Gaming

PS5’s August restock is here. Today at 12pm noon, both variants of Sony’s elusive next-gen console — the Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray-equipped PS5, and its Rs. 39,990 disc-less counterpart PS5 Digital Edition — will be up for pre-order in India. Except this time around, they will only be offered in a bundle with Horizon Forbidden West,

Xbox has added a slew of classic Bethesda and id Software titles to its PC Game Pass component. The announcement comes as part of the QuakeCon 2022 event, running from August 18–21, kicking off the Quake Pro League championship and other presentations in collaboration with Bethesda. Notable additions include Wolfenstein 3D and Quake 4, both

Saints Row, the much-anticipated reboot to Deep Silver’s street crime franchise, is out this week. Following the poor sales numbers for the 2017 spin-off, Agents of Mayhem, Volition is back on board to develop the latest iteration — pulling away from the “wacky” tone recent entries were lauded for. Saints Row 2022 is billed to

Diablo 4 will not feature pay-to-win mechanics. In a developer blog post, Activision Blizzard has confirmed that the hotly-anticipated dungeon crawler title will only contain cosmetic items in its in-game store. The deliberately fashioned statement comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding their last release, Diablo Immortal, which offered gameplay advantages in exchange for

India esports athletes’ body EPWA has urged the Tamil Nadu government to recognise skill games as a distinct sport, not club it along with gambling, and provide safe harbour for professional players, a senior official of the entity said on Friday. “We have sent representation to the state government on August 13. We have requested

PS5’s August restock is here, and it’s a special one. Sony has announced pre-orders for their next-gen console in India, which is set to go live on August 22, at 12pm noon. This time, Sony is distributing both Digital and Blu-ray-equipped PlayStation 5 systems. The new-gen console will only be available as a Horizon Forbidden

A user-created game modification — or mod — designed to replace in-game pride flags from the recently-released PC port of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, was reportedlt taken down by NexusMods and ModDB, two of the biggest online sites for PC game mods. Both sites have confirmed that the ‘troll’ mod, which was uploaded from a new account, had been removed. According

Embracer Group AB, one of Europe’s biggest gaming firms, ramped up its acquisition pace after striking deals for six companies including the intellectual property rights for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. “Gaming is the best way to monetize IPs in the long term but not necessarily the most efficient way to create new

Xbox Game Pass is getting a slew of new games in the second half of August, starting today, August 17. The new arrivals include Immortals Fenyx Rising, which is best described as Ubisoft’s version of Zelda. Players assume the role of the titular Fenyx, a winged demigod and embark on a mythological journey in their

Chinese tech giant Tencent on Wednesday posted its first drop in quarterly revenue since going public, as the company grapples with China’s economic downturn, pandemic disruptions and ongoing scrutiny from regulators. Revenue in the second quarter fell three percent to CNY 134 billion (roughly Rs. 1,57,000 crore) compared to the year before, while profits plunged by

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is granting early access to its campaign segment. Those who pre-order a digital edition of the game, get to play the single-player component up to a week early, regardless of the platform, starting October 20. Furthermore, a release date for the much-anticipated Warzone 2 has leaked, with Activision Blizzard

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 — 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

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

Lenovo Legion VR700 VR headset’s key specifications have been teased by the company. It will come with a Qualcomm XR2 processor, 4K RealRGB display, and a 6DoF interaction system, among others. As per the poster shared by Lenovo on Weibo, the headset seems to come with multiple cameras, presumably for inside-out tracking, a strap, and

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

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 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

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 —