Gaming

Krafton, the South Korean company behind blockbuster video game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”, said on Wednesday its IPO would raise up to SKW 5.6 trillion (roughly Rs. 36,730 crores) at the top of an indicative range, which would be a record for the country. Krafton said in a regulatory filing it expected to offer 10 million shares, including

Hitman Sniper: The Shadows, a spin-off to Hitman: Sniper mobile game, has been announced at E3 2021 by Square Enix. The game will be free-to-play, which is a new direction for the game, as Hitman: Sniper was paid. In Hitman Sniper: The Shadows, you do not play as Agent 47 but as one of the

Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War are all set to get Season 4 update on June 17. Activision has shared what players have to look forward to in the new season including four multiplayer maps, five new weapons, a new quest in Outbreak, new Points of Interests (PoI) in Verdansk, and more.

Starfield launches in November 2022. Forza Horizon 5 in November 2021. The Outer Worlds 2 announced with no date or year. New games from the developers of Just Cause and Prey. A big multiplayer reveal for Halo Infinite. And Sea of Thieves is teaming up with its most natural partner, Pirates of the Caribbean. We

PUBG: New State closed alpha has reportedly gone live in certain regions, though just for the weekend. The game, developed by Krafton, was announced earlier this year in February and went up for pre-registration on Google Play and App Store back then. Later it was announced that the game is not available in India as

Asus ROG Zephyrus S17, Asus Zephyrus M16, Asus TUF Gaming F15, and Asus TUF Gaming F17 gaming laptops have been launched in India, based on the 11th-generation Intel Core H-series processors. The new Asus laptop models come with Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs. There is also fast charging support that is touted to power up

Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment is planning to introduce cross-platform play on consoles and PC. The news about the cross-platform play was first confirmed through a Reddit thread. Overwatch was launched in 2016 but it is didn’t support cross-platform play or cross-progression on all available platforms. For those uninitiated, Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter

Electronic Arts is investigating a recent data breach, where some of its game source code and related tools were stolen, the videogame publisher said on Thursday, becoming the latest victim of a spate of cyberattacks on US companies. The publisher of titles such as Battlefield, Apex Legends, and Madden NFL 21 said it does not expect the breach to

Microsoft on Thursday said it is working on software to let people play Xbox video games on internet-linked televisions without need of consoles. The news came as Microsoft and other video game industry heavyweights prepare to show off coming titles at an annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) being held virtually beginning Saturday due to the

Elden Ring finally has a release date: January 21, 2022. At the Summer Games Fest kick-off on Thursday, Dark Souls maker FromSoftware revealed the first gameplay trailer for its next game — a collaboration between game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin — coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,

Internal company data leaked during a February security breach is now being circulated on the Internet, Polish video games maker CD Projekt said in a statement published on Thursday. The attack, which compromised some of its internal systems including the source code to its much-hyped game Cyberpunk 2077, dealt another blow to the Warsaw-based business

Battlefield 2042 multiplayer first person shooter for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC has been officially revealed through a trailer that shows its game engine footage. The game is being developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts with a release date of October 22. The trailer previews some of the game modes of the multiplayer-only game.

Playdate, an upcoming handheld gaming console from US-based Panic, will become available in July for pre-orders, and shipping is likely to start later in the year. The device will offer two new games every week during the first season, but you won’t know what you will be getting until the games arrive. Panic  had originally

Battlegrounds Mobile India is inching closer to launch and developer Krafton says “Its almost time.” Though no actual date for the release has been shared yet, fans are eagerly waiting to get back into the battlefield and play with their friends. Previous reports have suggested the game will launch in India on June 18 but

The pandemic has bolstered the use of gadgets in an average US household to 25 connected devices, up from 11 in 2019, including laptops, smartphones, streaming devices, smart TVs, headphones, and gaming consoles, according to a Deloitte report. The home has become the centre of activities with children learning and playing games online and adults working

