Gaming

Subscription services – once the purview of the written word and cable television – have been slowly expanding to everything from music and movies to the clothes people wear and the food they eat. Now the multibillion-dollar mobile game industry is embracing that model and analysts, developers and service providers all believe it’s bound to

PUBG for PS4 and Xbox One is all set to receive the 5.1 update that brings a host of changes such as tweaked Miramar map, vending machines with support items, and loot improvements. The update that also kicks off season 5 and was recently rolled out for the PC version, includes the scoped Win95 rifle.

Pokemon Go introduced a PvP mode called “Trainer Battles” last year that allowed players to challenge other trainers in the game. However, it was restricted to duels where the opponents were in the same location or those picked up from the list of Ultra Friends and Best Friends in the game. Niantic is now ready

Nubia Red Magic 3S gaming-centric phone was launched in India last week, packing top-of-the-line hardware and an aggressive design. As promised, the Nubia Red Magic 3S has now gone on sale in India via Flipkart with some offers in tow such as no-cost EMI, banking cashback, and exchange discount. The Nubia Red Magic 3S is

Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi Note 8 were launched in India this week, the latest models in the Xiaomi’s extremely popular Redmi Note series of smartphones. Apart from this, Xiaomi also revealed the schedule for the rollout of MIUI 11 Global Stable ROM updates for eligible handsets, and launched a new air purifier for

PUBG Mobile has announced a Diwali Dhamaka event wherein exclusive in-game items and rewards will be offered to players, along with a chance to win exclusive goodies as well. The event has already started and will go on till November 4. The event is live with updated version 0.15.0, which also brings new vehicles and

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will not have the much-maligned “loot box” mechanic at launch and will instead introduce a Fortnite-inspired “battle pass” system that will debut after the game’s October 25 release date. Game publisher Activision made the announcement in a blog posted Thursday afternoon. Based on pre-order pricing, the base game will retail for

Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC will be out on November 5 and is already up for pre-orders with numerous enhancements compared to the console versions. To hype up the fan excitement ahead of the critically-acclaimed game’s arrival on PC, Rockstar Games has released a new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2’s PC version ahead

Google Stadia will be launched for the masses on November 19, later this year. But looks like the “Wireless Play” on the Stadia Controller will only work with Chromecast Ultra initially, and not with your Pixel smartphones or computers. A new video posted by Stadia’s YouTube channel clearly mentions that wireless play on the Google

Riot Games has generated billions of dollars over the past 10 years, and in the process created a highly influential, globe-spanning esports league. All of this success revolved around a single video game: League of Legends. That is about to change, to a degree. The Los Angeles-based company announced Tuesday a slate of new games,

Google on Tuesday said it will launch its Stadia game streaming service on November 19, hoping to launch console-quality play into the cloud. The announcement came at a Google event in New York where the tech giant was unveiling an array of new hardware products. Stadia allows video game play on any Internet-connected device, eliminating

Nubia Red Magic 3S’ global rollout is all set to begin on October 16 and it will hit the shelves in a host of Asian, European, and North American countries soon. Ahead of the Nubia Red Magic 3S’ global availability, Nubia has also begun teasing the phone’s arrival in India and has officially confirmed that

Fortnite is back with Chapter 2 bringing a new map and other additions to the game, after dissolving into a mysterious black hole for a while. The new location comes with plenty of forests, water bodies, and mountains to explore, and offers gamers the ability to drive a boat, swim in the waters, and jump

Microsoft has announced a Project xCloud public preview for Xbox users in US, UK, and South Korea. The company is looking to test the service with a broader audience, in different networks and regions, and is inviting people to test out the beta in these regions only. Separately, Microsoft has also introduced new Message Safety

Call of Duty: Mobile launched on October 1 on Android and iOS and since then, managed to garner a 100 million downloads in a week as per Sensor Tower, far outpacing its rivals PUBG Mobile, Fortnite, and Apex Legends. Soon after its launch however, publisher Activision and developer Tencent Games removed support for controllers, which

