Ray tracing is now available in the Windows 10 version of Minecraft. This enables you to get the next-gen lighting technology in the block-building game. Since it’s out now, I can talk a bit about my experience with it, why you should try it, and how it performs.
Let’s start with the performance, because I think the visual fidelity is evident in videos and trailers. As is the case in every…
Riot Games has acquired Hypixel Studios, a maker of an upcoming game that resembles the popular titles Minecraft and Roblox.
Hypixel’s Hytale is going to be a user-generated content (UGC) game — a community-powered sandbox world with a blocky 8-bit art style.
The…
Aspyr announced today Star Wars Episode l: Racer is coming out for PlayStation 4 and Switch on May 12.
Episode I: Racer is, surprise, a racing game based off of the podracing sequence from 1999’s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The game also released in 1999…
PUBG Mobile is still one of the most popular games in the world, and Tencent Games is adding something extra to keep players coming back. Arctic Mode is hitting PUBG Mobile tomorrow, April 16. This new ruleset introduces a survival element to the smaller Vikendi map by covering it with freezing weather and snow. Players must not worry about staying warm as the temperature drops.
In Arctic Mode…
Valve Software is once again planning to use its massive Steam platform to help developers and publishers show off their games. The company announced The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition today. This event is returning June 9, which is the original start date for E3…
Players Ntwrk is launching its digital pop culture entertainment programming, starting with pilot shows on the livestreaming platform Twitch.
The entertainment network draws its performers from professional athletes, esports stars, gamers, musicians, and other…
The Resident Evil franchise continues to deliver strong results for publisher Capcom. In a press release today, the company confirmed it shipped 2 million copies of Resident Evil 3 Remake in its first five days. That includes sales of the survival-horror adventure on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, as well as all copies shipped to retailers.
That 2 million number ensures that Resident Evil 3 is…
Sony released charts showing the top downloads on the PlayStation 4’s digital store for March, and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty franchise dominated the month.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the latest main installment in the shooter franchise that hit in September…
Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook
April 13, 2020
Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to an estimated $17.3 million in March—$5.3 million more than February’s spend. As we’ve previously mentioned, gaming could…
More than $700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures.
It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so much turmoil. In an email to GamesBeat, Evdokimov said we shouldn’t panic about it because lots of game…
