New Xbox Update Speeds Up Downloads While Games Are Suspended

Xbox owners wishing for a way to speed up their game downloads while playing other titles now have their prayers answered via a new update to the Xbox dashboard. Microsoft announced a new “suspend my game” feature that will help speed up downloads for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.  For now, the feature is […]

Level up your PC peripherals during this one-day Razer blowout sale

Razer is one of the most popular brands for gaming gear, and today—only today—Amazon is throwing a blowout sale on Razer gaming accessoriesRemove non-product link (and one laptop). The sale has everything from mice and mouse pads to keyboards, microphones, and more. The deal ends just before midnight on Monday, Pacific time. We sifted through all the […]

Wraith: The Oblivion Is Our Upload Access Game Of The Month!

Wait, do you hear that? Is that a Spectre creeping up from behind? Or is it the floorboards of Barclay Mansion creaking on their own? Nope, it’s just Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife, touching down for the first ever month of Upload Access! Yep, Fast Travel Game’s latest is the first title to feature in […]

Riot Games Steps Up Promotion of Valorant Esports

Riot Games is starting to promote Valorant Esports within the full Valorant video game, arming itself with another tool to amplify upcoming events for the growing first-person shooter title. Starting Tuesday, Riot will insert branding for the Valorant Masters including the Valorant Champions Tour tournament at different locations across five different maps that will be […]

Star Wars: Squadrons forms up on EA Play in March

Star Wars: Squadrons, the excellent space-combat sim from EA Motive, joins the EA Play lineup in March, and by extension Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will see it then, too. The modern take on X-Wings vs. TIE Fighters launched in October, and Charlie Hall, our resident HOTAS guru, called it “the total package.” Even with […]

Twitch Rivals brews up Dunkin' collaboration – Esports Insider

American coffee and doughnut company Dunkin’, also known as Dunkin’ Donuts, has teamed up with Twitch Rivals North America for a series of custom activations. RELATED: Lidl enters esports through SK Gaming partnership In addition to being named the official fan fuel of the competitive gaming series, Dunkin’ will feature in exclusive challenges, rewards, and […]

Breaking up Big Tech: A solution in search of a problem

Federal rulemaking must be based on facts, logic, and evidence. Both a 1993 Executive Order (#12866) and the 2003 Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4 require that executive agencies spell out a proposed regulation’s anticipated economic costs and benefits, explain the logic behind their interventions, and compare it to a “no regulation” alternative. These […]

Square Enix Reports Sales Up 34%, Despite Mobile And Online Game Losses

Square Enix reports that net sales increased 34% year-on-year to $2.4 billion. The Japanese publisher also noted its operating income rose 48% to $389.6 million and ordinary income rose 38% to $369.7 million. In Q3 2020, Square Enix’s HD games division had a net sales increase of 124% year-on-year. Net sales of the publisher’s console […]

Has Bungie Completely Given Up On PvP In Destiny 2?

Real talk for a second: I’m not sure if Bungie cares about PvP in Destiny 2 anymore. While Beyond Light has certainly been a treat for Destiny’s wider PvE community, the dedicated PvPers in Destiny are feeling more than merely neglected. They’re feeling outright forgotten. I say that not as a PvP Guardian, by the […]