India has proposed a body for the online gaming industry to regulate itself as concerns rise over the addictiveness of games and as patchy state laws disrupt business, in draft amendments to its information technology rules published on Monday. The proposal comes after a government panel recommended new rules to regulate a sector estimated to […]<
“Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday asked a three-judge federal appeals panel to overturn portions of a lower court antitrust ruling that largely favored Apple Inc and its multibillion dollar App Store payment business. Attorneys involved expect up to nine months before a ruling from the panel, which signaled some doubts about Epic’s […]
Google is pulling the plug on its cloud gaming project “Stadia.” The giant decided to venture into the challenging lands of cloud gaming in 2019. Google came out the gate swinging, and many believed that if someone could pull it off, it would have been Google. It is another addition to the cemetery of lofty […]
No, mobile games will not replace console gaming. That was the short answer. But if you would like the longer more detailed answer, read on. Mobile games and console and PC games have one thing in common, and that’s the game part. That is where the similarities end. They are very different types of entertainment […]
Britain’s antitrust regulator said Microsoft Corp’s $69 billion acquisition of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard could harm competition in gaming consoles, subscription services and cloud gaming, and it needs to be investigated in depth. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday the deal, the largest ever in gaming, could damage the industry […]
Logitech G will collaborate with Tencent China to produce a cloud handheld device. They declared that the console would support primary cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now. The upcoming console will deliver AAA game titles to users worldwide. We will look at the latest and leaked news and details of […]
The non-fungible token (NFT) market has been facing many challenges lately. What happened to NFts?Since the January highs, the volume of daily NFT sales has fallen from just over $6 billion to only $850 million, almost a 90 percent decline. These […]
Gaming software company AppLovin Corp made an offer on Tuesday to buy its peer video game software maker Unity Software Inc in a $17.54 billion all-stock deal, threatening to derail Unity’s announced plan to acquire AppLovin’s smaller competitor ironSource. AppLovin has offered $58.85 for each Unity share, which represents a premium of 18 percent to […]
Unity Software Inc, the U.S. developer best known for software used to design video games, is in talks to spin off its China unit to help it expand in the world’s biggest games market, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. San Francisco-based Unity has sought strategic investors to join it in a […]
Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm PayPal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash on social media. Registration is required under rules released in late November 2020 and will give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data […]
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