Category: Gaming

After over a year of the COVID-19 virus and pandemic, Gamescom 2021 is coming on live and as always, it promises to give you nothing but the best in the field of video games. But, as a precautionary measure, the organizers who initially wanted to make the event a hybrid event (i.e., both online and in-person have now dropped the in-person).

If you are a video game fan then you might have heard of Gamescom 2021, but if you haven’t then there is no need to worry because, in this article, I am going to tell you everything you need to know about the biggest video game conference in the world.

What is Gamescom 2021?

Gamescom 2021 is the 2021 edition of the annual gaming event which is normally held in Cologne, Germany. During this event, all the big companies in the gaming industry including EA, Xbox, Konami, Gameloft, etc. will announce their upcoming games and even drop exclusive trailers and hints.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be 100% digital and free of charge for all Gamescom fans. This means that this August, the worldwide gaming community will come together at Gamescom to celebrate the latest games and some other amazing news in the gaming industry.

According to the organizers, some of the things you should expect include “Opening Night Live, Gamescom studio, and Gamescom: Awesome Indies, 100% gaming content in one place with the completely revamped content hub Gamescom now, 100% community atmosphere, and epic adventures thanks to the brand new community action Gamescom Epix and 100% indie power with the Indie Arena Booth Online…”

When Will Gamescom 2021 Begin?

Gamescom 2021 is scheduled to start on Wednesday 25^th August 2021 and end on Friday 27^th August 2021.

Gamescom 2021 Schedule and Conference Times

Due to the different types of games and events to be held at Gamescom 2021, there is a schedule for all the events and conferences. Below is the schedule for each day (credit to Tech Radar).

24^TH August – Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream

This event will begin on August 24 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, 5 pm GMT, 6 pm BST, or August 25 at 3 am AEST. The venue for this event will be YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Facebook.

At this event, it is expected that Xbox will announce all the upcoming 2021 games, trailers, and exclusive scenes from these games are expected to be released for Xbox series X and series S consoles.

According to experts, some of the games we are likely to see at the event include Sable, Halo Infinite, and Forza Horizon 5.

25^TH August – Gamescom Opening Night Live

This event will begin on August 25 at 11 am PT/2 pm ET, 6 pm GMT, 7 pm BST, or August 26 at 4 am AEST. The venue for this event will be YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Facebook Gaming.

Gamescom Opening Night Live is Gamescom’s own news conference which is usually hosted by Geoff Keighley and streamed online all over the world. This conference/show will last for a period of two (2) hours and some of the things you should expect are game announcements, trailers, game demos, some exclusive news, and even interviews.

26^TH August – Future Games Show

This event will begin on August 26 at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET, 8 pm GMT, 9 pm BST, or August 27 at 6 am AEST. You can watch it live on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch and Facebook, and GamesRadar.com.

Future Games Show will feature more than 40 new games from different developers and publishers. Some of which include Team 17, Frontier Development, Tripwire Interactive, Koch Media, etc.

This event will be hosted by Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village), and Aaron LePlante (The Duke in Resident Evil Village). Also added to this event will be Virtual Show Floor Booths where you can access demos of different games and play for free at home.

Which Developers Are Expected to Come to Gamescom 2021?

During Gamescom, different developers and publishers will show up at the event. These developers will setup virtual booths where you can view some of their games and exclusives. Below is a list of some of the confirmed developers and publishers expected at Gamescom 2021 (in alphabetical order):

• 505 Games
• Activision
• Aerosoft
• Assemble Entertainment
• Astragon Entertainment
• BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
• Bethesda Softworks
• Electronic Arts
• GAMEVIL COM2US Europe
• Headup
• Indie Arena Booth
• Koch Media
• Konami
• NExT Studios (Tencent Games)
• SEGA Europe
• Team17
• Thunderful Games
• Ubisoft
• Wargaming
• Xbox

Conclusion

Gamescom 2020 was great but Gamescom 2021 is expected to be even bigger and better. Therefore, make sure to save the date on your calendar and do not miss out on anything in Gamescom 2021.

To register, feel free to go Gamescom.global and register to participate in this event. Share with all your friends and let’s all meet at Gamescom 2021.

Android mobile phone games have come a long way in our lives these past few years. These days, many people can’t afford a console, so mobile phone games come in handy.

Most people play it when they run out of internet data. Funny as that sounds, that’s how it is with a lot of people. But that’s where the problem comes in. Most of the games on the play store require internet data to run.

But still doesn’t mean there aren’t amazing games out there that you can play without internet data offline. In this article, I’ve compiled a list of games that you can play offline. 

