Gaming

Xbox One sold less than half of the PS4 throughout its lifetime, Microsoft has confirmed. Court documents from the ongoing Microsoft-CADE trial have revealed details on how well the Xbox One units sold. The company currently acquiring Activision Blizzard has refused to release console sales information since 2015, instead focusing on Xbox Live numbers. “Sony

FIFA 23 has partnered with Marvel for Ultimate Team. EA Sports confirmed in a blog post that the two companies have collaborated to bring iconic footballers back to the pitch in FIFA 23. It will bring some iconic stars from around the world, reimagined as legends from the Marvel comic books. Recognising their memorable careers

Multiversus Season 1 launches on August 15. Developer Player First Games confirmed on Twitter that the season will introduce a new battle-pass system and Morty to the character roster. The season was originally scheduled to kick off on August 9 (six-day difference), but underwent a delay. Multiversus has been in open beta since July 26,

Google Search has begun showing users which video games can be streamed through a particular cloud gaming service, according to a report. The search results do not lead to gaming consoles’ storefronts or to PC game stores — instead, the search giant shows results related to cloud gaming. The report suggested that this could be

FIFA 23 — launching on September 30 — has dropped a new Ultimate Team deep dive trailer. EA Sports has revealed the newest features coming to FIFA’s Ultimate Team mode, including an offline FUT Moments mode, redefined player chemistry, online cross-play support, and a FUT World Cup mode. This year’s iteration would also be the

Nvidia on Monday warned its second-quarter revenue would drop by 19 percent from the prior quarter on weakness in its gaming business, sending the chip designer’s shares down about 8 percent. The company reported preliminary results for the second-quarter, just days after chipmaker Intel, Qualcomm, and Sony forecast weak sales on demand concerns for personal computers and

FIFA 23 — launching on September 30 — has dropped a new Pro Clubs deep-dive trailer. EA Sports has revealed the newest features coming to FIFA’s Pro Clubs mode, with a slight focus on the Volta Football (street) mode. This year’s iteration comes with shared seasonal progression, drop-ins, new skills and customisation options, and more.

When video game designer Mark Venturelli was asked to speak at Brazil’s biggest gaming festival, he submitted a generic-sounding title for his presentation – The Future of Game Design - but that was not the talk he gave. Instead, he launched into a 30-minute diatribe against the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and the games it has

Spider-Man is finally on PC — and it might be the greatest decision Sony has made to expand its outreach. If the headline didn’t give it away, I’m talking about Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the updated next-gen version of the 2018 award-winning title. As someone who doesn’t own a PlayStation console, this is quite eventful —

Spider-Man Remastered global unlock times on PC have been revealed, ahead of its upcoming release next week. The hotly-anticipated remaster of the 2018 PlayStation exclusive will launch on August 12 for most regions, and August 13 for others. In India, Spider-Man Remastered unlocks on August 12, at 8:30pm IST. Co-developed by Insomniac Games, the new

Gaming software company AppLovin on Tuesday made an offer to buy peer Unity Software in a $17.54 billion (roughly Rs. 1,39,600 crore) all-stock deal, looking to tap into growing demand for three-dimensional gaming. Both companies make software used to design video games. Game-making software has also been expanding to new technologies such as the so-called metaverse, or immersive

Unity Software Inc, the US developer whose software is used in video games like Tencent Holdings’ Honor of Kings, said on Tuesday it had struck a deal to create a joint venture with multiple partners, valued at $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,900 crore), from its China business. The announcement follows an exclusive Reuters report last week that

Marvel’s Midnight Suns has been delayed yet again. Developer Firaxis Games confirmed on Twitter that their upcoming tactical role-playing title had been delayed until next year. The game will now see a staggered launch, with the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X versions releasing by early 2023, while the last-gen PS4 and Xbox One, and

Gigabyte, best known for PC components, has launched four new laptop models in India across its Aorus series for gamers and Aero series for creators. The new Gigabyte Aorus 15 and Aorus 5 are aimed at gamers who want top-end specifications and performance in portable packages, while the Gigabyte Aero 16 and Aero 5 are

