Category: Gaming

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has reached over two million players, Ubisoft confirmed over the weekend. The Japan-set action-RPG hit one million players one its launch day and has quickly doubled its player count in just two days of release. Assassin’s Creed Shadows launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X on March 20. Assassin’s Creed Shadows […]

NDTV Gadgets 360 Awards is back with its 2025 iteration. The biggest tech event will honour tech excellence in 40 different categories, including smartphones, laptops, SoC, tablets, Smart TVs, TWS, wearable, and more. India’s largest tech award show will take place on March 25, in New Delhi. This also marks one important milestone for Gadgets […]

A new God of War game, possibly a smaller spinoff project, set in the series’ original Greek mythology is said to arrive later this year. The rumour comes when the iconic PlayStation franchise is celebrating its 20th anniversary and offering a new free update for God of War Ragnarök to mark the occasion. God of […]

Cooler Master Shark X PC was launched in India on Monday. The PC components manufacturer collaborated with EliteHubs, a high-performance gaming hardware and peripherals company which hosted a Shark X Gaming Tournament at its flagship Mumbai Store on March 23 to commemorate the launch. The Cooler Master Shark X PC is introduced as a luxury […]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has crossed over one million players across all platforms, Ubisoft confirmed Friday. The company did not disclose initial sales figures for the open-world action-RPG, but said the game had reached the impressive milestone on the day of release. Assassin’s Creed Shadows launched across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X on March 20. […]

Netflix announced Spirit Crossing, its first Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) co-op game, at 2025 Game Developers Conference Thursday. Developed by in-house studio Spry Fox, Spirit Crossing is a cozy life sim where players work together to gather resources and build their village. It will arrive on Netflix’s game subscription service later this year. The streaming […]

Microsoft will push for more film and TV adaptations of Xbox games, the company has said. A film based on Minecraft is set to release in theatres next month, and the Xbox parent found success with the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime Video last year. A TV series based on Halo, Microsoft’s biggest gaming […]

Naughty Dog is reportedly taking inspiration from Elden Ring for its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. At the time of the reveal, the studio promised its newest franchise for the PS5 would offer the “deepest gameplay in Naughty Dog’s history.” An industry insider, however, has claimed that Intergalactic will take notes from FromSoftware’s action-RPG […]

Split Fiction developer Hazelight Studios has already started work on its next project. Just two weeks after the release of its latest co-op adventure, the Stockholm-based studio has confirmed its next game is in the very early stages of development. In a recent interview following the launch of Split Fiction, Hazelight director Josef Fares said […]

Ubisoft is banking on the success of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to fight its way out of financial troubles as the French videogame publisher grapples with falling revenue, a sinking stock price and takeover speculation. The title, which will be launched on Thursday, marks a return to the company’s best-selling franchise after a string of high-profile […]

OneXSugar was unveiled on Monday at the ongoing Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2025 in San Francisco. It is a dual screen handheld gaming console that has a 6.01-inch primary display and a 3.92-inch secondary screen. Two other handhelds were also announced at the event — the Ayaneo Pocket S2 and Ayaneo Gaming Pad, equipped with 6.3-inch […]

Video game consoles are likely to be the biggest growth driver in the market until 2027, research firm Newzoo said on Monday, citing strong expected sales for Take-Two’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 and the next-generation Switch from Nintendo. Why It’s Important The videogame industry has been recovering at a sluggish pace following a post-pandemic […]

Sony has set up a new first-party studio, Dark Outlaw Games, within its PlayStation Studios umbrella. The studio is headed by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, who confirmed the new PlayStation unit in an interview Monday. Dark Outlaw is currently in the process of hiring more staff, Blundell said. He did not share any […]

Qualcomm has unveiled three new Snapdragon G series chips for handheld gaming consoles, including the high-end Snapdragon G3 Gen 3. It offers support for 144Hz Quad HD+ displays we well as ray tracing and Unreal Engine 5’s Lumen system. On the other hand, the company’s Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 processor will power midrange devices with […]