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 is called Invasion and it introduces a mysterious alien army lead by Doctor Slone. It brings new items, characters, an updated Battle Pass, and more. Season 7 adds UFOs, many new weapons, upgradable guns, and a new outfit that players can customise. Superman will be part of Season 7 as

PlayStation 5 was launched globally in November last year and in India in February this year. The console comes with a single DualSense controller (in the box) that is a major upgrade from the previous-generation DualShock controller. The DualSense controller brings new features like adaptive triggers that allow players to feel the tension and feedback

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is finally set to make its debut on the PlayStation 5. Developed by Insomniac Games, the California-based studio known for popular titles such as Marvel’s Spider-Man and Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will follow the story of everyone’s favourite tech-savvy lombax Ratchet and his sentient robot buddy Clank

Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S was launched in November last year and the new console comes with a new controller as well. The Xbox Series S/ X controller not only works with the current generation of Microsoft consoles, but also with the previous generation, among other devices. The new controller is more of

Alienware Graphics Amplifier, an external GPU (eGPU) solution from Dell, is said to have been discontinued. The company first launched the Alienware Graphics Amplifier for select Alienware gaming laptops in 2014 and provided a proprietary connection port in newer laptops to use it. This year, the port is missing from the recently launched Alienware x15

Intel needs to release a new generation of CPUs every so often, so that PC manufacturers have higher numbers to promote and buyers feel as though they’re getting something better and faster. Of course, as buyers, it’s nice to get all the latest standards and the best possible performance at every price level, but the simple fact

Cyberpunk 2077 players have spent 600 million hours in the game so far, the developer has shared on Twitter. The game was launched in December last year and in about six months, even though there were a lot of complaints about its buggy performance, players have spent quite a lot of time in-game. Cyberpunk 2077

Battlegrounds Mobile India gets a new teaser that shows the UAZ jeep from PUBG and mentions the map name Erangel. The 15-second video has been shared on the game’s official YouTube channel that recently crossed four million subscribers. Battlegrounds Mobile India is the Indian avatar of PUBG Mobile that was banned last September due its

Nintendo Switch Pro could be unveiled on June 4 and may carry a price tag of EUR 399 (roughly Rs. 35,300). The Pro version of the Nintendo Switch has been in the news for quite some time now and the latest leaks suggest that the console will debut ahead of Nintendo’s June 15 E3 2021

Battlegrounds Mobile India, the Indian version of PUBG Mobile, has crossed 20 million pre-registrations in the country in just over two weeks. The game went up for pre-registrations for Android users on May 18 after being announced early last month. Battlegrounds Mobile India is the Indian avatar of PUBG Mobile that was banned in the

God of War: Ragnarök has been delayed to 2022, PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst revealed on Wednesday, but there’s a saving grace: it’s also coming to the PlayStation 4 in addition to the PlayStation 5. Hulst cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of access to performance capture talent as the reasons, while speaking

Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition and Asus ROG Strix G17 Advantage Edition gaming laptops have been announced soon after AMD introduced its latest generation of Radeon mobile graphics at Computex 2021. The new gaming laptops come with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and the newly announced Radeon RX 6800M GPU. This makes Asus ROG

Among Us, the popular social deduction game, had more than two million active players on Saturday (May 29). The hike in player count comes after the game has been made free during Epic Games’ mega sale till June 3. Developer InnerSloth released the game in 2018 but it gained massive popularity only last year during

Alienware x15 R1 and Alienware x17 R1 gaming laptops have been unveiled as part of a new series by the Dell-owned subsidiary Alienware. The new models have a compact build that is touted to be the thinnest in their segment. Particularly for the Alienware x15, the company calls it the “world’s most powerful sub-16mm 15-inch

Nintendo Switch is getting an anticipated upgrade this year that will bring a larger OLED display and support for 4K TV output, according to a report. The upgrade could be called Nintendo Switch Pro, that has been in the rumour mill for some time (read: years). The Switch Pro is expected to have a larger