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It has been years since Amazon first debuted its game engine ‘Lumberyard' but we may finally start to see more games utilising it in the years to come. This week, Amazon made its engine open source, rebranding it as the Open 3D Engine.  Writing about the transition to open source, …

Amazon Prime Day is now officially upon us and Razer is not missing out on the action. For the next two days, Razer has discounts across its entire range, from ever popular peripherals to mobile accessories and gaming laptops...

In September 2020, Amazon announced its own cloud gaming service called Luna. Until now, the service has been only available through invitation, but starting on June 21 and 22, Prime members will be allowed to start a 7-day free trial to test it. Amazon Luna is based on the immense …

Last week, multiple sources claimed that Nintendo would be announcing the long-rumoured Nintendo Switch Pro console ahead of E3. Shortly after, new specification details began leaking online and now, the first listing for the console has appeared on Amazon.  While the name ‘Super Nintendo Switch' has been thrown around quite …

Amazon is facing antitrust allegations again this week. This time around, a new lawsuit is alleging that Amazon unfairly raised prices and used anti-competitive business practices to supress competition from other stores. The lawsuit was filed by Washington DC Attorney General, Karl Racine, stating: “Amazon’s policies have prevented competing platforms, …

Amazon Game Studios and Athlon Games were co-developing a new MMO set in the Lord of the Rings universe, but it looks like those plans have now been scrapped due to a dispute between both parties.  As reported by Bloomberg, Amazon has cancelled yet another video game. Following Breakaway and …

The invention of the internet has allowed for many great things. Unfortunately, the anonymity afforded to users thanks to the internet can also be used for less than positive purposes. Twitch has taken measures in the past to prevent harassment on its platform, but the live streaming site has now …

Microsoft isn't only interested in acquiring game developer studios, it seems the company is also looking at gaming-adjacent services for acquisitions too. This week, reports claim that Microsoft is currently in talks to buy Discord – potentially for more money than it spent on acquiring Bethesda.  According to VentureBeat, Discord …

While Twitch streams are a great way to bring fans of a particular game or streamer together to experience the joy of video games all as one, the platform has unfortunately suffered in the past from issues involving toxicity. As such, the live streaming platform has now announced new policies …

NieR: Automata took many by surprise when it first launched back in 2017. Since then the game has gone on to sell far beyond Square Enix’s expectations, bringing a new set of eyes onto the franchise. In the wake of this success a remaster/remake of the original NieR game was …

AMD's next-gen laptop processors aren't expected until early 2021, but listings for them are already popping up in the wild.

In the leadup to the launch of the PlayStation 5 next month, Sony has slowly been drip feeding fans new information on its much anticipated next gen console. Though the console exists primarily to facilitate the playing of games, modern consoles can also play content from a number of services …

If you are in need of some extra storage, or just a new SSD entirely, then you'll want to shop around today. Amazon Prime Day is taking place and Kingston is amongst the list of tech/hardware companies delivering big discounts.  You will find M.2 and traditional SATA SSDs on sale …

Our Amazon Prime Day coverage continues, this time our attention turns to ASUS, which has a lengthy line-up of deals on today. This ranges from peripherals to networking gear and even gaming monitors. There are also a few sneaky gaming laptop deals to be found too. We'll start off with …

Though Google has been much quieter on Stadia than when the service first launched late last year, the search giant still very much supports the game streaming service. Still, it appears as though Stadia is far from the company’s main priority, as the new Google Chromecast, which was announced at …

We've known for a long time now that Amazon has been quietly working on its own cloud gaming solution. Yesterday in a surprise twist, the company officially announced it. Luna is Amazon's game streaming service, which takes another different approach compared to Google Stadia or Project xCloud. 

As most of you probably have noticed, the RTX 3080 launch wasn't the smoothest. With websites crashing, limited stock and with scalpers using bots to get the few available graphics cards. Just how much demand was there for the RTX 3080 on launch day? Well thanks to Zotac, we have a pretty good idea. 

While ad revenue is fundamental to the current set up of the internet and internet-based entertainment platforms, the existence of ads has often frustrated users. That being said, while in many instances these ads are intelligently placed for minimal negative impact, sometimes platform holders take it too far. This may …

When Nintendo announced Super Mario 3D All-Stars, there was little doubt in anyone’s mind that the game was going to sell well. That being said, it is still surprising nonetheless to see that the collection of classic Mario adventures has already become the second best selling game of all of …

Over the last couple of years, a few publishers have attempted to boost their own revenue by selling advertising spots within full-priced video games. EA is of course one of those publishers, although after recently crossing the line with UFC fans, the company is backtracking a bit.  EA has apologised …

Amazon has partnered with Smilegate RPG to publish a new game in North America and Europe. The game hasn't been announced yet, but it's scheduled to release in 2021, and based on Smilegate RPG's portfolio, there's a chance that it will be Lost Ark. Smilegate RPG is known for developing the …

If you are in the market for a peripheral upgrade or two, then you may want to check out Amazon over the next few days. This week, Razer is slashing prices on a range of gaming gear, including the Razer Viper Ultimate, the Razer Mamba Elite, the Razer Kraken and more...

The Switch has been very successful in bringing many of Nintendo’s older games to the console manufacturer’s latest system. While a number of fans are still waiting for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker to make their way onto the hybrid console, it appears as though …

It has been a few years since Amazon first introduced ‘Twitch Prime', a reward scheme for Amazon Prime subscribers that also happen to watch content on Twitch. Over time though, it became apparent that the Twitch Prime branding was out of place compared to other Amazon services and as a …

Amazon Game Studios has been working on its first MMO, New World, for years now. There have been plenty of closed alpha and beta tests during that time and it looks like the game will remain in a pre-release state for a bit longer. While the game was supposed to …

It would seem that Bethesda and Amazon Studios are teaming up, bringing the Fallout series to TV for the first time. Better yet, this new adaptation will be headed by the creators behind HBO's Westworld. The announcement is very brief, giving us a short teaser trailer of an old TV …

Amazon Game Studios' has been working on a number of projects for years now. Back in May, the company managed to release Crucible, which quickly garnered a mixed reception. Now almost two months later, the game is going back into closed beta.  A couple of weeks after release, Crucible ‘retired' …

With no E3 taking place this year and shifting dates for big digital announcement events, some retail listing leaks were bound to come through sooner or later. That appears to have begun happening today, with a series of next-gen placeholder listings appearing on Amazon not just for console hardware, but …

Towards the end of 2019, Amazon mentioned that new AMD-powered instances were in the works, and these have now finally debuted in form of 2nd Gen AMD EPYC-run instances. Amazon's 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors run at frequencies of up to 3.3GHz and are the sixth instance family at AWS powered …

Amazon Game Studios had its first major game launch just two weeks ago, with hero shooter ‘Crucible' coming to PC. While the game garnered interest initially, the player numbers swiftly began dwindling. Now in an effort to hone in and refine the gameplay, Crucible is losing two of its three …