Alienware is behind a special room at the Hilton Panama City hotel that caters to gamers. The room was created in partnership with Dell, according to a local report, and it features a battlestation complete with a huge display and Alienware logo. The room isn't just for show, though -- anyone can rent it for about $359/night.
Ashland University, a private university located in Ashland, Ohio, is the first of its kind to add Fortnite to its esports gaming list. The university's head coach Josh Buchanan announced the addition on Wednesday, expressing an optimistic outlook about the title and its massive popularity. Players with the university will have a chance to get an esports scholarship.
The battle royale genre made popular by PUBG and Fortnite may make its way to the Call of Duty franchise with the upcoming launch of Black Ops 4. Multiple sources have surfaced this week claiming the latest COD game won't include the traditional single-player campaign found in past installments, instead featuring a battle royale mode of its own.
A "top-secret" 2K Games studio is working on a new BioShock game, according to a snippet included in a report published today. The surprise tip states the game, which hasn't been officially announced, is currently in development. The game is allegedly in the pipeline with the codename Parkside, but few details have been revealed at this time.
Epic Games released the Fortnite v3.5 update earlier this week, but that's only the start of its upcoming plans. The company will also be releasing a new limited-time mode called 50v50 v2, which is a new version of the title's original limited-time mode. The mode was expected to arrive soon, but Epic Games published a brief update on the Fortnite subreddit revealing a minor delay.
Rockstar, the company behind massively popular game franchise Grand Theft Auto, will remove some songs from the series' fourth installment due to license expirations that'll happen later this month. The company confirmed the news in a statement today, explaining that it has to remove some songs but has plans to replace them with a new set of music.
Fortnite is planning to add a new feature called Port-a-Fort, which is exactly what it sounds like: a portable fort that removes the need to manually construct a protective house, instead instantly creating it to give the player a competitive edge. Epic Games showcased the new feature in a video released today, and it turns out we won't have to wait long to get access to it.
Microsoft just made an exciting announcement for long-term Xbox fans: it'll be bringing another 19 classic titles to its latest and greatest console, these joining the half a dozen more Xbox 360 games added today. These titles will be added to the Xbox One Backward Compatibility catalog some time this month, Microsoft says, bringing with them Xbox One X Enhancements in some cases.
Steam has totally changed the way the world buys and consumes games. While still in existence, physical discs and boxes have become more collectors’ items rather than essential installation media. Almost all major game publishers have tried to wean their customers away from Steam via their own stores with little success (except via exclusivity). Razer, most famous for its gaming peripherals, has also launched its own digital game distribution platform and it’s dangling perks for each purchase to get gamers on board.
PUBG's anticipated 4x4 map is still in early development and isn't generally available. However, some fans can get access now via a closed experimental server if they have the right key. Access gives users their first glimpse of the 4x4 map and allows them to help shape the map's development over coming weeks. How do you get the PUBG Savage map yourself? It's all about the key.
Chinese company Xiaomi has launched a laptop designed for gamers, the Mi Gaming Laptop. The laptop has a design that seems to draw inspiration from the Razer Blade, including the multi-color keyboard backlight. The model, among other things, features an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card and a seventh-generation Intel processor. Xiaomi introduced the model alongside a couple other products.
Logitech has launched its new G Pro gaming headset, a model with a simple, clean design that contrasts nicely with the over-the-top, garish designs used with most competing models. The Logitech G Pro is part of the Logitech G brand, which is itself part of the Logitech portfolio. According to the company, its new G-brand Pro headset offers esports-grade audio performance as well as features important to competitive and pro gamers.