Red Bull Air Race 2

Size: 112.9MB

This game is different from every racing game, you know. Most racing games are about cars and motorcycles, but this one’s about airplanes.

How amazing is that? It features a lot of events that players can compete in without getting bored. It also has fantastic graphics. Above all, it’s a free in-app product.

Asphalt Nitro

Size:3GB

Most racing games have large sizes or are not free, so many users don’t even consider venturing. Well, that’s why Asphalt Nitro was introduced. It has 35MB and gives you a similar gaming experience as the online and in-app purchase games.

Rush Rally 3

Size: 221.7MB

This game gives you the experience of racing on your phone. You can race through all seasons and through any road conditions. There are gravel road races, tarred road races, and bumpy road races. Your vehicle’s going to suffer damages as in real life when you drive through such roads. You can upgrade your car and choose any want when you race in the career mode and earn money. It has very good and modern graphics.

Nobleman 1896

Size: 42.6MB

This game’s graphics and storyline are set in the year 1896. In this game, you play as a nobleman with an army of soldiers, steam tanks, and cannons to lead your army to victory. It gives you a real-world battlefield experience where you plan attacks with your army. You can also enable auto-battle to sit back and watch while the attack you planned with your army is carried out.

Blazing sniper

Size: 159.9MB

This is a game about protecting your people from external forces. There are over levels for gamers in this game. It’s simple and cool for offline playing without any complex nature to it. The difficulty level is easy and hardcore. In the hardcore mode, you fight against zombies. Every weapon is provided at your disposal to use to fight off the enemies. This game has no ads that disrupt your play like other games.

Shadow Fight 2

Size: 401MB

This game has been designed like Mortal Kombat. It provides your fight character with a chosen weaponry to fight with. It contains a storyline where you can journey through a different world with your character.

Ninja Arashi

Size: 474.3MB

This adventure game challenges you and takes you to a new world where you overcome your enemies and complete the level. It does not require any data connection, so you can play anytime you want. The only problem is it’s a short game that’ll leave you wanting for more once you complete the levels.

Sky dancer

Size: 325.8MB

This is a running game, just like subway way surfers and temple run.

This game is distinct in its own way as it takes you above mountains, large borders, and jumping over cliffs. You maneuver in the air like a bird, perform a few acrobatic skills and go through new adventures and explore the game in your own way.

Death City: Zombie invasion

Size: 154MB

In this game, a virus has struck the world. In this adventure, you’re a survivor, and you’re to lead your troop to safety.

With your gun and other weaponry, you’ll defeat the zombies and lead them to safety. It has vivid modern-day graphics, which makes playing the game more interesting.

Badland

Size: 212.9MB

This game is one of the top-rated free adventure games. It consists of modern-day graphics and music in the background.

It has a concept where you have to consider various variables like liquids, flamethrowers, frost, magma, and water to survive. Every Android gaming enthusiast should check this game out and won’t be disappointed.

Oxenfree

Size: 1.6GB

This is an in-app purchase game.

This is an offline supernatural game filled with a lot of thrillers and mystery. It begins with a group of friends who open a ghostly rift by mistake and follows with events that test how you and your friends can defeat the boding evil creatures unleashed onto you.

Legend Of Darkness

Size: 45.2MB

In this game, you have to kill monsters to rise up the ladder. You can create weapons by enhancing, forging, and enchanting your equipment.

You can have wings, abysses, special weapons, and many other things in this game to defeat your enemies. The higher levels you attain, the more rewards you get for destroying monsters. The game levels are normal, elite, and mutated.

You can customize your character with the rewards you win as you defeat monsters.

Conclusion

Many mobile phone users love playing games on their phones.

Most of the time, people remember they have games on their phones when their internet data gets finished. Funny as it sounds, but that’s the truth.

This is why they need games they can play offline when they don’t have a data bundle. These games come in different types, all exciting and intriguing to play. 

The second generation of the RTX was announced at the official Nvidia launch event is September 1st, 2020. The RTX series is called the 3000 series and GPU will be available is September 17th. The RTX 30 series graphic card comes in three types

• 3090
• 3080
• 3070

With the launch of the RTX GPU, the greatest ever generational leap in PC. Gaming has a performance of up to two times than the previous generation.

