Gaming

Facebook on Monday launched a standalone gaming app, allowing users to create and watch livestreams of games in a challenge to the Amazon-owned Twitch platform. The new app was available Monday for Android devices, with a separate version for Apple’s iOS in the works. Facebook said the new app will enable users to watch “e-sports”

PUBG Mobile is among the most popular mobile games and it added the new Arctic Mode in Vikendi map just last week. Now, details of its next update have been reportedly leaked. The next update version 0.18.0 is rumoured to be released on April 24 and may bring a couple of new modes, as well

A hacker has compromised the credentials of nearly 2.3 crore users of online children’s game Webkinz World, according to a report. The game was launched back in April 2005 and was once popular amongst kids, thanks to its gameplay that revolves around stuffed animals. The anonymous hacker has said to have posted the database of

Facebook is all set to launch a new app called Facebook Gaming today, which as the name suggests, will be about grabbing a piece of the booming gaming industry pie. The app, as per a report, will primarily cater to watching live streams or starting one, a field that is dominated by Twitch and also

China’s Tencent Holdings will launch its ‘Arena of Valor’ mobile game in Russia and the Middle East on Thursday, capitalising on a global spike in online gaming as coronavirus lockdowns keep billions of people stuck at home. Tencent’s move marks the Chinese social media and gaming giant’s latest effort to derive half of its games

Popular world-building game, Minecraft, gets a new beta on Windows 10 that lets you use Nvidia’s RTX technologies such as ray tracing and DLSS 2.0 in the game. The beta is available to download and play right now, provided you have a Windows 10 PC that meets the minimum requirements. Nvidia says its worked with

Pokemon Go, the popular augmented reality mobile game, requires players to venture outside in the real world and look for Pokemon, Poke Stops, and battle other players. With the current global scenario under the coronavirus pandemic, stepping out is not possible, which is why Niantic, the developers behind Pokemon Go, has been making efforts to

PUBG Mobile, which is one of the most popular mobile games, will be adding a new mode called ‘Arctic Mode’ starting tomorrow, April 16. Earlier, the new mode was teased through the game’s social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, but now, it has finally been made official. Arctic Mode will be a free

Epic Games, the video game company behind Fortnite, has announced that it will be extending Chapter 2 – Season 2 of Fortnite for what seems to be little over a month. Season 3, which was slated for release on May 1, has now been pushed back to June 4 that suggests that the current season

Playing certain video games can have multiple benefits. Research has shown that experience of playing video games can improve cognitive development such as greater sensitivity to contrasts, better eye-to-hand coordination and superior memory. Action real-time strategy video games such as Age of Empires, World of Warcraft, and Total War are played by millions. These games,

PUBG Mobile will get a ‘Cold Front Survival‘ mode starting April 16, as teased by the games social media accounts. While not much is confirmed about the new mode, the multiple posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook from the games official account have had fans trying to figure out what the new mode will be

A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off China’s grey market e-commerce platforms, Reuters’ checks show, after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against Beijing’s rule of the Chinese territory. The game, “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”, is a colourful social simulator in which players can decorate their own island and

PUBG Mobile is one of the biggest mobile games with a huge player base. It sees regular updates in the form of seasons with different themes. Season 12, which started early in March, is currently underway and now, a leak sharing details of Season 13 has surfaced online. The upcoming season is expected to be

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2020, one of the biggest events for the gaming industry, was officially cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. The organising body, Entertainment Software Association (ESA), initially explored the idea of holding an online event instead. Now, according to a new report, ESA has decided against hosting an online event, effectively ending any

Sony has unveiled its new controller for the upcoming PlayStation 5 gaming console. The company is calling it ‘DualSense’, which is a departure from the ‘DualShock’ naming convention previously used for the controllers. In a blog post, the company has revealed that the DualSense controller has started shipping to developers so that they can implement

Google said on Wednesday it would give two months of free access to the paid version of its cloud-based game streaming platform Stadia as people are confined to their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak. Users can access Stadia by downloading the app on their iOS or Android phones or by signing up on its

Facebook Gaming, the game streaming service from the social media giant, recently announced a new feature called Tournaments on its platform. The Tournaments feature, as the name suggests, will let users create and organise virtual gaming tournaments in a variety of formats. It will also allow users to create, join, or follow live gaming tournaments,

Forza Street, an upcoming mobile racing game based on the popular Forza franchise, will reach Android and iOS devices on May 5. Announced on the Xbox website by developer Turn 10 Studios, Forza Street has been available for free on the Microsoft Store for Windows PCs since April last year. It has been listed on

Habbo Hotel, a hit online networking game more than a decade ago, is drawing back hundreds of thousand of players as locked-down millennials look to rediscover a childhood favourite, its Finnish maker said. “Our traffic has tripled over the past month. The exact user number growth figure is 213% since February 25,” game maker Sulake’s

Just as Intel and Nvidia have announced their latest hardware for gaming laptops, Asus has unveiled its brand new dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 gaming laptop built around the new Core i9-10980HK CPU and GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU. The highlight of the new laptop is of course its secondary screen, which Asus says will appeal

Lenovo Legion 5i and Legion 7i will be the first gaming laptops to feature Nvidia’s new Advanced Optimus Technology. Both laptops are powered by Intel’s Comet Lake H mobile CPUs and Nvidia’s GeForce Super GPUs. Nvidia made a whole bunch of announcements today, April 2, and the new Advanced Optimus Technology was one of them.

Candy Crush Saga, one of the most popular mobile puzzle games, has added unlimited lives for players till April 5 as part of the #PlayApartTogether initiative. This ‘unlimited lives’ system is also available for most of the other games by developer King. Candy Crush Saga’s Twitter account posted this update stating that it has partnered

To ease the transition for many who are now exclusively working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, popular game publisher Ubisoft has decided to offer some its popular titles for free, for a limited period of time. Currently, it is offering the PC version of Rayman Legends for free on PC, from March 31

Pokemon Go, if you aren’t already aware, is a game that is built around the idea of making people go out to have some physical exercise and meet other people while trying to catch Pokemon. But going out for a Pokemon raid these days – when people across the world are self-isolating and staying at

Nintendo is reportedly working on remasters for most of Super Mario’s 35-year back catalogue for the Nintendo Switch, as part of the 35th anniversary celebration for Super Mario Bros. The company will reveal its plans for these releases at an event that will mark the 35-year milestone. The remasters include 1997’s Super Mario 64, 2002’s

With the coronavirus pandemic entering a critical phase, and everyone staying at home amidst global lockdowns, we’re turning to apps and games to help pass the time. In a small but meaningful move that will help a lot of people with Android devices stuck at home, Monument Valley 2 is now free to download and

Call of Duty: Mobile season 4 called Steel Legion is on its way and will bring a new ranked season and a new Battle Pass. The update will be released at the beginning of April and Activision says they will post regular news and announcements on its social media channels. Steel Legion will come with

Apple’s subscription-based gaming service started with a bang back in September 2019, with a promise of regular game releases to keep the platform fresh and engaging. Things have slowed down a bit, with only a handful of launches every month in 2020. The platform, which costs Rs. 99 per month in India, is still excellent

As a third of the world population sits under lockdown across the world, by some estimates, one kind of app has zoomed past the rest: video calling. You’ve likely heard of Zoom already, which allows for a hundred people in a single call. It’s being used for virtual meetings and lectures, as people work and

When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of FIFA 20 after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online. The huge digital crowd last week is part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry, as record numbers flock to online servers for distraction, entertainment and friendship