Corsair enters the monitor business with its first gaming display. The Xeneon 32QHD165 has a 1440p, 32-inch display with a refresh rate of up to 165Hz. There’s support for AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync technology, and the company claims the monitor has a 1ms response time. The IPS LED screen uses quantum dot technology and … Read more
(Microsoft photo) Microsoft announced Tuesday morning that the long-awaited debut of its cloud gaming service on the Xbox family of consoles is slated for this holiday season, following previous releases from Xbox Cloud Gaming on PCs and mobile devices. Console owners who subscribe to the Ultimate version of the Game Pass service can play compatible … Read more
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into the toxic chaos at Activision Blizzard with Senior Editor Jessica Conditt. California is suing the company for its fraternity culture, which we’ve seen at many game companies over the years. What’s going on and what does that mean for the gaming industry as a whole? Listen to our … Read more
Valve surprised us all with a handheld console. The $ 399 Steam Deck will arrive in December, with availability expanding to additional regions later. The hardware looks like an unholy alliance between Sega’s Game Gear and the Nintendo Switch and contains a 7-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 1,280 x 800 and a refresh rate … Read more
Some of the games available on Xbox Game Pass as seen on Google Chrome on June 28th. (Microsoft screenshot) Microsoft announced on Monday that its Xbox Cloud gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded to the web browser world. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers with Windows 10 PCs or iOS … Read more
Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The Seattle startup BigBox VR, the company behind the multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE, was taken over by Facebook. Facebook was attracted to BigBox due to the popularity of POP: ONE, which has been one of the top … Read more
Last year, the first receivers were introduced with HDMI 2.1 connections that support refresh rates of 120 Hz and a resolution of up to 8K. However, the early devices had compatibility issues with other hardware – namely the Xbox Series X – and it looks like fixing it will be pretty complicated. As Forbes and … Read more
The era of cloud gaming did not come with the intensity that was imminent a few years ago when major tech platforms announced their games. In 2021, despite the established presence of almost all of the largest technology companies, the market is still as good as nonexistent. Microsoft has slowly managed to roll out its … Read more
(CNN) – A few years ago, as I was preparing to build my first gaming PC, I figured I should get myself a decent chair with it. Knowing that I was already spending a lot on computer parts and peripherals, I went for the cheapest gaming chair I could find on Amazon that had good … Read more
The $ 299 Oculus Quest 2 VR headset from Facebook gets even more powerful thanks to a new software update that allows PC VR games to be streamed over WiFi. After upgrading to version 28, Air Link allows wearers full freedom of movement without being tied to a USB-C cable and is initially only available … Read more