Continued anti-cheat efforts have seen more than 13 million accounts ousted from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds throughout 2018, with developer PUBG Corp. capping off the year by launching an investigation into the practice on a global scale. This turned up four pro players that were banned by December 31st for using unauthorised …
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CES 2019: AMD unveils Radeon VII, based on 7nm Vega and targets RTX 2080 performance
For AMD’s 50th anniversary, the company took to its first-ever CES keynote to reveal its next-generation Vega graphics card. The Radeon VII is built on AMD’s 7nm process, enabling it to better compete against Nvidia’s RTX range in 4K resolutions, virtual reality (VR) and 3D rendering. Trudging through the numbers, …
Read More »CES 2019: Wooting launches its second analogue keyboard
After wowing the world with its first analogue keyboard last year, Wooting has continued its pressure sensitive efforts by unveiling the Wooting Two in both full size and tenkeyless versions. Showcasing the peripheral at CES 2019, developer Calder Limmen tells KitGuru of the improvements the team has made across both …
Read More »AMD comprehensively covers notebook market with second-gen Ryzen Mobile processors
AMD’s newly unveiled second-generation mobile Ryzen line-up provides the most comprehensive notebook coverage in the company's history.
Read More »LawBreakers’ Cliff Bleszinski has moved onto producing Broadway musicals
After LawBreakers failed to impress and Boss Key Productions shut its doors, Cliff Bleszinski swore off video game development in a now-deleted tweet. In an unexpected turn of events, Bleszinski has since moved onto the production of Broadway musicals, revealing that he has invested in Hadestown. While November, 2018’s deleted …
Read More »Twitch is criticised by its community for promoting Ninja’s New Year’s event on other broadcasts
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ significant growth alongside Fortnite: Battle Royale saw the streamer become the face of Twitch in 2018, something of which the platform is embracing within its New Year’s Eve stream. Twitch has since come under fire from other content creators for pushing adverts pertaining to its turn-of-the-year event, …
Read More »Steam’s top selling games of 2018 have been revealed
We are closing in on the end of 2018, which means we’ll be seeing plenty of ‘top 10’, GOTY and best seller lists over the next week or two. Valve has been revealing the top selling games on Steam each year for a few years now. This year, the ‘top …
Read More »PUBG claws its way back to 1 million concurrent players on Steam
Back in February, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds began to fall from grace, unable to maintain its consistent 1 million concurrent player base on Steam. It looks like PUBG has since been given a second chance, passing the barrier once again with 1.08 million players at the time of writing. PUBG capped off …
Read More »Steam beta update hints at Xbox cross-play integration
Cross-play between consoles and PC has been a huge topic of discussion over the last year. Microsoft in particular has been pushing for it, although many games rely on the Windows Store for native cross-platform. That could change soon if a recent update to Steam's beta branch is anything to …
Read More »Discord announces plans to expand its store with the best revenue split yet
Discord has slowly but surely been expanding its storefront over the past couple of months, most recently introducing Early Access titles. Starting next year, the platform will be opening up its store for self-publication, ushering in a new leading revenue split that edges out competition. Although Discord beat Epic Games …
Read More »Twitch is selling Curse Media to Wikia’s Fandom
The now Amazon-owned Twitch acquired Curse back in 2016, and with it a plethora of websites, multimedia channels and applications housed within. Two years later, it seems as though Twitch is ditching the brand, selling Curse Media to information host Fandom. Fandom is a Wiki hosting service that currently provides …
Read More »Epic Games announces plans to bolster cross-platform services in 2019
Before advocating a leading revenue split for developers on its newly launched store, Epic Games strongly voiced its support for cross-platform play within video games. This is evident with Fortnite: Battle Royale becoming the first game to bridge the gap across all console and PC platforms. Now, Epic is looking …
Read More »Super Smash Bros Ultimate tops UK charts as biggest Switch launch to date
A new challenger has appeared for the title of Nintendo’s biggest UK launch on the Switch, and it seems as though nothing is slowing Super Smash Bros Ultimate down following last week's launch. Not only has Ultimate beat its predecessors to become the most successful launch in the series so …
Read More »Valve makes CS:GO free-to-play with a battle royale mode, and some players aren’t happy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has been rumoured to receive its own battle royale mode since last year. Aptly dubbed “Danger Zone”, Valve has made the mode official alongside making the game free-to-play, but it seems that not everyone supports the move. Danger Zone is “a fast-paced battle royale game mode …
Read More »Epic Games confirms Unreal Tournament is no longer in development
Epic Games has always been a powerhouse in the gaming industry thanks to the Unreal Engine. In recent years, Epic has been slowly chipping away at an all new Unreal Tournament game based on Unreal Engine 4, unfortunately, plans have since changed and now, development on the project is coming …
Read More »Epic opens its store to third-party developers with less than half the revenue split of Steam
Last week, Valve announced changes to the revenue split within the Steam Store, cutting its take as a game’s profit steadily increases. While this is sure to benefit triple A games, this leaves many indie titles in the dust, but there could be a saving grace on the horizon. Fortnite …
Read More »Samsung reportedly set to team up with Niantic for exclusive mobile game
Niantic has become a big name on the mobile gaming world thanks to the continued success of Pokémon Go. Now, it looks like Samsung wants a piece of that pie, as the smartphone maker is reportedly planning to invest $40 million in Niantic in order to get ‘exclusive' games. Exclusive …
Read More »ASUS ROG Phone pre-orders go live in the UK
ASUS has finally revealed that the ROG Phone will be available in the UK as of December 14th, however early birds can shave £100 off the flagship handset simply by pre-ordering.
