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Netflix surpasses 200 million subscribers, but has more competition than ever in 2021

Netflix has surpassed another major milestone: 203.6 million subscribers around the world. The achievement comes after Netflix saw spectacular growth in the first half of 2020. But as it celebrates passing the 200 million subscriber mark, Netflix is also acknowledging that 2021 likely won’t see as many net subscriber gains every quarter, starting in the… Read more

Epic pledges $20 million for Fortnite esports in 2021

Fortnite developer Epic says that, for 2021, the game’s competitive scene will have a prize pool of $20 million. That’s a step up from last year’s total of $17 million — though it’s not as massive as the 2019 World Cup, where $30 million was on the line. The news comes as Epic provided details… Read more

Fortnite’s new soccer skins feature big teams like Manchester City and Juventus

Epic has partnered with some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world for its latest set of Fortnite skins. Today, the developer unveiled the new “kickoff set,” which lets players swap between 23 different kits. There are some big names not featured — sorry, Bayern Munich fans — but the list is impressively global,… Read more

It’s okay to let kids play Fortnite during a global pandemic

On Sunday, The New York Times published an article about the risks of sky-rocketing teenage device usage during quarantine — and as you might expect, they went straight for the guilty-parent touchstones. There are maudlin photos of a family ruined by gaming, and the quote “I’ve failed you as a father” comes in the second… Read more

Epic Games files lawsuit against Apple and Google in the UK

Mustafa Mahmoud 1 hour ago Android, Apple, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming While talk surrounding the Epic Games and Apple situation may have appeared to quieten down, the Fortnite creator and iPhone inventor are still very much butting heads. As the companies wait to see how everything pans out in the US, Epic Games… Read more

Dispute over Fortnite: Epic brings complaint against Apple and Google to Europe

Fortnite maker Epic Games is expanding its action against Apple and Google: After the USA and Australia, the games company has now also filed a competition complaint against both companies in Great Britain. Both Apple and Google would abuse their market power with the requirements relating to app sales for iOS and Android and violate… Read more

Twitch, streamer demolishes every record: it was followed by 2 million users

Spanish streamer David “TheGrefg” Martinez achieves an unprecedented record: more than 2 million users have followed his stream on Twitch. Martinez surpassed Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the only one who had managed to gather hundreds of thousands of simultaneous viewers. by Pasquale Fusco published 14 January 2021 , at 01: 21 in the Videogames channel Twitch… Read more

GeForce RTX 3080, 3070 and 3060 even on notebooks for unprecedented performance

They are called GeForce RTX 3080, 3070 is 3060 the first Nvidia Ampere GPUs intended for gaming and productivity notebooks. The first laptops will hit the market at the end of the month with prices starting at 1099 EUR. by Manolo De Agostini published 12 January 2021 , at 20: 01 in the Video Cards… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB official: arrives at the end of February at a price of 329 dollars

Nvidia has unveiled a new GeForce RTX desktop video card 3000 at CES 2021: the company announced the RTX 3060 with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory. It will arrive at the end of February. Here are all the details. by Manolo De Agostini published 02 January 2021 , at 18: 40 in the Video Cards… Read more

CES 2021: NVIDIA RTX 3060: 60 FPS in Cyberpunk with RT + DLSS for $ 329

NVIDIA has announced its most economical Ampere graphics for desktop, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. This card will arrive in February with an introductory price of 329 dollars and you can move the game Cyberpunk 2077 with raytracing enabled and DLSS to 60 FPS with FullHD resolution. Other games that the company has shown is… Read more

Over 2 million viewers: “Fortnite” streamer sets Twitch record

With over 2 million viewers, the Spanish streamer TheGrefg has set a new audience record on Twitch. He revealed a “Fortnite” skin. (Image: TheGrefg, screenshot of the Twitch stream) Almost 2.5 million viewers watched the Spanish streamer TheGrefg unveil a “Fortnite” skin based on him on Twitch. The promotional campaign for the Battle Royale shooter… Read more

Spanish Fortnite streamer TheGrefg has broken the individual record for highest concurrents on Twitch

Today, Spanish streamer and EU Heretics team owner David “TheGrefg” Martínez is showing off his Icon series Fortnite skin. With just over an hour to the reveal, it appears that Martínez has smashed the individual concurrent record on Twitch, with more than 780,000 live viewers. (By way of comparison: Seattle had 753,675 residents as of… Read more

Additional features in NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. What is ray tracing, DLSS, Reflex, Ansel and Highlights

Competition in the world of graphics cards is usually equated with pure performance, which is of course the most important factor in choosing a specific manufacturer, although there are also a number of intermediate conditions . Currently, the development of technology takes place on several levels, as completely new techniques have appeared to beautify the… Read more

Epic Games bought RAD Game Tools to reduce game loading time

Epic Games bought the company which develops the leading data compression technology used in games: RAD Game Tools. The developer of solutions such as Blink Video and Oodle will work with the Epic teams to improve the Unreal Engine, for the benefit of developers and gamers. by Manolo De Agostini published 09 January 2021 ,… Read more

Epic Games acquires Rad Game Tools

After the game manufacturer Epic Games announced the plans for a new company headquarters yesterday, the company’s expansion seems to be in full swing. For this reason, Epic announced the takeover of the development studio Rad Game Tools. The studio is primarily famous for its Blink middleware or the Miles Sound System. Epic would like… Read more