Gaming

Microsoft on Tuesday forecast a strong end to the calendar year thanks to its booming cloud business but said supply chain woes will continue to dog key units such as those producing its Surface laptops and Xbox gaming consoles. The company beat Wall Street expectations for its fist quarter ended September 30, with pandemic-induced demand for the

Battlegrounds Mobile India developer Krafton has announced new Diwali offers that bring in-game credit — UC — and other rewards for players. Players will get additional UC while purchasing in-game credit. They will also get additional benefits in the form of lucky spins, which will give them new outfits, helmets, emotes, and more. The UCs

PUBG: New State release date is set for November 11, publisher Krafton announced during its showcasing event on Friday. The South Korean company said that the new mobile game will be released on Android and iOS in more than 200 countries – including in India – following a final technical test in 28 countries that

The popular social deduction game, Among Us’, is arriving on Xbox and PlayStation on December 14. It will also launch on Xbox Game Pass on the same day and be available on Xbox One, Xbox Series S / X, PS4, and PS5 consoles. According to The Verge, this announcement comes months after Sony confirmed Among Us was coming

Those who were hunting for the Xbox Series X-styled mini-fridge faced disappointment on Thursday as the latest offering from Microsoft sold out immediately upon launch. The $99 (roughly Rs. 7,400) product, which was once only a viral internet meme, is now a real thing. The fridge can hold up to a dozen cans of your

Pokemon Go Halloween Mischief event is back for its 2021 edition. This year’s event is divided into two parts, and the first part has already begun on October 15. The first phase will continue till October 22, and it is themed around creepy companions. It introduces new psychic and poison-type Pokemon to the game, as

PlayStation 5 and PS5 Digital Edition will be back in stock on Monday, October 25 at 12pm (noon) in India. Sony’s online store ShopAtSC has updated its FAQs for PlayStation 5 page with the pre-order date and time for both the standard and Digital Edition of the PS5. The details were also mentioned briefly in

World football’s governing body FIFA said on Friday that it will widen its gaming and e-sports portfolio to ensure that controlling rights don’t lie in the hands of one party. This comes after a report by The New York Times earlier this week that said videogame publisher Electronic Arts is struggling to renew the contract

Valve plans to remove all games from Steam that use blockchain to exchange cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFT) in a move that does raise a few questions about the future of NFTs in the video games industry. While that’s a fairly harsh stance on behalf of Valve since Steam is by far the largest digital

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gets a new trailer. The action-RPG was announced at DC FanDome last year with a cinematic trailer and since then, this is the first time fans are treated with yet another cinematic trailer since then. Based in the Arkhamverse — continuing on the Batman: Arkham storyline — Suicide Squad:

Gotham Knights unveiled a brand-new story trailer at DC FanDome on October 16. After over a year since the last DC FanDome, the upcoming co-op action RPG offered a deeper look at its overall plot. Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood will take on the sinister Court of Owls, an evil organisation overseeing nearly every

FIFA wants more than a billion dollars every four years — more than double what it currently gets from Electronic Arts. That is reportedly the gist of EA Sports considering renaming its immensely-popular football video game FIFA, whose latest edition FIFA 22 launched earlier in October. The current 10-year agreement between the two that expires

Battlegrounds Mobile India will receive an update that will bring various new features to the popular battle royale game. The 1.6.5 update has been teased by developer Krafton through an Instagram post. Many of the new features for Battlegrounds Mobile India have already rolled out while the others will be released to players within this

Gaming memory module is used to increase the efficiency of a system in order to elevate the overall gaming experience. If you are looking for gaming RAM, here are some options for you. 1. XPG Adata Gammix D30 (8GB) The XPG Adata Gammix D30 module has a speed of 3200MHz, and is said to support

Gaming headphones have a stylish look and offer an immersive experience with high-quality audio. Here are a few popular budget options to check out. 1. Cosmic Byte GS430 Cosmic Byte GS430 pack neodymium drivers that provide a 360-degree soundscape for clear footsteps and distant sounds in-game. They have a padded adjustable headband and earmuffs filled

