Ubisoft’s new Warlords of New York expansion takes Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 back to New York. While The Division (our doomsday saviors) was busy in Washington, D.C., in the main gameplay of The Division 2, the villains were running wild in post-pandemic New York, the scene of the original The Division. So now you have to take it back.
Warlords of New York has a narrative focused on a rogue…
Gillette and Twitch round up esports influencers in gaming alliance
February 11, 2020
Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand and Amazon’s Twitch livestreaming service have formed the Gillette Gaming Alliance, a team of five Twitch streamers from around the world who will collaborate with Gillette to create content for their fans.
It’s another sign that…
Atari is acquiring the assets of Wonder, a gaming company that created a hybrid gaming platform for Android mobile devices.
It’s a bittersweet moment for Wonder, as its ambitious platform wasn’t able to succeed on its own. But under Atari, its dream will continue. The…
Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality initiative may have brought multiple VR headsets and a substantial quantity of VR software to the PC platform, but the company still isn’t planning to leverage that momentum to bring VR to Xbox users. Adding VR support to the platform would take too much work at this point to justify its returns, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer suggested during a new…
Gaming’s TV ad spend drops nearly 88% in January
February 9, 2020
After a big holiday season, the gaming industry took it easy on TV advertising in January, with an estimated total spend of a mere $6.3 million, an 87.72% drop from December. Xbox accounted for nearly half of the total outlay, followed by Namco Bandai.
GamesBeat has…
Mario Kart VR gets a new location in London
February 9, 2020
There’s a new place to play Mario Kart VR in central London.
VR Zone, the VR arcade arm of Bandai Namco, this week launched the game at Namco Funscape in County Hall. Funscape is a long-running arcade venue located next to the London Eye and right in front of the River…
Nintendo unboxes the 'Animal Crossing' Switch you can't buy yet
February 9, 2020
Nintendo’s Animal Crossing Switch is still more than a month away, but that isn’t stopping the gaming giant from teasing would-be buyers. It recently posted an unboxing video that shows you what to expect if you pick up the special edition console. There aren’t too many surprises, although it helps point out little touches like the color-matching Joy-Con straps and the…
New Oppo Reno3 Vitality is official with a Snapdragon 765, 48MP camera and new colors
February 8, 2020
Apparently, Oppo decided that the Reno3 line could benefit from some restructuring, or extra saturation, depending on how you look at things, since the we have no indication that the current Reno3 or the Reno3 Pro are going anywhere. What we do know, is that there is now a…
Ahead of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie coming out next week, Puma has released the latest in a series of clothing, shoes and accessories that feature Sonic and his friends. If you weren’t a fan of the movie’s first, nightmare-inducing trailer, the good news is…
Indie dungeon-crawler 'Below' is coming to PS4 this spring
February 8, 2020
More than two years after coming out on Xbox One and almost seven years since it was first announced at E3 2013, Below is making its way to PlayStation 4. If you’ve been patiently waiting to check out the game, developer Capybara Games says you’ll be able to play Below on PS4 “later this spring.”
At the same time, Capy will add a new “explore” mode to the…
