Neowin News Feed for: Gamers

Call of Duty coming to Nintendo gamers as part of Microsoft and Nintendo's partnership

Justin Luna — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:28:02 +0000

Despite regulatory challenges, Microsoft president and vice chairman Brad Smith announced in a tweet that the company has signed a 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo gamers. Read more...

Group of gamers sue Microsoft over $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition

Usama Jawad — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:04:01 +0000

A group of 10 gamers have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft seeking to block its purchase of Activision Blizzard. Three of the plaintiffs have admitted to being PlayStation-exclusive gamers. Read more...

Intel unveils the NUC 12 Enthusiast Mini PC (Serpent Canyon) with 16GB Arc A770M

Fiza Ali — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:14:01 +0000

After NUC 11 Extreme (Beast Canyon) Intel has now introduced NUC 12 Enthusiast or Serpent Canyon, with the 12th Gen Intel Core processors. It is also the first to include Arc A-series graphics. Read more...

Halo Infinite developer reverses patch to bring back gravity-defying skill jumps

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 16 May 2022 10:54:02 +0000

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries is rolling out some major updates to the game and will roll back fixes that addressed skill jumps. The developers are basically reintroducing glitches. Read more...

Opera GX gets new themes and junk file cleaner

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:36:01 +0000

Opera GX has just been updated to include a tonne of new themes, GX Cleaner to get rid of junk files, and Easy Files which allows users to easily attach and upload files on the computer or clipboard. Read more...

New study suggests men choose to work less because of video games

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:38:01 +0000

A new study by the Bureau of Economic Research has suggested that young men choose to work fewer hours mainly because of video games, amongst other reasons including companies hiring fewer men. Read more...

Leaked internal documents highlight interesting facts about Xbox One owners in the US

Usama Jawad — Sun, 14 May 2017 14:42:01 +0000

Some leaked internal Microsoft documents have revealed some rather interesting details about Xbox One owners in the US, such as the fact that 58% gamers are male, whereas 42% are female. Read more...

Windows 10 finally being used by more than half of all Steam gamers, 17 months after launch

Usama Jawad — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 07:50:01 +0000

Microsoft's latest operating system is finally being used by more than half of all Steam gamers, 17 months after its official launch. All other iterations of the company's OS have seen a decline. Read more...

Samsung to announce new curved Quantum Dot monitors at CES 2017, aimed at gamers

Usama Jawad — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 11:58:01 +0000

Samsung has announced that it plans to introduce new Quantum Dot monitors at CES 2017 next week, aimed primarily at gamers. The company promises excellent visuals with the curved monitors. Read more...

Almost 45% of all Steam gamers are now using Windows 10

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 11:20:01 +0000

The latest statistics release by Valve reveal that 95.50% of all Steam gamers are using Windows on their machines, and 44.96% of these users are utilizing the 64-bit version of Windows 10. Read more...

Full refunds offered to Batman: Arkham Knight PC buyers following persisting issues

Usama Jawad — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 07:30:01 +0000

Following the continued issues in the re-release of Batman: Arkham Knight for PC, Warner Bros. is offering refunds for buyers before the end of 2015, regardless of the time they have spent playing it. Read more...

Microsoft's updated Services Agreement can stop you from playing "counterfeit games"

Usama Jawad — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has updated its "Software and Services" License Agreement to state that it can update its software to stop you from playing "counterfeit games" and using unauthorized peripheral hardware. Read more...

Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity v1.2 Update

Spencer Scott — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:24:31 +0000

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are excited to launch the latest update for the award-winning Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity. Trinity is a bundle with the original Sins game along with the two... Read more...

Gears of War 3 set for September 20 release

Byron Hinson — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:32:18 +0000

Microsoft and Epic Games have finally set in stone the release date for what could turn out to be the year’s biggest seller, Gears of War 3. The Xbox 360 exclusive will be released on... Read more...

NeowinCast: Gamers, Episode #1

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:25:53 +0000

Neowin.net presents NeowinCast: Gamers, a new series of Podcasts relating to all things gaming and a few not, hosted by David Corris and Joshua Seed. Coming in at an hour this first episode of the... Read more...

ECA tries to prevent members from canceling

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:50:02 +0000

The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) recently made some changes to their website, removing their registered members' "cancel" link in their profiles. Most of the members of ECA joined to get the Amazon.com discounts that... Read more...

Wii corners female market

Chris Carera — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:01:17 +0000

Girls do game. Data released by Nintendo of America at an industry event asserts the company's flagship system has attracted a significant majority of female gamers. President Reggie Fils-Aime said the Wii is the preferred... Read more...

Quarter of British gamers download games

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:55:27 +0000

A survey of British gamers has found that a quarter prefer to purchase and download their games online, often through their console's store, rather than purchase a physical copy from a retail store. According to... Read more...

Gamers show more aggression to strangers

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:01:50 +0000

According to a New Scientist study, you'll be hit with a surge of testosterone if you win at your favourite game, but only if the opponents you defeat are strangers. If you happen to beat... Read more...

Logitech release new gaming mouse: the Logitech G500

Sam Alderwick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:47:30 +0000

When Logitech released the G9 mouse, a big fuss kicked up in regards to the design and appearance of the mouse, with a lot of people disliking the square, hard shape of it. Now, Logitech... Read more...

