CES 2022: Alienware Brings Game Streaming Home
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January 4, 2022
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Alienware has unveiled a new edge computing concept for home gaming, which it says will allow seamless switching between devices and simultaneous... Read More
Gaming Tech Company Pentanet Raises $20m For Cloud Boost
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June 21, 2021
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Perth-based telco Pentanet has garnered funding commitments to raise $20 million in a bid to launch a gaming service that taps into... Read More
Xbox Cloud Gaming On The Way
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April 20, 2021
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Xbox Cloud Gaming will soon be available on Windows 10 PCs, as well as Apple phones and tablets, with a limited beta... Read More
New Amazon Gaming Platform Opened Up
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March 2, 2021
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Coming soon to Australia, Amazon is now rolling out its Luna gaming platform that works via its recently released Fire Stick. Currently... Read More
NVIDIA GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming Coming To Oz
NVIDIA is bringing its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service to Australia, thanks to a partnership with Perth ISP Pentanet. The giant US... Read More
Facebook Launch Cloud Gaming Hub In Streaming War
Facebook has launched its new online gaming hub in the growing streaming war, offering several free games via its app or browser... Read More
Amazon Roll-Out ‘Luna’ Cloud Gaming Service In Google Stadia Fight
Amazon has opened early access for its ‘Luna’ cloud gaming service to select players, as it prepares to join the fight against... Read More
Microsoft Pledges Full iPhone Gaming Service Despite Apple Spat
Microsoft has pledged to deploy its video-game streaming service onto iPhones and iPads, despite being embroiled in a squabble with Apple over... Read More
Microsoft Splashes $10 Billion To Buy Gaming Company
Days out from the roll out of a new Xbox gaming console Microsoft has forked out $10.3 Billion to buy another gaming... Read More
Sony PlayStation 5, OZ Launch Nov 19 Set To Retail For $599
Sony is set to launch their all new PlayStation 5 on November 19th in Australia, it’s expected to retail in Australia for... Read More
Apple Allows iOS Game Streaming
Apple has loosened up restrictions on streaming games and in-app purchases in the latest review guidelines for its App Store. The guidelines,... Read More
First Major Game To Release Simultaneously On Google Stadia And PC
Google’s ailing Stadia game streaming service is set to score a major coup with Baldur’s Gate 3 becoming the first major game... Read More
Chromebooks Gain PC Gameplay Via NVIDIA GeForce NOW
Component and software developer, NVIDIA, has announced selected Chromebook users will now be able to play PC games via GeForce Now, further... Read More
Home Entertainment Subscriptions Boom In Oz
Home entertainment subscription services have boomed in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte.... Read More
Xbox Launch Subscription Service For Video Games
Microsoft has launched a preview version ‘Project xCloud’, a new, Netflix-like streaming subscription service for video games, whereby gamers will be able... Read More
Future Of Microsoft xCloud On Apple Devices Unclear
Microsoft has reportedly ceased running xCloud game streaming tests for iOS devices early, throwing caution into the wind over the service’s future... Read More
Google Stadia 5G Game Streaming Races Ahead
Google Stadia has accelerated its 5G game streaming initiative during the coronavirus pandemic, by allowing users to test cellular functionality as mobile... Read More
Microsoft Shut Mixer After Facebook Gaming Partnership
Microsoft has announced it’s closing its game streaming service, Mixer, after inking a partnership with Facebook Gaming – dubbed a strategic move... Read More
Epic Games Rivals Steam With Lucrative Weekly Giveaway – Civilization VI, Fortnite
Epic Games is rivalling Steam Games with an enticing weekly video game giveaway. Every Thursday Epic Games is giving away a free... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Black Shark Pro 3.0 Gaming Smartphone Coming Soon
It’s been labelled one of the world’s best gaming smartphones, ChannelNews can now reveal that the brand new 5G Blacks Shark Pro... Read More
Game Developers Say Google Stadia Just Isn’t Worth It
Google’s Stadia game streaming service just isn’t an attractive option for developers, according to a report. Business Insider spoke with multiple game... Read More
Xbox Boss: Cloud Gaming A Decade Away From Being Best Way To Play
The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, admits in a recent interview that the video game industry’s cloud streaming future is still a... Read More
PC Gaming Big Growth & Margin Category For Retailers Claims GFK
Consumer electronics retailers in Australia are banking on demand for PC gaming products to deliver growth in 2020 after the category delivered... Read More
Google Brings Game Streaming Service To Non-Google Phones
Google Stadia will very shortly be available to users of a select range of non-Pixel smartphones, as the company attempts to deliver... Read More
Battle Of The Gamers: Nvidia Strikes At Activision
Customers were left in the dark after Nvidia Corp abruptly ditched Activision Blizzard games from its new GeForce Now service earlier this... Read More
Sneak Peak At Intel Cloud Gaming Controller
Patents filed in the US have revealed Intel may be looking to build its own version of the acclaimed DualShock controller with... Read More
Q3 Spending On Video Games Reach $10 Billion
US consumers have reportedly spent close to $10 billion on video gaming in the third quarter of 2019, representing an increase of... Read More
Project xCloud Goes Live In October
Microsoft’s Xbox One Project xCloud goes live in October with the commencement of a public preview test, which will allow select gamers... Read More
Android TV Leak Reveals Stadia Support, ‘Hero Device’ In 2020
Leaked slides from IBC 2019 appears to reveal planned updates for Google’s Android TV, including new Assistant features, a major hardware release,... Read More
EA Takes On Google, Microsoft Game Streaming Service
EA has taken on Google and Microsoft by launching a closed trial of its Project Atlas cloud game streaming service, seeking feedback... Read More
Content Wars Ramp Up As Oz SVOD Subs Pass 12M
More than half of all Australian households now have SVOD subscriptions, many of them to multiple services, as local subscriptions pass 12... Read More
Xbox Chief Denies Streaming-Only Console
Xbox Chief, Phil Spencer, has rejected rumours it’s working on a streaming-only console, adding game streaming is currently more aligned with smartphones.... Read More
Playstation, Xbox Console Sales Down
Sales of ageing gaming consoles are down as the current generation of machines begin to reach the end of their cycle and... Read More
Apple Adding Xbox, PS4 Controller Support To iPhones, iPads
Apple gamers are set to enjoy portable gaming on the go with the tech giant adding Xbox and PS4 controller support to... Read More