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Electronic Arts said it had reached an agreement to buy Codemasters in a deal worth $1.2 billion (roughly Rs. 8,800 crores), trumping an earlier agreement between the British company and rival Take-Two Interactive. Shares in London-listed Codemasters surged 18.7 percent to GBP 6.37 (roughly Rs. 600) by 08:45 GMT (2:15pm IST) above the GBP 6.04

With the latest software update, your Nintendo Switch has been sharing your player data via Google Analytics. Nintendo Switch system update to version 11.0.0 was released last week and the new software patch actually brought along some significant changes to the table. Some of the key features include the ability to share screenshots and videos

Cyberpunk 2077 will start getting free DLCs (Downloadable content) from early 2021, a hidden message in the latest trailer for the game has revealed. The hidden message was shared by an online publication and it states that “we’ll [CD Projekt Red] first be kicking off our free DLC program in early 2021.” Additionally, the game

Microsoft Flight Simulator will be coming to Xbox Series S/X in summer of 2021. The development was shared at The Game Awards, as well as by Microsoft through an official post on its website. Microsoft Flight Simulator won the Best Simulator/Strategy Game award at the ceremony. The official post by head of Microsoft Flight Simulator

Executives at Polish video game publisher CD Projekt SA took responsibility for the buggy release of the highly-anticipated title Cyberpunk 2077 this week, telling staff on Friday in an email obtained by Bloomberg that they will receive their full bonuses no matter how the game is reviewed. Previously, CD Projekt developers were told they would

Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 series users can now install a dedicated app that will enhance the performance of select games on their phones through standalone GPU driver updates. The Samsung GameDriver app is available for both Exynos and Qualcomm Snapdragon versions of the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 models. The South

Just Cause: Mobile has been announced at The Game Awards and it is an isometric action-shooter set in the Just Cause universe. The Just Cause game series launched its first eponymous title back in 2006 on PC and consoles, and the latest iteration – Just Cause 4 – came out in 2018. Now, publishers Square

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally coming out tomorrow, December 10, after several delays. The first teaser was revealed back in 2012. That’s right, eight years ago! Then, a year later, there was a short teaser trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 that got fans interested in the game. Then, about two years ago at E3 2018, the game

Would you like to play chess with Beth Harmon? Thanks to a new bot developed by Chess.com, fans of The Queen’s Gambit can now do exactly that. If you’re worried about being unable to keep up with her — Beth Harmon is a world champion after all — Chess.com has designed seven different Beth Harmons,

Minecraft with RTX ray tracing is now officially available for Windows 10 users. The game was in beta for a while and its stable version has now been released on PC. Players who have the supported hardware, i.e., Nvidia GeForce RTX 2000 series GPUs or higher, or select AMD Radeon GPUs, will be able to

Seven times last month, Benjamin Karmis, a 26-year-old priest from Wheaton, Illinois, US, failed to get his hands on the latest Sony PlayStation 5 video game console from retail websites including Walmart Inc and Facebook Marketplace. But it wasn’t because another person beat him to the purchase. Instead, Karmis and other shoppers were outgunned by

Cyberpunk 2077 reviews began pouring in on Monday night, after developer CD Projekt Red lifted the review embargo. The early critical consensus is mighty positive, with the two major video gaming review aggregators OpenCritic and Metacritic reporting a 91 out of 100 average score, from 45 and 44 publications, respectively. Most critics are of the

Cyberpunk 2077 is releasing on December 10, but some lucky gamers have already gotten their copy due to it being shipped early. But as some of these people started to stream the game or even share short snippets — of a game they purchased — they saw their content being taken down from the Internet.

