Gaming

The next game in the massive Call of Duty franchise, a reboot of the Modern Warfare series, launches in just over a month, in line with Activision’s annual release model. Yet new to this Call of Duty entry is cross-play multiplayer, so you can squad up with your friends across systems. Now, the developers at studio Infinity Ward have detailed how exactly cross-play will work in advance of an…

Fortnite recently united players with updates that everyone hated equally, but today it unveiled an app that will literally bring players together. Party Hub is an all-new cross-platform voice chat app that lets players socialize even when they’re not playing the game. It’s based on technology from Houseparty, the group video chat app that Epic Games acquired in June. According to the…

If you visit Twitch right now and click on the Browse tab, you’ll see a constantly updated list of the most popular games on the site. As I’m writing this, there’s a conspicuous absence from the big three: Fortnite. And its absence may be because two key streamers aren’t on Twitch. According to the metrics site Twitch Tracker, Fortnite dropped from pole position, where it had been holding…

As we approach Nintendo’s 130th anniversary next month, we’re taking some time to look back on the company’s devices that preceded the Switch, and we’re starting with its immediate predecessor, the 3DS. In Engadget’s review of the original version back in 2011, Tim Stevens praised the device for its comfortable Circle Pad, compelling 3D effects and creative augmented…