Category: Gaming

Final Fantasy, Square Enix’s long running series of sprawling, epic role-playing video games, occupies a revered and deeply sentimental place in the relatively short history of gaming. Early Final Fantasy titles established themselves as pinnacles among their peers, with their high-end visuals, deep narrative, and distinct characters helping the games shape the medium itself. A […]

EA Sports FC 24, the newly rebranded football simulation game franchise, has been fully revealed with a release date of September 29. The date matches leaks from last week, which suggested that the game would debut in early access seven days prior — on September 22 — available to those who pre-order the Ultimate Edition. […]

The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked an appeals court to temporarily stop Microsoft‘s $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,67,00 crore) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard, hours after a federal judge rejected a similar request. The deal is facing varying responses around the world from regulators. What is the Activision deal? Microsoft announced […]

Google Play Games for PC beta has finally launched in India, bringing with it a suite of Android mobile games to the platform. But unlike emulation — by way of apps like BlueStacks — this is a native app where the company has worked with respective game developers to optimise every title for PC, so […]

Indian online gaming firms planning to relocate overseas to avoid a new 28 percent tax on the sector run the risk of violating the country’s foreign exchange laws, Vivek Johri, head of the indirect taxes’ department, said on Thursday. New Delhi does not plan to implement the tax retrospectively, he said, in response to speculation […]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2’s season 4 ‘Reloaded’ is now live, bringing with it characters from Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, as playable operators. Homelander, Starlight, and Black Noir are joining the game as separate bundles, each priced at 2,400 COD points, which can be grinded out slowly through gameplay or […]

The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced last night by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, with HBO’s hit drama Succession season 4 receiving 27 nominations, which included best actor/ actress nods for Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook, in the Drama category. Following close behind was The Last of Us with a whopping […]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday it was appealing a federal judge’s ruling that Microsoft could go forward with its $69 billion purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. Microsoft’s victory in court on Tuesday, and a subsequent climbdown by Britain’s competition authority, brought the tech giant two steps closer to […]

Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history.  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,65,750 crore) deal […]

The Last of Us TV series co-creator Craig Mazin has removed his name from the long-gestating Borderlands movie. As per World of Reel and confirmed through the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) website, the currently credited writers on the film are Eli Roth and Joe Crombie — the latter is a pseudonym for Mazin, suggesting […]

Asus ROG Ally was launched in India on Wednesday as the company’s first handheld gaming PC that runs on Windows 11. It sports a 7-inch LCD display and is designed to handle both AAA titles and simpler games at 1080p resolution. The Taiwanese firm launched the ROG Ally in two variants in global markets, with AMD’s […]

Online gaming companies on Tuesday said that levying of 28 percent GST will limit their ability to invest in new games, impact cash flows as well as business expansion. The GST Council has agreed to impose a 28 percent tax on online gaming, casinos and horse racing. The tax would be levied on the full […]

Microsoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a US judge gave a thumbs-up to the $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) deal and a British regulator suggested it could reconsider its opposition. Activision shares surged 10 percent on the day, as the US and Britain have […]

EA has formally announced that it’s working on a Black Panther single-player game. In a tweet, the publisher confirmed that its new Seattle-based studio Cliffhanger Games is developing an original story-driven game that explores the world of Wakanda. The project is led by Kevin Stephens, who served as Monolith Productions’ studio head when Middle-earth: Shadow […]

EA just unveiled the cover of its upcoming football simulation game EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition, featuring some of the sport’s biggest players alongside legends of the past. It is worth noting that the star-studded cover looks a little odd, with the players’ faces appearing poorly rendered and as if they’re trying to mask […]

Asus came out of nowhere with its ROG Ally gaming handheld, and it quickly became one of the most anticipated product launches of 2023. There’s a lot that it does differently compared to other handheld consoles, and it might just create a new market. Most importantly, Asus has launched the ROG Ally in India just […]

NBA 2K24 is getting cross-play across the current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series S/X versions. This marks the first time in the franchise’s 25-year-long run that the feature is being added to the revered basketball sim, allowing players on different platforms to play with one another. The PC version, however, will not only be left out […]

Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update will release July 20, nearly a month-and-a-half since the game debuted to rave reviews. Dubbed ‘Season of the Malignant,’ the update was shown off during a developer live stream, held early Friday, detailing new quests, items, and further focus on its battle pass. As the title suggests, the upcoming […]

EA Sports FC 24 — formerly, FIFA — is reportedly launching on September 29. As per reliable data miner billbil-kun, EA’s annual (but rebranded) football simulation game will be available in Standard and Ultimate editions, with the latter granting a week’s worth of early access — unlike FIFA 23’s three days — starting September 22. […]

July is here and the month brings a healthy roster of new game releases. While it is not as games-heavy as June was, with big titles like Final Fantasy XVI and Diablo IV releasing last month, July still promises a few distinct titles. Perhaps the most awaited of them all is Pikmin 4, the fourth […]

It’s no surprise that as the novel All Elite Wrestling grew in popularity, a video game based on it was brewing somewhere out on the horizon. As a viable alternative to mainstream pro wrestling — which the WWE dominates — the franchise managed to cement its legacy by bringing in talent already well-known within the […]

Valve isn’t discouraging the use of AI-generated assets in game development, but will take action on any titles that infringe copyright laws. Last month, Reddit user ‘u/potterharry97′ claimed on the r/aigamedev subreddit that Valve was unwilling to publish his undisclosed game, which allegedly included assets that were generated using AI. The developer alluded to having […]

Microsoft believes that Sony PlayStation will release a PS5 Slim model, later this year. New court documents from the ongoing trial between Xbox parent company Microsoft and the US FTC indicate that the tech giant expects rival Sony to unveil the long-rumoured less-expensive PS5 model at a price tag of $399.99 (about Rs. 32,825). As […]

Apple said on Monday it will ask the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge’s order in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple said in a court filing it will ask the justices to take […]

Disney Speedstorm, the combat racing game based on iconic Disney and Pixar characters, will leave early access and fully release on September 28. It will be available free-to-play for players across all platforms — PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch. Since April, the title was available as a paid game […]

Pune-based developer SuperGaming has partnered with Google to add some accessibility features to its upcoming Indo-futuristic battle royale game, Indus. We’ve yet to see direct gameplay from the PC version, but the studio has confirmed that it has added custom support for Project Gameface, enabling further inclusivity that lets players control in-game actions using head […]

The 2023 Steam Summer Sale is now live, bringing new and returning discounts on PC games. The event is active for two weeks, running until July 13, 10:30pm IST, with a larger pool of discounted games than March’s sale event, going up to an 85 percent price hack. Bandai Namco is finally offering a discount […]

Canada’s Department of Justice has concluded that Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard “is likely to” lead to less competition in some aspects of gaming, according to a court filing on Thursday. In a letter dated Wednesday to Microsoft’s US lawyers, the department said it had communicated to Microsoft’s and Activision’s […]

PlayStation Plus’ monthly free games for July 2023 have been announced. The three titles will be available to members of PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/ Premium plans, starting July 4. Members can dive into the geopolitical intrigue, espionage and warfare from the 1980s Cold War era in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, […]