Gaming

Twitch Prime Is Now Prime Gaming, Will Keep Serving Up Free Gaming Goodies

Aside from being streamlined, the service remains identical

Trade Shows

Esports in Education: How Video Games Are Changing the Way We Learn

The exhibit hall and content from the 2020 AV/IT Summit is available online until Sept. 7, 2020

Distributors

D&H Distributing Develops Esports Certification Course

Unique esports certification program created in collaboration with the High School Esports League (HSEL), the Varsity Esports Foundation (VEF), the Esports Education Network (EEN),...

TV

TCL TVs Are Getting A Big Upgrade For PS5 And Xbox Series X

TCL and THX are teaming up for better gaming with an industry-first gaming certification.

Gaming

Microsoft’s Upcoming Xbox Series X Console Brings The Power

Support for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original games confirmed

TV

First PS5-Ready TVs Revealed By Sony — With Up To 8K Gaming

Sony readies 4K and 8K TVs for PS5 later this year

Gaming

The Playstation 5 Is Coming, And There’s Plenty Of Reasons For Gamers To Be Excited

Sony is expected to ship about 5-6 million PS5 consoles by March 2021

Gaming

LG’s UltraGear Named Esports Partner ‘Evil Geniuses’ Official Gaming Monitor

LG UltraGear advanced monitors offer the world’s first 1 millisecond (ms) display

Accessories

Esports Take Their Turn At Bat

With live events sidelined by COVID-19, an emerging category finds itself as the only game in town

Gaming

It Could Soon Be Easier To Buy A Nintendo Switch

Nintendo wants to ramp up console production, according to a report

Gaming

Are Game Designers, Retailers Missing An Untapped Customer Base?

Survey show 46 percent of all game players were women across all generations, including Gen Xers, millennials, and even boomers.

TV

Austere Establishes The Next Level In HDMI Design And Performance With New 8K HDMI Cable

Cable is engineered to meet the highest standards of 8K UHD specifications, including a bandwidth of 48 Gbps and can carry resolutions up to...

Gaming

Xbox Project Scarlett Is Now The Xbox Series X – Here’s Your First Look

The console was revealed at The Game Awards 2019

Accessories

Gamestop To Close 180-200 “Underperforming” Stores Before End Of 2019

Q2 Global sales report adjusted $32M net loss

Need to Know

Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft Rail Against Trump’s Console Tariffs: Tom’s Guide

Publishers claim tariffs “risk job losses in the industry”, “stifle innovation”

Accessories

WalletHub Report: 2019’s Best Cities For Gamers – Is Yours On The List?

Gaming industry brings in an estimated $130B each year globally

Accessories

5 Things Retailers Need To Know About Selling Gaming & eSports

Also: What’s threatening Fortnite?

Industry

Logitech CFO Vincent Pilette Departing

Nate Olmstead to take on interim role

Blogs

A Gaming & eSports Primer For Consumer Tech Retailers

Are you paying attention to the accessories market? You should

Accessories

Amazon’s Long Game: What Could Its Streaming Service Look Like?

AWS, Twitch, scope: Amazon brings a lot to the table

Accessories

Google Unveils Stadia Gaming Platform

Google has thrown its hat into the game-streaming ring.

Accessories

Turtle Beach To Acquire Roccat

Accelerates Turtle Beach's expansion into PC gaming peripherals

Accessories

Audeze To Outfit Echo Fox eSports Team

Extending commitment to eSports athletes

Accessories

Thanks Fortnite: Mobile Gaming Jumps 5%

Android phones still most popular option for smartphone gamers

Accessories

What Crytpocurrency Could Mean For eSports

A broader audience, for one thing

CES

CES 2019: Credibility Is King In eSports Marketing

Striking the right tone can be as challenging as the game itself.

Accessories

‘Fortnite’ Rewriting The Rules Of The Game

How supplemental downloads (and eSports) are transforming the gaming biz

Accessories

Nintendo Switch Becomes America’s Fastest-Selling Console

Nintendo has sold more than 8.7 million units in the U.S. since launching in March 2017.

Accessories

FTC Pledges To Investigate Video Game ‘Loot Boxes’

Sen. Hassan cites kids' susceptibility to in-app purchases

Accessories

Sony May Have Ducked Out Of E3 2019, But Microsoft & Nintendo Confirm Attendance

"Always a high point of the year to witness the industry’s creativity"

Accessories

Using eSports To Transform the Retail Experience: Now On Demand

Concrete suggestions on planning, promoting and game-day decisions, including mentions of which manufacturers the independent retailer has teamed with.