Gaming

Xbox Game Pass’ January additions have been announced, and the list looks rather odd. Microsoft has only confirmed three new titles coming to its gaming subscription service this month, while booting off six existing entries from its catalogue. Starting January 19, the critically-acclaimed Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden will finally be available on

PlayStation Plus is being discounted for all subscribers until Friday, January 13. Membership costs for the multi-month, higher-tier PS Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium plans are down by up to 40 percent. But there’s a catch — price cuts are applicable only to the three-month and 12-month plans. Existing PS Plus Essential/ Extra users can

Dead Space remake pre-orders on Steam come bundled with a free copy of the original Dead Space 2. Those who purchase EA Motive’s reimagining of the 2008 survival-horror game up until launch day — January 27 — will be granted the sequel at no additional cost. Dead Space remake costs Rs. 2,999/ $60. This allows

Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 3D OLED laptop was announced by the company at CES 2023. According to Asus, it is the world’s first 3D OLED mobile workstation. It sports a step-wise design with slim bezels, allowing enough room for air vents. It is powered by a 13th Gen Intel Core i9 processor and Nvidia GeForce

AMD has unveiled a huge variety of new CPUs in its current-generation Ryzen 7000 series, addressing a variety of laptop segments. In addition, the company showed off its new Radeon RX 7000 series laptop GPUs and announced the new XDNA architecture for AI processing, which will eventually find its way into everything from the company’s

Asus has launched its latest ROG Raikiri series gaming controllers for PC and Xbox consoles at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. After introducing additional displays in its Republic of Gamers (ROG) series laptops and smartphones, Asus has now added an OLED display to its latest Raikiri controllers. The ROG Raikiri lineup includes two controllers,

Project Leonardo, PS5’s latest accessibility controller kit, has been announced at Sony’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 presentation. The company shared at the event that it was working on a new controller, designed to help players with disabilities play “easily, more comfortably, and for longer periods.” At the presentation, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan promised an

Sony Inzone M3 Gaming Monitor has launched by the company. The monitor has arrived as a more affordable version of the Inzone M9 that was launched a few months back. While the previous gaming monitor is priced at $900 (nearly Rs. 74,000), the latest Sony Inzone M3 is priced at $529 (nearly Rs. 43,500). It

Overwatch 2’s Battle for Olympus limited-time event is now live. The latest update ushers in the new seasonal mode, which introduces a free-for-all deathmatch game featuring seven select Heroes, reimagined as Greek gods, goddesses, and creatures. Blizzard Entertainment had previously dropped a trailer for the event, teasing some of the new god-like abilities that stack

Xbox Series X is currently selling at launch price on Flipkart. The online storefront is offering a 10 percent discount on Microsoft’s flagship new-gen console, which recently saw a price hike to Rs. 55,990. The 4K Blu-ray-equipped system is now available for Rs. 49,990, as part of the storewide Big Bachat Dhamaal Sale, running until

The Gran Turismo movie just got a sneak peek trailer. During Sony’s CES 2023 presentation, held early Thursday, director Neill Blomkamp came on stage to introduce the big-screen adaptation of the revered PlayStation racing title. The short teaser shows off sleek cars and camera angles ripped straight from the games, alongside the first look for

Hitman 3, the newest in the line of IO Interactive’s sandbox stealth games, is being rebranded as “Hitman World of Assassination.” The change, however, isn’t just cosmetic, as the preceding games in the new trilogy — Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 — will also soon be packaged alongside to form one game. The update is

In addition to a slew of laptop CPUs and GPUs, AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su also made a variety of announcements about desktop and datacentre products at her CES 2023 opening keynote in Las Vegas. The top-end Ryzen 7000 X3D series CPUs with integrated 3D Vcache are billed as the world’s most powerful CPUs for

Xbox Series S consoles are reportedly getting a price hike in India — again. As per games analyst Rishi Alwani, Microsoft’s new-gen gaming console will now cost Rs. 39,990, with pre-orders for the same going into effect on January 10. That’s over a 5 percent increase, with the Series S previously listed at Rs. 37,990

Asus ROG Zephyrus M16, Zephyrus G16, Zephyrus G14, ROG Flow X13, Flow X16, and Flow X13 gaming laptops were launched by the company at Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2023. The firm unveiled the refreshed lineup of its gaming laptops and desktops under their Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand on Tuesday. These include the Asus ROG

Alienware on Tuesday unveiled several new gaming products at CES 2023. These include the company’s latest Alienware m18, Alienware m16, Alienware x16, and Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptops. They come with the revamped Alienware Command Center 6.0 for improved stability, navigation, and performance control. The company also took the wraps off its flagship Alienware Aurora

Troops battle through burning streets. Missiles take down fighter jets. Drones pulverize tanks. The dramatic visuals have the trappings of real-life combat, but they are clips from video games fuelling misinformation. Footage from the war-themed Arma 3 video game, often marked “live” or “breaking news” to make it appear genuine, has been used repeatedly in

The government has proposed a self-regulatory mechanism, mandatory verification of players and physical Indian address for online gaming companies, according to the draft online gaming rules published on Monday. Online gaming companies will be covered under the new IT rules that were issued in 2021 for social media platforms. The online gaming platforms are expected