Games dominate the Windows Store download charts

When it comes to the Windows Store, games accounted for the most downloads and the most in-app purchases over the 2015 holiday season, according to a blog post published today by Microsoft.

That encompasses all the PCs, tablets and other mobile devices in the worldwide Windows ecosystem, and while it evinces an ongoing trend — games have long dominated the download and revenue charts on Android and iOS as well — it's a fun fact for developers who put in the effort to

The ESA Foundation launches $1 million education initiative with Black Girls Code

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has created a $1 million "multi-year initiative" in partnership with Black Girls Code to help girls and young women from underrepresented communities become tech leaders.

The initiative was launched through the ESA's philanthropic arm, the ESA Foundation, and will support Black Girls Code as it looks to teach coding and technology skills to one million girls and young women by 2040. 

The two groups will collaborate to support curricula, workshops, and mentorshi…

Amazon Games Boss Reacts To Past Struggles

Retail giant Amazon has been in the business of video games for a long time, but the company’s track record has been less than excellent, with games like Breakaway, Crucible, and a Lord of the Rings MMO getting canceled, and big-name developers like Kim Swift and Clint Hocking leaving the company. While Amazon has struggled, Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann, a former 2K executive, believes the company’s best days are ahead of it. Come from malaysia online casino

Hartmann said Amazon’s video game development ambitions are like cli…

Concord Dev Thanks Fans For Their Support But Admits, "None Of Us Know What's Next"

PlayStation’s latest big game, the multiplayer arena shooter Concord, launched in late August and struggled so much out of the gate that Sony decided to stop sales and take the game offline beginning September 6 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Lead character designer Jon Weisnewski has now thanked fans for their support ahead of the server shutdown, while acknowledging that the studio doesn’t know what the future holds.

Posting on social media, Weisnewski said the team at Firewalk Studios is “packed with tenacious fighters…

Destiny 2 Spire Of The Watcher Dungeon Start Time

It’s been several months since a dungeon was added to Destiny 2, but with Season of the Seraph now active, you can get your gear ready for a new descent into high-level PvP content. In case you’ve missed the previous ones, Dungeons are an endgame activity for three-person fireteams–or solo if you’re feeling brave–and contain a number of challenging enemy encounters, boss fights, and puzzles to overcome.

For Season of the Seraph, the new dungeon is called Spire of the Watcher. Bungie has kept quiet on what exactly you can expect from this particular activity, but the good news is tha…

Diablo 4 Season 3's New Vaults And Companion Are Leaving Many Players Underwhelmed

Diablo 4 Season 3 recently launched, but it hasn’t taken long for some players to already grow tired of the game’s newest additions, with some calling its traps “annoying” and its new companion “underwhelming.”

Vaults are a new activity in Diablo 4 Season 3, one where the focus is on avoiding various traps to earn better rewards. Through a new seasonal mechanic, players are encouraged to reach the end of the Vault without being damaged by traps in order to earn better rewards Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Female Fortnite Streamer's Car Allegedly Set On Fire By Stalker

A man from New York allegedly drove hundreds of miles to reach the Ohio home of popular Twitch streamer Kylee Carter. Carter (known as justfoxii on the streaming platform) says the man then set fire to her Jaguar.

28-year-old suspect Farhan Jami was arrested in mid-May, and is currently in custody in Ohio, awaiting trial for felony aggravated assault in relation to the incident, according to information obtained by Polygon.

Carter, age 25, has a dedicated following on Twitch, with nearly 600,000 subscribers regularly tuning in to watch her play Fortnite and c…

Hood- Outlaws & Legends Will Have PS5 DualSense Enhancements

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is an upcoming PvPvE heist game loosely based on the Robin Hood mythos. Though the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 versions of the game will only have minor differences performance-wise, the PS5 version will host several DualSense controller improvements.

“We’ve done something quite interesting with the calibration on [the DualSense controller],” Hood: Outlaws & Legends game director Andrew Willans told me. “So you’ve got the resistance triggers, these adaptive triggers, and they work really well for a bow and arrow, as you can imagine.”

NEO- The World Ends With You Review – Reap What You Sow

I admire NEO: The World Ends With You for its youthful attitude and wild characterizations through eccentric personalities, extravagant character designs, and cheesy irreverence. To play through NEO TWEWY is to feel young again, inviting me to relive that too-cool-for-school vibe I had all those years ago with its predecessor. But that’s also because, while it’s a sequel that can be enjoyed on its own, its adherence to the original story of The World Ends With You brought me back to another time, and that might leave you lost if it passed you by.

Still, NEO TWEWY has its sha…

New Splinter Cell Game In Production, And It's Not A Spin-Off – Report

Ubisoft is working on a new Splinter Cell game, according to a report from Tom Henderson at VGC. The game is said to be in the “early phase of production,” and that there is a “small chance” it will be announced in 2022.

The report had no insight on which studios are working on the new Splinter Cell gameCome from Sports betting site VPbet. However, sources said the game may be developed by a studio outside of Montreal.