Mobile gaming has long been surpassing other forms of gaming for the rich content that it produces for all genres and player abilities. Indeed, mobile gaming. Worth $70.3 billion, 2018 saw mobile gaming revenue account for more than half of all gaming revenue – which is set to exceed $180 billion by 2021. Gaming apps also accounted for around 76% of all app revenue, which shows that mobile gaming is not only doing well, but is expected to continue to improve with each new stride in technology. With such strong prospects for the industry as a whole, what can we expect from mobile gaming in 2019?

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Online gaming is one of the fast-changing and evolving entertainment sectors, which sets new trends regularly. Each year or even quarter developers introduce new game concepts and approaches, enticing more customers into the sphere. As a result, companies increase revenues, while more people become involved in gaming.

2018 was the year of Battle Royale, the hype around loot boxes, and the growth of eSports. Top it all, the community was staggered by the shutdown of Telltale Games and Runic Games, ban of Fallout 76, and the popularity of Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War. Obviously, 2018 was impressive. But, what about the upcoming year and its trends? How will the industry evolve during 2019? Read more…

Our world is evolving with every passing day. Each day, a new piece of technology is invented which outdates similar technologies invented in the past. Cloud Gaming is one of these technologies which is slowly taking the gaming world by storm. Cloud Gaming aspires to replace PC gaming by providing an easy solution to some major gaming issues. One of the biggest issues with PC gaming is the cost that comes with the purchase of expensive graphics cards that are required for a good gaming system. We also have to add other parts to the gaming system which are equally expensive.

On the other hand, Cloud Gaming is much easier to setup and can be played on any device regardless of its specifications. What Cloud Gaming requires is a good internet connection with the right latency and you can stream and play any game you want on any device. Read more…

You did not experienced the “immersive experience” until you have tried VR (Virtual Reality). The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, believes that VR can become our way to interact with computers. Jeff Lande, the founder of Lucky VR says that online, social and mobile gaming channels are also computer environments. He also adds that the VR opportunity goes beyond video gaming. The way humankind experienced entertainment through television, movies, sports and music could be transferred to VR.

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How do you evaluate the quality of a gaming app? Chances are you’ve come across apps through links on social media, word-of-mouth, or you’ve navigated to the Google Play Store on your own. If we base our decisions on ratings systems – which most of us do – only the most highly rated game apps will capture our attention.

The Google Play Store, like the App Store, makes it rather easy for users to quickly assess the quality of a game app through a star rating system. As a case in point, Toy Crush has a stellar 4.5/5 rating from 9,037 reviewers. As the number of reviewers increases, so too does the credibility of the overall score. Of course, a caveat is in order: the rating system must be impervious to pseudo-accounts for it to be believable. Read more…

We all love playing games. Few of us are so much into them that we bring them outside our screens and into our lives! For now, let’s just concentrate on the latest release – Nintendo Switch. All the video game fans were quite excited to explore its features when it released first back in March 2017. Since then, a lot of opinions and reviews have come up regarding this latest addition to the Nintendo family. And most of them happen to be not much in its favor.

A lot of factors have contributed towards the underwhelming response of this otherwise amazing gaming gadget. These include the exclusion of the old favorite features, unsuitable release timing, and overall generic console design among others. There are just so many faults with this new design that prevents it from being the next big revolution in the world of gaming. And we are here to review all of them so that you know what you are in for before making the purchase. Read more…

Games have been fascinating us since generations; right from handheld to TV video games and PS. But what’s captivating everyone now is the mind-boggling experience of Augmented Reality games. They are surreal and dilute the boundaries of reality to an unbelievable extent.

To get you the best of this new tech, we have created a list of Top 25 Augmented Reality Games for Smartphones. Enjoy!

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If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of those video gaming fanatics who love to tire your thumbs and fingers with gamepads, keyboards, and mice for hours and hours. Of course when we say it like that it sounds as if you are wasting your life away with this, but what if we told you otherwise?

To further clarify, what if we told you that you could make millions just by playing video games? No, you didn’t read that wrong; it is very much a reality indeed. Gaming has constantly been on the rise for so many years that now some of the games that we see like GTA V and Call of Duty, are surpassing even the film industry itself. Read more…

We’ve already witnessed that they have created some pretty great games — as witnessed by their consistent status atop gaming best-seller lists — but how have some of the most popular video game creators designed their own websites?

The following types of design elements can make or break a gaming company’s website — and spell the difference between an effective site that increases customer awareness and sale or one that sends them clicking away to other sites. Read more…

With a plethora of virtual reality games making their debut in recent times, it is rather difficult to choose the best from them. Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have loads of titles to offer but you will be surprised to find out that games like Job Simulator have already started drawing praise for the enticing VR experience offered by them as well. As they say, “VR never felt more real before 2016”. So, this is the best time to pick our top 20 most addictive and popular virtual reality games.

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Video games have been around for quite some time. The first video game was actually created in 1958, and it was a simple tennis game not unlike Pong of the 1970s. In the 58 years since then, video games have grown exponentially more complex, to the point entire universes are simulated with multitudes of players occupying the same digital space simultaneously.

Video games are, in their very nature, forms of virtual reality. Up until very recently, they have been quite simple forms of virtual reality, often represented as 3D images but still ultimately only 2D. True virtual reality is starting to change that. Read more…

Facebook has been dominating the social media platform until the release of Pokémon Go in the mobile market. Currently, countless mobile users are spending more of their time playing Pokémon Go than on any other mobile application.

Pokémon Go has risen to become a giant in the mobile applications world. Below are some of the reasons why Pokémon Go will be more widespread than Facebook. Read more…

Technology has always played an important role in the development and evolution of the gambling industry. The importance of technology and the need for gambling and non-gambling sectors to come together and share technical know-how is greatly felt in modern times. Responding to this need, GamCrowd recently dedicated a day to the Internet gambling industry at London Tech Week 2016.

As many as 100 tech professionals and representatives of the iGaming industry met on a common platform to discuss various tech trends that have the potential to revolutionize the online gambling industry. Read more…

In the past a years, Virtual Reality has taken a leap and so are the devices that expand the entire aura. A fresh wave of virtual-reality devices may finally be coming this year, but the source is still very much in its infant stage. Oculus Rift has started blowing the cord now along with HTC Vive. However, the PlayStation VR is not available until October and Samsung’s Ger VR only comes with a smattering of apps to merge into. Virtual reality is still in the wait for its killer app.

However, it does not mean that there are not any VR games out there in advance, or have their release date fixed later this year. As they may not be VR expeditions most of the players are looking forward to, but there are a number of system-selling games and apps available in the market currently. Read more…

Today, Virtual Reality is mostly associated with games, but its scope is not just limited to the aspect of gaming. In fact, Virtual Reality technology is put to best use in various industrial sectors to educate people and train employees for providing them with a unique experience by integrating virtual real world.

Certainly, there are numerous other interesting applications of virtual reality. Here are ten fascinating uses of Virtual Reality other than video games. Read more…