Online gaming stories

The desire to stay connected and entertained while stuck at home during the pandemic has driven online gaming popularity.

The latency and availability issues present in online gaming, in particular, presented an attractive target to attackers, in addition to the enduring popularity of gaming in the era of COVID-19.

More than a tenth of gamers have had their ID stolen – which could be worth as much as $347bn globally, according to new research.

“Online games are a massive, multi-billion-dollar industry, but they frequently fall victim to powerful and targeted DDoS attacks,"

Massive subscription-based streaming platforms like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud connections can be far from stable.

Social isolation measures, widely implemented throughout the world during March and April, has been linked to both the increase in engagement for gaming and a corresponding boom in game-related cyber attacks.

Gaming brand JBL has signed on with esports organisation 100 Thieves to become the official global gaming headset partner this year.

While NVIDIA didn’t explicitly explain why the publishers will be pulling their games from the service, the company hopes the publishers will return ‘in the future’.

The video gaming industry is one which many may have expected to perform well throughout lockdowns, but according to new research from GlobalData, some of the biggest industry hard-hitters may suffer in 2020.

Four hours and 36 minutes – that’s how long the average ‘binge gaming’ session lasts.

The market is the single largest revenue source of the entire gaming industry, and downloads have been rising steadily since 2016.

Players will be able to use the Death Replay to see how they were killed from their opponent’s perspective.

The number of online gamers had been increasing by nearly 50 million per year. 

Report reveals the maturing of cloud technologies and 5G will help cloud gaming become a major global market.

Barely a few weeks in 2020 and already the mantra in the gaming community is ‘it’s okay to delay, so everyone’s doing it’.

Video games are driving the need for internet services that are lightning fast and free of lag or latency, especially as many games now rely on the internet to provide an excellent gaming experience.

Grinding Gear Games’ hugely successful RPG Path of Exile has showcased the local gaming industry – last year Tencent purchased Grinding Gear Games for more than $100 million.

Setup is a breeze, and performance will have you grinning like the Cheshire Cat. ROG fans will appreciate the complimentary styling matching their other ROG kit.

It’s set to be a version of the Xbox One S with one distinctive difference: it has no disc drive.

To get a better idea of the sheer audacity behind Google’s latest move, we spoke to Unitas Global chief technical officer Grant Kirkwood.

Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.

"All of our work on the Facebook Gaming team adds up to helping build the world's gaming community."

Valve announced that its supply of Steam Link hardware has sold out – and by the looks of it, it won’t be making any more.

​After going on a rampage and massacring hordes of zombies from the comfort of your couch, the thing you want most is some greasy takeaway food right?