Category: gaming

Twitch splurges to keep top streamers Dakotaz, JoshOG and Summit1G

Twitch is still willing to spend big bucks to keep top-tier streamers on its platform. Amazon’s service has signed “multi-year” deals with Dakotaz (aka Brett Hoffman), JoshOG (Josh Beaver) and Summit1G (Jaryd Lazar) to make sure they livestream exclu… Source

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Watch footage of Arkane’s unreleased Half-Life spin-off

For all of its many faults, 2020 has at least one thing going for it: We've seen more of Valve's Half-Life franchise in the last two months than in the 13 years before combined. It started in late March when the studio released Half-Life: Alyx, the f… Source

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‘Fortnite’ will play at a speedy 90FPS on OnePlus 8 phones

It’s not just the iPad Pro that has a performance advantage over consoles in Fortnite. OnePlus has struck a deal with Epic Games to run Fortnite at a speedy 90FPS on its 8 Series phones — the first time any phone has had this advantage in the battle… Source

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Wallace and Gromit get their first AR story in ‘The Big Fix Up’

Over the years, beloved duo Wallace and Gromit have appeared in their share of games. In 2009, for instance, Telltale Games gave the two its classic adventure game treatment. But for the time ever, they'll star in an augmented reality title. Later th… Source

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‘Call of Duty: WWII’ is the next free PS Plus game, and it arrives tomorrow

Perhaps bearing in mind that many PS4 players are looking for more ways to kill time until The Last of Us Part II finally drops next month, Sony is releasing its next free PS Plus title a bit early. And it’s a pretty big one — subscribers can snag C……

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You can try crowdfunded space sim ‘Star Citizen’ for free right now

Will Star Citizen ever be finished? That’s a question I doubt anyone knows the answer to right now. If you're curious about the state of the game, though, and haven't yet contributed to its absurdly-successful crowdfunding campaign, good news: it's c… Source

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