The Redmi K50 Gaming was introduced on Wednesday, and today it had its first flash sale. According to the official Weibo account of the Xiaomi brand, the model brought in over CNY 280 million in revenue (almost $45 million) before all the stock was gone.
The first member of the Redmi K50 family brings a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, a massive VC chamber and an impressive 6.67” AMOLED with a 120 Hz…
Ransomware attacks surged 2X in 2021, SonicWall reports
February 17, 2022
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In the latest indicator of just how severe the ransomware problem became last year, new data released today by cybersecurity vendor SonicWall reveals that the total number of…
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On this episode of the Last of the Nintendogs, editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb discuss the not-fun cult dedicated to certain anthropomorphized…
Xiaomi Redmi K50 Gaming brings SD 8 Gen 1 and 120W charging
February 16, 2022
Xiaomi held an event in China earlier today where it announced the Redmi K50 Gaming – the first member of the anticipated Redmi K50 series and a direct successor to last year’s K40 Gaming. The new phone uses Qualcomm’s latest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and brings blazing-fast 120W charging. It’s also the first phone in the Xiaomi and Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team…
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Since its release two months ago, Epic Games’ The Matrix Awakens demo has been downloaded more than six million times across PlayStation 5 and Xbox…
iFixit tears down Steam Deck and will be an authorized supplier of replacement parts
February 16, 2022
Pre-order for Valve’s Steam Deck will begin arriving to backers’ doorsteps starting February 25. Back when Valve released a teardown video of the Steam Deck, it was promised that replacement parts would be made available as many of the replaceable components.
A new…
Roblox bookings grow 20% to $770.1M in Q4
February 16, 2022
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Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the fourth quarter ended December 31 were $770.1 million, up 20% from the same period a year ago.
The San Mateo company reported a net loss of $143.2 million on revenues of $568.8 million for the…
Total War and Madden join Xbox Game Pass in late February
February 16, 2022
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Microsoft today announced the next batch of games that will be added to Xbox Game Pass for the second half of February. The headliners are Total War…
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Paramount today announced that a third Sonic movie is currently in development, as well as a live-action series on Paramount+ starring Knuckles. This news…
Matthew Wolf interview: Why Zynga is diving into blockchain games
February 15, 2022
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Matthew Wolf started a new job and a new studio at Zynga to make blockchain games back in November. Then Take-Two agreed to buy Zynga for $12.7 billion in January.
Was it a coincidence? Who knows? But Wolf is excited about spinning up the new business to build games that take…
