Category: Gaming
Ford announces ‘Fordzilla’ esports team ahead of Gamescom
Carmaker Ford has announced plans to expand its racing presence to virtual tracks for the first team through the creation of its own esports team. The manufacturer has revealed it will enter esports racing competitions under the name Fordzilla. The company said it would create national teams in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain,…
New FIFA 20 details expected at Gamescom
Popular forthcoming video games Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and FIFA 20 are expected to be among those on show at Gamescom in Germany this week. The five-day gaming trade show opens in Cologne on Tuesday. Nintendo and Xbox are among the giants showcasing new products at the event, which allows fans an early chance…
Xbox boss says company has ‘no plans’ for streaming-only console
Xbox has no current plans to develop a “streaming-only” games console, the company’s boss has said. The video games arm of Microsoft is due to launch its next console, known as Project Scarlett, next year and is also preparing to introduce its games streaming service, Project xCloud later this year. However, Xbox head Phil Spencer…
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…