Here are the new features of RTX 30 Series:

• Nvidia Reflex is a new system that optimizes the rendering pipeline across CPU and GPU to reduce latency by 50%. Nvidia Reflex improve reaction time than the previous GPU.
• The Nvidia G-Sync Display is a 360hertz display designed for e-sports and has a built-in position latency analyzer. A display befitting for gamers.
• Nvidia Broadcast is a new app feature for live streamers that uses an AI algorithm to turn a room into a home studio.
• Omniverse machinima is a new app feature that brings elements and assets from games using a real-time computer graphics engine to create cinematic progression.
• DLSS 2.0 is a new era AI-Powered computer graphics that Ray trace fewer pixels and use AI on the Tensor cores to increase picture quality and frame rate.
• Ampere architecture is the second generation RTX GPU that comes with a new shader, RT core, and Tensor cores.
• The new Ampere architecture is built with;

• 30 shader Tera-Flops( 2.7x faster than the previous generation )
• 58 RT Tera-Flops core ( 1.7x faster than the previous generation )
• 238 Tensor cores ( 2.7x faster than the previous generation ).

Do you want to play sports games on your Android phone? But, do you even know the best sports games for your Android phone? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered.

Mostly, when we are talking about sports games all the attention is drawn to either PC, Xbox or Play Station. But do you know there’re some cool and interesting sports games that are available for your Android phone?

In this article, we are going to look at some of the best sports games that are available for Android phones. Most of the games listed in this article are available for free download, but some of them also cost a little.

The reason why these games were selected is because of the amazing graphics, user-friendly user interface and easy gameplay controls. Therefore, even if you have not played any of these games before once you download it you can be able to find your way around it.

Best Sports Games for Android Users

Below is a list of the top sports games that are available for Android users:

eFootball PES 2020

This is my best sports game that is available on the Google Play Store. In the 2020 edition of the amazing Konami game’s football game, Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) enhanced dribble controls and options for local and real-time online matches against friends and other players have been added.

The eFootball PES 2020 is the mobile version of the My Club category of the main PES 2020 that is available for PC, Xbox and Play Station. With the mobile version, you are able to build your own team by winning competitions and by buying players from other teams.

Additionally, you can choose to loan a player from other PES players and use them to win competitions for yourself. Finally, the game is available for free on the Google Play Store, but, make sure that you have at least 2GB of free storage space. To play this game, you need an active internet connection.

NBA 2K20

NBA 2K20 is the most premium sports game that is available for Android devices. This is one of the games with high-end graphics and presentation that can be compared with console versions of the game.

With this game, there are several game modes that are available for you to choose from. Some of these include My Career Run Story Mode, Run The Streets, and NBA Stories for reliving some of the greatest moments in the history of the NBA.

To make it even more interesting, there is a multiplayer option which includes using Bluetooth. But, the only thing about this game is that it comes at a cost ($5.99).

FIFA Mobile

We can never talk about sports games on Android devices without talking about FIFA Mobile. FIFA Mobile is one of the top three (3) most played sports games on the Google Play Store with over 100 million active players.

The game was developed by EA Sports, the official developer for the console version of the best console football game, FIFA. To begin your FIFA Mobile journey, you need to start building your team from the scratch and fight your way to the top.

FIFA Mobile gameplay is very smooth and is comparably one of the best sports game on the Google Play Store. On the upside, the game comes at a very small size (less than 100 MB). To play this game, you need an active internet connection.

NBA Live

Just like FIFA Mobile, NBA Live is a mobile basketball game developed by EA Sports. In NBA Live, you have the freedom to build your team, dominate opponents and win trophies to buy players with high attributes.

In terms of gameplay, NBA Live is one the best available on the Google Play Store. You can also compete in live events with other players around the world. To play this game, you need an active internet connection.

Score Hero

If you a mobile phone sports gamer then you’ve probably come across Score Hero before. Score Hero is a mobile sports game which is based on a story that has been laid down by the developer.

Score Hero has over 100 million downloads on the Google Play Store and is available in over 100 different countries. Unlike most games, you have the ability to decide where you want the ball to pass exactly and who to pass the ball to directly.

Playing Score Hero is like playing a sports mission game with over 20 seasons and at least two (2) prices at each season.

8 Ball Pool

Finally, the last game on my list today is 8 Ball Pool which was developed by First Touch Games, developers of Score Hero. With this game, you play with players from around the world and game legends.

Once you have the needed requirements, you can be able to customize your cue and pool table according to your preference. Also, you can scratch and spin to gain free coins to do your customizations.

8 Ball Pool is also an online game and requires an active internet connection.

Conclusion

The above are my top best sports games that are available for Android users. Due to the fact that most of the games need an internet connection, getting a good internet plan from your network provider.

You can check out some of the best internet data plans here. Do you have any other sports game in mind? Feel free to write it down in the comments section below.

Pro Evolution Soccer popularly known by many Ghanaians as PES is one of the best video games on the market; especially for those of us with low specs PCs and laptops.  But due to certain circumstances, most of us are willing to play the latest editions of PES but we are not able to do so.

