Neowin News Feed for: Games

Samsung expands cloud gaming to Europe as Mobile Gaming Hub gets overhaul

Fiza Ali — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:32:01 +0000

Samsung is bringing its mobile cloud gaming platform to Europe with new features, partnerships, and a major hub redesign on the way. Read more...

Epic unlocks more multiplayer games for Windows on ARM with Anti-Cheat support

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 03:54:01 +0000

Epic Games has released a new Epic Online Services (EOS) SDK update that introduces Easy Anti-Cheat support for Windows on ARM devices. Read more...

Latest Steam Proton beta adds support for new games on Linux, includes multiple bug fixes

David Uzondu — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:50:01 +0000

Valve has released a new beta update for the Proton compatibility layer, fixing several issues and making multiple games playable. Read more...

I miss the days when Windows came to play

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:16:01 +0000

As I consider upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I am reminded of days long gone and one particular dying trend. Read more...

Razer PC Remote Play lets gamers stream PC games to mobile devices

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:46:01 +0000

Razer has officially launched Razer PC Remote Play after a beta period announced at CES 2025. The service allows streaming PC games to mobile devices. Read more...

Apple Arcade to gain five new games in May including WHAT THE CLASH?

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:02:01 +0000

Apple has announced five upcoming games for Apple Arcade, along with a new party game, WHAT THE CLASH? Read more...

Pokemon Go maker Niantic might be inching closer to selling its game division

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:08:01 +0000

The company behind the 2016 hit Pokemon Go game might have reached a deal to sell out its gaming business. Read more...

Marvel Snap comes back online, but only for PC players for now

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:38:01 +0000

Marvel Snap was shut down after TikTok was banned due to links with ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok. Read more...

Apple reveals the most downloaded apps and games from the App Store in 2024

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:46:01 +0000

Apple has revealed the most downloaded apps and games in 2024 from the App Store, with Temu being the most downloaded free app. Read more...

Play Store to give you quick access to installed games on your phone

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:12:01 +0000

Google is working on a dedicated section inside the Play Store to give users access to the installed games on their phones. Read more...

Review: GameSir Kaleid & Kaleid Flux wired controllers - High performance, annoying quirks

Robbie Khan — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:00:01 +0000

GameSir recently released the Kaleid and Kaleid Flux, one using mechanical face buttons, the other using all membrane buttons. They are almost the same price, yet very different in other ways. Read more...

Review: GameSir X4 Aileron, converting your phone into a handheld gaming console

Robbie Khan — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:00:01 +0000

GameSir's portfolio seems to be growing rapidly as of late, the X4 Aileron is the latest controller that attaches to your phone, and features hall effect sticks, mechanical face buttons and RGB. Read more...

Several Mac App Store games are available with discounts of up to 75%

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:26:01 +0000

Apple has launched a sale in the Mac App Store, where you can get several popular games for discounts of up to 75%. Some of the games are available for half price or even at their lowest price. Read more...

Apple eases restrictions and officially allows game emulators on the App Store

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Apple has eased the App Store restrictions and now officially allows retro game emulators to offer downloadable games. However, Apple emphasizes that games should adhere to all relevant laws. Read more...

Netflix looking at adding ads to its games, and charging extra for some

Steve Bennett — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:04:02 +0000

Netflix's gaming library has been expanding at a rapid pace in recent months, however the platform is looking at more ways to make money from the service including a charge for some titles and adverts Read more...

Microsoft Store updated for Dev and Canary Insider channels with custom local game installs

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:38:01 +0000

A new version of the Microsoft Store app is out for members of the Windows Insider Program in the Dev and Canary channels. It adds a way to change the drive and folder location for downloading games. Read more...

YouTube allows some users to play games internally in the new Playables section

Omer Dursun — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:16:02 +0000

YouTube is testing a new Playables feature that allows users to play basic games directly on the platform. The initial test includes the game Stack Bounce and is only available to select users. Read more...

Apple Arcade September launch: Four new games, 40+ updates

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:42:01 +0000

Apple Arcade is getting four new games in the month of September, including the James Bond-themed Cypher 007. Apple said it will also roll out updates for over 40 games on the service this month. Read more...

Apple Arcade to get these four new games this month

Paul Hill — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:22:01 +0000

Apple Arcade is getting four new games this month. The titles include SEGA's Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go, Nekograms+, Kingdoms: Merge & Build, and finity. Other games will get updates and events too. Read more...

Valve's latest Proton compatibility layer adds support for fifteen games

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:46:02 +0000

Proton 8.0-3 is now available in the Steam Play compatibility layer. It brings lots of new fixes as well as support for fifteen more games including Minecraft Legends and a Tom Clancy title. Read more...

Godot 4.1 game engine arrives with better performance and editor

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 20:38:01 +0000

Godot 4.1 is now available for game developers to download. It includes several performance enhancements, additional multi-monitor support and more. The team also outlined grievances with browsers. Read more...

