Tag: Call of Duty: Warzone
Gamers spent nearly 40% more time playing during pandemic
A study of 2,000 adults who regularly game found 39 per cent spent more time gaming during the last year and a half – playing an estimated 40 per cent more in a typical week than pre-pandemic. An average of 17 hours and 48 minutes was spent by individuals on their console between Monday and Friday during the average week. And weekends accounted for another six hours…
Tech Digest daily round up: No fossil fuel boilers from 2025, says IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that no new fossil fuel boilers should be sold from 2025 if the world is to achieve net-zero emissions by the middle of this century. It's one of 400 steps on the road to net-zero proposed by the agency in a special report. The sale of new petrol and diesel…
Gamers have spent 8.4 billion hours watching Twitch so far this year
Last year, gamers and eSports fans worldwide watched a record-breaking 27.9 billion hours of content across all live-streaming platforms, 78% more than before the pandemic. As the world's leading community for gamers, Twitch led the audience in live broadcasts, with a total of 18.4 billion hours watched in 2020. However, after setting another record for…
Virgin Media hits download record on Call of Duty: Warzone release day
Virgin Media recorded its biggest data download day ever last week – the same day as the latest Call of Duty: Warzone update was released. Download traffic on Virgin Media’s network reached new record levels on Thursday 25 February as gamers nationwide rushed to download the latest update of Call of Duty: Warzone. Over the course of…