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Modern Gamers Can’t Take a Loss? Tekken Producer Wants More Team Elements in Fighting Games

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 April 2024, 04:23

Katsuhiro Harada wants to see more team elements in fighting games. The reason: the alleged inability of modern gamers to accept defeat and blame others for their failures.

'Gamers are Impatient; They Want New Things Every Day,' Claims Blizzard Head Mike Ybarra

Maciej Gaffke, 08 November 2023, 02:37

According to Blizzard's CEO, gamers have no patience. In a recent interview, Mike Ybarra said that they want new content practically every hour.

Nearly Half of Gamers Found a Spouse Through Games

Kamil Kleszyk, 17 October 2023, 06:46

Video games are not only a chance to let off some steam after a hard day, but also an opportunity to find love. Nearly half of gamers met their future partner while playing.

Steam Account Worth $15,000 and Valve Won't Unlock It

Adam Adamczyk, 08 September 2023, 14:58

One player recorded a great loss, as Steam blocked his account. To unlock it, he has to provide proof, which few people have.

65-year-old Achieves Absurd Stats by Playing 1 Game for 15 Years

Kamil Kleszyk, 04 July 2023, 13:45

Although it's been a long time since the release of Call of Duty: World at War, Activision's iconic shooter still has loyal fans. One of them is a certain 65-year-old who has been regularly playing the title since its debut in 2008.

Diablo Immortal's Secret Mechanic Revealed; Player Reached Paragon Level 150

Miriam Moszczynska, 11 August 2022, 13:23

One Diablo Immortal player has reached Paragon level 150. With this, he unlocked two new skill trees and a hidden mechanic related to equipment.

Gamers Are Better at Making Decisions, Research Proves

Damian Mista, 26 July 2022, 16:36

Recent studies show that playing video games positively affects brain function. Players excel in tasks that require decision-making using sensorimotor mechanisms, so video games could find new applications.

Gamers Cheat Because They Get Frustrated With Other Cheaters, Time2play Reports

Miriam Moszczynska, 25 February 2022, 11:19

Time2play has created a cheater profile. The study took into account the motives of such players and the software they use. The best game cheat was also selected.

Gaming is No Longer Domain of Young People, Says Take-Two's Report

Adrian Werner, 08 February 2022, 11:45

Thanks to a report from Take-Two Interactive, we learned some interesting things about the gaming market. Among them was the average age of gamers.

Fewer and Fewer People in New World - Gamers Fed Up With Amazon's Idleness

Miriam Moszczynska, 17 December 2021, 13:57

Amazon Games' unique policy is starting to bring „results”. Fewer and fewer players are spending their free time in New World.

Single Player Games Beat Multiplayer, at Least in Japan

Hubert Sledziewski, 13 December 2021, 13:03

Playing for the story, preferring single player games, loving RPGs, owning a Switch - do you know what these traits have in common? They describe the average Japanese gamer.

Windows 11 Increasingly Popular With Gamers, Reveals Steam Survey

Dawid Wanat, 03 December 2021, 15:18

Steam has conducted the monthly survey, summarizing data on hardware and software used by users of the platform. The November survey showed an increase in the popularity of Windows 11 among gamers.

Nintendo Not For Kids; Report Confirms

Miriam Moszczynska, 05 November 2021, 16:28

Nintendo published a report summarizing the second quarter of the fiscal year. In addition to revenue, a lot of interesting information was also revealed, including upcoming game releases.

Xbox Gamepad Leads on Steam - Valve Publishes Controller Stats

Jacob Blazewicz, 25 February 2021, 12:56

Valve prepared some more help for game developers. We're talking about reports on the use of gamepads on Steam, among which Xbox controller takes the top spot.

Research Reveals: Violent Games do Not Increase Aggression Levels

Arkadiusz Strzala, 30 December 2020, 18:56

This is almost a taboo subject for the gaming community - the possible influence of violence in games on the behavior of young (and not only) people. However, the results of the latest, long-term research finally provide a definitive answer to this issue.

Single Player Games More Popular Than Ever, Claims Sony's Research

Paul Musiolik, 01 December 2020, 16:16

Activities in PS5 are one of the biggest surprises of the console's system. It is a direct response to the ever-increasing popularity of single player games and a solution to their most common problems.

Gamepads are Becoming Increasingly Popular on Steam

Adrian Werner, 22 November 2020, 19:10

On the occasion of adding support for PS5's controller to Steam, Valve revealed that the daily number of people using controllers in the service has doubled over the last two years.

GeForce GTX 1060 Remains the Leading GPU on Steam

Bartlomiej Sagan, 11 September 2020, 13:28

Valve has released the results of its monthly hardware survey among Steam users. What are the results just before the launch of the GeForce RTX 3000 family GPUs?

