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3:12pm, 14th May, 2020

Epic Games online store down after reports of free 'Grand Theft Auto V' offering

Fortnite-creator Epic Games' digital videogame store was down on Thursday as it recorded huge traffic after reports that it was giving the premium edition of "Grand Theft Auto V" for free.

10:23pm, 4th August, 2019

Games

Opinion: Why I’m Happy Stadia Isn’t Going down the Netflix for Games Route

As someone who lives in , I didn’t pay much attention to Stadia initially, as it seemed like the sort of thing designed more for countries with half decent internet. As I’ve started digging into it, however, I’ve put aside the question of how well th...

China's iDreamSky, Russia's Mail.ru form games partnership

4:47am, 1st August, 2019

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China's iDreamSky, Russia's Mail.ru form games partnership

Tencent-backed Chinese video game publisher iDreamSky Technology Holdings and Russian tech firm Mail.ru Group's games unit said on Thursday that they will be establishing a long-term partnership to expand their global presence.

12:40pm, 31st July, 2019

Games

PlayStation Plus Games for August 2019 Announced

Sony’s free games for PlayStation Plus in August have been revealed and if you like sci-fi racing games and snipers, you’re in luck. Wipeout Omega Collection and Sniper Elite 4 are both coming to PlayStation Plus next month. Weipeout Omega Collection...

1:36pm, 14th May, 2019

Games

Netflix Will Host an E3 Panel About Turning Its Original Content Into Games

Netflix will host a panel at E3 this year called “Bringing Your Favorite Shows to Life: Developing Netflix Originals into Video Games.” The company said the panel will consist of "game developers and show creators who are feeding fan passion by adapt...

11:23am, 13th May, 2019

Games

Esports betting startup Unikrn rolls out AI-powered tools that make it easier to gamble on games

Unikrn’s new “Streamer Betting” product lets viewers bet on top streamers’ gameplay on platforms such as Twitch, with fully-automated odds (Unikrn Image) Seattle startup today announced new products designed to increase the amount of betting opportun...

7:37pm, 10th May, 2019

Games

How Modern Games Still Draw From Their Tabletop DNA

With E3 on the horizon and so many of its most anticipated games being big, elaborate RPGs, we got to thinking about how the genre has evolved from its pen and paper roots. If you’ve never played a tabletop role-playing game like , or , you may not r...

6:07am, 10th May, 2019

Games

Ghost Recon Breakpoint Will Be on Epic Games Store, Not Steam

Ubisoft has said that Ghost Recon Breakpoint will not be available on Steam when it launches in October. Instead, it will be available only on Ubisoft’s own Uplay client and the Epic Games Store. Ubisoft confirmed the situation to . For Ubisoft PC fa...

2:24pm, 6th May, 2019

Games

Employees of Riot Games to Walkout in Protest Monday

Riot Games employees are planning a walkout on Monday afternoon to protest forced arbitration from the company, as reported by . Following an investigative report by in 2018 that , at the studio thats behind League of Legends – five current and forme...

6:41pm, 1st May, 2019

Games

Epic Games is buying the studio behind Rocket League

is in the process of acquiring the studio behind one of the most popular cross-platform games out there, Rocket League. The studio behind Fortnite is buying for an undisclosed sum and bringing its 132 employees onboard. There doesn’t appear to be a t...