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E3 2021: Highlights and News From Day 4, Awards

E3 2021 — the most anticipated video game showcase on the planet — wrapped today with presentations from Nintendo, BANDAI NAMCO, Yooreka Studio, GameSpot, and more — plus the Official E3 2021 Awards Show winners were announced. Links to previous days are at the bottom of this article.Day 4 Highlights The first-ever all...

E3 2021: Highlights and News From Day 3, Day 4 Schedule

Day 3 of E3 2021 - the most anticipated video game showcase on the planet - featured presentations from Verizon, Intellivision, Take-Two Interactive, Mythical Games, Freedom Games, VENN, Capcom, Razer and more.Day 3 Highlights Take-Two Interactive hosted an important panel on diversity, equity and inclusion...

E3 2021: Highlights and News From Days One and Two

E3 2021 — the most anticipated video game showcase on the planet — kicked off today with presentations from Ubisoft, Gearbox, and more. Day 1 Highlights The Ubisoft Forward presentation mixed familiar and brand-new game announcements, including: First-look at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, an immersive, open-world...

Why Pokemon Cards Went Crazy During The Pandemic

By Clive Henry Over the past year, we’ve witnessed crazy developments in untraditional investments. Bitcoin surged above $60k for the first time in its history. ‘The First 5000 Days’ NFT sold for an eye-watering $69.3m. But perhaps the most interesting was the sale of a single Pokemon card for $399k. If you’ve been...

What's An Esports Gym? A look at Japan's new training center for gamers

The world of competitive, organized gaming is growing fast — and new establishments are beginning to open up to offer training to would-be esports champions. The Tokyo Metro recently announced that it is partnering with an esports education company to open an “Esports Gym” in Tokyo on May 19. It would be one of the first...

E3 2021 Joins Forces with Media Partners; Preps for Virtual Event

E3 today announced it has joined forces with IGN, Future Games (PC Gamer and GamesRadar), GameSpot, Polygon, IGN China and Game Bonfire to extend its reach to video game fans worldwide. With additional media and distribution partners to be announced, E3 2021 will provide an unmatched experience with new levels of access for fans around...

Sony PSN Store Will Close for PS3, Vita and PSP

If you're behind the curve on Sony PlayStation tech and want anything off the PSN store, you need to get it soon. Sony announced today they will be closing the PSN store this summer for use with PS3, PSP and Vita. On July 2, 2021, Sony will close the store for PS3 and PSP. The store for Vita will retire on Aug. 27, 2021. Sony...

REVIEW: Using Fight Camp to Cope with Quarantine

It’s December 2020, 273 days or 6552 hours, or 23.59 million seconds into quarantine with my kids at home…Always at home. The younger boy does something to enrage the older boy and before you can say Alexa, play the soundtrack from Fight Club, they are on the ground brawling. After 273 days in quarantine this is actually...

PS5 Controller Drifting is Guiding Sony to Federal Court

As hard as it was to find a Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) last fall, a handful of gamers aren't so glad it worked out.

Mobile Game Design: 4 Factors That Enhance User Experience

No matter how entertaining or original the concept of a mobile game, if the user experience is not up to scratch, it will neither gather momentum nor earn an audience. So what is the difference between a well-oiled mobile game from a UX perspective, and one which is just average or even worse? Here is a look at the factors which...

CES 2021: AMD Bringing Ryzen 5000 Series to Ultra-Thin Laptops

AMD just made the day of millions of PC gamers around the globe. The company announced on Day 1 of CES 2021 that it will move it's full line of AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors, bringing the highly-efficient and extremely powerful “Zen 3” core architecture to the laptop market. New laptops powered by Ryzen 5000 Series...

Esports Platform Super League Launches Virtualis Studios

Super League Gaming (Nasdaq: SLGG), a competitive video gaming and esports entertainment platform for everyday players, has launched Virtualis Studios. Virtualis is a fully virtual production studio providing proprietary, state-of-the-art, scalable solutions for video, television, and branded content.

Strategies For Marketing Success In The Gaming Industry

According to the company TechJury, the gaming industry will be worth a whopping $180 billion in 2021. So, it is no wonder that more businesses are springing up to take a piece of the pie. However, to be a successful business in the gaming industry, you need to build your brand and get noticed. Here are four key marketing strategies you...

UK Esports Betting Explodes In Lockdown By Nearly 3,000%

While esports betting was already expected to be among the rare few industries to benefit from this year’s lockdowns intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, just how much rewards it managed to reap over the last few months is still a sight to behold.

Say What? The Language of Internet Gaming Slang

Every time you hop into an online game, you’ll get a chance to see and hear a lot of gaming slang. The gaming slang has been evolving and there are so many terms and acronyms you have to become familiar with. You can play without the knowledge of gaming slang but it’ll be like conversing with people who don’t speak the language you...

7 Smart Ways to Secure Your IoT Devices

In this digital world where everyone is hooked on the latest technological devices, the concept of IoT (Internet of Things) is at the forefront of all industries. A lot of IoT devices like your company’s thermostats, security systems, vending machines, lights, and more rely on this kind of connectivity.

The Top 50 Innovative Products (Part Five)

Star Wars The Force Coding Kit Coming from a galaxy far, far away, The Force Coding Kit combines the rich world of Start Wars with the educational side of coding. In addition to teaching code, this out-of-this-world kit allows children to create their own adventures, swing around lightsabers, and even play with classic Star Wars...

The Top 50 Most Innovative products (Part 3)

The Top 50 Most Innovative Products

The Top 50 Most Innovative Products (Part 2)

The Top 50 Most Innovative Products

The Top 50 Most Innovative Products (Part One)

The Top 50 Most Innovated Products

Humble Bundle Opens Applications for Annual $1 Million Fund to Support Black Game Developers

The Black Game Developer Fund is a $1 million annual program to support Black game developers, helping them publish games with funding, production and marketing support via Humble Bundle’s publishing label, Humble Games

Lighterside: My Playstation 5 Wishlist

Ryan Nowell takes a comedic and honest look at what he wants out of the upcoming Playstation 5.

Can Social Media Really Be Regulated?

Last week, President Trump introduced an executive order in response to Twitter's fact-checking labels. The situation then initiated discussions around regulating social media platforms. Though Trump is attempting to introduce new changes to the 1996 Communications Decency Act, tech experts and government officials are skeptical of how...

Sony Postpones PS5 Event Amid US Racial Tension and Nationwide Protests

Sony has postponed a planned PlayStation 5 reveal event this week against the backdrop of the ongoing protests affecting the United States. The company had planned to stage the event June 4 to showcase new PS5 games as well as highlight Sony’s next generation console.