Gaming

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Sony’s secret weapon in its efforts to compete with Xbox Game Pass may include movies and television. The company posted key art for something called PlayStation Plus Video Pass earlier today. And Sony’s Polish website included the following translated copy regarding this new service (by way of Video Games…

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Microsoft is removing the Xbox Live Gold gate for free-to-play games today. For years, the company required an active membership to Gold to play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite. This was different from both Nintendo and Sony, which enabled online access for free games on Switch and PlayStation. Now, Xbox has…

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Call of Duty: Warzone has crossed into new territory with 100 million downloads since its launch in March 2020. The free-to-play game debuted as a battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on March 10, 2020, just as lockdown began in the United States. Like many other games, it became immensely popular…

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Microsoft is working with streaming-tech startup Rainway to bring Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming to iOS. Rainway enables low-latency streaming through browsers like Safari, Chrome, and Edge. This deal is important because Apple is still preventing competitors from launching game-streaming platforms on the App Store. But…