Gaming

When the Bountiful City Police Department in the US state of Utah found a Nintendo Switch left behind at a park that was returned to them, they announced on Twitter that the owners, Mason and Ali, should collect it back. However, they also joked that they had already made good use of the gaming console

PlayStation Now users will soon be able to stream certain games at 1080p resolution, Sony has announced on Twitter. PlayStation Now is Sony’s cloud streaming subscription service that allows PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC users to play PS4, PS3, and PS2 games. There are over 800 games that can be streamed on the PS4

Xbox Live Gold membership will not be necessary anymore to access free-to-play multiplayer games on Xbox. Microsoft shared the development via a post on its Xbox website as well as a tweet. Till now, even free-to-play games required Xbox users to have an Xbox Live Gold membership to play online with their friends. But after

OnePlus Gaming Triggers, that were teased during the launch of the OnePlus 9 series of smartphones last month, are now available for purchase in India. OnePlus says that the triggers can be used with “a wide range of Android and iOS mobile phones.” The development was announced by company CEO Pete Lau via Twitter. He

Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox will roll out a beta version of its cloud gaming service on Web browsers of Windows 10 PCs and Apple’s iPhone models and iPad devices starting today. The feature will enable users to play over 100 Xbox Game Pass titles on Microsoft’s Edge, Google’s Chrome, or Apple’s Safari Internet browsers on

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is now available for free on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. On Monday, Sony announced via PlayStation Blog that the 2017 critically-acclaimed action role-playing game from Guerrilla Games is now part of its Play at Home 2021 initiative — which experts see as Sony trying to make up for

New iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV updates are coming very soon. On Tuesday, buried in its announcements, Apple revealed that the next versions of all its operating systems — iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS 11.3, watchOS 7.4 and tvOS 14.5 — will be available next week. There’s no word on an exact

Apex Legends Mobile is now up for pre-registration on Google Play with regional beta tests starting soon. The upcoming game is a handheld version of Apex Legends, a free-to-play battle royale game available on PC and consoles. Launched in February of 2019, Apex Legends tasted immense popularity among gamers on all platforms. Fans have been

The UK government will look into the national security implications of US group Nvidia’s purchase of British chip designer ARM Holdings, it said, raising a question mark over the $40-billion (roughly Rs. 2,99,130 crore) deal. Digital minister Oliver Dowden said he had issued a so-called intervention notice over the sale of ARM by Japan’s SoftBank

Amazon’s video game division has canceled an online role-playing game based on the fantasy series Lord of the Rings, which was announced in 2019, an Amazon spokeswoman said. The game had been in development at Amazon Game Studios alongside China-based Leyou Technologies, which was acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in December. The resulting contract

Apple’s App Store has been criticised multiple times in the past for hosting scam apps that make it through the company’s supposedly stringent review process. The latest app to have gotten through to the store is Jungle Runner 2K21 — a seemingly simple platformer game for children four years and over — but is actually

Apple launched its much-awaited Arcade subscription gaming service for its smartphones, tablets, and computers in September 2019, and has slowly added new games to the roster since then. Now, Apple is making some changes to how Arcade is organised for the first time. At Rs. 99 per month in India or Rs. 999 per year,

Epic Games said that it was valued at $28.7 billion (roughly Rs. 2,15,890 crores) in a round of funding from investors including PlayStation maker Sony. Epic Games announced that it raised $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,520 crores), with $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,500 crores) of that coming from Sony. The Japan-based video game and consumer electronics

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has gotten a new comparison trailer with a month to release date, which showcases how the upcoming remastered version improves on the original Mass Effect trilogy of games. It gives us a look at the better character, environmental and visual effects, including beautification passes, skin rendering, enhanced/ remade textures, more detailed

PlayStation 5 is receiving its first major update that brings new storage options and some social features. There are some personalisation options as well as new PlayStation app features in the April update. Most importantly, the new storage options now allow users to transfer their PS5 games to an external USB storage device to free

Amazon Grand Gaming Days sale has kicked off in India and is offering up to 50 percent discount on gaming laptops, consoles, and accessories. The sale that will last till Wednesday, April 14 brings deals and offers to gaming laptops, desktops, monitors, headphones, consoles, and graphic cards from popular brands such as Acer, Asus, Lenovo,

Outriders has been plagued with issues since launch earlier in April, but one bug — that clears out your entire inventory — has come to the forefront following the new patch released over the weekend. Several Outriders players are reporting that they have lost up to 100 hours of progress as a result of the

PUBG: New State crossed the 10 million pre-registration mark on Google Play store since it was announced, the game’s official Twitter account shared. The mobile game, believed to be a successor to one of the most popular battle royale games of all time, PUBG Mobile, was announced in February this year and has been available