Gaming

Sony Interactive Entertainment has removed Facebook integration from the PlayStation 4, which means that one can not share screenshots and trophies with Facebook friends from a console now. “PlayStation 4’s share features will remain the same, except Facebook will no longer be offered as a destination to share screenshots, videos, music, or links to gameplay

Dating apps are often compared to bars where everyone is single. Now one of the biggest, Tinder, is literally casting itself as a party where all your friends are gathered. They’re drinking, dancing and trying to squeeze some fun out of the fact that a (fictional) comet is heading straight for Earth. And yes, those

The makers of online video gaming sensation Fortnite were accused Friday of designing it to be addictive, in a Canadian class action lawsuit likening playing to taking cocaine. Fortnite, released by US-based Epic Games in 2017, allows up to 100 players to fight individually or as part of a team to be the last standing

Call of Duty: Mobile, the first-person shooter gamer developed by Tencent Games-owned TiMi Studios, has surpassed the mark of 35 million downloads on Android and iOS combined, publisher Activision has announced. The new downloads record follows the 20 million installs that were reported within two days of the launch of Call of Duty: Mobile that

Tencent Holdings’ Call of Duty: Mobile has attracted 20 million gamers within the first two days of its worldwide debut, a big boost for the company’s ambition of adapting top-tier titles with global name recognition for smartphones. Based on Activision Blizzard’s marquee PC and console franchise, Call of Duty: Mobile generated a quick $2 million (roughly

Samsung has released a new exclusive Fortnite Glow outfit and Levitate emote that is now available for download via Fortnite for a select number of Galaxy devices. And these select Galaxy devices are not just this year’s Galaxy S and Galaxy Note flagships, but instead, the list of eligible devices are flagship smartphones from the

From questionable treatment of employees to poaching talent from rivals and more recently the huge lootbox fiasco, EA has been mired in controversies of varied types over the years. The company is now embroiled in a privacy scandal, negligently leaking user data to other users. The registration link provided by EA for the FIFA 20

On their first week in class, a group of students is playing a first-person shooter video game in a sleek new digital studio. It’s their introduction to the degree in esports they’ve all enrolled in. The group clicking away on their mice are at the University of Staffordshire, one of several UK and US schools launching programs

Nintendo launched Mario Kart Tour for Android and iOS last week and already, the game has seen over 90 million unique downloads the world over – according to an apps analytics firm. This makes it Nintendo’s most downloaded mobile game yet for the first week, topping Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s 14.3 million downloads in the

Call of Duty: Mobile is here, and with it comes the inevitable comparison with PUBG Mobile. And let’s not mince words here. Call of Duty: Mobile certainly feels better. Be it the element of realism, the sheer variety of game modes, and the diversity of combat experience, Call of Duty: Mobile feels like an altogether

Apple supplier TSMC has counter-sued smaller contract chipmaking rival GlobalFoundries in the United States, Germany and Singapore, alleging the US firm has infringed 25 of its patents. In the lawsuits filed on Monday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) asked for injunctions to stop GlobalFoundries’ manufacture and sale of chips that allegedly infringe on the patents, the Taiwanese company said in

Call of Duty: Mobile is finally live. After being announced all the way back in March, Call of Duty: Mobile is now available to download for compatible Android and iOS-powered phones and tablets. The game, which is developed by Activision in collaboration with Tencent, is free to download with a promise of free content updates

PUBG Mobile has announced an interesting crossover collaboration, and has added characters from AMC’s popular show, The Walking Dead, into the mobile game. The game maker claims that some of the characters from the hit TV-series will be available to play with, starting today. PUBG Mobile will also offer some limited edition in-game items like

If you play the popular online game called Words With Friends, you should probably change your password right now. A prolific hacker who goes by the name of ‘gnosticplayers’ claims to have stolen personal information of 218 million users of the app. The app is built by Zynga, a company famous for a bunch of

Sony on Monday tweeted the news that Shawn Layden, the Chairman of PlayStation Worldwide Studios at Sony Interactive Entertainment, would be leaving the company after around three decades of service. In a tweet on Monday, the Sony PlayStation Twitter handle said, “It is with great emotion that we announce that Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden

