Gaming

HP Omen 16 (2021) was launched in India on Tuesday as the company’s latest gaming laptop in the Omen series. The new model comes with an up to 165Hz display and is powered by an 11th-generation Intel Core processor. The HP Omen 16 (2021) also comes with an improved thermal management system, which brings an

PUBG New State developer Krafton has announced that it will release an update for the game on December 9. The newly launched battle royale game will be getting new weapons and vehicles along with more customisation options for existing weapons, a new lobby theme, and Survivor Pass Volume 2. Similar to previous updates, the forthcoming

Google has released a new mini-game as a Google Doodle to celebrate one of the world’s most popular dishes – Pizza. On this day in 2007, UNESCO recognised the culinary art of Neapolitan “Pizzaiuolo” for the Intangible Culinary Heritage of Humanity. To celebrate this, the search giant’s latest doodle features a mini-game where players have

Halo Infinite brings back Xbox’s most iconic game after six years. The Halo franchise began in 2001 — as a launch title for the OG Xbox — and ever since, people have gone bonkers playing some of these titles. Halo Infinite had a surprise launch for its free-to-play multiplayer mode on November 15, alongside the

Nvidia has confirmed the reissue of the RTX 2060 but now with 12GB of VRAM, a GPU that was launched in 2019, as part of a move to alleviate sky-high prices of GPUs during the global chip shortage. The original Nvidia RTX 2060 graphics card was released in 2019 and came with 6GB of memory.

PlayStation 5 will be back in stock in India on December 6 at 12pm IST (noon). Sony Centre has announced the restock on its official website ShopAtSC. Games The Shop has already confirmed that they will be stocking the next-gen Sony console for December 6. As is the trend, expect other retailers such as Amazon

Netflix has launched three new games on its platform for Android. The addition of Wonderputt Forever, Knittens and Dominoes Cafe now takes the number of total games to 10. Previously, the video streaming platform offered Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, Teeter Up, Asphalt Xtreme and Bowling Ballers. Just

Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation division is planning a new subscription service to compete with rival Microsoft Corp.’s popular Xbox Game Pass, according to people familiar with Sony’s plans and documents reviewed by Bloomberg. The service, code-named Spartacus, will allow PlayStation owners to pay a monthly fee for access to a catalog of modern and classic

At the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit this week Qualcomm announced a new generation of chips under its Snapdragon branding. The showstopper was Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 that is essentially an incremental update to last year’s Snapdragon 888 and is meant for next-generation flagship Android phones coming later this year and next year. The San Diego-based

Pokemon Go for iOS has been updated with support for higher refresh rates on compatible smartphones, bringing improved touch response to the iPhone version of the popular location-based game. The latest update to the game on the App Store now allows users to “unlock” their smartphone’s native refresh rate, for higher frames per second (FPS)

PlayStation Plus games for December 2021 have been officially announced, bringing three titles for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 gamers this month. PS Plus subscribers can look forward to Godfall: Challenger Edition, Mortal Shell, and Lego DC Super-Villains, which will be available from December 7. In addition to the PlayStation Plus games for the month, PS4

iQoo Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2021 has kickstarted with the ‘The Grind’ tournament. The Grind is a mini tournament that will see 32 teams compete for two weeks in the In-Game Qualifiers before the teams advance to the main event. The League stage ‘Grind Week’, will commence from December 2 and will run till December

Gameberry Labs, an Indian gaming startup, is making massive headway globally with two of its popular mobile games – Ludo Star and Parchisi Star. The latter is extremely popular in countries like Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Columbia, and Dominican Republic. Both the games together enjoy six million DAUs (daily average users) according to Gameberry Labs, a

Cricket 22 is the latest iteration in the popular cricket video game franchise by Big Ant Studios. It will be the first game in the series to be available for the next-generation consoles: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. Cricket 22 will have Pat Cummins and Meg Lanning — captains of Australia’s men and women

Sony may working on a PlayStation-like controller for smartphones. A patent has surfaced online which shows two controller grips coupled to a device — which looks to be a smartphone. Apart from this, not much is known about the smartphone controller as of now. By the looks of it, the controller resembles the layout of the

Gaming monitors come in all sizes and shapes these days, which makes picking the perfect model a difficult choice for many. Simply buying a big display doesn’t work anymore when it comes to gaming. If a gaming monitor doesn’t deliver the optimum experience, it’s a total waste of money and time. Most gamers are on

PlayStation Store End of Year Deals sale is now live, offering discounts on over 700 titles listed on Sony’s blog. Top deals include discounts on titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Journey, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, Bloodborne: Game of the Year Edition, Final Fantasy VII, DOOM, The Walking Dead: The

Battlefield 2042 is a first-person shooter that doesn’t have a campaign mode. Battlefield, developed by Electronic Arts and DICE, has long been known for its single-player campaigns as well as its 64-player lobbies. The latest iteration of the popular first person shooter franchise ditches these two factors that made it popular, entirely. Battlefield 2042, as