Google now testing Playables gaming feature on YouTube

Today, EA Sports revealed its latest deep dive video for the upcoming EA SPORTS WRC. The game is slated as a current generation title with a release on PC that will launch on November 3. The official game of the FIA World Rally Championship will offer a way to create a modern rally racer while embracing the history of the sport. The Builder mode allows players to follow the same path as the legendary Colin McRae, who’s sponsored rally games are continued by the DiRT Rally series and into the new EA SPORTS WRC. Players can also expect a Rally School to begin their journey and learn the craft of the sport, and Regularity Rally, which is an alternate form of competition that will be present in several modes across the game.

Google Messages has received a small but very important update, that can boost the popularity of this Android-based messaging app. Google Messages received its big update in July where the entire home screen was redesigned. It replaced the navigation drawer and introduced key branding into the Android app. Alongside, the search filters were also tweaked slightly. But now, it has received yet another powerful upgrade in the form of a new forwarding user interface. This new UI supports sending messages to multiple contacts at the same time. This will finally save users the trouble of copy-pasting the same message to different recipients one by one.

CCP Games is taking another stab at making a first-person shooter set in New Eden, the universe of . They will not give up.

Rockstar Games recently commemorated the 10th anniversary of GTA 5, its open-world action-adventure game which has also become the second best-selling video game of all time. While GTA 5 remains ever so popular, fans have been scouring the internet as well as asking Rockstar for some sort of an update on GTA 6 release date. In February 2022, wishes of GTA fans came true (sort of), when a leaker known as 'teapotuberhacker' posted 90 early development footage of GTA 6 on GTAForums. Although the videos were shortly taken down, rumors about the alleged GTA 6 content spread like wildfire, and we're still discovering new things about the sequel to GTA 5 from time to time.

Reliance Jio, on Tuesday, September 19, launched its Jio AirFiber service in India. The 5G hotspot service will be available in eight different cities during its initial rollout. These cities include Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune. The company stated that Jio AirFiber will address the last-mile internet connectivity in the nation and will bring high-speed internet to every house. If you too are curious about Reliance Jio's latest offering, then check out Jio AirFiber plans, prices, and features.

Lies of P is now available on Game Pass just a tiny bit earlier than originally planned.

New Game Plus in Starfield is a trip. It follows some of the rules you probably know about the mode, but goes out of its way to add new and interesting twists on a tested formula. Activating it is as you’d expect: finish the main storyline, choose to start a new game, then do it all again if you desire. What’s different in Starfield is the more freeform nature of the game, as well as the reward structure of an NG+ playthrough. We’ll be discussing the finer points in this guide.

Ubisoft plans to close its Ubisoft London studio.

NVIDIA couldn't hold this news until the usual GeForce NOW Thursday and shared with everyone that Starfield, the new sci-fi roleplaying game released a week ago by Bethesda Game Studios, is now available to stream via cloud.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage launches next month, but Ubisoft has a lot more stabby fun in the works. As they’ve announced, in addition to the more stripped-down Mirage, there are two other major AC titles currently in production – Assassin’s Creed Codename Red (an open-world RPG-style game set in Feudal Japan from Ubisoft Quebec) and Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe (a darker take on the series focused on European witch hunts during the Renaissance from Ubisoft Montreal). Rumor has it that Assassin’s Creed Red may be arriving as soon as next year, and reliable Ubisoft insider Tom Henderson has provided a few interesting fresh details about the game.

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Google's new Playables game streaming service has now entered its testing phase, but only for a select few YouTube users.