Enlarge / RGB not included. (credit: Scharon Harding) It’s not uncommon to have multiple gamers living under a single roof. But what happens when all those gamers want to play at the same time? Wi-Fi mayhem, arguing over who gets to use the best hardware, and, often, separation as family members retreat to their respective […]
Enlarge / The official Stadia Controller in “clearly white.” (credit: Google) In arguably the first good news for Stadia in 2021, Google’s beleaguered game-streaming service has finally landed on a single company’s TVs—and only those manufactured in 2020 and beyond. That’s not necessarily a reason to strike up the band and throw a “Stadia is […]
Enlarge (credit: Twitch) Twitch, the livestreaming platform that largely revolves around video games, has exploded in popularity since being acquired by Amazon in 2014—but it has also exploded in issues with toxicity. This week, Twitch took an important step in handling its bustling, applause-like “chat” feature, and it goes beyond the usual dictionary-based approach of […]
Enlarge / GeForce Now works on all of these devices. But you’ll want to double check whether your ideal combination of hardware, screen, and Ethernet connection will get you up to either 1440p resolution and 120 fps, or 2160p resolution and 60 fps. If so, GeForce Now’s new 3080 subscription tier might be perfect for […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Twitch—the popular game-streaming site acquired by Amazon in 2014—has been inundated in recent months by “hate raids,” which can dump vulgar and hateful speech into the site’s prominent chat feeds. For some time, racist slurs and bigoted references have been winning this fight, but a leaked interface update […]
The official Luna Controller from Amazon. It’s not required to access any of this week’s new developments, but it directly connects to your router for the sake of quicker cloud-gaming response times. [credit: Jeff Dunn ] It has been a while since we’ve heard anything major from Luna, Amazon’s game-streaming service that largely resembles Google […]
Enlarge / Netflix as a gaming publisher: We know it’s happening. But we have many, many questions as to what shape its service will take. (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) Netflix’s growing fascination with video games will soon explode in the form of a full-fledged game-publishing arm. While Netflix has yet to post its […]
Expand / This demo of Microsoft’s Job xCloud as played a Razer Kishi controller, attached to some normal Android smartphone, may be a sign of what is to come to iOS apparatus in 2021. (credit: Microsoft) Project xCloud, the Microsoft game-streaming service which comes packaged as a bonus at some Xbox Game Pass subscription programs […]