From more traditional console and PC games to the explosion of mobile, tablet and online gaming, it is estimated that more than 2.5 billion of us play video games worldwide. That popularity looks set to continue: the global gaming sector is expected to be worth more than $180 billion by 2021. We spoke to industry […]
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Project Scarlett is the Next Xbox Console, Launching in Holiday 2020
Project Scarlett is the next Microsoft video game console. Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming at the company, announced the hardware during Microsoft’s E3 2019 press briefing. From a report: “The console should be optimized for one thing and one thing only,” said Spencer, “gaming.” Spencer explained the console has been developed by the team responsible for the Xbox One…
Apple Expands tvOS Gaming With PS4, Xbox One S Controller Support
Apple CEO Tim Cook today announced that the company is expanding Apple TV controller support to include “two of the best and most popular game controllers available, Xbox One S and PlayStation DualShock 4” with the next tvOS update. Unfortunately, as Ars Technica notes, this “does not include original Xbox One control pads that shipped with the 2013 version of the…
DeepMind’s AI gamer is a better teammate than human players
DeepMind’s new gaming AI has learned to play Quake III Arena cooperatively with teammates, and performs better than human players Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204978-deepminds-ai-gamer-is-a-better-teammate-than-human-players/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
YouTube Gaming App Shuts Down This Week
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: YouTube Gaming is more or less shutting down this week. Google launched the standalone YouTube gaming vertical almost four years ago as a response to Amazon’s purchase of Twitch, and on May 30, Google will shut down the standalone YouTube Gaming app and the standalone gaming.youtube.com website. The plan to shut down…
Asus ZenBook Pro Duo Is an Extravagant Laptop With Two 4K Screens
Asus always likes to use its hometown trade show of Computex, which also happens to be the world’s biggest computer hardware event, to show off a wide and occasionally wild lineup of new products. And it’s really outdone itself this time — the headline announcement is one of the most decadent laptops ever created. From a report: The ZenBook Pro Duo…
Video Game Addiction Becomes Official Mental Disorder in Controversial Decision by WHO
Recently, the World Health Organization officially recognized “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65580-video-game-addiction-mental-health-disorder.html
WHO Officially Classifies ‘Gaming Disorder’ As An Illness
Saturday the World Health Organization officially adopted the latest update to its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) — and added “gaming disorder” to its list of modern diseases. It’s in a list of harmful behaviors which also includes too much use of “the internet, computers, smartphones.” Despite opposition from trade groups, which reportedly pointed to contradictory research on the subject and…
Crowdfunded Android Console Ouya Will Be Shut Down On June 25th
Razer, the gaming hardware manufacturing company that purchased Ouya’s software assets in mid-2015, announced today that the crowdfunded Android console will cease functioning on June 25th. “That date will mark the unremarkable end of what began as a runaway Kickstarter success story: the inexpensive Ouya mini-console was powered by Android and introduced games such as TowerFall,” reports The Verge. “But despite…
Microsoft Announces Xbox Content Moderation To Cut Back on Toxic Comments
As Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social platforms come under fire for enabling hateful speech, Microsoft is stepping up to thwart toxic comments among its 63 million Xbox live users. From a report: Microsoft needs to make sure Xbox players don’t hear or see content that might turn off users, or scare younger players away. Microsoft is making these moves after…