Gaming

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton has announced that it has permanently banned over 40,000 accounts in the week starting April 11 to April 17. The South Korean developer is in the habit of releasing weekly updates regarding sanctions against cheaters. It dishes out permanent bans every week to players who use illegal programmes to

Aleksandr Agapitov is little known inside video gaming circles, let alone the business world. Yet his company is one of the leading players in the $135 billion (roughly Rs. 10,30,040 crore) video game payments industry, in which gamers spend real money to acquire virtual items. Xsolla, which Agapitov founded in 2005, allows video game producers to sell

Microsoft is planning to bring advertisements to free-to-play Xbox games and is currently evaluating adtech companies that could help manage the new in-game ad inventory and work with ad agencies, according to a report. The purported move would allow developers working on free games to sell ad space. It would also be likely to help

Dell Technologies on Monday launched the Alienware x14 and Alienware m15 R7 gaming laptops in India. Both new laptops feature 12th generation Intel Core H-series processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs. The gaming laptops also include Alienware’s proprietary cooling tech called Cryo-Tech. In terms of major differences between the two, the Alienware X14 has

The Witcher 3 has been delayed for PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. On Thursday, its Polish developer CD Projekt Red said it was moving development back in-house, and as a result, had to indefinitely postpone the release of its blockbuster game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for next-generation consoles. The version, which was originally scheduled to

Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5 percent on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. The overall charge comprises of 30 percent hardware platform fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games meant for its virtual reality headsets,

AOC Agon Pro PD32M is a brand new gaming monitor from AOC, produced in collaboration with Porsche Design. The monitor has a frameless 32-inch panel with 4K resolution, Mini LED backlight for light control, two speakers, and a 144Hz refresh rate. It also has an aluminium stand that has been styles to look like Porsche

The US has linked North Korean hackers to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency tied to the popular online game Axie Infinity, the US Treasury Department said on Thursday. Ronin, a blockchain network that lets users transfer crypto in and out of the game, said digital cash worth almost $615

Battlegrounds Mobile India, aka BGMI, has received a new patch update that resolves a handful of issues that were affecting the multiplayer game. According to developer Krafton, the latest patch will fix an issue affecting player speed in the game, and a bug where applying a player’s sensitivity codes did not work as intended. An

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition will receive a third expansion titled Dynasties of India on April 28, publisher Xbox Game Studios announced on Thursday. The popular real-time strategy (RTS) game’s latest expansion pack is now available to pre-order — at Rs. 265 — ahead of the official release date. Dynasties of India will bring

New State Mobile (formerly known as PUBG New State) has announced a collaboration with Redmond-based gaming firm Innersloth, to bring new content themed around the popular Among Us game to the battle royale title for smartphones. New State Mobile publisher Krafton says it will add a new mini game themed around Among Us, special cosmetic

Tencent Holdings said it will shut down a service that allowed Chinese gamers to access overseas platforms to play unapproved foreign games, in a sign of tightening compliance as Chinese regulators more closely scrutinize the industry. The country’s largest social and gaming firm said late on Wednesday it will on May 31 update its games

Nubia Red Magic 7 Pro was launched in global markets on Tuesday. The latest addition to the company’s Red Magic gaming smartphone lineup was launched in China on February 17. The handset is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, paired with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. It sports a 6.8-inch AMOLED display and comes

Sky Mavis, the developer studio of popular NFT game Axie Infinity, is ramping up efforts to secure its networks. The firm is offering up to $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crore) as a bug bounty to developers who could identify security loopholes in its networks. The step follows a mega hack incident that drained Sky

At least 14 ads by mobile game operators broadcast during the first week of the ongoing IPL cricket tournament have been found to be violating the guidelines set by the advertising industry, self-regulatory watchdog ASCI said on Tuesday. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) said it screened 35 ads from the online real-money gaming

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) publisher Krafton announced that it has made a few adjustments to the skins it launched in the Lamborghini crater late last month. Krafton had collaborated with luxury sportscar brand Lamborghini to bring flashy new vehicles to BGMI and some Lamborghini vehicle skins were claimable through Lucky Spin. Furthermore, the South Korean

Chinese tech giant Tencent will close its game streaming platform, less than a year after authorities blocked a merger that would have powered its drive to take on Amazon’s Twitch. Beijing has stepped up scrutiny over big tech, launching a major crackdown on some of the biggest names in the sector, while the gaming market

India is set to launch its digital gaming research initiative to develop high-end technologies for an immersive gaming environment with an aim to promote and popularise Indian culture, a senior official said. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Digital Gaming Research Initiative will have three verticals – R&D in Learning and Leisure Gaming Platforms;