„It's Just a Game” - Video Sparks Storm on the Web; Ninja Responds

Paul Wozniak, 17 August 2020, 20:47

A few days ago, a video appeared on the web, in which the author discussed players who give their 100% in each game, and spoke about how they have a bad influence on other people. According to the user, such approach takes away the fun from the game. The matter quickly made a lot of waves and Ninja, among others, spoke about it.

Billions of Hours on Twitch - Streaming Boom During the Pandemic

Milosz Szubert, 20 April 2020, 15:13

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the number of people streaming on Twitch to exceed 5 million. As for the average number of viewers, it reached 2.5 million.

Here's a Gaming Bed With Pajamas to Boot

Milosz Szubert, 04 March 2020, 12:04

Bauhutte designed... a gaming bed. The full set includes, among other things, a special suit forgaming. The gadget was initially priced at 113,250 yen (approx. $1000). So far, it is not known whether it will be available outside Japan.

Number of Escape from Tarkov Players Continues to Grow

Milosz Szubert, 18 February 2020, 13:55

During a recent dev stream, a representative of Battlestate Games boasted that in the second weekend of February the number of people simultaneously playing the online shooter Escape from Tarkov reached 200 thousand. This is more than Destiny 2 or Monster Hunter: World on Steam.

Teenager From England Saved by Gamer 5,000 Miles Away

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 13 January 2020, 15:32

Aidan from England had a seizure during an online game session, and his parents at home had no idea. Luckily, the boy was saved by a friend from the game. Dia, who lives in the United States, called for help.

Sea of Thieves is a Huge Success for Microsoft With 10 million players

Konrad Serafinski, 09 January 2020, 10:35

Sea of Thieves has gathered over 10 million players. The creators boasted the result on the occasion of the announcement of the January update for the game. Moreover, Microsoft claims that the title is their most successful new IP of this generation.

World War 3 Gets Update 0.8; Still no More Than 100 People in the Game

Milosz Szubert, 27 November 2019, 12:05

The Farm 51 has released a new update to the online shooter World War 3. It adds the Breakthrough mode among other things. Unfortunately, it did not improve the situation in terms of the number of players in the game.

Minecraft has Nearly Half a Billion Players Worldwide

Konrad Serafinski, 12 November 2019, 13:11

Minecraft has the highest number of players in the world. Analyst Daniel Ahmad reports that the title has assembled a community of 480 million players. What is more, the production also has 112 million active users per month.

4K Users Remain Few and Far Between - Steam's October Survey

Milosz Szubert, 06 November 2019, 15:17

Valve has published the results of its October Steam survey. According to the company, the number of users of Windows 10, Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU is constantly growing. Interestingly, people using 4K resolution are still rare.

AMD Gains in August Steam Survey

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 September 2019, 15:00

Valve has published the results of its August hardware survey on Steam. In the past month, AMD increased its market share both in the CPU market and in the graphics cards segment.

Roblox has Over 100 Million Active Players per Month

Konrad Serafinski, 03 August 2019, 13:35

Roblox, a free virtual playground, has exceeded the limit of 100 million active users per month. The creators boasted the result on a press release. What does the Minercaft say about this?

Newzoo Analysts Have Divided Gamers Into Archetypes

Frozen, 16 May 2019, 15:34

Analytics company Newzoo believes that the division of gamers into hardcore and casual is outdated. The company is proposing a new classification, in which eight types of people are distinguished.

More Windows 7 Users Than Windows 10 On Steam

ElMundo, 03 May 2019, 10:56

Steam has just published a traditional monthly hardware survey, this time summarizing the preferences of platform's users in April. Noteworthy is the increase in the number of PC owners with Windows 7.

Fortnite Boosts Video Game Sales Among Teenagers

Milosz Szubert, 10 April 2019, 22:59

Piper Jaffray published its usual semi-annual report about teenager spendings in the USA. According to the company, young males spend as much as 14% of their income on video games. Most of this thanks to Fortnite.

How Many Gamers Finish Their Games, Based on 12 PS4 Titles

Christian Pieniazek, 31 January 2019, 22:03

As it turns out, most titles have a difficult time keeping the players in front of the screen all the way to the finale.

LG: PC players are the 'fastest' and Xbox players the 'best'

Christian Pieniazek, 15 January 2019, 21:08

LG has partnered with Activision and tested players playing on three platforms. Although its goal was to find the "best" group, the issue is a bit more complex than it seems.

Steam Hardware Survey - December 2018

Michael Kulakowski, 05 January 2019, 16:27

Steam platform has published the results of the December hardware survey of its users, which is based on data shared by them.

The most popular games among pad users were revealed on Steam platform

Adrian Werner, 30 December 2018, 21:05

Valve company has released interesting ranking lists, presenting the most popular games on the Steam among players using game pads.