Gaming

A Chinese official has been sacked for negligence, video game addiction, and a litany of other offences, authorities said, after a woman barred entry to hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions miscarried. Li Qiang, director of the medical emergency centre in the historic city of Xi’an, was among officials reprimanded in January over the scandal, which

Sony has revealed the list of games coming to PlayStation Plus in July as part of the Game Catalogue. These games will be available to Extra and Premium and Deluxe members from next week. The list is headlined by the anticipated feline adventure game, Stray. The Game catalogue is also set to receive Fantasy VII

PUBG: Battlegrounds has launched Deston, its new map and the first one to be released since the battle royale game went free-to-play earlier this year, for PC. The game’s official Twitter handle confirmed the news with a tweet that read: “Deston and Update 18.2 are now live on PC servers. Can you win a Chicken

Company of Heroes 3 will release on November 17 for PC via Steam. Relic Entertainment and SEGA have announced that the pre-orders are open for the game. There is also a free-to-play Mission Alpha available for a limited period. A trailer for the North African Operation was also released. It is the second single-player campaign

F1 22 — released July 1 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X — delivers a high-octane simulation racing experience with updated car and track physics. Codemasters — which has been at the helm of the F1 franchise for over a decade — does not drop the ball when it comes to

The findings of recent research by Georgia State University researchers suggest that frequent video game players show superior sensorimotor decision-making skills and enhanced activity in key regions of the brain as compared to non-players. The authors, who used functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) in the study, said the findings suggest that video games could be

Red Magic 7S and Red Magic 7S Pro gaming smartphones were launched in China on Monday. The smartphones, from ZTE sub-brand Nubia, are equipped with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoCs paired with up to 16GB of RAM. The phones sport 6.8-inch AMOLED displays and under-display front camera. The vanilla model gets a 165Hz refresh rate

Xbox Series X now costs more in India — as expected. Online retailers have revealed that the new (higher) India price for Microsoft’s flagship gaming console is Rs. 52,990. That’s a 6 percent jump from what the Series X cost at launch in India: Rs. 49,990. This is due to the weakening power of the

Microsoft has announced a slew of games coming to Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Cloud Gaming in July. Among the new arrivals, Last Call BBS along with the returning Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are available now. More games will go live in the future, including the day-one launches

Asus ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro were launched in India on Tuesday. The new gaming phones come with features including a 165Hz Samsung AMOLED display and triple rear cameras. Both ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro also come with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. The new ROG

Skull and Bones release date is here. On Thursday, Ubisoft announced as part of Ubisoft Forward event that the upcoming action-adventure game Skull and Bones will be out November 8 for Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, PlayStation 5, Windows PC — where it will be available via Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store — and Xbox

Video game sales are expected to fall annually for the first time in years, as the industry that thrived during the coronavirus period confronts the bleak possibility of a recession. According to market research firm Ampere Analysis, the worldwide games and services industry is expected to shrink 1.2 percent year-on-year to $188 billion in 2022,

God of War Ragnarök’s release date is set for November 9. Sony shared a cinematic trailer for the game on Wednesday confirming that it will be available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Fans of the franchise will be able to pre-order it starting July 15 at 10am EST (7:30pm IST). The four editions

Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it had started an investigation into Microsoft $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,431,35 crore) deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had until September 1 to make its phase 1 decision on whether the deal between the US technology company

Skull and Bones in-depth look will be showcased at the Ubisoft Forward event scheduled to take place on July 7, the video game company has announced. The open-world multiplayer pirate game, which is said to release in November, was first revealed by Ubisoft during its E3 2017 event and its extended gameplay trailer was showcased

Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro has been spotted on the Geekbench benchmarking website revealing some specifications of the upcoming smartphone. The smartphone has been spotted with the model number NX709S. It was earlier spotted listed on TENAA website with the same model number. The Geekbench listing suggests that the smartphone will come with Android 12,

The former head of short video giant TikTok’s gaming unit, Jason Fung, is launching a blockchain gaming startup as one of two co-founders, he told Reuters in an interview, as the buzz around blockchain games grows while sector heavyweights remain wary. The 34-year-old left TikTok last month after two years with the firm, and his

What are the biggest games in July 2022? F1 22, Loopmancer, Stray, and more are set to release this month. Several other exciting titles from all kinds of gaming genres will also be making their way to PC and consoles. Fans of the action-adventure genre will get plenty of options, including games like Krut: The