating profit rose to EUR 13 million (roughly Rs. 107 crores) from EUR 7.5 million (roughly Rs.

A group of Japanese retro video game enthusiasts is hoping that lockdown-induced boredom will convert today’s children into fans of yesteryear’s games, offering 100 classic Nintendo consoles. “A notice of emergency goods supply,” the non-profit Japan Retro Game Association said in a message on its website, announcing it would send Super Nintendo consoles to 100

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground’s mobile port, PUBG Mobile, is a hugely popular open-world survival shooter game that’s available for free on Android and iOS. It’s been one of our favourite multiplayer games at Gadgets 360 and now, with the whole country in lockdown, there’s no better way to kill time than with a few rounds of PUBG

Fortnite, a free-to-play battle royale game that was initially released on PC, made its way to Android and iOS in 2018. However, for Android users, it wasn’t as simple as heading to the Play Store and downloading the game, since they had to download it from developer Epic Games’ website. Now, the game has finally

Videogame sales in March hit their highest in over a decade, as Americans turned to games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare because of lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Sales of gaming hardware, software, and accessories in the United States jumped 35 percent to $1.6 billion (roughly

PUBG Mobile is a popular battle royale game with a massive player base. Because of this, the developers release regular updates and keep adding new features to the game. The latest addition to PUBG Mobile is a ranked Team Deathmatch mode and a Wasteland Survivor set. The announcements for both new additions were made by

Google’s cloud-based game streaming service, Stadia, has witnessed a surge in users after the tech giant gifted two months of free access to its premium version for gamers sheltering at home to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Stadia’s mobile app, one of the multiple platforms to use the service and to configure the Stadia controller,

Call of Duty: Mobile was released back in September 2019 and has achieved various significant milestones since its launch. As the world deals with coronavirus pandemic, Activision, the company behind Call of Duty: Mobile, is now trying to bring people together virtually in these times by organising a global competitive tournament with more than $1

Embracing the stay-at-home guidelines issued to a third of the global population, YouTube has announced a series of 11 new originals centred around that philosophy, involving the likes of Melinda Gates, MrBeast, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sonali Bhadauria, John Grisham, Ken Jeong, and Yungblud among others. Since it’s being made under lockdown, the new shows have been

Beyond Blue on iOS is an enjoyable, educational, relaxing game that you can play if you’re a subscriber to Apple Arcade, the company’s subscription-based games service. It works like Netflix for games, and just tried one of the latest releases, which is a fitting match for Earth day. Beyond Blue offers an engaging and educational

Call of Duty: Mobile’s Steel Legion season is in full swing right now after introducing a 2v2 Showdown LTM, bringing back Warfare, adding new weapons, and a couple of new characters. But it appears that Activision has another major surprise for Call of Duty: Mobile fans in the bags. The official Call of Duty: Mobile

Xbox Series X, which is Microsoft’s next generation gaming console, is expected to launch in the fall this year. However, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there is quite a lot of uncertainty when it comes to companies sticking to their timelines. But, head of Xbox Phil Spencer has given hope to fans during a podcast