PUBG Mobile is scheduled to receive its version 0.15.0 update on October 16. The update will bring along new features to the ever-popular shooting game including an all-new Payload mode and the updated Survive Till Dawn – Halloween mode. The Darkest Night will also be taken offline for further tuning as well. Additionally, before the

Ahead of its new season, popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite has gone down and it is believed that it will return with a rebooted version featuring a brand new map. The Fortnite YouTube channel had a livestream of the event that shows the explosion which blew up the landscape in the game and dragged all

Amazon and Flipkart returned with fresh sales this week as the festive season gets underway. While Flipkart Big Diwali Sale kicked off Saturday, Amazon Big Billion Days: Celebration Special started earlier today. In other news, OnePlus 7T Pro and OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren Edition made their debut at an event in London. Also, Xiaomi launched

Tencent Holdings can’t get a break. The National Basketball Association, Activision Blizzard, and now one of its most important portfolio companies, Fortnite proprietor Epic Games, have all sparked political controversy at a time of increasingly assertive Chinese nationalism online. A tweet by an NBA executive expressing support for Hong Kong protesters drew the ire of

Gaming company Blizzard Entertainment said Friday China had nothing to do with its decision to punish an e-sports champion who voiced support for Hong Kong protestors, but eased the controversial sentence. After a week of backlash from players, employees, and US politicians, the California-based unit of Activision said Ng Wai Chung will be given the

It surprised no one, but Sony’s official announcement of the PlayStation 5 has extended the millennial video game console war for another generation, and it could be the last. Speaking exclusively with Wired magazine, Sony confirmed the PlayStation 5 will be released before the holidays in 2020, and will support ray-tracing technology – a Hollywood-level,

PUBG Lite has received a massive new update that introduces the Lite Pass Season 2, two additional in-game currencies, and a new 4v4 game mode to name a few developments. Patch notes for the latest PUBG Lite update are now live. The PUBG Lite update also brings two new missions, a new item store, a TDM

Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics — best known for its work on the Tomb Raider games — has shed some light on the length of the game’s single-player story campaign, which it suggests will be “something comparable to what we’ve done in the past”, with the likes of 2015’s Rise of the Tomb Raider. That

An anti-Semitic attack that killed at least two people in the German city of Halle Wednesday was streamed live for 35 minutes, and eventually seen by some 2,200 people, the online platform Twitch said. “The account owner streamed this horrific act live on Twitch for 35 minutes, during which time it was viewed by approximately

With less than a month to release, Rockstar Games has revealed PC exclusive graphical improvements and system requirements for Red Dead Redemption 2. For one, that means increased draw distances, while a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is the recommended graphics card. The PC port of the Red Dead prequel will also offer support for 4K

“I think the opinion in the zeitgeist is that mobile games have become free-to-play and that the market has spoken,” Andrew Schimmel, lead producer of critically-acclaimed mobile skateboarding game Skate City tells Gadgets 360. “And to be successful on mobile, you have to have a free-to-play game where your design is focused around monetisation loops,

The mobile version of video game franchise Call of Duty racked up 100 million downloads in its first week, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, dwarfing the debuts of previous smashes including Fortnite and PUBG Mobile. PUBG Mobile, Fortnite, and Electronic Arts’ Apex Legends scored 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in

Sennheiser has added a new headset to its gaming portfolio. Called the GSP 370, it’s a wireless gaming headset which boasts of up to 100 hours of battery life and is compatible with PC, Mac and PlayStation 4. The headset can also be used, while it is being charged. The Sennheiser GSP 370 is on

Many Xiaomi phone users are outraged over mysterious bans that have restricted them from playing Pokemon Go. The affected users have largely reported on various social media channels that they’re facing account suspensions as well as permanent closures of their accounts on the Pokemon Go game for no valid reason. Developer and publisher Niantic is

PUBG Mobile is all set to receive a new update that will bring some new elements to make the gameplay more exciting. Among the key changes coming with the PUBG Mobile 0.15.0 update is the amphibious BRDM-2 vehicle for an all-terrain battleground navigation experience with the added security of having bulletproof tyres. Another new element is