Online gaming may be popular and fun, but it’s not without pitfalls. More than 70% of online gamers have experienced some form of harassment, according to a survey released Thursday from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Technology and Society. From a report: And 65% of players said they’ve experienced “severe harassment,” including physical threats, stalking and sustained harassment. “Online hate causes…
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Corsair Acquires Custom Gaming Computer Maker Origin PC
Gaming peripherals maker Corsair has acquired custom gaming PC leader Origin PC. From a report: For the past decade, Origin PC specialized in delivering hand-built, personalized PCs aimed at delivering the best gaming experience possible. Origin PC offers a wide range of high-performance configurable PCs, ranging from gaming PCs and powerful workstations to gaming laptops, building systems focused on customization, service,…
Tencent is Betting There’s a Future For Retro Games in the Cloud
While tech giants like Microsoft and Google are building cloud gaming platforms for the latest blockbuster titles, one start-up is taking a different approach. From a report: London-based firm Antstream says it wants to bring a streaming experience to retro gaming enthusiasts. The company has developed a cloud gaming service that gives players access to a library of over 2,000 classic…
Asus Unveils High-End ‘ROG Phone II’ Smartphone With 120Hz Display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, and Giant Battery
Asus has unveiled a spec-heavy gaming phone called the ROG Phone II. When it launches later this year, it’ll be one of the only phones to feature Qualcomm’s new gaming-focused Snapdragon 855 Plus processor, a 120Hz AMOLED display, and massive 6,000mAh battery. PhoneDog reports: The ROG Phone II features a 6.59-inch 2340×1080 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and it’s…
Microsoft’s Q4 Earnings and 2020 Expectations Are Through the Roof
Slashdot reader John Nautu shares a report from Windows Report: Microsoft released their Q4 earnings and it’s (almost) all good news. The giant registered amazing growth on all departments, increasing its share price by one third. It was a record fiscal year for Microsoft, and the numbers exceeded all expectations: – Revenue was $33.7 billion and increased 12%
– Operating income was…
Hacker Who Launched DDoS Attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam Gets 27 Months in Prison
An anonymous reader shares a report: A 23-year-old man from Utah was sentenced this week to 27 months in prison for a series of DDoS attacks that took down online gaming service providers like Sony’s PlayStation Network, Valve’s Steam, Microsoft’s Xbox, EA, Riot Games, Nintendo, Quake Live, DOTA2, and League of Legends servers, along with many others. Named Austin Thompson, but…
Leaked Internal Intel Memo Acknowledges ‘Resurgent’, ‘Formidable’ AMD
Slashdot reader MojoKid writes: AMD announced its 3rd Gen Ryzen 3000 series processors at Computex earlier this month and the company’s Zen 2 architecture is promised to bring single threaded performance parity with Intel but exceedingly better multithreaded throughput in content creation and other high-end workloads. Intel has obviously taken notice of AMD’s Zen 2 advancements and nowhere is its renewed…
Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Ask Trump To Skip Tariffs on Gaming Consoles
President Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on goods produced in China would affect a wide range of consumer goods. One gadget that could see a price increase because of a trade war is the video game consoles, and the three biggest companies behind consoles have come together to ask Trump for a pass. From a report: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony…
Opera Launches Opera GX, World’s First Gaming Browser
Opera Software, the company behind the Opera browser, today launched a custom version of its browser dedicated to online gamers and streamers on Windows platform. From a report: Named Opera GX, the browser comes with dedicated features that let users limit the browser’s access to computer resources such as CPU (processor) and RAM (memory). The idea is to provide gamers with…
Cloud gaming may be great for gamers but bad for energy consumption
Cloud gaming services like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud are hot topics at the gaming show E3, but a switch to streaming games could have huge ramifciations for internet traffic and gaming’s energy use Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206200-cloud-gaming-may-be-great-for-gamers-but-bad-for-energy-consumption/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…