Steam Deck owners can now play Xbox Game Pass on the portable platform through Microsoft’s new Edge beta for Linux. Simply startup Edge on Steam Deck, switch over to the new beta, and you should be good to go. You can then head over to the Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta website to see the list of available games. Keep in [...]
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Ubisoft has unveiled an innovative new cloud computing platform called Ubisoft Scalar that could effectively remove the limitations imposed by traditional PC hardware. The new platform is designed to work alongside and enhance existing game engines and allow for real-time updates without service interruption allowing developers to create bigger, better, and more complex games. Ubisoft Scalar was announced by the [...]
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Electronic Arts has cancelled this year’s EA Play Live event and will not be appearing in any of the game showcases and conventions lined up for this summer, E3 included. EA Play has traditionally been held in June, around the same days as E3, but the studio has decided that teasing little nuggets of information throughout the year will be [...]
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The Chinese government intensifies its iron-fisted control on the video game industry in the country with new restrictions for online platforms, including games, live-streaming, video, audio, and social media. According to the South China Morning Post, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has drafted new regulations as part of their efforts to limit minors’ access to internet services. Once the [...]
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Since the conflict in Ukraine started a few weeks ago, the country has received an outpouring of support from the whole world including several video game companies. Studios that have offices in the affected regions are also doing everything they can to support their employees and their families as events continue to escalate. Among these studios is Corepunk developer Artificial [...]
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Ubisoft sent out an email earlier this week informing users that they were resetting their account passwords in response to a “cyber security incident” last week. Don’t worry. The studio assures users that no accounts or player IDs were compromised during the attack and that they’re now looking into the incident. “Last week, Ubisoft experienced a cyber security incident that [...]
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Bungie is the latest video game company to join the IGDA’s call to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The studio is currently working with their partners to suspend all Destiny 2 sales and microtransactions in Russia and Belarus. Players in the said regions will still be able to play the game but will not be able to purchase premium currency [...]
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Fans of indie games can now enjoy nearly a thousand games and help those affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine by purchasing Itch.io’s new Bundle for Ukraine. The bundle is available for a minimum contribution of $10 on the indie games platform, the proceeds of which will go towards humanitarian efforts in the war-torn country. Itch.io is looking to [...]
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Lightforge Games, a new studio founded by Blizzard Entertainment and Epic Games veterans, have raised $15 million in a Series A funding round. This is in addition to the $5 million that the studio raised when they opened the studio in May 2021. The funding round was led by Bitkraft Ventures with participation from NetEase, Galaxy Interactive, and Dune Ventures. [...]
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News of an unannounced game are always of interest to the gaming community, especially when the game is being developed by a major player in the industry such as Bethesda. The American video game publisher has reportedly filed a new trademark for Spyteam which initially caught the gaming community’s eye in 2018 when the studio filed a similar trademark for [...]
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