Sony asserts that content is the main driver for subscription services, and that Microsoft adding Activision franchises and IPs to Game Pass would be a “tipping point” in favor of the Redmond-based tech giant. VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES Brazil’s competitive protection agency CADE has reached out to major games industry companies like Sony, Nintendo, … Read more
News Tech Experts Disagree on Metaverse Future in Widely Scattered Predictions Even technology experts can’t agree on the future impact of the nascent metaverse, currently under construction. Many predict it will fulfill much-hyped hopes and expectations by 2040. Almost as many predict it won’t. That mixed bag of opinions comes in a nonscientific canvassing of … Read more
Microsoft and Sony are reportedly planning to add advertising in some of their free-to-play video … [+] games by the end of this year. getty Last month it was reported that both Microsoft and Sony have been considering bringing ads to some of their free-to-play video games on Xbox and PlayStation. An Insider article said … Read more
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Image: Blizzard While some companies are doubling down on the lucrative scam behind NFTs, others are trying to head off any association right from the start. After an Activision Blizzard survey went out polling players on their interest in the blockchain technology, Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra was quick to shoot down speculation of whether the … Read more
Education and gaming are two things we don’t often think could meet, in fact, they’re often not even thought of in the same landmass. It used to be that concepts like gaming and education were so far separated they were thought to be alien to each other, with a limited likeness and even more limited … Read more
Sea of Thieves got its latest update this week as part of Season Six with several new events, improvements, cosmetics, and more for players to check out. The update in question which was the 2.5.1 patch released on April 7 was a fairly sizable one as far as updates for the game go which meant … Read more
Image: Nintendo Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp no longer has a release date. Nintendo announced today it’s pushing back the Switch game’s launch as a result of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The news comes as many other gaming companies have instituted bans of certain products in Russia as the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold. … Read more
As Hollywood and tech heavyweights compete for streaming supremacy, the gaming industry lurks as a surprise challenger among younger consumers. Why it matters: The streaming wars are already expensive enough, and now companies might need to even further bolster their offerings as younger consumers gain more spending power. When there are no more content companies … Read more