China’s Tencent Holding has agreed to buy a 29 percent stake in Oslo-listed computer games developer Funcom, becoming the biggest shareholder, Funcom said on Monday. Tencent, itself a major distributor of online games, bought the shares from KGJ Capital AS at a 21.8 percent premium over Friday’s closing price, valuing Funcom at NOK 1.22 billion ($134.33 million). Based in

Asus ROG Phone 2 that originally went on sale at 12am today is set to go on sale in India again on October 8. The latest Asus phone will be available for purchase through Flipkart. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC, the Asus ROG Phone 2 is designed for enhanced mobile gaming experiences. The

New year, new game, same old problem. For supposedly the third year in a row, the map of India in the latest instalment of EA Sports’ FIFA franchise — FIFA 20 — does not feature Jammu and Kashmir, according to an image circulating on Twitter. The issue here isn’t that the parts of the Indian

Football is real-time strategy, à la Age of Empires. Hear us out. You pass the ball around to look for space and open up the defence. That creates room for your teammates to make runs, who might then be free to receive the ball themselves or may act as a diversion for others in a

Microsoft has announced the release of Xbox Action for the Google Assistant, that will now let users interact with their Xbox One consoles through voice commands, much like the existing Alexa and Cortana integration. This means users will now be able to launch games, turn on or turn off the console, play or pause videos

Microsoft’s bid on mobile gaming via the cloud will be in the public eye soon, at least in the US, UK, and South Korea. Registrations for Project xCloud have opened, and Microsoft says players will be phased in slowly during the public preview. The preview will launch with four Xbox One exclusives: Halo 5: Guardians, Gears

Fortnite is introducing what’s likely going to be a highly controversial addition to its player-vs.-player battle royale mode: bots. These artificial intelligence bots will “behave similarly to normal players and will help provide a better path for players to grow in skill,” said Fortnite creator Epic Games in a matchmaking update Monday. “Bots will work

Nintendo fans have been waiting a long time for Mario Kart Tour for mobile devices – more than a year – and now, the game is finally live on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. You can head to your phone’s respective app stores and download the game. According to the description on

Google is offering a new subscription service for apps and games on Android devices days after Apple launched a similar service. Google Play Pass will cost $5 (roughly Rs. 350) a month and give subscribers access to 350 games and apps. It will cost $2 a month for the first year in an introductory offer.

Nintendo is set to bring one of its most successful franchises to mobile for the first time on Wednesday with the global launch of Mario Kart Tour, in a test of the gaming firm’s strategy to drive growth beyond consoles. Mario Kart Tour will feature gameplay familiar to longtime Nintendo fans but with controls optimised for

Gaming is going green — and some of the biggest game companies hope players will, too. The companies behind PlayStation, Xbox, Angry Birds, Minecraft, Twitch, and other video games and platforms pledged Monday at the UN to level up efforts to fight climate change and get their throngs of users involved. The promises range from planting

PUBG Mobile Lite has received an update, and it brings the new Golden Woods Map, a new Firefight Game mode, and a new UAZ vehicle as well. The update bumps the version up to 0.14.1, and its now live for Android users to update. Separately, Amazon Prime has also added mobile game add-ons into its

PUBG Mobile and Fortnite users are experiencing a jarring gaming experience ever since the rollout of iOS 13. A three-finger long press gesture now brings up a toolbar, breaking the game in between. The battle royale games often require more than two fingers to play the game, and this new gesture introduced with iOS 13

Microsoft has revealed that it will no longer include Gaming Revenue or Xbox Live Monthly active users in its earnings reports. The reason why this change is being made may have to do with the company’s Xbox Game Pass service. This allows gamers to play new releases with their $10-a-month subscription, which means that software

In a repeat of its Diwali promotional tactic, Sony India has reportedly dropped (maximum retail) prices for a bunch of PlayStation 4 games, by Rs. 500 in most cases, Rs. 1,000 for a select few, and Rs. 1,500 for one title: Days Gone. Those discounts amount to 20–40 percent. The PS4 games Diwali sale will