Published: June 1, 2021 5:39 PM IST
This year’s Computex has a lot of stuff for gaming fans in store. After high-end laptops, NVIDIA and AMD took to the stage to announce brand new high-end mobile graphics cards. NVIDIA announced the RTX 3080Ti and RTX 3070Ti graphics cards for gaming laptops along with a list of new RTX-supported games. AMD, meanwhile, announces the RX 6000M series GPUs for mobile platforms. Also Read - Next Samsung Exynos chip for Galaxy S series to get AMD GPU along with ray tracing
Ray tracing is the theme this year for PC gaming, with all the latest cards promising superior ray tracing performance. NVIDIA announced new additions to its expanded list 130 RTX-supported games, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Rainbow Six Seige, Doom Eternal and more. Except for Doom Eternal, the other two games are already getting ray tracing and DLSS. Also Read - Computex 2021: When and how to watch, what to e
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Microsoft Azure, the server software that powers Xbox Live, Teams, Outlook, and other web services went down.
“We are aware of an issue affecting the Azure Portal and Azure services”, the official Microsoft Azure account tweeted. “Please visit our alternate Status Page . for more information and updates.”
The issue appears to have also affected Microsoft’s other products, including Skype, OneDrive, and its Office 365 workplace suite. It continued fore around five hours before the issue was fixed.
“We’ve successfully resolved the issue that was causing residual impact for SharePoint Online and we’ve confirmed that all Microsoft 365 services have returned to a healthy state. Additional details can be found via MO248163”, Microsoft’s support account tweeted at 3:37am GMT.
Steam release their list of the top 100 games of 2020
Did your favourite make the cut?
The top sellers this year were mainstays like
Among Us was one of the breakout games of 2020, along with
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Cyberpunk 2077 was ranked as a platinum title in a few categories, which is unsurprising considering it smashed the record for single-player games on Steam already.
The Best of VR category exhibited some classic titles, such as Superhot and
Hades, Dark Souls III and Fifa 21 – all of which are also popular console games, explaining their enhanced compatibility.
Some surprising games pop up on the list year after year, maintaining popularity on Steam despite their age on the platform.
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PS4)
FIFA 21 takes the second and fifth spots which is understandable given its popularity in the UK.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes 9th and 10th.
The Ubisoft title managed to take the Christmas number one slot from
FIFA in UK retail, but as reported by
Game Industry Biz it has since dropped in sales by 21%.
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The Amazon list tells a different story to the Steam top 100, which is dominated by mainstays like
»Cyberpunk 2077, Among Us, GTA 5 & More Make It to Steam s Best Games of 2020 List
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Cyberpunk 2077, Among Us, GTA 5 & More Make It to Steam s Best Games of 2020 List
Steam Best Games of 2020. (Image Credit: Steam)
Steam said that the peak concurrent numbers were much higher than last year and that increase was witnessed across the board.
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American video game company Valve Interactive has released its list of Best Games of 2020 on Steam. The company has divided the list into six categories - Top Sellers, Top New Releases, Top Selling VR Games, Top Early Access Graduates, Most Played Games, and Top Controller Games. The lists include some popular titles like Among Us, Dota 2, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5, Cyberpunk 2077, Player Unknown s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and more. Many of these games, along with thousands of other titles are on sale during Steam s Winter Sale 2020 which lasts till January 5 2021.