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is finally coming to PlayStation 4
Rumours of PUBG’s arrival on PlayStation 4 have been rampant since the battle royale title landed on Xbox One last year, with hopes building once again in August. Fortunately, the wait is almost over as Sony has announced a variety of pre-orders ahead of PUBG’s launch on December 7th. Both …
Read More »Xbox One mouse and keyboard support launches tomorrow
After years of talking about the idea, mouse and keyboard support is finally rolling out on the Xbox One tomorrow. The update brings support for 15 games to start off with, Beyond that, Razer has also been named as the ‘official partner' for mouse and keyboard support for the Xbox …
Read More »Steam’s popularity in China climbs as new game approvals remain stagnant
2018 has been a big year for Valve, marking the company’s return to a new IP and a rapid boost of over 23 million more players on Steam. Despite the harm that the Chinese government is doing to the video game market by withholding new video game licenses, this has …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds delays the return of Event Mode to fix a critical bug
Earlier this year, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was blessed with an Event Mode to test out new game modes for a limited time on PC. Sadly, this has since fallen under its ‘FIX PUBG’ campaign, being temporarily removed due to a “critical error.” PUBG Help, publisher Bluehole’s official Twitter support channel for …
Read More »Rocket League’s full cross-platform play has been delayed until next year
Shortly following Sony’s change of heart, Psyonix announced that it was working on making Rocket League fully cross-platform as it was always intended to be. While this was expected to land before the end of the year, the developer has seemingly hit a bump in the road causing a delay …
Read More »Epic Games files lawsuit against cheat-selling YouTuber with 1.7m subscribers
Epic Games is no stranger to controversially chasing down cheaters within Fortnite: Battle Royale, from hiring private investigators to pursuing legal action. YouTuber Brandon “Golden Modz” Lucas is the latest in Epic’s sight, after showcasing and selling cheats to his 1.7 million subscribers. Fortnite is one of the most lucrative …
Read More »PUBG’s ongoing anti-cheat efforts have seen 13 million accounts banned to date
As a part of its ongoing FIX PUBG campaign, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds finally received its in-house anti-cheat technology last month. Working alongside BattlEye’s defence against hackers, it’s now been revealed that 13 million cheaters have been banned so far. PUBG has struggled with hackers since it gained popularity, with complaints reaching …
Read More »Psyonix is working on Rocket League’s full console cross-platform play
Following Fortnite’s introduction as the first fully cross-compatible game, developer Psyonix is working with Sony to implement the same level of openness with Rocket League. Despite building the vehicular game to be cross-platform from the start, the studio has cautioned fans that this could take some time given the logistics …
Read More »Strict video game regulations hurt China’s leading publisher, Tencent
In August, it was revealed that a shake-up in the Chinese government had halted new video game licenses since March, slowing the industry to a crawl. This has since taken a toll on China’s biggest publisher, Tencent, as the company announces its own restructure to alleviate plummeting shares. China’s continuing …
Read More »Update: Epic Games issues patch to fix “embarrassing” breast physics
Update (29/09/18): Initially removing “elements” of its animation system as a temporary solution to the “embarrassing, unintentional” breast physics, it seems as though Fortnite: Battle Royale is back to normal thanks to a brand new fix. Epic Games doesn’t do much to elaborate on what the patch contains aside from …
Read More »Sony explains why it was late to the cross-platform play party
Earlier this week, Sony finally jumped on board with the idea of cross-platform play, making Fortnite: Battle Royale the first game in history to be interchangeably playable across all three major console distributors. It seems that fans aren’t the only ones unhappy with how long it took Sony to push …
Read More »Sony makes history by opening its PlayStation 4 to cross-platform play with rival consoles
After its open crusade against cross-platform compatibility, it seems that Sony has pulled a one-eighty, finally opening the borders between its PlayStation 4 and rival consoles. Fortnite: Battle Royale will be the first game to receive the treatment, becoming the first title in history to allow players on all consoles …
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