Gaming

Apple’s iPhone exports from India jumped by a third in the six months through September, underscoring its push to expand manufacturing in the country and reduce dependence on China. The US company exported nearly $6 billion (roughly Rs. 50,451 crore) of India-made iPhones, an increase of a third in value terms from a year earlier,

It’s difficult to recognise granular changes in seemingly constant things. You don’t really notice a tree growing every year, but when you put those years together, the difference becomes apparent to the naked eye. The erstwhile FIFA series of football sims is somewhat like that. With a new edition released every year, the changes to

Microsoft has announced an Xbox Partner Preview broadcast for later this week, where third-party developers will showcase a mix of new and upcoming games. The Partner Preview event will be broadcast on October 17, and will include updates from studios like Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games and more. Microsoft confirmed that the broadcast would feature

Alien: Isolation, the beloved survival-horror title based on the Alien film series, is getting a sequel. On the 10-year anniversary of the game’s release, developer Creative Assembly announced that an Alien: Isolation sequel was in the early stages of development. The studio didn’t provide any details about the game or its setting. Alien: Isolation was

iPhone, iPad and Mac will now officially support connection with a wired Xbox controller following Apple’s latest update, according to a report. This improves upon previous functionality which only allowed the pairing of game controllers via Bluetooth. Apple’s expansion of support for gaming accessories comes at a time when the company is launching major gaming

Lamborghini has teamed up with Animoca Brands for its Web3 debut. As part of the partnership, supercars from the luxury Italian automaker will be launched by the Hong Kong-based game software firm into metaverse gaming ecosystems. The move from Lamborghini is aimed at getting customers acclimatised to the future of immersive marketing and brand engagement

Microsoft said Wednesday that it would be merging features from the Xbox Game Pass app to the Xbox app on mobile platforms this week. The new streamlined Xbox app with Game Pass features will be available on iOS, Android and iPadOS. Microsoft will also halt all downloads of the Xbox Game Pass app from November.

Sony is celebrating 30 years of PlayStation consoles and to mark the occasion, the company has announced PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection that includes PS5 consoles, DualSense controllers, PlayStation Portal and more in a new design that pays homage to the early years of PlayStation. As part of the collection, PS5 Pro and PS5 Digital Edition

Sony could be gearing up for a State of Play livestream in September. According to a reliable industry insider, the PlayStation parent could present some of its upcoming games at the showcase. The company last held a State of Play broadcast in May, where it provided updates on upcoming releases. Sony held a PlayStation technical

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the maker of survival adventure game Palworld, the companies said on Thursday. The lawsuit, filed with the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, seeks an injunction and compensation for damages on the grounds that the game, made by Tokyo-based Pocketpair Inc, infringes multiple patent

Intel lost out on a contract to design and fabricate Sony’s PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, which dealt a significant blow to its effort to build its fledgling contract manufacturing business, according to three sources with knowledge of the events. The effort by Intel to win out over Advanced Micro Devices in a competitive bidding

The Asus ROG Ally laid down the gauntlet for Windows-based gaming handhelds when it arrived in 2023. While it had its flaws, including an SD card reader that was unpardonably prone to malfunction, the Ally established itself as the device to beat in the category despite subsequent competition from Lenovo and MSI. Earlier this year,

Microsoft said it is cutting 650 jobs in its Xbox unit, the third such layoff this year as the company tries to rein in costs and integrate its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,79,115 crore) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The gaming industry saw mass layoffs, studio shutdowns and project cancellations in

The PlayStation 5 Pro is here. Sony took the covers off the PS5 Pro Tuesday, revealing an upgraded console with improved graphical capabilities, advanced ray-tracing features, AI upscaling for better image quality and 2TB SSD storage. The console, which Sony calls its “most advanced and innovative console hardware to date,” however, doesn’t come with a

The PlayStation 5 Pro seems to be inching closer to an official announcement. Following leaks that said the PS5 Pro would make its debut in September, Sony has now confirmed a PlayStation 5 “Technical Presentation” for September 10. The presentation will begin at 8:00am PT (or 8.30pm IST) on Tuesday and will focus on “on

Apple Arcade will add five games in September and October, including smash hit indie title Balatro and popular basketball sim NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition. Aside from the two headlining titles, Apple will also add Food Truck Pup+, Furistas Cat Cafe+ and Smash Hit+. The new additions follow NFL Retro Bowl ’25, Monster Train+ and Apple

The Nintendo Switch’s successor will reportedly support backwards compatibility. A reliable games industry insider claimed earlier this week that the Switch 2 would play games released on the previous generation console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this year that the Switch 2 would be announced next year. The company has not yet provided any official details about

Acer Nitro Blaze 7 was launched at Acer’s Global Press Conference (GPC) 2024 on Wednesday ahead of IFA in Berlin. It is the company’s first-ever handheld gaming PC and boasts specifications such as an AMD Ryzen 7 processor, 2TB SSD storage, and a 144Hz IPS display. The handheld gaming PC is powered by Windows 11

Sony is putting Concord out of its misery. The online hero-shooter launched last month on PlayStation 5 and PC, but failed to generate player interest, with player numbers on Steam painting a grim picture. Following poor sales and a dwindling player count, the PlayStation parent announced it was taking Concord offline on September 6. All

The ‘Pro’ version of the PlayStation 5 has leaked. The PS5 Pro has been an open secret in the games industry for a while now and Sony is expected to announce the console before the end of this year. Previous reports and rumours had detailed the hardware upgrades the new console would likely get over