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The Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick has told senior managers at the company that he would consider stepping down if he fails to quickly fix the culture problems at the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, quoting people familiar with his comments. In a meeting on Friday with executives of

HyperX has announced a new Streamer Starter Pack that consists of HyperX Cloud Core gaming headset and HyperX SoloCast USB microphone. HyperX’s new combo pack is aimed at gamers and content creators and is claimed to provide quality equipment at an affordable price. The HyperX Cloud Core gaming headset features DTS HeadphoneX: Spatial Audio. The

PlayStation Black Friday sale has kicked off just in time for the holiday season with discounts on nearly 400 games. The company has shared a list of digital and physical games that will be discounted on the PlayStation Store as part of the Black Friday sale. Top deals include heavy discounts on FIFA 22, Ghost

Battlegrounds Mobile India’s (BGMI) developer Krafton is rolling out a new update for the popular battle royale game. The update version 1.7 brings the new League of Legends-inspired mode, special features, and new gameplay mechanics to the game. Additionally, Krafton has announced a special collaboration with Liverpool FC where players will get special rewards. Battlegrounds

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition is getting an update which will bring many bug fixes and improvements. The remastered bundle includes Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Developer Rockstar Games has issued an apology to players regarding the issues they may have encountered

Atari has announced a new initiative that will see never-released games finally making it into the hands of collectors and gaming enthusiasts. Named Atari XP, it is a collection of games that Atari developed but did not launch on the classic Atari 2600 console or were released in very limited numbers. The first tranche includes

PUBG: New State, the new battle royale game from PUBG and PUBG Mobile publisher Krafton, was launched last week to deliver gamers the “next-generation” experience. The South Korean publisher has also chosen PUBG Studios for developing PUBG: New State. The developer previously showed off its work on the original PUBG: Battlegrounds for PCs and consoles.

Battlefield 2042 is the latest game in the first-person shooter franchise by Electronic Arts (EA). The new multiplayer game is the first title in the franchise that supports crossplay. However, players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can only play each other, and not with other platforms. This is the first time a Battlefield title

Xbox November 2021 update has been rolled out by Microsoft and it brings new features and improvements to Xbox Series S/X and Xbox One consoles. The company has added accessibility enhancements in the form of new colour filters for current-gen console owners as well as new audio settings for all Xbox consoles that improve the

PUBG: New State was released earlier this month and now the developers have announced that a slew of fixes are coming in the next update. The update includes fixes to game control, lag issues, and several other optimisations. The developer team apologised for the inconvenience and confirmed that the hotfix update will be rolled out

The Game Awards 2022’s nominees were announced on Monday. The nomination for the Game of the Year award is led by Deathloop, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two, and Psychonauts 2. This year’s nominations include 107 different games, individuals, teams, and events from multiple genres and platforms. The Game Awards event is scheduled

Halo Infinite multiplayer is now available as a free public beta. Microsoft has surprised Halo fans by announcing an early launch of the multiplayer component — days ahead of the release of Halo Infinite that is launching on December 8. The new experience has been provided to Xbox as well as PC users. Due to

PUBG: New State, the latest from the publisher of popular battle royale games including Battlegrounds Mobile India, has hit the one-crore download mark on the Google Play store in less than a week since its launch. The free-to-play battle royale game that launched for Android and iOS phones on November 11 features updated graphics, a

Battleground Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton has said that it has banned 25 lakh accounts permanently or temporarily in a roughly 40-day time frame. The move is aimed at eradicating cheating and cheaters from BGMI, the South Korean developer said. Listing out the steps taken to remove cheaters, Krafton also claims that it has cleaned

Sony has reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to component and logistics constraints, according to people familiar with its operations. The Tokyo-based entertainment giant had previously targeted more than 16 million units assembled in the year ending March, setting it up to achieve its sales goal for the period and

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition, a remastered version of Rockstar’s iconic open-world action games is set to release today, November 11. Before that, gameplay footage of the new edition has been posted online on YouTube. The leaks show over an hour of footage of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto:

PUBG: New State has been officially launched for Android, iOS, and iPadOS devices in more than 200 countries including India. The new battle royale game was announced in February as the latest title in the PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) franchise. It is claimed to bring a next-generation battle royale experience where 100 players will fight using

PUBG Mobile — one of the most popular mobile games — was banned more than a year ago in India. It left gamers and content creators distressed. But as time moved on, they had to look for different ways to spend their hours during the quarantine. Most of them found solace in Call of Duty

Chinese games and messaging colossus Tencent has acquired the Japanese creative studio behind several hit Nintendo Switch titles, a report Friday said, as it seeks to recover from a government crackdown on the gaming sector. Tencent has taken about a 90 percent stake in Wake Up Interactive for more than JPY 5 billion yen (roughly

PUBG: New State publisher Krafton said that it had “sufficient testing” prior to the official launch, in response to complaints that the battle royale game was bricking devices. The South Korean company also noted that it had confirmed smooth functionality of the game. Krafton did not give any explanations to the bricking issue that was