Category: gaming

Riot Games adds to its world of virtual influencers who promote ‘League of Legends’

“Seraphine” first appeared on social media in late June, posting selfies to Instagram and tweeting about her desire to “share music and hopefully connect with people.” By August she was releasing songs to a Soundcloud account. But Seraphine isn’t a t… Source

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After 27 years, ‘Doom’ and ‘Doom 2’ get widescreen support

Later this year, Doom and Doom 2 will turn 27 and 26 years old, respectively. Yet id Software still somehow found time while working on the new expansion for Doom: Eternal to update the two games (via Polygon). The update adds substantial enhancement… Source

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NVIDIA shows off ‘Doom Eternal’ running on the GeForce RTX 3080

When it revealed its first 3000-series graphics cards earlier this week, NVIDIA said the $699 GeForce RTX 3080 runs twice as fast as the 2080. To showcase its latest tech, the company released a gameplay video of Doom Eternal running on the 3080, whi… Source

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If ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2’ is a feast, local multiplayer is dessert

I take full responsibility for the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 video uploaded to the Engadget YouTube channel this week. Everything except the editing — which was minimal and lovely, by the way — is entirely my fault. I like to think my video ga… Source

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Microsoft fixed several ‘Flight Simulator’ installation issues

While Microsoft’s launch of Flight Simulator 2020 has largely been a success (apart from the odd monolith), lots of folks have found that the massive 150GB app can get stuck during installation. To that end, Microsoft has released a patch designed to… Source

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Free-to-play ‘Rocket League’ won’t need PS Plus or Switch Online plans

The release of Rocket League’s massive gameplay redesign is mere weeks away and its developer, Psyonix, is sharing more details as to what gamers can expect once it does drop around mid-September. High on that list is the fact that neither Playstatio… Source

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