Backbone Announces $40M Funding Round With Backing From Several Celebrities
The mobile game streaming platform Backbone recently announced it raised $40 million in a Series A funding round. According toContinue Reading
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Valve’s Co-Founder Expects The Steam Deck To Have A Major Impact On The Gaming Industry
The Steam Deck officially went on sale on February 25th and has already received glowing reviews and heaps of praise.Continue Reading
Valve Releases Proton 7.0 With Major Improvements
On February 15th, Valve released Proton 7.0, a major version of their open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play that introducesContinue Reading
Business of Esports – Weekly News #393
In this week’s esports business news: Valve’s new discount policies, Shikenso Analytics partners with Calyx Gaming, The Matrix Awakens hasContinue Reading
Valve Unveils New Rules Targeting Dodgy Discounts For Steam Sales
Valve has issued changes to its rules surrounding games sales and discounts. These reforms will affect the frequency in whichContinue Reading
Business of Esports – Weekly News #392
In this week’s esports business news: Cloud9 Gaming partners with Blockchain.com, Salt and Sacrifice gets a release date, major PS4Continue Reading
Dying Light 2 Is Off To A Strong Start
Dying Light 2 had its launch the first week of February and netted over 274,000 peak concurrent players on SteamContinue Reading
VR Cloud Gaming Service PlutoSphere Launches On Quest
Pluto VR has been teasing PlutoSphere for months now, a new cloud streaming platform that allows Quest users to playContinue Reading
Lost Ark Has Become The Second-Most Popular Game On Steam
The recently released PC game Lost Ark has been flying up the Steam charts as the game surpassed 1.3 millionContinue Reading
Weekly News #191: Lost Ark Record, Lord Of The Rings IP, Console Valorant, Activision-Blizzard Reset, Noble Esports Controversy, Pokimane On Twitch, AI Racer, Free Fire Ban
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Lost Ark becoming the second most popular gameContinue Reading
Call Of Duty Vanguard Fails To Outperform Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War
Activision-Blizzard recently released its financial results for the last quarter of 2021 as well as the entire fiscal year. ThisContinue Reading
MSI Launches Line Of “Metaverse-Ready” Laptops
MSI recently launched a brand new line of laptops in India. This comes after the company’s Stealth, Vector, Katana, Crosshair,Continue Reading
Linux Gaming Is Getting Some Serious Help From A Twelve-Year-Old Developer
Late last year, 12-year old developer Rudra Saraswat gifted Ubuntu gamers with a great GUI tool. The “Gamebuntu” utility wasContinue Reading
Steam Deck Verified Playable List Passes 100 Games
In preparation for the Steam Deck release this month, Valve began putting compatibility categories for games on Steam to sayContinue Reading
Valve’s Steam Discount Cycle To Be Reduced To Twenty-Eight Days
Starting March 28th, game developers will be able to run a deal for their games more often on Steam, whichContinue Reading
Nvidia’s Cloud Gaming Service Is Now Available On LG TVs
Nvidia’s GeForce Now app for LG TVs has officially exited beta as of January 27th and can now be downloadedContinue Reading
The Epic Games Store To Continue Giving Away Games For Free In 2022
In its recently published “Year In Review” roundup, Epic Games stated that the Epic Games Store’s weekly free games giveawayContinue Reading
Google Working On Gaming-Focused Chromebooks
Google revealed two years ago that it was working on Steam support for Chromebooks, but that’s about as much asContinue Reading
Steam Adding New Feature Which Allows You To Play Games More Easily Across Multiple PCs
Valve announced a new feature, called Dynamic Cloud Sync, that will make it easier for players to access games seamlesslyContinue Reading
Ganymede Games’ Gaming Universe Inspiring Thousands
New Mexico-based Ganymede Games is working on Xenotheria, a science-fiction game that has players battling hostile aliens on the planetContinue Reading
Steam Deck Plans To Support Games With Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat Software
Valve announced that titles that depend on Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat software can now run on the portable device. Moreover, developersContinue Reading
Valve Steam Deck Coming February 25th
The unimaginable is finally reality. After months of “will they or wont they,” the Valve Steam Deck actually has anContinue Reading
Netflix Announces Two New Mobile Games
Netflix is still in its early stages of gaming development, but the company is already looking to expand its rosterContinue Reading
Valve Says The Steam Deck Will Still Be Released This February
According to a recent blog post, Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck is still scheduled to be released worldwideContinue Reading
NPD Group Reveals Top 20 Selling Games In The US In 2021
Industry-tracking firm, NPD Group, revealed the top 20 best-selling games in the United States for 2021, and the most notableContinue Reading
Can The AyaNeo Next Be A Competitor To The Steam Deck?
It appears that the Steam Deck already has some competition. Aya Neo recently unveiled plans to launch a handheld gamingContinue Reading
China’s Bilibili Says Violent Titles Cannot Be Live-Streamed
Chinese video platform Bilibili recently announced that it will ban live-streaming of more than 60 video games, including the GrandContinue Reading
Steam Sets A New Record With 28M Concurrent Players
Despite setbacks caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Steam has continued to experience immense growth since the start of 2020. AccordingContinue Reading