Gaming

Call of Duty: Warzone might be getting a limited time mode (LTM) through an upcoming update. According to a Twitter post, the game is going to get a “HighAction” mode that will have “more money, more legendary crates, and more Killstreak drops.” This was allegedly found by data miners in the game’s latest update. Call

Coronavirus has disrupted the lives of people across the globe, forcing them to stay indoors. With India opting for lockdown in all major cities in an effort to stem the COVID-19 spread, people are unable to meet their friends, co-workers, and family, making digital communication the only way to reach out and catch up with

Microsoft has announced a new version of its DirectX 12 API that it’s calling DirectX 12 Ultimate. Microsoft says it is the “culmination of the best graphics technology” it has ever introduced that brings “unprecedented alignment between PC and Xbox Series X”. A badge or logo of DirectX 12 Ultimate will signify that the piece

Microsoft has recently revealed the specifications for the next generation Xbox console, the Xbox Series X. Right after, Sony also revealed the hardware details on the next PlayStation, the PlayStation 5 in its Road to PS5 live stream. Now, while Microsoft was announcing the details of the Xbox Series X, a Twitter user spotted what

Teamfight Tactics is out now for the mobile platform on Android and iOS, just as Riot Games had promised. Originally developed as a game mode for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics is a familiar auto battler affair that borrows elements from Auto Chess and gives it a League of Legends spin. The goal remains the

Call of Duty: Warzone has hit 30 million players milestone within 10 days of the game’s release across various platforms. Earlier, the free-to-play game had seen six million players in its first 24 hours on PCs and consoles. The number has been helped by the work-from-home policies as people stay indoors during the novel coronavirus

Ubisoft Spring Sale is underway and the company is offering huge discounts on triple-A titles including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Far Cry 5, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, and several others. The discounts on games are available on both console and PC, but PC players are getting better deals. These Ubisoft games are on sale on

Sony PlayStation Store’s Mega March sale is live and it couldn’t have come at a better time, as most of the world has been confined within their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new sale has brought discounts on hundreds of PlayStation titles for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. The sale offers

Game Developers Conference aka GDC 2020 was cancelled owing to coronavirus concerns, which was bad news for gaming fans and an even bigger blow for developers. But there is finally a positive development on this front. The show’s organisers have announced that GDC is returning with a 3-day event in August, aptly called GDC Summer.

After months of rumours and speculations, Sony has announced what the next generation of the PlayStation will have in store for the gamers. This comes just a few days after Microsoft also unveiled the key specifications of its next Xbox, the Series X. Sony announced the hardware details for the PlayStation 5 during its ‘Road

Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition has kicked off. And this one is a special event for reasons more than one. First of all, you can try out free demos of over 40 indie games until next week. Second, these are indie games that were originally supposed to be showcased at the Game Developers Conference before

Oppo has introduced a new system to help curb the smartphone gaming addiction rampant among youngsters. This comes as manufacturers, developers, and governments alike are in efforts to tackle smartphone gaming addiction. The new anti-gaming addiction system from Oppo asks users to verify themselves in order to restrict purchases according to a gamer’s age. The

Supercell, the creator of popular mobile games such as Clash of Clans and Clash Royale has released its latest game, Hay Day Pop. The company in a note stated that this is a soft launch of the game and it’s currently available for Android and iOS only in Australia, New Zealand, and Finland. Supercell has

PUBG Mobile Lite has been updated to version 0.16.0 which brings several new additions to the popular battle royale game. Named ‘Varenga in Bloom’, the update makes some changes to pre-existing mechanics in the game, along with adding a few new ones. The Picnic Baskets have a higher chance of appearing under some Cherry Blossom

Call of Duty: Warzone has added a ‘Solos’ to the battle royale mode in the game. This will allow players to enter the map alone without having to team up with two other players. At launch, Warzone came with a three-player team option where players could choose to be dropped in the map alone. Now,

Microsoft has announced that 1 billion monthly active devices are now running Windows 10. The company has revealed that over one billion people have chosen Windows 10 across 200 countries resulting in more than one billion active Windows 10 devices. To put things in perspective, Windows 10 operating system powers over 80,000 models and configurations

Fortnite’s makers may have finally listened to gamers who have been asking for improved mobility within the game. The game has finally added helicopters for the players to get around in the map. The helicopters are part of the game’s season theme, spies and will be called ‘Choppas’. This comes after gamers had been witnessing

Microsoft introduced its upcoming gaming console, the Xbox Series X in December last year with a rather conventional design, something people had not expected from a gaming console of 2020. Given the boxy design, the Xbox Series X soon became meme content, which led many people to compare the new Xbox design with a refrigerator,

Steam, one of the most popular digital stores for games, has set a new record in terms of concurrent users, possibly because of coronavirus enforced quarantine. According to a post from third party tracker SteamDB, and verified by Steam’s own stats, there were 20 million concurrent online users on the platform at around 8pm IST,

Poland’s biggest video game producer CD Projekt is seeking age recommendations from the industry’s rating boards for its flagship product Cyberpunk 2077 ahead of the game’s launch in September, it said on Tuesday. The first-person futuristic adventure game features the voice of Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves and some violence. “We sent the game to (age) rating

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2020, one of the biggest annual gaming events, might be cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. While there has been no official announcement on the matter, rumours and speculations suggest that the event will not see the light of day. Reportedly, members of Entertainment Software Association (ESA) which is the company behind

China gave tech giant Tencent Holdings the green light on Thursday to publish Nintendo Switch games Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, taking the number of games licensed for the console in the world’s biggest game market to three. The approval published by China’s National Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television

Nubia Red Magic 5G gaming smartphone has finally been announced by the company in China. The phone packs a 144Hz refresh rate screen and is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 865 SoC. The Red Magic 5G is the first and as of now the only phone to have such a high refresh rate screen. It

Microsoft has announced that it will livestream a series of discussions where it will speak about Xbox Series X and Project xCloud, among other things. The streaming event, called Game Stack Live, will cover the experiences Microsoft had planned for Game Developers Conference (GDC), will be held on March 17 and March 18. On the

E3 2020 has been officially been cancelled over the ongoing coronavirus situation. The 2020 edition of world’s biggest trade show for the gaming industry – the Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3 – was rumoured to get scrapped ever since the first wave of event cancellations began in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, followed by

Call of Duty: Warzone went live late on March 10 and has gathered more than 6 million players in 24 hours, according to the game’s official Twitter account. It posted this achievement thanking the players for their interest and said that they’re just getting started. Warzone brings two new modes, Battle Royale and Plunder, to

Horizon Zero Dawn is finally coming to PC. Hermen Hulst, Head of Sony’s Worldwide Studios wing, revealed in an interview that the critically-acclaimed action RPG by Guerrilla Games is finally making its way to the PC platform on Steam this summer. However, a final release date is yet to be decided for Horizon Zero Dawn’s

Microsoft has reportedly confirmed its partnership with Reliance Jio for bringing Project xCloud to India. Microsoft has said it will “soon” provide more information on the streaming service coming to India. Reliance Jio indicated its partnership with Microsoft at the Future Decoded event in Mumbai, held in late February and now we have an official

Call of Duty has added a new free-to-play game mode called Warzone which has a 150-player battle royale, along with a new mode called Plunder. Warzone went live on Tuesday, March 10, at around 8:30pm IST for players who already own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, as a one-time early access. The game mode should

When Mayumi Iijima heard that schools across Japan would close over the new coronavirus outbreak, leaving her to juggle her job and two small children, her first reaction was horror. “I just said ‘no, no, no, no… what are we supposed to do?'” the 40-year-old, who works in human resources in Tokyo, told AFP. Like