Valve, Steam’s parent company, has made a huge user interface (UI) overhaul that will allow Steam gamers to take notes using In-Game Overlay in Steam Beta. The UI revamp also comes with other exciting features including color splashes. Although the In-Game overlay was first built for quick chat among Steam Read more…
Fans of Totally Spies! cartoon series have a reason to be excited. Microids has announced that it will partner with Banijay Kids and Family to bring characters from the popular cartoon to the gaming world. The game which is expected to be launched in 2024 will be available on both Read more…
British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stopped the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. The deal worth $68.7 billion was blocked by the British watchdog over concerns that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. If the deal had gone through, it would have been the highest Read more…
It was in 2022 that Rockstar Games officially announced that GTA 6 was in development. Although the announcement got fans hyped, the New York-based game developer has kept the lid on any information about the game ever since. However, it seems GTA 6 release may happen sooner than fans think. Read more…
If you are an active user of Nintendo Switch Online, then you should be excited about the next Game Trial which has just been announced. From Thursday, 20 April 2023 (10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET) Nintendo Switch Online gamers will have access to Star Wars: Republic Commando. The offer Read more…
Japanese gaming giant, Sega Sammy Holdings, is in a pole position to acquire Rovio, the creator of the Angry Birds franchise. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal is worth a whopping $1 billion. Commentators familiar with the deal said it could be finalized early next week. Rovio, the Read more…
The Super Mario Bros. movie continues to garner applause from viewers. The movie adaptation of the mustachioed plumber from Illumination Entertainment featuring Chris Pratt hit two important milestones in one week. Super Mario Bros. became the highest-grossing animated film globally in its opening weekend. It has now displaced the 2019 Read more…
The breakthrough in AI technology has been phenomenal, but it has also come with its own curse. Backed by AI, one person can now do the job that was previously done by 5 people. Consequently, the jobs of video game illustrators are being run over by AI in China. It Read more…
Frogwares, a Kyiv-based studio released the video game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened on April 11. What is most remarkable is that the entire game was made while the Ukrainian invasion by Russian military forces was ongoing. A few hours after the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Frogwares tweeted, Read more…
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) slammed Alphabet’s Google with a 42.1 billion won (approx. $32 million) fine for obstructing developers from releasing mobile games on One Store, a Korean competitor platform. Announcing the fine on Tuesday, 11 April 2023, the KFTC said Google allegedly asked Korean video game developers Read more…