YouTube explores online gaming for its platform

Omer Dursun — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:56:01 +0000

YouTube is internally testing a new feature called 'Playables' for online gaming. Employees are invited to test games like Stack Bounce on web browsers or mobile devices. Here's the detail. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: All new Windows 11 features (and IDs), all new games, and a new Xbox

Taras Buria — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:00:01 +0000

Your weekly Microsoft Weekly recap is here, bringing you the most interesting stories about new Windows 11 features, gaming announcements, controversies, bugs, and other developments from Microsoft. Read more...

Five new games coming to Netflix including The Queen's Gambit Chess

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:24:01 +0000

Netflix has announced five games that will be coming to its gaming platform. Games are included as part of your Netflix subscription but you'll need a smartphone or tablet to play any of them. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: dead Surface, dead Cortana, not dead Windows 7, scared WinRAR, and more

Taras Buria — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 11:18:01 +0000

It is time to catch up with the latest Microsoft news that happened during the last week. We have dead Surface, weird updates, not-so-dead Windows 7, stats, app updates, new builds, and more. Read more...

Microsoft brings Xbox games to the Boosteroid cloud streaming service

Taras Buria — Mon, 22 May 2023 14:16:01 +0000

Microsoft continues expanding its games to third-party cloud streaming gaming services. After the recent partnership with Nvidia, Microsoft is bringing various Xbox games to Boosteroid. Read more...

Chinese Communist Party submitted by far the most App Store takedown demands to Apple

Paul Hill — Sat, 20 May 2023 04:12:02 +0000

Apple's 2022 App Store Transparency Report has shown that the Chinese Communist Party submitted the bulk of app takedown demands during 2022. Most of the targeted apps were commercial games. Read more...

Sega nearing a deal to buy Rovio, the studio behind Angry Birds

Steve Bennett — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:14:01 +0000

Rovio Entertainment, the Finland-based studio behind the Angry Birds franchise, is set to be purchased by Sega in a deal worth $1 billion by early next week, if talks don't break down. Read more...

An-225 "Mriya," world's largest aircraft, is now available in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Taras Buria — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new addition to the famous flyers fleet in its Flight Simulator. The world's largest aircraft, Antonov An-225 "Mriya", is now available in the game's marketplace on PC. Read more...

Xbox announces Unwrap Thrills sales for Black Friday

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:18:01 +0000

Xbox has unveiled Unwrap Thrills, its discount event to celebrate Black Friday. You can get $50 off the Xbox Series S as well as a bunch of other discounts on games and accessories. Read more...

Netflix confirms interest to launch its own cloud gaming service

Justin Luna — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:58:01 +0000

Netflix's VP of game development Mike Verdu has confirmed that the streaming service is looking to launch its own cloud gaming service. This comes weeks after Google shuttered its Stadia service. Read more...

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Hunting Simulator 2 come to Xbox's Free Play Days

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Dead Island Definitive Edition and Hunting Simulator 2 are available this weekend as part of Xbox's Free Play Days. The latter can also be bought at a 60% discount. Read more...

PS VR games are not compatible with PS VR2, confirms Sony

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:30:01 +0000

The upcoming revision of Sony's PlayStation Virtual Reality gaming headset will not be compatible with the current generation of games. Owners will have to retain their old hardware to play them. Read more...

Conan Exiles, Madden NFL 23 and two other games arrive on Xbox Free Play Days

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled the games it's offering through Free Play Days on Xbox. The titles include Conan Exiles, Madden NFL 23, Hunt: Showdown, and Riders Republic. There are also discounts. Read more...

Xbox Game Pass Family & Friends is now official

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 08:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally made the Xbox Game Pass Family & Friends official. The subscription is currently being tested in two countries - Ireland and Colombia. Xbox says global rollout will follow soon. Read more...

Tom Hanks trivia game, Hanx101 Trivia, is coming to Apple Arcade

Hemant Saxena — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:24:02 +0000

Hanx101 Trivia is a new game that's set to roll out to Apple Arcade subscribers on September 2. It has been developed by BlueLine Studios and features questions across several categories. Read more...

Netflix may be adding games, but hardly anyone's playing them according to data

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:40:01 +0000

Netflix's games are yet to appeal to subscribers. Data from Apptopia suggests that just 1% of subscribers are playing Netflix's games. It launched the games section last November to offer more value. Read more...

UK won't regulate video game loot boxes, despite gambling risk

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:58:01 +0000

The UK government has decided not to regulate video game loot boxes under gambling legislation. Despite this, it wants game publishers to tell players their odds of winning certain items. Read more...

Microsoft will soon stop bundling Xbox 360 titles with Games with Gold

Taras Buria — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced changes for Xbox Live and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Starting in October 2022, Microsoft will stop offering free Xbox 360 games in the Games with Gold program. Read more...

Proposed loot box ban in The Netherlands sees widespread support

Steve Bennett — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 21:26:01 +0000

The motion submitted to the House of Representatives in The Netherlands, brought together the support of six political parties, meaning that it is likely that they will follow Belgium's lead. Read more...