The Epic Games Store has another game sales event kicking off today. The Mega Sale runs until June 16th at 11AM ET and offers a 25 percent off coupon, as well as a free game each Thursday — the first of which is Borderlands 3. Epic is starting up another sales promotion for PC games available through its Epic Games Store. The Epic Mega Sale runs from today until June 16th at 11AM ET / 8AM PT and encompasses an unlimited-use 25 percent off digital coupon. This coupon
An Xbox outage is preventing some players from launching digital titles
Xbox is having issues preventing players from using its Cloud Gaming service, launching digital titles, and making purchases on its store. Xbox is having issues preventing some players from launching cloud games, playing digital games, and making purchases from its store. According to Xbox’s status page, the outage started around 4PM ET, and the company is currently working on a fix.
Roblox’s Game Fund games don’t look like most Roblox titles
Roblox is sharing some updates about its Game Fund, a program that gives developers funding and support for Roblox experiences. The company is showing early looks of two Game Fund games and announcing three more getting support. Last July, Roblox announced the Game Fund, a program to give developers funding and support for Roblox experiences. Timed with the Game Developers Conference this week, the company is using those funded games to showcase the range of experiences
Microsoft details its Steam Deck support for Xbox Game Studios titles
Microsoft is supporting Steam Deck with most of its Xbox Game Studios titles. Halo, Gears 5, and Microsoft Flight Simulator won’t be supported on Steam Deck, though. Microsoft is providing an update on its support for Valve’s Steam Deck today. Most Xbox Game Studios titles will run on the Steam Deck, but Microsoft says Gears 5, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo Infinite, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Microsoft’s Xbox FPS Boost feature arrives on 33 Xbox Cloud Gaming titles
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox FPS Boost feature to the cloud. Thirty-three games will have boosted frame rates on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft is bringing its Xbox FPS Boost mode to the cloud. The Xbox maker is rolling out FPS Boost to 33 games on Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) today, as part of a big push for Xbox backward compatibility that sees 76 new game additions for modern
More than a dozen new titles are coming to Disney Plus today
More than a dozen films and series are arriving on the service today as part of the service’s Disney Plus Day celebration. The event kicks off at 6 AM PT/9 AM ET and will give viewers access to exclusive looks, teasers, trailers, and more. If you’ve been holding off to catch Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings or Jungle Cruise on Disney Plus, today’s the day. More than a dozen films and series are arriving on the service today as part of the service’s Disney Plus Day
Rockstar promises fixes for GTA remaster mess, will relist original titles on PC
Rockstar has published a blog post apologizing for the rocky launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition. The company is promising a "Title Update" in the coming days and plans to make the original PC versions of the three games available as a bundle "shortly." Rockstar has published a blog post apologizing for the rocky launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition, which packages together remastered versions GTA III, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas. The company is promising a
Netflix launches new website for reporting its Top 10 titles
Netflix is launching a new website where it will share those metrics every week. The new weekly Top 10 hub will update every Tuesday with lists of its top films and series based on the total number of hours viewed. After announcing last month that it will begin to shift the way it ranks its top titles, Netflix today is launching a new website where it will share those metrics every week. During its earnings call in October, the company said it would shift away
Netflix is shifting the way it ranks its most popular titles
Netflix will change the public-facing metrics it uses to rank the most popular titles on its streaming service. The company has recently released rankings based on the total number of hours a movie or series is viewed — a metric it will shift to moving forward beginning later this year. Netflix will change the public-facing metrics it uses to rank the most popular titles on its streaming service, the company announced Tuesday. In the past, the company has ranked titles based on the completion of at least the first two minutes of a
Dota 2’s The International will take place in Southeast Asia for the first time
Heading to Singapore this fall Dota 2’s annual tournament, The International, will take place in Singapore this October. While Valve has held The International in the US, Canada, China, Germany, and Romania in the past, this is the first time the global esports competition is
Hyundai is building EV and battery production facilities in Georgia
Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles and batteries in Savannah, Georgia. The plant will create over 8,000 jobs and produce 300,000 vehicles annually. Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in Savannah, Georgia, marking Hyundai’s first EV-only plant in the US (via CNBC). The South Korean automaker will spend $5.5 billion on the new