Xaviant creates the worst business model in history
Published in Gaming


Makes Apple and EA look like saints

While the gaming industry experiments with all sorts of dodgy business practices to get gamers to part with their cash such as Loot boxes, pay-to-play and other microtransactions, Xaviant might have taken such fuckwittery to a whole new level.

Tencent doing well in gaming boom
Published in Gaming


But warns of normality hitting soon

Tencent benefitted from the lockdowns in China, when bored people entertained themselves even more than usual with online games. But analysts – and Tencent itself – cautioned that a lot of the pandemic-driven gaming boost can’t carry forward as people have returned to work after China lifted most lockdowns.

Global video games sales jumped 63 percent in March
Published in Gaming


Coronavirus keeps people gaming

The coronavirus outbreak hit the entertainment industry hard, causing enormous losses for the companies operating in this branch. However, as millions of people started spending more time indoors and online, the last few months have witnessed a surge in video gaming.

Logitech announces G203 LightSync gaming mouse
Published in PC Hardware


Coming in May for $39.99

Logitech has launched another mouse under its gaming Logitech G brand, the Logitech G203 LightSync, which features a classic six-button design with LightSync RGB lighting.

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 865, 765 updatable drivers
Published in Gaming


For some Pixel and Galaxy 10 phones

Qualcomm announced in December 2019 that it would offer driver updates for its Adreno GPU. This unique approach was years in making. The first products of this fruitful work are here as the Google and Qualcomm have released the Android GPU Inspector.

Gigabyte also updates its Aorus and Aero gaming laptops
Published in PC Hardware


10th gen Intel Core i7/i9 CPUs and Nvidia RTX 20 Super Mobile GPUs

Gigabyte is yet another laptop maker that has updated its gaming laptops with new hardware, including its Aorus and Aero series. While most of these laptops will be getting new Intel 10th gen Core CPUs, only some are destined for Nvidia RTX 20 Super series GPUs.

Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER for laptops
Published in Mobiles


RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2060 notebooks from $999

Early April is clearly the time for notebook expansion, and Nvidia is no exception. The company has just announced that Top OEMs launch 100+ laptop designs with GeForce GPUs.

Black Shark releases third generation gaming smartphone
Published in Mobiles


Comes in standard and Pro versions

Xiaomi's sub-brand, Black Shark, has released its third-generation gaming smartphone, and although it will first launch in China, Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro will be bringing their unique gaming-oriented features to the global market at a later date.

Logitech wants a piece of the gaming chair market
Published in News


Teams up with Herman Miller

Gaming chairs have become a big part of the gaming peripherals market, and comes as no surprise that Logitech's gaming division wants a piece of that cake. Logitech Gaming has formed an exclusive partnership with Herman Miller, in order to create "the ultimate gaming chair".

Qualcomm gets serious about gaming on Snapdragon
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Brings desktop-level features to Snapdragon platform

During the second day of its annual Snapdragon technology summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm touched a topic of mobile gaming, and it appears that the company is quite serious about tapping this big and lucrative market, bringing desktop-level features to the Snapdragon platform and offering mobile gamers performance, quality and unique set of features.