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beta is coming in September. Activision confirmed in a blog post that the beta launch will be divided into two weekends, with PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 users getting first access. The first open beta phase begins on September 18, exclusively on the PS4 and PS5, and will conclude

The team representing India in the Dota 2 tournament at the inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championship 2022 won a bronze medal on Sunday. India defeated the team representing New Zealand by 2-0 in a best-of-three match to grab the medal. India won a bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018 as well and is now looking

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) marked its first anniversary on July 1, by claiming that the game had passed over 100 million registered users in the country. However, things went sideways when the game was removed from Google Play and App Store later in July following a government order. CEO and Founder of Skyesports Shiva Nandy

Japan’s Nintendo sold 23 percent fewer Switch consoles in the April-June quarter than a year earlier following chip shortages, it said on Wednesday. The Kyoto-based gaming company said it expected procurement to improve “from late summer towards autumn” and maintained its forecast to sell 21 million units in the year through end-March 2023. “Demand remains

Iron Man single-player video game is in the works, rumours suggest. Electronic Arts is currently working on multiple single-player entries, one of which is reportedly based on the armoured superhero from Marvel. During a Game Mess stream, journalist Jeff Grubb stated that the publisher is “making another Marvel game,” in addition to the hotly-anticipated Mass

Xbox Game Pass family plan testing has begun in limited regions. Microsoft has made a preview of the long-awaited scheme available to insiders in Columbia and Ireland. As the name suggests, Xbox’s new family plan allows users to share their account benefits with other people. Starting today, testers in the said countries will be able

PlayStation Summer Sale has entered the second wave of its annual event. Sony has added even more titles to its sales catalogue, with discounts up to 83 percent off. The 2022 PlayStation Summer Sale runs until August 17, with great discounts on critically-acclaimed titles such as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and The Last of Us

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet will feature three unique campaign modes and rideable Legendaries. Developer Game Freak confirmed during a Pokémon Presents broadcast on Wednesday that the standard gym-centric story mode can be tackled in any order. Players have no linear path in terms of gym battles, and can challenge anyone from the 8 new leaders

World of Warcraft mobile game has reportedly been cancelled. Internal disagreements between Activision Blizzard and NetEase resulted in both parties axing the smartphone project three years into development. The WoW mobile title, codenamed ‘Neptune,’ was billed as a massively multiplayer online (MMO) role-playing game (RPG) set in the Warcraft universe. According to Bloomberg, the WoW

Betting and gambling are unlawful in most parts of the country and online gaming platforms are treated as illegal when game of chance is involved in those platforms, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, said all forms of gambling

Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for the Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11. The update is being rolled out to all Windows Insider channels in the US. The new update, version 2206.40000.15.0, primarily focuses on games. It also brings several new changes such as enhancements for input compatibility in apps for networking, windowing

Xbox Game Pass is getting a slew of new games in the first half of August, starting today, August 3. The new arrivals include Ghost Recon Wildlands — described by Ubisoft as one of their biggest open-world titles. Players can create a team with up to three players and head into the deep, dangerous areas

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners trailer is here. On Monday, Netflix unveiled a full-length trailer for the upcoming anime series that is set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. It marks Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red’s first collaboration with an animation studio. Japanese company Studio Trigger spearheads Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, with season 1 consisting of 10 standalone original

Unity Software, the US developer best known for software used to design video games, is in talks to spin off its China unit to help it expand in the world’s biggest games market, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. San Francisco-based Unity has sought strategic investors to join it in a business valued at

FIFA 23 — launching on September 30 — has revealed an official Career mode deep dive trailer. EA Sports revealed the new gameplay video, detailing some long-time requested additions coming to the annual footballing franchise. This year’s FIFA comes with player career personality, playable highlights, transfer analysis, a new menu, and more. This is in

The government of India blocked access to Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), a popular battle-royale format game from South Korean game development firm Krafton, as it was concerned about its data sharing and mining in China, an Indian government source told Reuters on Friday. The block comes nearly two years after PUBG Mobile was banned in the country. Section 69A