Sony is celebrating 20th anniversary of God of War, one of PlayStation’s biggest franchises, on March 22. The company has announced new in-game content for God of War Ragnarök, 20th anniversary merchandise, an art exhibition and more to mark the occasion. As part of the celebration, the PlayStation parent is releasing the Dark Odyssey Collection […]

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is reportedly still in development at Saber Interactive. Announced for the PS5 in 2021, the remake project has had a tumultuous development cycle. The game swapped studios and was once delayed indefinitely, but Saber confirmed last year that it remained in the works. After almost a year […]

Microsoft is working on Copilot for Gaming, a new AI-powered assistant for Xbox gamers. The Redmond, Washington-based company said in a recent blog post that its upcoming assistant will save gamers’ time by helping them find tutorials and other in-game assistance. Copilot for Gaming can also understand natural language commands to install (or update) games, while […]

Microsoft is said to be working on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld in collaboration with an OEM partner. A report earlier this week said that an Xbox handheld, codenamed “Project Keenan”, would launch later in 2025. A new report, however, says that handheld is not Xbox hardware and will be a partner device manufactured by Asus. […]

Saudi sovereign wealth fund-backed Scopely has agreed to buy Niantic’s gaming business, including the mobile hit Pokemon Go, for $3.5 billion (roughly Rs. 30465 crore) Scopely, which is owned by a unit of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, will also acquire Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now from Niantic, along with the teams working on them, the Saudi company […]

The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for March has been revealed. EA’s MMA fighting title UFC 5 headlines this month’s Game Catalog additions. The game brings several improvements and refinements over its predecessor and is the first game in the UFC series to be developed in EA’s Frostbite engine. The PS Plus Game Catalog will […]

Bethesda is reportedly gearing up to announce a remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Microsoft-owned studio could even launch the rumoured remake project before June and as early as later this month. Leaked court documents in 2023 had shared details on several unannounced projects at Bethesda, including a remaster of Oblivion. The studio […]

Apple is adding six games to its Apple Arcade game subscriptions service in April, including new Katamari and Space Invaders titles. In addition to the two new games, relaxing puzzle title puffies, management sim RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic+, board game The Game of Life 2+ and puzzle title Sesame Street Mecha Builders+ will join Apple Arcade […]

Moon Studios says it has acquired the publishing rights to its top-down action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked and is now “fully independent”. The developer bought back the rights from Take-Two Interactive following prolonged negotiations and will publish the game independently when it launches. No Rest for the Wicked released in Steam Early Access in […]

Split Fiction, the co-op action-adventure title from Hazelight Studios, is a hit. The game sold one million copies in the first 48 hours of launch, the It Takes Two developer confirmed Monday. It has also quickly risen to the top of Steam charts, displacing Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds as the top-selling title on the platform […]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to arrive on PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025. While publisher Bethesda hasn’t confirmed a release date for the platform yet, but a new report has leaked the launch details for the game on PS5, including pre-order information and available editions. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will […]

Xbox hardware has been staring at an uncertain future since Microsoft pivoted its gaming strategy to launch first-party titles on rival platforms in 2024. Console sales in the US reportedly hit a record low for the company in 2024. Despite Microsoft’s struggles as a platform owner, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has said the company is […]

The Nintendo Switch 2 was unveiled in January, but official details about the hybrid console’s hardware specifications and features aren’t available yet. The first-look trailer for the device shed light on its design, port selection and new Joy-Con mechanism, but kept other details under wraps. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) filings, however, have revealed the Nintendo […]

March promises to be a busy month for game releases, with some major titles coming out. 2025 has already been a great year for gamers; Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds set the bar high when they launched in February. This month, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, one of the most anticipated games of the […]

Kojima Productions has confirmed the release date of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with a new trailer detailing more gameplay, a new character, new enemies and more. The action-adventure title will launch June 26, 2025, exclusively on PS5. Pre-orders for Death Stranding 2 will begin later this month on the PlayStation Store. Death Stranding […]

Sony has revealed a new limited edition DualSense wireless controller inspired by The Last of Us franchise. The controller, made in collaboration with Naughty Dog, features highlights and trophy icons from The Last of Us games and a dual-tone design. The Last of Us Limited Edition controller will go on sale on April 10, with […]