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"Global lockdowns and self-isolation due to COVID-19 has led to at-home gaming becoming a safe form of entertainment to pass the time"
Read More »Steam breaks its own concurrent player record again with 22 million players online over the weekend
Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service comes out of beta testing
"The only cloud gaming service with access to a wide range of free-to-play games, more than 30 and growing"
Read More »Xbox boss Phil Spencer to take ‘bigger leadership role’ in improving Microsoft Store for PC gamers
"We’ve got a ton of work to do on Windows"
Read More »Making FFXV on console was ‘100x more difficult’ than the Windows Edition, says director
After one of the longest development cycles of this generation, you might have forgiven game director Hajime Tabata for taking a well-earned rest when Final Fantasy XV came out last November. After all, not only did the game shift a staggering 5m units during its first day on shelves around the …
Read More »Steel Media launches PCGamesInsider.biz
After its initial announcement back in July, Steel Media has now launched its brand-new PC games industry website, PCGamesInsider.biz, together with its new PC Connects event, which launches at the PG Connects Helsinki conference in September. Run by former MCV deputy editor Alex Calvin, the b2b PC site will cover …
Read More »Indie GoneGone – where are all the indies at E3 2017?
EA’s been marching to its own E3 drum for a couple of years now, but last weekend saw the publisher putting players at the heart of its event like never before. It not only had 300 content creators at its presentation, but also a barrage of YouTube co-hosts and an …
Read More »PCGamesN: ‘We want to be No.1 in PC games’
What a difference five years makes. When PCGamesN first launched in June 2012, traffic figures were “just dreadful,” creative director Tim Edwards (pictured right, with editorial director Joel Gregory) tells MCV. “It was really hard, like, just, incredibly hard,” he says. “We had a pretty good E3, but then the …
Read More »Mouse and keyboard support headed to Xbox One in coming months
Xbox One players may have a new means of controlling games in the very near future. When asked by PCGamesN about the need to close the gap between PC and Microsoft’s consoles thanks to its Play Anywhere cross-buy scheme, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that mouse and keyboard support on …
Read More »Surviving in the Wild West of PC gaming
There are undeniable advantages to releasing games on PC. Unlike launching a brand new title on console, there is no cumbersome certification process to get your new PC game out there. Much like the App Store and Google Play, there is a very low barrier to entry. And digital PC …
Read More »Opinion: PC game makers should relish High Street interest
‘UK games stores made a major mistake ditching PC games.’ I’ve heard that said a few times, typically by smart PC developers who have made their fortune selling fun, affordable indie games on Steam. The numbers back up their assertion. Depending on which data supplier you believe, between 550m and …
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