The world is stuck at home as part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. This has led to a huge jump in gaming activity across multiple platforms. Sony has even agreed to throttle its network to save bandwidth for more crucial data. But just because people are spending more time with games doesn’t mean kids can’t still learn. And Microsoft plans to help with that by launching free…
Roblox’s in-game Bloxy Awards draw 600,000 spectators
March 24, 2020
Roblox announced that its seventh annual Bloxy Awards drew more than 4 million concurrent players during the peak of the show and 600,000 spectators for the show itself. The event ceremony, staged inside Roblox’s game world, raised $100,000 for nonprofits.
San Mateo…
Google Stadia has had a rough launch, but that isn’t because the cloud-gaming technology doesn’t work. Instead, the service is suffering from a lack of exciting content. Now, Google is working to address that concern by partnering on an exclusive Stadia game with British…
Doom Eternal: Tips and tricks to survive the whole game
March 22, 2020
In Doom Eternal, you have to save Earth, again. Hell has unleashed its demons on Earth, killing millions and overrunning 60% of the planet by the time you, the Doom Slayer, arrive on the scene. You can stop the invasion by locating the Hell Priests and bringing them down, and mowing down every other boss in sight.
As I said in my review, I can confidently say that it is one of the finest…
Nintendo ad buy shows it really wanted you to buy a Switch Lite before Animal Crossing dropped
March 22, 2020
Nintendo crushed the competition for recent gaming industry TV advertising, with its ads accounting for over 77% of all impressions in the 30-day period ending March 15 — during a time when the coronavirus crisis was escalating, but before it fully transformed daily life…
Xbox Live is down once again. This time the technical issues come on a Friday evening as millions of people shelter in their homes to fight the spread of coronavirus. Microsoft has confirmed the problems, and it is working to get its network back up and running.
This outage…
If you’re working from home and get paid to play video games, then odds are good you’re enjoying Call of Duty: Warzone.
In just 10 days, the free-to-play battle royale game Warzone has accumulated 30 million players, according to Activision Blizzard and developer Infinity Ward.
Over 30 million of you have dropped in to play #Warzone. Thank you to this amazing community .
Jump in and play…
Steam’s top 20 new games for February 2020
March 20, 2020
Valve Software has released its list of the top new releases on Steam during the month of February. And these charts once again demonstrate the variety available on the PC gaming platform. Multiple studios landed in the top 20 after releasing their first games ever on Steam.
Sabotage Studios announced Sea of Stars today, a new role-playing game inspired by the 16-bit era.
This is the same studio behind the excellent 2018 action-sidescroller The Messenger (it was one of my favorite games that year). In fact, Sea of Stars takes place in the same…
Sony and Microsoft have both revealed the tech specs for their upcoming next-gen consoles. On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, editors Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti discuss what is under the hood of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Also in the news, Nintendo held an Indie World Showcase and The NPD Group revealed its latest monthly report. Join us, won’t…
