Video games have long been literally the center of attention in the App Store, so Apple’s prospects for finding Arcade subscribers among its installed base of over 1 billion iOS devices is pretty straightforward. But can Apple Arcade spread the wealth of iOS’ developer attention to its other platforms, meaningfully driving new interest in gaming […]
Bengaluru | Kolkata: Online gaming companies, which got their first unicorn in Dream11 earlier this month, are on a talent hunt as they race towards growth, riding high on improved technology, greater proliferation of smartphones, cheap internet and increasing data penetration. It is the next big thing in the startup ecosystem, after travel, e-commerce and fintech, with […]
If you’re a mobile games fan, you can expect “bigger, better and badder” franchises coming down the line thanks to 5G. That’s according to Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga, whose claim to fame resided with its Facebook-based games like ”’Farmville” before it transitioned to creating its own mobile gaming services and brands. Gibeau told CNBC that […]
Today, Xiaomi announced its new gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 2. We previewed the first model last year; at the time, it seemed like a promising competitor to other gaming phone makers, like Asus and Razer. And Xiaomi is no stranger to designing and releasing high-end smartphones in China and elsewhere, even if they’re still fairly new […]
Gan said a total of five shots were fired into his and his friend’s rooms, apparently fired by a stranger who was “partying behind the street.” Thankfully no one was hurt by the stray gunfire, including Gan. The shots came in around 4 AM and he wasn’t sitting at his PC at the time—but if […]
NVIDIA launched its latest consumer-class GPU targeted at mainstream PC gamers this past Friday, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Although this new card carries a GeForce GTX moniker like its Pascal-based predecessors, it is actually based on NVIDIA’s bleeding-edge Turing architecture, which is also the foundation of the GeForce RTX 2000 series – with some major […]
The customizable product allows gamers with mobility limitations to craft their own personal device. On Wednesday night, Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox Adaptive Controller for the Xbox One console, aimed at making gaming more accessible for those with disabilities and mobility limitations as part of their Gaming for Everyone initiative. The device allows for individual […]
Buying a processor for a gaming rig isn’t as hard as it used to be. Now that AMD’s Ryzen and Intel’s 8th-gen CPUs debuted with more performance and cores than ever before, it’s hard to buy a stinker these days—especially since most games favor graphics firepower over CPU oomph. But all that said, there are specific chips that stand […]
Originally slated for the April 2018 Xbox One update, Microsoft is finally adding 120Hz support on its consoles. The May 2018 Xbox One update finally lets users take full advantage of their high-refresh screens. The new 120Hz capabilities should grant users smoother gameplay and faster reaction times, but you’ll actually need a display that supports this – […]
