Category: Gaming
2019 Modern Warfare Reboot to Feature Cross-Platform Multiplayer Mode
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is set to be released October 25 this year, a date that marks a ground-breaking moment for the long-running series as its sixteenth instalment becomes the first to support cross-platform multiplayer. In an interesting juxtaposition, 2019's Modern Warfare will be steeped in the past at the same time as…
Twitch apologises to Ninja for pornography promotion on old channel
Streaming site Twitch has apologised to gaming star Ninja after it emerged that his dormant channel page was used to recommend pornography. The American Fortnite gamer, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, recently jumped ship from Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch, to Microsoft’s Mixer platform. Since leaving at the beginning of August, Ninja’s former streaming space…
Gaming star Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer
Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft’s Mixer platform. Blevins’ move ends a hugely profitable partnership with Twitch, a live streaming giant owned by Amazon. “I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities Twitch has provided me,” Blevins told The Associated Press. “But as I looked…
Playing mobile games ‘more effective stress reliever than mindfulness’
Playing games on a smartphone may relieve work stress more effectively than using a mindfulness app, according to a study. Researchers at UCL in London and the University of Bath gave students a 15-minute maths test before asking them to play a shape-fitting game, use a mindfulness app or twirl a fidget-spinner toy. They completed…
British teenager scoops almost £1m at Fortnite World Cup
A British teenager who won almost £1 million at Fortnite World Cup said he is happy to have shown his mother that he was not just wasting time in his bedroom. Jaden Ashman, from Essex, will split $2.25 million (£1.8 million) with his Dutch partner after the pair came second in the first Fortnite World…
Gambling Commission shares concern over video game loot boxes
The UK gambling regulator has said it shares concern about loot boxes in video games but warned that the current law makes it hard to define them as gambling. Neil McArthur, chief executive of the Gambling Commission, told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee that loot boxes “could be a form of gambling but…
Live Dealer Casino Technology Reaches a Watershed Moment
Over the last few years, vast eGaming studios have started sprouting up across the globe. You will find them in many countries, but they are especially prevalent in places like Romania. Latvia, Lithuania and the Philippines. The studios employ thousands of people as croupiers, yet the players who visit these casinos could be thousands of…
Can video games ‘help improve emotional intelligence in teenagers’
Video games can help teenagers to manage and express their emotions more effectively, a new study has claimed. Research by experts in Milan suggests that young people were better at understanding and expressing their emotions after playing video games as part of an emotional intelligence training programme. The study, published in the Games for Health…
Nintendo announces $199 Switch Lite console
Nintendo has announced a new compact version of its Switch console, which is designed to be just a handheld gaming device. The Switch Lite, which will be released in the UK in September, will not connect to a TV like the original Switch and does not have removable, motion sensor-enabled Joy-Con controllers. Instead, the smaller,…
Players won’t lose purchases if games publishers leave Google Stadia
Google has reassured gamers that any titles purchased on its forthcoming streamed gaming platform Stadia will not be lost if a publisher decides to leave. Stadia is a cloud-based service which will stream games to players via an internet connection instead of requiring them to be downloaded, with Google’s servers handling much of the processing…
