Gaming

Unity apologizes, tweaks runtime install fees after gaming world outrage

Is this the engine maker's final continue?

Software22 Sep 2023 | 16

CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns

Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises

Software22 Sep 2023 | 2

Having read the room, Unity goes back to drawing board on runtime fee policy

But the damage has already been done

Software18 Sep 2023 | 36

Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure

Backlash has spilled offline and into potential violence

Software15 Sep 2023 | 99

Atari pulls nostalgia power move and buys homebrew community forum

AtariAge is older than the current Atari incarnation – retro enough for you?

Offbeat08 Sep 2023 | 11

Pokémon Go was a 'success disaster' and Niantic is still chasing another hit

The past seven years have seen improved mapping, AR and AI, and the developer's gotta catch 'em all ahead of Monster Hunter launch

Software01 Sep 2023 | 21

Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft?

All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal

Software22 Aug 2023 | 37

I know what you did next summer: Microsoft to kill off Xbox 360 Store

Don't worry, your downloaded games are safe ... for now?

Personal Tech17 Aug 2023 | 27

Asus blames 'thermal stress' for fried SD card readers in Ally handhelds

So much for that 'zero-gravity' cooling

Personal Tech13 Jul 2023 | 13

India slaps massive 28 percent tax on online games of skill

Fantasy sports bets put on the same footing as online casinos or a punt on the gee-gees

Legal13 Jul 2023 | 7

Judge shoots down FTC attempt to stall Microsoft-Activision merger

Final update UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 20

Sega COO backs away from blockchain

Sonic the Hedgehog unsure NFTs are golden rings worth collecting

Software11 Jul 2023 | 17

Almost all classic US video games 'critically endangered'

Let us borrow titles digitally from libraries like we can books and movies, say 'puter historians

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 28

Microsoft's Activision fight with FTC turned up a Blizzard of docs: Here's your summary

Windows PCs in the cloud, spending Sony out of business, mobile woes, and more – and the files to read

Personal Tech28 Jun 2023 | 31

Absolute mad lad renders Doom in teletext

Sure is '90s in here

Offbeat31 May 2023 | 34

AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU

Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us?

Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 17

Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations

10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree

Offbeat22 May 2023 | 71

Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?

Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37

UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition

That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you

Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 69

Croquet for Unity: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming... but it's so much more

Updated This is that rare announcement that's far more significant than it sounds

Software23 Mar 2023 | 15

EU 'poised' to OK Microsoft's Activision biz gobble

Crunch licensing talks with rivals may ease antitrust fears

Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 10

Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, pals proclaim 'Japan Metaverse Economic Zone'

Updating the nation through the power of games. And ads. Lots of ads

Software28 Feb 2023 | 9

Microsoft’s Mr Smith goes to Europe in quest to win Activision deal

Analysis Trust us, we're no monopolists

Personal Tech26 Feb 2023 | 6

Windows November update trips up some Intel graphics drivers

If you're having trouble with your games, this may be why

OSes09 Feb 2023 | 4

Microsoft-Activision deal will hurt UK gamers, says watchdog

Competition and Markets Authority isn't buying promises of equal access to Call of Duty

Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 3

GPU slowdown earns Discord weird bug of the week

A fix is coming eventually, Nvidia says

Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4

Meanwhile, in Japan, pet fish run up credit card bill on Nintendo Switch

Gaming critters wreak havoc after Pokémon attempt crashes

Offbeat30 Jan 2023 | 22

Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US

And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America

Offbeat04 Jan 2023 | 7

India's fix for its online gaming indust... Oh. Self-regulation

House always wins

Software04 Jan 2023 | 3

Nvidia revives canceled RTX 4080 as 'new' 12GB RTX 4070 TI

Hopefully it comes with a 'new' competitive price, too

Personal Tech30 Dec 2022 | 25

Why would a keyboard pack a GPU and run Unreal Engine? To show animations beneath the clear keys, natch

At $349 it's a cheap computer and a not-very-expensive keyboard

Systems21 Dec 2022 | 82

Microsoft patent eyes ads in streaming online games

Picture your avatar wearing a logo-emblazoned shirt driving past a billboard touting a product

Personal Tech20 Dec 2022 | 64

Microsoft launches full-court press to save $69B Activision deal

Updated Blocking us would be a big mistake. Huuuuge

Software08 Dec 2022 | 8

Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety'

Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG

Systems02 Dec 2022 | 22

China declares victory over teenage video game addiction

Suddenly discovers that game-adjacent tech has its uses – and it's a huge export industry

Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 27

Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh

Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard'

Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59

Nvidia's datacenter growth can't save it from gaming GPU woes

CEO says new RTX 4090 cards off to a 'great start' despite melting cable issues

Systems17 Nov 2022 | 16

Boffins grow human brain cells to play Pong

Now let’s see what happens when we get it drunk, say researchers

Science14 Oct 2022 | 30

Google kills off Stadia

We gave the cloud gaming service two years to live. It managed three

Personal Tech29 Sep 2022 | 63

Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda

Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore

Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2

Autumn's GTC shows who Nvidia really cares about

GTC Hint: It’s not necessarily gamers

Systems22 Sep 2022 | 7

Google allows test of real-money gambling apps in India, but without its billing systems

Local regulators think such apps should be banned because of incidents including suicides

Software09 Sep 2022 | 4

Cybercriminals target games popular with kids to distribute malware

Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them

Security07 Sep 2022 |

EA shares volatile on the back of unconfirmed rumor of Amazon bid

Somebody set us up the bomb

Personal Tech26 Aug 2022 | 9

Intel aims Flex datacenter GPUs at video, game streaming

Hot Chips Chipzilla's story Arc continues

Personal Tech24 Aug 2022 |

The silicon goldrush is coming, but chip demand is evaporating

Leave it to the economy to throw another wrench into the semiconductor supply chain

Systems10 Aug 2022 | 4

Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans

Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too

Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 3

Chinese scammers target kids with promise of extra gaming hours

Cyberspace regulator's fraud report finds all is not well behind the Great Firewall

Cyber-crime09 Aug 2022 | 5

Atari Video Computer System returns in Lego form

Just as square as you remember but minus ET, the worst game of all time

Offbeat08 Aug 2022 | 10

Intel’s first discrete GPUs won't be a home run

Comment High-end Arc A750 will compete with *checks notes* a GeForce RTX 3060

Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 35

Teslasuit demo: Taking a crack at force feedback with the 'Glove'

A virtual world at your fingertips with the idea that you feel something gripping your hand

Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 9

Consultant plays Metaverse MythBuster. Here's why they're wrong

Opinion Holograms, brands, NFTs, and a 1,000-consumer survey

Offbeat16 Jun 2022 | 83

The PainStation runs Windows XP because of course it does

Retro fun and games in Berlin's ComputerSpieleMuseum

Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 32

Warning: Colleagues are unusually likely to 'break' their monitors soon

Wave of replacements needed as Samsung and Microsoft team to stream Xbox games to smart displays and tellies

Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 26

France levels up local video game slang with list of French terms to replace foreign words

Goodbye cloudy retro-gaming, bonjour ‘rétrojeu video en nuage’

Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 168

Despite global uncertainty, $500m hit doesn't rattle Nvidia execs

CEO acknowledges impact of war, pandemic but says fundamentals ‘are really good’

Systems27 May 2022 | 1