Tag: gaming
What Can We Expect From the Next Generation of Consoles?
With Microsoft's Scarlett announced at this year's E3 and reveals about Sony's next console now doing the rounds, we're quickly approaching the next generation of video game consoles. Just as with former generational leaps, this raises questions as to what we can expect, and what might these be capable of over the current selection of…
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…
Can video games ‘help improve emotional intelligence in teenagers’
Video games can help teenagers to manage and express their emotions more effectively, a new study has claimed. Research by experts in Milan suggests that young people were better at understanding and expressing their emotions after playing video games as part of an emotional intelligence training programme. The study, published in the Games for Health…
Parents urged to take up online gaming with children
Parents should take up online gaming in order to better understand the benefits and risks of the activity for their children, an online safety group has said. Internet Matters said that despite more than three-quarters of children going online to play video games, most parents do not feel confident in dealing with issues around the…
Cloud gaming service Hatch goes live with Vodafone 5G
Cloud gaming service Hatch has gone live in the UK as part of Vodafone’s 5G network switch on yesterday (July 3rd 2019). Hatch will offer Vodafone customers complimentary access to Hatch Premium: 5G-powered on-demand mobile gaming with unlimited access to over 100 mobile games. Vodafone customers will have 3 months of complimentary access to the…
Not enough evidence to show loot boxes are gambling, says Digital Minister
There is not enough evidence available to suggest that loot boxes in video games constitute gambling, the Digital Minister has said. Loot boxes are packs of in-game items players can buy using real money, but the contents of a pack are randomised and not known until after purchase, leading to fears that it could act…
Candy Crush makers grilled over gaming addiction
Candy Crush makers King have said they acknowledge the seriousness of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to recognise video game addiction as a disease – but fell short of stating whether they agree with it in a grilling from MPs. Senior executives from the company skirted around the possibility that its games could be…
Lynx releases special edition Xbox deodorant for obsessed gamers!
Gamers will have the chance to smell like the essence of their favourite console with the release of an Xbox-themed deodorant. The Lynx limited edition, which will only be available in Australia and New Zealand, is designed to “transform the feeling of ‘levelling up’ into a fragrance”, according to its manufacturers. “In games, even the…
New Pokemon Sleep game rewards players for sleeping
Pokemon has unveiled a new game, Pokemon Sleep, which will use a person’s sleeping patterns and the time they wake up to affect game play when it launches next year. The Pokemon Company’s president and chief executive, Tsunekazu Ishihara, said the move is designed to transform the time we sleep into entertainment, similar to the…
Microsoft and Sony agree games streaming deal
Microsoft and Sony have agreed a deal to work together on video games streaming services, despite the two companies being bitter rivals in the industry. The two gaming giants have announced the signing of “memorandum of understanding” which could to see Sony use Microsoft’s Azure cloud service to host current and future PlayStation streaming services.…