PlayStation is partnering with voice chat service Discord to help connect gamers, Sony Interactive Entertainment said in a blog post Monday. Starting early next year, Discord will integrate with players’ social experience on PlayStation, allowing friends, groups and communities to communicate more easily while playing together. Discord is used by more than 140 million people …
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In an effort to bring more games to Windows 10, Microsoft is updating its store terms to give PC game developers a larger share of game sales. Starting Aug. 1, developers will take home 88% of their sales revenue. Typically, developers take home about 70% of profits from each game sold on various platforms. But recently, that’s been changing: Like …
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Please buy your kid a drone. They’re so fun! And there are zero screens involved. Still not convinced? The cost of entry is surprisingly low, especially today. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Amazon seller DS-I has the Tomzon A31 mini drone for $29 when you clip the on-page $5-off coupon and then apply promo code DRONEA31 at …
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If you’ve been trying to get your hands on the PlayStation 5 for months — but still miserably failing — you’re not alone. Even though Sony launched the new console five months ago, it’s still extremely hard for anyone to get their hands one. The pandemic and the global chip shortage have definitely contributed to this lack of inventory, but demand for the PS5 has …
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The early rounds of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament earned the name March Madness with a whirlwind of upsets and surprises. After a flurry of additional shocks in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, and a near miracle Saturday night in the Final Four, the stage is set for men’s basketball’s final game Monday night. As some bracket builders …
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Back in 2016, VR was suddenly a Big Thing. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive promised immersive trips to other worlds on PCs. That same year, Sony released the PlayStation VR for the PS4, bringing reasonably priced virtual reality to a living room game console. Five years is a long time, but Sony has announced a follow-up to its VR …
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If you’re a Nintendo Switch owner in 2021, you might be waiting for the next big game. But Nintendo’s slate of titles, at least the ones we know about, feels a little thin. The second big Nintendo Switch game this year (after Super Mario 3D World) is here, and it’s Bravely Default 2. You, the casual Switch game-player, might be saying, …
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CD Projekt Red, developed of Cyberpunk 2077, revealed Tuesday its network was hacked and shared a ransom note left by the hackers on Twitter. The attackers claimed to have got hold of source code for Cyberpunk, The Witcher 3, an “unreleased version of Witcher 3” and spinoff card game Gwent. The hackers threatened to release the games’ source code, along with …
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Apple Arcade on Friday added Lumen, a new light-based game from Lykke Studios, to its catalog of over 145 games. Lykke also created the meditative watercolor game Tint that’s available on Apple Arcade. You can try your hand at Lumen this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. See at App Store In Lumen, when you open a mysterious …
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A year after its official launch, Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is close to completing its expansion to support every platform. Just last week the beta of the service became available for Chrome on Windows and Mac, and on Thursday the company announced the app will work on Apple Macs that use the new M1 CPU via the Rosetta …
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