Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Touted as the world’s first “AAAA” game by Ubisoft, Skull and Bones launched exclusively on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games Store to middling reviews from the gaming community. It was a live-service game that players and critics thought lacked substance...
After a recent update, Civilization VI on Steam will no longer require the 2K Games launcher to play. And its upcoming sequel, Civ 7, also won’t force players to use a third-party launcher on Steam. It’s just the latest example of a new and positive tr...
EA College Football 25 launches today for those who pre-ordered the deluxe edition of the game and got early access. And although the highly anticipated sports game hasn’t even been out for more than 24 hours yet, it’s already one of the year’s biggest...
This week saw some “discourse” flare up around the storytelling in Final Fantasy 14 and specifically its new expansion, Dawntrail, and we’ve got thoughts. Also, don’t miss our commentary on what appears to be Sony winding down active support for the PS...
I used to consider myself a certifiable cloud hater. I’ve never enjoyed my experiences trying to engage with cloud gaming, which allows players to stream their console games to PCs, smartphones, and dedicated handhelds, as well as adjacent remote play ...
It Takes Two, the award-winning and pretty dang good co-op game, received an update today making it verified on Steam Deck and removing the need to use the EA App launcher. But that update also killed old cloud saves. EA’s solution for fans who might h...
Electronic Arts, the publisher of most sports games on the market, Battlefield, Mass Effect, and plenty of other huge franchises, is considering putting ads inside its video games as another source of revenue. This isn’t the first time the company has ...
EA has been on a tear of releasing high-quality single-player titles the last few years, and perhaps no series has fared better than Respawn Entertainment’s third-person action-adventure Star Wars Jedi games. Starring Cameron Monaghan (Shameless) as a ...
Today, NVIDIA announced that its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform has been upgraded to support Battle.net PC games like Call of Duty, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and Hearthstone. While those games had been previously made available via GeForce NOW, only players with entitlements through Steam had access to them. Since most of those Activision Blizzard games were Battle.net exclusives for a long time, it stands to reason that the vast majority of their user base is still on Battle.net. This week, GFN users can also look forward to the following additions: ● STAR WARS: Dark Forces Remaster (New release on […]
NVIDIA is announcing today via newsletter that the free GeForce NOW tier will begin showing up to two minutes of 'video sponsorship messages' (ads, basically) before each free gaming session (which only lasts up to an hour) while in the queue. NVIDIA says the change will go live starting next Tuesday, March 5, and it reckons it'll eventually improve average wait times for GeForce NOW free users. Of course, the main reason is to 'help provide ongoing support for the free service', which means that NVIDIA is looking to monetize free users by way of advertising. Granted, the free tier […]
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced some changes to its subscription services, Premium and Classics. GamesIndustry.biz had the opportunity to interview the company's Director of Subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, who noted that gamers are still clinging to physically owning their games, unlike music or movie fans. This could be a factor in the slower-than-anticipated adoption of cloud and subscription services. One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation […]
Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing ...
I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more...
Touted as the world’s first “AAAA” game by Ubisoft, Skull and Bones launched exclusively on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games Store to middling reviews from the gaming community. It was a live-service game that players and critics thought lacked substance...
After a recent update, Civilization VI on Steam will no longer require the 2K Games launcher to play. And its upcoming sequel, Civ 7, also won’t force players to use a third-party launcher on Steam. It’s just the latest example of a new and positive tr...
EA College Football 25 launches today for those who pre-ordered the deluxe edition of the game and got early access. And although the highly anticipated sports game hasn’t even been out for more than 24 hours yet, it’s already one of the year’s biggest...
This week saw some “discourse” flare up around the storytelling in Final Fantasy 14 and specifically its new expansion, Dawntrail, and we’ve got thoughts. Also, don’t miss our commentary on what appears to be Sony winding down active support for the PS...
I used to consider myself a certifiable cloud hater. I’ve never enjoyed my experiences trying to engage with cloud gaming, which allows players to stream their console games to PCs, smartphones, and dedicated handhelds, as well as adjacent remote play ...
It Takes Two, the award-winning and pretty dang good co-op game, received an update today making it verified on Steam Deck and removing the need to use the EA App launcher. But that update also killed old cloud saves. EA’s solution for fans who might h...
Electronic Arts, the publisher of most sports games on the market, Battlefield, Mass Effect, and plenty of other huge franchises, is considering putting ads inside its video games as another source of revenue. This isn’t the first time the company has ...
EA has been on a tear of releasing high-quality single-player titles the last few years, and perhaps no series has fared better than Respawn Entertainment’s third-person action-adventure Star Wars Jedi games. Starring Cameron Monaghan (Shameless) as a ...
Today, NVIDIA announced that its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform has been upgraded to support Battle.net PC games like Call of Duty, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and Hearthstone. While those games had been previously made available via GeForce NOW, only players with entitlements through Steam had access to them. Since most of those Activision Blizzard games were Battle.net exclusives for a long time, it stands to reason that the vast majority of their user base is still on Battle.net. This week, GFN users can also look forward to the following additions: ● STAR WARS: Dark Forces Remaster (New release on […]
NVIDIA is announcing today via newsletter that the free GeForce NOW tier will begin showing up to two minutes of 'video sponsorship messages' (ads, basically) before each free gaming session (which only lasts up to an hour) while in the queue. NVIDIA says the change will go live starting next Tuesday, March 5, and it reckons it'll eventually improve average wait times for GeForce NOW free users. Of course, the main reason is to 'help provide ongoing support for the free service', which means that NVIDIA is looking to monetize free users by way of advertising. Granted, the free tier […]
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced some changes to its subscription services, Premium and Classics. GamesIndustry.biz had the opportunity to interview the company's Director of Subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, who noted that gamers are still clinging to physically owning their games, unlike music or movie fans. This could be a factor in the slower-than-anticipated adoption of cloud and subscription services. One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation […]