How to keep games growing in 2021

Last year was pretty bad for everyone, personally. But the game industry did well as people turned to games to distract themselves from reality and find socially distanced friends. The game industry’s revenues grew 19% to $174.9 billion in 2020, according to market researcher Newzoo. Mobile games led the way, accounting for 58% of revenues […]

Genshin Impact: Where To Buy And Farm Mint

I am incredibly hungry right now, not aided by the fact that I can’t stop thinking about food in Genshin Impact. It all looks so delicious like I could pay an exorbitant sum for it at a real Asian restaurant. I haven’t felt this way about video game food since Final Fantasy 15, and I’ll […]

Xsolla launches commerce to take mobile games beyond the app stores

Xsolla provides game developers with what it calls a “game business engine.” And now it is expanding that with a commerce solution that takes mobile games beyond the app stores. Xsolla’s new innovative Mobile Game Commerce solution enables developers to streamline user acquisition, create better ways for players to discover games, simplify the online game […]

Run:AI raises $30 million to orchestrate and distribute AI workloads

Run:AI, a startup developing orchestration and virtualization software for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $30 million. The company says it will use the investment to fund expansion and recruitment globally. AI models are great — after all, they’re at the core of everything from voice assistants to cooling systems. But what isn’t great […]

Report: India to Permanently Ban 59 Chinese Apps, Including TikTok

A report in the Economic Times suggests that the Indian government has issued notices to as many as 59 Chinese apps in order to permanently block them from operating in the country. The news comes nearly seven months after the government went after Chinese tech products and apps in the aftermath of the Galwan Valley […]

Kein VALORANT Ranked mehr für toxische Spieler – Riot greift durch

Riot Games sagt toxischen VALORANT-Spielern den Kampf an. Wer wegen Beleidigung gesperrt ist, kann künftig keine Ranked-Matches mehr spielen. Die Neuerung soll in den nächsten Patches eingeführt werden. Riot Games plant offenbar den Ausschluss von toxischen Spielern in Ranked-Games von VALORANT. Der Riot-Mitarbeiter Ian ‘BrightEyez’ Fielding hatte am vergangenen Samstag auf Reddit über die geplante […]

ESL partners with Blizzard to operate Hearthstone esports – Esports Insider

Tournament organiser ESL Gaming has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to create and operate Hearthstone’s esports ecosystem for next two years.  RELATED: ESL renews Mastercard NLC partnership The deal will see all of Hearthstone’s major tournaments be affected, such as Grandmasters and the Hearthstone Masters Tours. Additionally, the circuit will entail a total prize pool of $3m (~ […]

How To Complete The Witcher 3 Contract Swamp Thing

In the Witcher 3, one of the many witcher contracts that you can take on in the Velen region is called Swamp Thing, and it’ll require you to find and take down a local foglet. Apparently, that local foglet has been attacking people and dispensing a harmful mist around the area, as foglets are known to do. […]