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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google’s interest in cloud gaming is evolving. At the company’s Games Developer Summit, the technology underlying Stadia has become an enterprise cloud product called Immersive Stream for Games. It’s not the best name, but that’s typical of products in the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. For the past few months Meta (formerly Facebook) has been evangelizing its vision of the metaverse, but not everyone is buying it. The latest critic is former Nintendo of America COO and president Reggie Fils-Aimé, who laid down some serious

Audio player loading… Will Microsoft ever create an Xbox VR headset? It’s a question that’s been on everyone’s lips since the release of Sony’s PSVR, but so far the Redmond-based company has been reluctant to enter the field of virtual reality. However, with the Meta Quest 2 (formerly known as Oculus Quest 2) becoming the

Anybody who claims to have any fond memories of playing a PS2 launch game other than TimeSplitters is a filthy liar. It was a miserable wave of sports and racing games, with a couple of absolutely honking action RPGs thrown in to keep people happy until Dark Cloud came out. Don’t talk to me about

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve’s Steam Deck has finally started shipping to those who pre-ordered the machine early. It will take a long time for everyone to get their handheld game machine, and maybe Windows will work well by the time they do. It

Audio player loading… The Wordle clones keep on coming. There is something about the five-letter, six guesses game that speaks to a dark corner of our brain. We just can’t help but keep coming back for more of that exciting detective work thrill. We’ve already seen one spin-off of the five-letter guessing game that dramatically

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last week, eagle-eyed customs officials in China noticed something fishy about a shipment of XFX GPUs coming in from Hong Kong. Authorities spotted that some of the GPUs had specification labels taped over previous labels. Upon closer inspection, the specs

Handing over a brick of heroin to a visibly paranoid dealer, I finalise the sale price using the DS stylus – and can’t help picturing a disapproving Shigeru Miyamoto. As the constantly smiling creator of Mario – the huggable godfather of gaming – Miyamoto seems endearingly innocent. Now, I’m using the device that brought us

Audio player loading… Activision Blizzard lawsuit Publisher Activision Blizzard, responsible for the game this article refers to, is currently embroiled in ongoing litigation in regards to claims reporting a workplace culture that allegedly enabled acts of sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination. Read our Activision Blizzard lawsuit timeline of events for ongoing coverage of the events.

Audio player loading… The latest PlayStation State of Play showcase has been and gone, showering us with another round of trailers and reveals. Interdimensional dinosaur-hunting shooter Exoprimal was revealed to a collective eyebrow-raise, Ghostwire: Tokyo received a final pre-launch trailer, Valkyrie Elysium was announced as the next installment of a long-forgotten RPG series, and Returnal

As promised, Techland has released the latest patch for consoles, and like the PC version, it eliminates deathloops, fixes blocks in multiple quests, and solved some problems with safe zones. It also features fixes for co-op, nightrunner tools, makes combat improvements, adds new ragdoll behavior, and more. The update also fixes issues with the Brutality

Capcom has released a trial for Monster Hunter Rise, and it is now available for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Available in North America and Europe, the trial will be available until March 17, and all progress will transfer over to the full game if purchased. If you have have thought about picking the game up,

The next event for Pokemon Go will be the Festival of Colors and it kicks off next week on March 15 and runs until March 20. As part of the Season of Alola, the event will see the debut of Oricorio, the Dancing Pokemon. The Oricorio you encounter will be of different styles depending on

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Alienware’s groundbreaking AW3423DW QD-OLED gaming monitor sent shockwaves through the gaming industry when it was announced at CES this year as  the first OLED-based gaming monitor for desktop PC gamers. On paper, and in-person at the show, it seemed like

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google still puts on a strong face, but all the news coming from the company’s Stadia gaming division is disheartening. Stadia’s sluggish acquisition of new games has led to similarly stagnant subscriber numbers, but Google might have a secret weapon

Audio player loading… You can already play a pretty wide selection of PC games on the Steam Deck without issue, but now you can add a bunch of amazing Microsoft Studios PC games to the list.  Microsoft has just updated the status of a wide variety of its games to Steam Deck Verified, and several

A new behind-the-scenes video highlighting the breadth of content and sense of freedom has been released for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. In the video, the development team shares the process in bringing the entire Star Wars galaxy to life by using versions of iconic locations found throughout the nine Skywalker Saga films. The

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The upcoming launch of Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs seems to have turned into something of a soap opera as of late with unexplained delays and not much information on the company’s launch schedule. At CES the company announced the launch