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New Pokémon Snap is a supremely chill safari on the Nintendo Switch

Virtual worlds have long been a place to escape. That was true before the pandemic, but lockdowns and stay-at-home orders across the world certainly accelerated the phenomenon. I spent an embarrassing amount of time last year gardening in Animal Crossing and going to concerts in Fortnite. They were great distractions, but never really gave that… Read more

Apple will reportedly face EU antitrust charges this week

Matthew Wilson 8 hours ago Apple, Featured Tech News, General Tech The European Commission has launched several antitrust investigations against Apple over the years, including a big investigation over iOS App Store policies and Apple’s 30 percent revenue cut. Now, Apple will reportedly face antitrust charges in the EU later this week. According to Financial… Read more

EA is working on a Battlefield mobile game

Matthew Wilson 3 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming This week, DICE and EA began teasing this year’s Battlefield game, promising bigger battles and more destruction than ever before. Battlefield 6 isn’t the only new project in the works though, EA is also planning a Battlefield mobile game to compete with the likes… Read more

Apple will reportedly face EU antitrust charges this week

The European Commission will issue antitrust charges against Apple over concerns about the company’s App Store practices, according to a report from the Financial Times. The commission has been investigating whether Apple has broken EU competition rules with its App Store policies, following an initial complaint from Spotify back in 2019 over Apple’s 30 percent… Read more

EA says FIFA mode with loot boxes is the ‘cornerstone’ of the franchise in leaked documents

Electronic Arts wants to push FIFA players to the FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) mode, which lets people spend real-world money and in-game currency to buy loot boxes with virtual athletes, according to documents obtained by CBC News. Loot boxes, which typically offer random collections of virtual goods with the tantalizing (and often very small) chance… Read more

Spotify could launch its own podcast subscription service this week

Home News (Image credit: Spotify) Last week Apple announced its new podcast subscription service, and Spotify could be about to follow suit. In fact, according to sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal, it could launch as soon as this week. The service will allegedly allow those creating the podcasts to set their own prices,… Read more

With Batman: Zero Point, Fortnite’s lore makes a lot more sense

Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This biweekly Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. I’ve played a lot of Fortnite over the years,… Read more

Here’s what Neymar looks like in Fortnite

We’ve known that Brazilian soccer star Neymar was coming to Fortnite since March, when he was teased as part of the battle royale’s latest season — and now we finally know what he’ll look like. Today, Epic revealed Neymar’s video game look, which, in traditional Fortnite fashion, gets pretty outlandish, with unlockable outfits that look… Read more

Epic Games Store Welcomes More Apps, Including Another Game Store

Things are getting a bit recursive around here. Epic Games today announced the addition of several PC apps, including the Itch.io game platform, to the Epic Games Store. Itch.io is mostly known for indie titles, many of which are free or cost very little, but it also hosts “game jams” that encourage developers to create… Read more

Call of Duty: Warzone pulls a Fortnite with the launch of its new map

After launching a little over a year ago, Call of Duty: Warzone is one of the most popular free-to-play titles right now, with 100 million people playing the battle royale shooter. Following a nuclear missile that destroyed the game’s map, the in-game city of Verdansk is back with a new map set in the year… Read more

The Competitor

How Nick ‘Nickmercs’ Kolcheff battled his way to the top of Twitch The first thing you see is his forehead, because Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff is hunched forward and focused on his on-screen opponents. (Gamer stance, for the initiated.) The second thing you see is his crosshair begin to make its way, unerringly, to an opponent’s… Read more

Call of Duty: Warzone now has 100 million players — as does Apex Legends

In the battle royale of battle royale games, there doesn’t need to be a single winner. Call of Duty: Warzone now has 100 million players, the same number Apex Legends achieved just a week ago. They can share a victory royale with Fortnite, with its 350 million-plus players (as of May 2020), as well as… Read more

Vote in the KitGuru Reader Survey and win a Zotac ZBox Magnus One w/ RTX 3070

Home / Tech News / Annual Awards / Vote in the KitGuru Reader Survey and win a Zotac ZBox Magnus One w/ RTX 3070 Andrzej 7 hours ago Annual Awards, Featured Announcement, Tech News Once a year, we ask you, our readers, to tell us what’s hot and what’s not in our unique KitGuru Reader… Read more

Pickle Rick is coming to Rainbow Six Siege

Mustafa Mahmoud 23 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming, Tech News If Fortnite has taught us anything, it’s that no crossovers are off the table. Even so, this latest crossover is certainly unexpected. Ubisoft has announced that its popular tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege will be crossing over with the Adult Swim cartoon… Read more

Apex Legends has surpassed 100 million players

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming, Tech News Since its surprise launch in February 2019, Apex Legends has become one of the major players in the free-to-play Battle Royale genre of games. Though growth has slowed down substantially, EA reported that Apex Legends has now officially surpassed 100 million… Read more