As the pandemic rages on, mobile gaming and apps are a kind of salve. So much so, 2020 will be a blockbuster year for mobile games and apps, according to a report by mobile insights firm App Annie and market researcher IDC. The report repeats a common theme in games: mobile is the primary driver […]
Pac-Man will be playable for free on Twitch in a new channel
Pac-Man is getting his own Twitch channel. But rather than just stream Pac-Man gameplay, viewers will be able to play a new type of co-op Pac-Man game, no download required, for free directly in the live Twitch channel. Bandai Namco and Amazon Games revealed Pac-Man Live Studio on Friday, which they call an “all-new Pac-Man […]
Fortnite Will Host A Full-Length Movie From The Dark Knight Director
The latest trailer for The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s mysterious new movie Tenet premiered in Fortnite, but that’s not the extent of the director’s partnership with the battle royale game. During the in-game event, games media host Geoff Keighley revealed that Fortnite will host one of Nolan’s “iconic” movies in the game. “We will […]
Respawn Opens New Studio, Will Focus Apex Legends
Respawn Entertainment has come a long way since the critically-acclaimed Titanfall 2 fell well-below EA’s sales expectations in 2016. The combination of the free-to-play shooter Apex Legends and the cinematic action game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gave the studio an outstanding 2019. As it marks its tenth anniversary, Respawn has announced that it is […]
Upland blockchain game will use Linden Lab’s Tilia for virtual property transactions
Blockchain game developer Uplandme has teamed up with Linden Lab’s Tilia division to enable digital payments in the Upland virtual property trading game. Both companies hope to grease the skids of digital commerce in the game, so that both players and the companies can make money from a new form of monetization built around user […]
Pokémon Go players will vote for June and July’s Community Day Pokémon
From May 24 until May 25, Pokémon Go players will be able to vote for the next two Community Day Pokémon. Weedle, Squirtle, Gastly, and Sandshrew will be the options in a Twitter poll. The winner will be the focus of the June Community Day and the runner-up will be the focus of the July […]
PlayStation 5 Will Still Release In 2020, Despite Global Pandemic
In its latest financial earnings presentation, Sony has explained that its hardware and software plans for the upcoming PlayStation 5 launch have been unaffected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Sony has still not yet announced a specific PS5 release date, but as of now, the plan is still to launch the console by the end […]
Halo Infinite Will Be At July's Xbox Series X Reveal Event
Halo Infinite will be an Xbox Series X launch game, but we haven’t seen any gameplay footage from it yet. When we learned that Xbox would showcase first-party titles for the system in an upcoming Xbox 20/20 presentation in July, we assumed that Halo Infinite would be one of them–and now we have official confirmation. […]
Xbox Series X will be 60fps as standard says Microsoft
Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg has stated that the Xbox Series X will have 60 frames per second as standard, and can even go up to 120fps. Microsoft recently held an Xbox 20/20 event, which was set to show off the first gameplay footage for a number of third party Xbox Series X titles. However, it seemed […]
Xbox Series X Will Finally Have A Better Dashboard
One of the consistent criticisms of the Xbox One throughout this generation has concerned the dashboard. Even with refinements through system updates and better hardware, the Xbox One dashboard still feels sluggish and cluttered to this day. It never has gotten substantially better–only different, with the PS4’s dashboard requiring far fewer changes. Some of that […]