Premium gaming headsets can completely transform the gaming experience by providing great sound output. If you’ve been looking to invest in a gaming headset, here are some options for you. 1. SteelSeries Arctis 5 SteelSeries Arctis 5 headphones have S1 speaker drivers for a 360-degree precision audio with DTS Headphone:X v2.0 surround sound. They feature

Realme has launched a bunch of products on Wednesday. The fresh lineup includes Realme 4K Smart Google TV stick, Realme Buds Air 2 in Closer Green colour option, Realme Brick Bluetooth speaker, Realme Cooling Back Clip Neo, Realme Type-C SuperDart Game cable, and Realme Mobile Game Trigger. These products were launched alongside the Indian model

Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to “prevent addiction.” China introduced new rules in August limiting the amount of time under-18s can spend on video games to three hours a week, a move it said was

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton has announced key dates for various upcoming upgrades, new modes, as well as India-specific events schedule. These modes were previously seen on PUBG Mobile, and the in-game events will be themed around Diwali. The South Korean developer’s aim seems to be to give a PUBG Mobile-like experience on BGMI,

As Intel gears up for the launch of its push into the discrete gaming GPU market, information about the first wave of products has started to come out. We already know that the company has created a new brand called Arc for these GPUs, and that at least four generations have been planned and mapped

Amazon’s live streaming e-sports platform Twitch said on Wednesday it was hit by a data breach, without providing further details. An anonymous hacker claimed to have leaked Twitch data, including information related to the company’s source code, clients and unreleased games, according to Video Games Chronicle, which first reported the news of the hack. Twitch

FIFA 22 is getting its first major patch — labelled Title Update #1 — that comes with a bunch of gameplay changes, chiefly in the goalkeeping department. As you might have read in FIFA 22 reviews, including ours, goalkeepers are really powerful in EA Sports’ new football sim. But they also seem to be broken

Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer is bare and ruthless. It drops you right into the chaos of a simulated World War II battlefield without wasting anyone’s time. The game mechanics are pretty much standard CoD, and you’ll find your feet almost instantly if you are familiar with the franchise. Despite Activision choosing the hackneyed WWII

Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas — the trilogy of the popular action-adventure role-playing games — are getting remastered, publisher Rockstar Games has announced confirming earlier rumours. The new games will be available later this year in a package that is titled Grand Theft Auto: The

Battlefield 2042 is meant for veterans and their shenanigans. The game arrived in early access beta on October 6 and we have already seen fighter jets flying through tunnels, an unsuspecting soldier shooting down a helicopter pilot from a wild distance, and the particular feat of one player travelling nearly to space, tethered to a

FIFA 22 might be the last FIFA game. EA Sports is considering dropping the FIFA branding that comes from its licensing agreement with the global footballing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association — or FIFA. While Electronic Arts didn’t say what it could be called going forward, trademark applications submitted in the UK and EU

Apple app developers will have to offer users a way to delete apps if they want to be distributed through the App Store. The change will come into force for all app submissions starting January 31, 2022, the Cupertino company said in a note to developers. The requirement of allowing users to delete accounts they

Cricket 22 will be the first cricket game on next-gen consoles, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X. On Thursday, Melbourne-based developer Big Ant Studios announced Cricket 22: The Official Game of The Ashes, the third entry in that series following 2019’s Cricket 19. Cricket 22 will be available November 25 on PC, PS4,

Far Cry 6 — releasing Thursday worldwide — is not a great game. It often retreads what have become Ubisoft clichés. But at times, it’s a really fun game. Far Cry 6 has moments of genuine inspiration where its combination of tropical paradise, co-op support, and new ideas fuse together to deliver something memorable. But

PUBG Mobile modes are coming to Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), Krafton announced on Wednesday. The game developer calls the new offerings as ‘BGMI Mega modes’ that include Infection Mode, Metro Royale, and Vikendi, among others. The update is aimed to please existing PUBG Mobile fans who were looking to get similar experiences on BGMI that