Stride Starts Beta Testing On Oculus Quest

JoyWay is making strides (sorry) with the upcoming Oculus Quest port of Stride after the recent delay of the PSVR version. The developer has opened sign-ups for Quest players to test the Tutorial and Endless Modes on the standalone headset. The beta is running from today through to April 12th and you’ll need to have […]

Box.co.uk starts new lottery to buy Xbox Series X consoles today

For once scalpers won’t have an unfair advantage when new stock of the Xbox Series X drops todays, as Box begins a new ballot. You’d hardly have noticed, but there has been a restock of the PlayStation 5 this week at GAME and other stores, but thanks to scalpers using bot software to get in […]

SportQuake starts new esports agency called EsportQuake – Daily Esports

Football (soccer, if you’re in the States) agency SportQuake has joined the world of esports with a new partnership agency called — wait for it — EsportQuake. (I know, I thought it was a Quake story too.) It’s no secret that esports has become a billion-dollar business. With teams constantly shuffling around players and the […]

Marvel’s Avengers beta starts next week, Hawkeye is first post-launch hero

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Madden NFL 21 Starts Naming 99 Club Members, Starting With Former Cover Star

Madden NFL 21 has started naming inductees into its “99 Club” as it continues the rollout of this year’s player rankings. The first inductee is Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes–last year’s cover athlete and Super Bowl MVP. The 99 Club is named after the highest overall rating possible in a Madden game. From the already small […]

Sony Starts The PlayStation Indies Initiative

Sony has announced the PlayStation Indies program, headed by former Sony worldwide studios head Shuhei Yoshida, to “spotlight and support” indie games. Although further details regarding the program will be announced in the future, today Yoshida announced that nine titles will be be announced over both the PS4 and PlayStation 5 through the day. Furthermore, […]

Twitch Starts Banning Streamers Accused Of Sexual Abuse

Following the wave of recent accusations of sexual abuse against popular Twitch streamers last weekend, the livestreaming platform has begun banning some of these accounts. According to a Kotaku report and corroborated by Twitter account StreamerBans, several prominent streamers–including IamSp00n, Wolv21, BlessRNG, DreadedCone, and WarwitchTV–have been banned this week. Each one of these streamers has […]

Valorant Closed Beta Starts Next Week

Riot Games has announced the start date of the upcoming closed beta for Valorant, the studio’s recently revealed tactical hero shooter. Select players will be able to test out the FPS ahead of its planned summer launch beginning April 7. To register for the closed beta, you must connect your Riot account to your Twitch account, then […]