Now that Halo: Reach has kicked off the launch of Master Chief Collection for PC, what’s next? A return to basics, apparently. The team at 343 Industries now expects to start public testing for the anniversary PC version of the original game, Halo: Combat Evolved, in January. It should incorporate “many” of the same upgrades that came to Reach, including visual touch-ups, support…
For months, the CDC has warned people against vaping until it could determine the cause of a mysterious vaping-related lung injury. Now, the CDC confirms speculation that vitamin E acetate is “closely associated” with EVALI, or e-cigarette, or vaping…
Henry Cavill is right — in 2019, Total War: Warhammer is great
December 20, 2019
Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer franchise has seemed to be quiet recently (apart from a shout-out from Witcher star Henry Cavill). IIts last new faction expansion, which is arguably the most newsworthy postrelease addition for a strategy game, was over a year ago.
Google Stadia achievements are live on the web, but not in the app
December 20, 2019
Google is slowly but surely expanding Stadia’s feature set. The Stream Connect split-screen mode emerged with the release of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint on the service this week, and now another aspect of the service is live: achievements. You’ll receive notifications on your PC or TV (if you’re playing on Chromecast) when you earn them. You can check out…
Epic Games Store celebrates the holidays with 12 free games
December 20, 2019
Fancy a few extra games to play over the holiday season? Start logging into the Epic Games Store. The deep-pocketed Fortnite developer is celebrating the festive season with 12 free games between December 19th and January 1st, 2020. A new offering will pop up each day…
Steam is, once again, poised to make a dent on your holiday budget. Valve’s gaming platform has launched its Winter Sale for the year, and it includes some of the most popular titles for 2019. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which won Game of the Year at the recent Game…
Twitch is the undisputed ruler of the livestreaming-video space, but competitors are starting to make gains. Mixer and Facebook Gaming are both up year-over-year in terms of market share, according to data-tracking service Arsenal.gg and broadcasting-production-tools company StreamElements.
Mixer and Facebooking Gaming both have 3% of the livestreaming market each in 2019. That’s up from 2018…
Fortnite lost 28% of its viewership hours on Twitch in 2019
December 19, 2019
Fortnite is still one of the most popular games in the world, but it has definitely lost some of the unprecedented momentum that it had throughout 2018. This led to League of Legends reclaiming Twitch’s most watched game, according to data-tracking service Arsenal.gg.
Fortnite lost 28% of its viewership hours on Twitch in 2019
December 19, 2019
Fortnite is still one of the most popular games in the world, but it has definitely lost some of the unprecedented momentum that it had throughout 2018. This led to League of Legends reclaiming Twitch’s most watched game, according to data-tracking service Arsenal.gg.
We knew it was coming, and now the multiplayer mode for Mario Kart Tour has arrived just in time for the holidays — but it’s only in beta and it’s only available to Gold Pass holders.
Mario Kart Tour was released for iOS and Android in September, but unusually for a Nintendo game it was purely a single-player experience. Last month Nintendo confirmed it would be launching a…
