Update: The Minecraft RTX open beta is now live. It is only available on the Windows 10 Bedrock version of the game. Original story follows: Nvidia’s solution for ray-tracing has been implemented only in parts in most big-budget releases. Battlefield 5 utilizes it for reflections, while Metro: Exodus uses it instead more realistic shadows and […]
Rumor: WWE 2K21 Cancelled With A New Game Set To Replace It
Fans of the WWE 2K series may not get the opportunity to play this year’s installment, as the game’s publisher has reportedly cancelled WWE 2K21 and is aiming to replace it with a new game instead. The information about WWE 2K21‘s cancellation comes from industry insider Justin Leeper who previously worked on the WWE SmackDown vs. […]
Minecraft with ray-traced graphics playable this week
Minecraft players will be able to see the game in a whole new light this week: Real-time ray tracing will come to its blocky worlds through a public beta on April 16, Nvidia and Minecraft developer Mojang announced Tuesday. Known as “Minecraft with RTX,” following the naming scheme of Nvidia’s line of graphics cards with […]
LLA freshens up with Axe partnership
Riot Games’ Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), the premier Latin American League of Legends competition, has announced a partnership with Axe. The agreement will see Axe, a male grooming product brand also known in select territories as Lynx, provide support for League of Legends esports in Latin America throughout the rest of 2020. RELATED: LLA extends Barracks.GG partnership through 2020 Last October, […]
Subscription Fitness App Supernatural Coming to Oculus Quest Next Week
There are plenty of ways to keep yourself healthy at home and virtual reality (VR) gaming can be one of them. Titles such as Beat Saber, Synth Riders, OhShape, Thrill of the Fight and many more offer energetic gameplay and soon there will be another, Supernatural by VR content company Within. Supernatural is going to offer a somewhat different setup […]
April 2020 Xbox Games With Gold
April’s PlayStation Plus freebies for PS4 leaked early, but Microsoft’s Games with Gold lineup was announced at the last possible moment. As always, the newest batch of four games will be staggered across the month, with the first two games available now. Xbox One users get to keep Games with Gold free games in their […]
Woman Reunited With Deceased Daughter In VR – Is This The Future?
Earlier this year, a short clip of a documentary emerged on YouTube showing a mother getting “reunited” with her deceased daughter using VR, and needless to say it’s quite the emotional rollercoaster. The documentary in question is “I Met You,” produced by South Korean company Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). It shows Jang Ji-sung interacting with a virtual […]
2020 Gets Worse, Somehow, With A Cannibal Holocaust Game
Ah yes, just what 2020 needs – a Cannibal Holocaust game! It seems our prayers have been answered. In 1980, Italian director Ruggero Deodato thought it would be a good idea to create a movie that would go down in history as one of the most controversial films ever made. That film is Cannibal Holocaust, and it follows the extremely disturbing story of […]
With Public Demonstrations Halted, Hong Kong Protestors Take To Animal Crossing To Fight for Democracy
Thanks to the disruptive effects of COVID-19, individuals in Hong Kong unable to protest the government in public are taking their grievances online by continuing the protest in the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Hong Kong has joined many other countries in instituting a strict lockdown preventing people form congregating in public places under any […]
Coping with coronavirus: Excel’s Fabian Broich on performance during quarantine
It isn’t easy living in a world with COVID-19. The coronavirus has caused widespread disruption even in esports, one of the only live entertainment industries still functioning during isolation. Yet in the face of the crisis, we’ve seen just how plucky and creative our industry is. Competitive gaming has bounced back online, led the way for sports […]