Garena Free Fire – the popular battle royale game for Android and iOS – will be receiving a major update on Monday, December 7, bringing changes to the training map as well as introducing some updated guns. The updated guns include the classic M4A1 assault rifle, and an updated P90 SMG. These two weapons will

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally set to release in December on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Stadia. The title will also be playable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. Arguably one of the most-awaited titles this year, if not the most, the action-RPG game comes from CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio behind the

Xbox Game Pass members can now pre-load upcoming games, thanks to the new November 2020 Xbox Console Update — Microsoft should have just waited a day and called it the December 2020 update — announced Monday, and now rolling out for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. You can pre-install Xbox Game

Nintendo Switch update version 11.0.0 has been released and brings an interesting new feature to the console. The new feature allows users to share screenshots and videos directly to their smartphones by scanning a QR code. Nintendo Switch players had to earlier upload their content to Facebook or Twitter in order to share it. Additionally,

Yaatra is a new augmented reality (AR) game launched in India by Krikey in collaboration with Jio. The game is playable within the Krikey app that is available for free on App Store and Google Play. Yaatra uses your phone’s camera to provide AR-based action-adventure gameplay that involves combat and puzzle solving. Jio led the

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 5 is here and it’s called Zero Point. It involves hunters from across realities coming together to fight ‘the loop’ and shape the future of the island. The new hunters include Mancake the fighting Flapjack and Mave the shapeshifter, among others. The most notable addition is Mandalorian along with Grogu (Baby

FAU-G mobile game has crossed 1 million pre-registrations in just three days of appearing on the Google Play store, its developer has announced. FAU-G was first expected to arrive in October, but the launch was then delayed to November. The mobile shooter game finally appeared on the Google Play store on November 30 but only for

Microsoft has announced a list of 17 titles that will be available in December on Xbox Game Pass, the subscription-based game service available on Xbox Series S/X, Xbox One, PC, and/or Android (via game streaming). The biggest of the lot is Remedy Entertainment’s award-winning action-adventure Control, considered one of the best video games of 2019.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU has been announced by the company as part of the GeForce RTX 3060 series. Based on the new Ampere architecture, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is faster than the previous generation Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU, according to the company. While only one GPU has been announced in

PlayStation 5 owners are reportedly being banned by Sony for selling access to the PS Plus Collection that they got for free, to PlayStation 4 players. The PS Plus Collection includes games like Bloodborne, God of War, Fallout 4, and several more, and PS5 owners were given the collection when they signed in to their

Immortals Fenyx Rising is a next generation title from Ubisoft that draws a lot of inspiration from 2017’s Nintendo Switch launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, considered one of the best video games of all time. It was all the more special for how Breath of the Wild was a departure

Samsung Odyssey G9 and Samsung Odyssey G7 curved gaming monitors have made their way to the Indian market. Samsung Odyssey G9 is a 49-inch gaming monitor while the Odyssey G7 comes in a 27-inch and a 32-inch variant. Samsung originally unveiled the Odyssey G9 and Odyssey G7 monitors at CES 2020 in January and Odyssey

Steam Black Friday sale — officially known as Steam Autumn Sale — is now live. The biggest storefront for PC games includes big discounts on some of the biggest recent games, including FIFA 21, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Marvel’s Avengers, Death Stranding, and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Alongside, beloved older games such as The

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will get an update today, November 26, that will allow it to run at 60fps on next-generation consoles. The version 1.0.4 update brings several improvements to the game on all platforms including the previous-generation consoles and PC. It will also be available for Google Stadia and Amazon Luna as well. Assassin’s Creed

PlayStation Plus members will get their hands on Just Cause 4, Rocket Arena, and Worms Rumble for free. All three games will be available for download for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 users from December 1, 2020, to January 4, 2021. As always, you’ll need to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription to access

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card will cost Rs. 64,990 (SEP) in India before GST, the company shared through a post on Instagram. AMD unveiled three new graphics cards in its Radeon RX 6000 series including the AMD Radeon RX 6800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT last

Microsoft has reportedly patched a bug in an Xbox website that could have potentially exposed users’ real email addresses associated to their Xbox gamer tags. This vulnerability was reported to the company through its bug bounty programme and has since been fixed. The findings for the bug that was reportedly found on enforcement.xbox.com were shared