Stardock Announces "The Gamers Bill of Rights"

Spencer Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:34:08 +0000

Stardock announced today the Gamer's Bill of Rights: a statement of principles that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers. The document contains 10... Read more...

Undertow Free to All XBOX Live Gamers

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:30:27 +0000

XBOX live gamers will be entitled to a free download of Undertow from the XBOX Live Arcade in response to the recent excessive XBOX Live downtime. The game will be available to both silver... Read more...

Scotland to Target Gamers With Anti-drinking-and-driving Ads

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:53:27 +0000

The Scottish government plans to pay for inserting advertisements discouraging drinking and driving into video games. The 10,000 pound ($20,000) trial project will see the ads appear on virtual billboards within several games for Microsoft... Read more...

Gamers use PS3s to do biomedical research

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:51:48 +0000

It's kind of like SETI@home, but with PS3s instead of PCs and molecules instead of aliens. In the latest volunteer scientist program, called PS3GRID, anyone who owns a Sony PlayStation3 can donate their systemÂ´s downtime... Read more...

Nvidia Readies New "Ultimate" Technology for Gamers

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:33:38 +0000

Nvidia Corporation not only plans to refresh its lineup of performance graphics accelerators this year, but also intends to introduce its 3-way SLI multi-GPU technology, which is apparently Nvidia's new "ultimate gaming platform". Initially Nvidia... Read more...

Real targets casual gamers with Game Trust buy

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:47:34 +0000

RealNetworks has entered into an agreement to acquire Game Trust, a casual-gaming company based in New York, with plans to add Game Trust's community and commerce capabilities to the technology platform currently on offer to... Read more...

Video gamers virtually violent but socially active, studies

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:16:18 +0000

A high number of middle-school youth may be playing violent video games, but that's not a worrisome trend, according to a study just released by Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Mental Health and Media. The... Read more...

Microsoft Fails PC Gamers

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:28:03 +0000

Is Microsoft Trying to Kill PC Gaming? When Microsoft started talking up Vista's gaming functionality, PC gamers got all hot and bothered. There it was, laid out in front of us, the holy land... Read more...

Intel's mobile chip for gamers coming soon

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:49:23 +0000

A mobile version of Intel's Core 2 Extreme chip will hit the market during the third quarter in high-end gaming notebooks. Combined with Nvidia's SLI technology, which uses two graphics chips instead of one, notebooks... Read more...

NPD: 62% of US gamers play online (mostly on PC!)

Todd Tanner — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:58:12 +0000

In a sign of the increasing importance of online gaming in today's video game market, The NPD Group's annual study on the online gaming landscape in the U.S. reveals that out of all gamers, 62... Read more...

Girl gamers get more lovin?

Todd Tanner — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:14:56 +0000

Don't shoot the messenger folks, just a terrific story I thought some of you might enjoy. It's official – women who play video games have sex more often! Gametart, the UK's largest online games rental... Read more...

Gamers get political action group

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:48:17 +0000

Calling itself the Entertainment Consumer Association (ECA), the new non-profit advocacy group is forging itself a place in gaming history. Based in Connecticut, the ECA's mission is to give a political voice to gamers in... Read more...

Study: Casual gamers are "old and grey" gamers

Todd Tanner — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:14:32 +0000

Perhaps Nintendo is actually on to something with its Brain Training games. According to a new study from casual games developer PopCap Games, a large percentage of casual players are actually over the age of... Read more...

Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:17:09 +0000

In response to an addiction to computer games by Chinese gamers, that has caused some deaths in the past, China's government brought in a system to prevent gamers from playing for more than three hours... Read more...

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT: Value-conscious gamers best bet?

Julio Franco — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:30:13 +0000

The GeForce 7900 GT is one of NVIDIA's latest entries in the high-end gaming market. Utilizing the revamped G71 architecture, this chip shares similar specifications to the almighty GeForce 7800 GTX, while being manufactured in... Read more...

PowerUser.tv: NeowinCAST Gamers edition returning

Todd Tanner — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:46:05 +0000

The staff here at Neowin are getting ready to relaunch our 'NeowinCAST' channel of Poweruser.tv podcasts over the next 2 weeks. Legal entanglements over our previous name, staff availability, and the dreaded College exam season... Read more...

Mario Item Boxes Get Gamers In Trouble

Marcel Klum — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:31:30 +0000

Gamers in Ohio make life size Mario "Item Boxes", placed them around their town and now may be charged. Games have been in the news for the wrong reasons many times before, but who... Read more...

How the Xbox 360 affects PC gamers

Sun, 15 May 2005 09:07:11 +0000

"48 pipelines is simply bonkers." The graphics system uses the R500 GPU from ATI. Whilst all sorts of information has been flying round, here's what we know. R500 is an Xbox-only chip.... Read more...

NPD study tracks online gamers by platform

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:33:56 +0000

Online study states the obvious: online gamers prefer to play online via their PCs, even if there's a networked console nearby. Research mavens The NPD Group, those folks who tally weekly and... Read more...

PC gamers admit to piracy

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:11:02 +0000

Recent Macrovision survey sees more than 50 percent of PC gamers admitting to software piracy. Copy protection experts Macrovision have recently conducted a software piracy survey across a number of popular gaming... Read more...