Epic Games took the wraps off its Unreal Engine 5 today, showing in a demo video how the game engine behind Fortnite will be able to generate outstanding realistic graphics in real-time on next-generation consoles like the PlayStation 5, high-end PCs, and even mobile devices.
Unreal Engine 5 will debut in 2021, and it will be one of the tools that will enable for the entire game industry to take a…
Ubisoft announced today that it will host a digital event on July 12: Ubisoft Forward. The publisher is calling the show an “E3-style showcase.”
E3 proper is cancelled this year. This event will broadcast about a month later than when Ubisoft would normally put on its E3…
Like everyone else in esports, Electronic Arts has been forced to pivot to digital esports and competitive gaming events because of the coronavirus.
While esports companies have had to withdraw from physical esports events, EA and other companies have shifted their efforts…
The gaming industry’s TV advertising spend saw an overall decrease in April compared to March, to an estimated $16.3 million from $17.3 million. Nintendo, which accounted for over 84% of industry spend in March, drastically reduced its budget (although it kept its first-place position), while PlayStation burst back onto the ranking after being absent in previous months.
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One of the tidbits revealed during the first Xbox 20/20 event today is that Dirt 5 supports 120 frames per second on Xbox Series X. Publisher Codemasters’ racing game is coming in October, but it supports Smart Delivery. So if you get it for Xbox One, you’ll get the Xbox…
Racing games are the only real way to know when a new console generation is starting. Are the wheels round and metal body shiny? Then it must be time to buy a PlayStation for Ridge Racer, a PlayStation 2 for R: Racing Revolution, or an Xbox One for Forza Motorsport 5. And…
Microsoft said during today’s Xbox 20/20 event that hundreds of developers working on games for the Xbox Series X video game console coming this fall.
Sarah Bond, the head of partnerships at Microsoft Xbox, said that their partners are all over the world. In the screenshot Microsoft showed off, you can see some of the biggest supporters of the console. Notable companies include big companies…
Microsoft showed off gameplay for its upcoming Xbox Series X console during today’s Inside Xbox stream. The event focused on third-party games, including heavy-hitters like Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and EA’s Madden 21.
You can find info about every title…
This isn’t that big of a surprise, but it’s a welcome development nonetheless: Paradox Interactive and Microsoft announced that role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines II will be coming as a Smart Delivery release for the Xbox Series X.
The two companies…
We all but knew that Madden NFL 21 was coming to the Xbox Series X (and the PlayStation 5). After all, the football franchise has been around since 1989 and is the foundation of EA’s annual sports strategy. It’s also one of the key games in its live-services business.
And if America does fall under a second wave of the coronavirus after reopening the country too early, it may be the only NFL…
