Gaming

Japan’s Nintendo sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million units and exceeding lifetime sales of the Wii console. Although the figure undershot the 24.1 million units sold in the corresponding period a year earlier, the milestone highlights

Steam has announced its plans for upcoming sales for the first half of 2022, as its ongoing Lunar New Year Sale draws to a close. The service has also updated its policy to reduce the ‘cooldown’ on sales allowing publishers to place a game in two sale events that are at least 28 days apart.

Xbox Game Pass is set to add ten new games to its roster in February. Microsoft has revealed that CrossfireX, Edge of Eternity, and Infernax will be available as day one titles as part of the Xbox Game Pass for February. Meanwhile, the list of games coming to its subscription service this month include titles

BOE Technology has showcased a 27-inch full-HD gaming monitor that offers a whopping 500Hz refresh rate, as per a report. The monitor is said to offer support for 8-Lane eDP (DisplayPort) output, true 8bit colour output, and a 1ms response time. The monitor does not use OLED technology but, instead, uses a special oxide semiconductor

Apex Legends developer Respawn has announced that the popular battle royale game is getting a new limited time mode (LTM) — Control. The new game mode will go live along with the 12th Season of Apex Legends — Defiance — and will be the first big team mode for the game. In Control, the key to winning a

Sony has announced its PlayStation State of Play and it is confirmed to stream later this week. The upcoming State of Play will focus majorly on Gran Turismo 7. Sony is expected to show around half an hour of gameplay footage of the upcoming racing simulator from Polyphony Digital. Gran Turismo 7 is slated to

Logitech G413 SE and Logitech G413 TKL SE mechanical gaming keyboards were launched last week. The new Logitech keyboards feature tactile mechanical switches constructed from PBT plastic and are claimed to be extremely durable. Logitech G413 SE and Logitech G413 TKL SE keyboards feature white LED lighting and a black-brushed aluminium-magnesium alloy top case. The

PUBG New State is being renamed to New State Mobile, the game’s publisher Krafton confirmed on Thursday. Krafton revealed the new name of the popular battle royale game for smartphones that was launched in November 2021. It has since racked up over 45 million downloads. While Krafton offers a desktop version of PUBG, which recently

Lenovo Legion Y90 launch seems imminent as the smartphone has recently received China’s TENAA certification. The TENAA listing suggests key specifications of the upcoming gaming smartphone from Lenovo. The smartphone is said to sport a 6.9-inch full-HD+ OLED display with under-display fingerprint scanner. Lenovo Legion Y90 is powered by an unnamed 2.995GHz octa-core processor with

Tencent Holdings plans to take DouYu International Holdings private amid disagreements over strategy among executives at the Chinese videogame streaming firm, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Tencent, the biggest shareholder in Nasdaq-listed DouYu with a 37 percent stake, wants to team up with at least one private equity firm for the

UFL, the free-to-play football simulator, has teased its gameplay. The game has been in development for the past six years and is set to arrive sometime in 2022, “when it’s ready.” UFL developer Strikerz Inc has also announced that it has signed Cristiano Ronaldo as its cover star. Set to rival the likes of FIFA

Amazon Grand Gaming Days sale is now live in India, bringing a host of deals and offers on gaming gadgets. Customers can look forward to getting deals on gaming laptops, desktops, monitors, gaming consoles, graphics cards, TVs, and more. There are offers available on gaming products from popular brands like Acer, Sony, HP, Dell, JBL,

Epic Games Store and Games the Shop have announced Lunar New Year Sale with coupons and discounts, allowing you to save up to 85 percent on select PC games. Epic Games Store Lunar New Year Sale will end on February 10 and you can buy games such as Red Dead Redemption 2, Far Cry 6

Xbox Store has announced a new Lunar New Year Sale that brings discounts on popular titles including Halo Infinite, Battlefield 2042, and FIFA 22. The company is offering discounts of up to 80 percent on more than 100 games, editions, and add-ons. There are many action-adventure games like Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition,

PlayStation Plus free games for February have been announced. As usual, subscribers will get three free titles for the month of February. Two of the three titles are exclusively available for PlayStation 4 players, while one will be available only on PlayStation 5. The free PS Plus titles will be available from February 1. The

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — out Friday on PS5 and later in 2022 on PC — brings the acclaimed action-adventure franchise to its third successive generation of PlayStation consoles. Having begun life in the late aughts as a PS3 exclusive before delivering four titles in total in the span of four years (including one

AOC has launched three new G2 gaming monitors in the country on Tuesday. AOC 24G2U/BK, 24G2E5 and G2490VX offer a 144Hz refresh rate and a response time of 1ms. The new monitors sport 23.8-inch displays and offer an HDR mode, according to the company. AOC 24G2U/BK, 24G2E5 and G2490VX support AMD FreeSync and feature a

GOG’s New Year sale has been announced with heavy discounts on a an wide array of games. CD Projekt’s digital repository for games, GOG, brings discounts of up to 90 percent on more than 2,500 games during its New Year sale. Cyberpunk 2077 is available on GOG’s New Year sale at half the original price,