Virtual identity is becoming increasingly important for consumers. As recently uncovered by a Roblox study, 56% of gamers say that styling their online avatar is more important than styling themselves in the physical world. The same research found that many young gamers use avatars to express themselves and experiment with looks, which they later gain...
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss this year’s various video game remakes and remasters, including the recently-announced The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, which is headed to PlayStation 5 in January. While TLOU2 was launched on PS4, it’s still just three years on from that game’s arrival. How do we feel...
Summary The modern era of Star Wars is full of films and TV shows, but is missing an essential aspect of the franchise. Disney shifted focus more onto feature films and less onto other projects, like video games. Star Wars can greatly expand the stories and universe with more games. In a time when Star...
There’s a lot more to choosing the best CPU for gaming than simply picking up the top model in the range. The advent of multi-core chips, and especially those with asymmetric cores, chiplet designs, and integrated graphics, has made squeezing every last frame out of a game a tricky matter. With a CPU that’s not...
The Chinese company NetEase said on Wednesday that it had struck a deal to distribute titles from Microsoft’s Blizzard Entertainment, restoring access to popular video games like World of Warcraft for Chinese gamers. More than a year ago, NetEase and Blizzard called an end to their long-running partnership when renewal talks turned testy, with both...
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Australian games industry has shown solid growth in recent years, more than doubling in size over the past six years and showing strong revenue growth in 2022. As part of our Australia Games Week, we’ve scoured...
This year’s BBC Children in Need kicks off with a dedicated TV live show devoted to video games, set to air on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer tomorrow, Friday 10th November at 7pm. The show will see celebrities and gaming fans compete to raise money for Children in Need charities, and celebrate the...
San Francisco, Nov 8 , French video game company Ubisoft, which published popular franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, has laid off about 124 employees as part of a corporate restructuring and reorganisation effort. The job cuts mainly impacted workers in the visual effects studio and global IT team, reports The Verge. According to...
Like the best gaming PCs, the best gaming laptops aren’t just for gaming. Competent machines powerful enough to play the best PC games are more than capable of everyday work. If a gaming laptop can handle Red Dead Redemption 2, it can handle your spreadsheets. Investing in a gaming machine that doubles as a work...
Daredevil, the blind superhero who has captured the hearts of fans through movies and live-action shows, has surprisingly only had one chance to star in his own video game. While many may have forgotten the movie tie-in game for the Game Boy Advance, it is intriguing to consider what could have been for this Marvel...