Some of the circumstances that could hinder such people include low RAM, low Graphics card, monetary issues, and a host of others. Worry no more if you are part of this group of people because I’m going to show you how to play PES 2017 with PES 2021 features on your PC.

In this article, you will uncover some of the quick and best ways to play your PES 2017 with the features of PES 2012. Some of the features will include the player names, teams, player face and hairstyle, balls, stadiums, jerseys, etc.

How to Play PES 2017 With PES 2021 Features on Your PC

There are two (2) main ways that I’m going to discuss in this article. One of the methods can be used for only original PES games and the other could be used for both original and non-original games.

How to Play PES 2017 With PES 2021 Features on Original PES Games Using the Live Update Feature

As stated in the heading, this feature is only available for original PES games. But what are the original PES games? Original PES games are the PES games that were bought from Konami (creators of PES and Winning Eleven) either officially or through third-party platforms and outlets.

To use this feature, you need to have an internet connection (a strong connection is recommended) before you launch the game on your PC. Once you launch the game, you can quickly start an exhibition match and wait for the game to implement live updates.

Once the live updates are implemented, the team name, squad list, face and hairstyle of players will be updated to the latest edition of PES at the time of the updates.

How to Play PES 2017 With PES 2021 Features Using Patch

This method is the one that I use for my PES 2017 on my low specs PC. I started using this method in 2018 and have stuck with it since.

What is a Patch? A patch is an application that is installed on your PC (inside the game folder) to update the details of the games with a lot of features. Some of these are stadiums, scoreboards, player names, face and hairstyle, balls, jerseys, and a host of others.

To use the patch for PES 2017 on your PC, you’ll need to download the patch from the internet. There are several patches available on the internet but the one I use and recommend is Smoke Patch.

The reason why I recommend this type of patch is because it updates the data of every single team that is available on the game. This includes anthems, and even commentary and call names.

When installing this patch on your PC, you need to install the files in the download folder of the PES 2017. This folder could be found by going through Programs Files (x64)>Pro Evolution Soccer>Download. Also, you will be asked to state whether the game is original or not.

Once the installation is done, launch your PES 2017 and enjoy 2021 features on your PES 2017.

Conclusion

Was this article helpful? I hope it was and if you face any challenge while trying any of the methods stated above, feel free to write it down in the comments section below.

Finally, make sure to share with your friends and loved ones especially the PES lovers.

Pokémon Go is one of the most popular mobile games in the world created by Niantic Labs in collaboration with Nintendo. Since its launch in 2016, the mobile game has generated players from all over the world.

This article is going to show you how to play Pokémon Go on your phone. Unlike most games, Pokémon Go is available for both Android and iOS users.

If you think you can never get addicted to a mobile game, then read this article and try playing Pokémon Go and you will never regret it, trust me.

How to play Pokémon Go on your phone

To play Pokémon Go on your phone, you, first of all, need to download the free Pokémon Go mobile app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store for Android and iOS users respectively.

Create an account and choose your first Pokémon

After installing the Pokémon Go mobile app on your phone, you will be asked to customize your avatar and pick your first Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle).

These selections will be made based on your preferences so you are at liberty to select the one that fits your preference and as you keep on playing the game you will discover all the others Pokémon in the wild.

Head over to the PokéStop and Gym to collect items

It’s now time to fill your inventory for you to catch more Pokémon. There are two (2) main ways that players can gain items in Pokémon Go – either by collecting items by visiting a PokéStop or buy purchasing them with your credit card, debit card, or any other payment option available.

To find PokéStops on the map, always look out for large blue indicators; and once you are within the range of any of the numerous PokéStops, it will expand to show you an image of the landmark it is representing.

Apart from that, several other landmarks can be found on the map and notable among them is the Gym. At the Gym, you will battle with the Pokémon that have been left behind by other players – once you reach the required level in the game.

When you are the Gym, you’ll assemble a team of Pokémon to try and knock out those defending the Gym. After a successful knockout, you’ll also be allowed to leave your Pokémon behind and claim the Gym.

Find a new Pokémon

After roaming about your neighborhood looking for PokéStops you’ve probably come across a fair share of Pokémon. Pokémon appear randomly but, some Pokémon are likely to be found in certain locations.

You can track the creatures in your location by using the Nearby function located at the bottom right of the game screen. The Nearby function allows you to select a Pokémon you’d like to find and the game will automatically give you a direction to its location.

Catch some Pokémon

Once you finally find the Pokémon you want, the first thing you will do is to walk close enough to interact with it. As soon as they get inside the ring surrounding your player, tap on them to initiate a battle.

Before you can catch a Pokémon, you need to throw a PokéBall at it by swiping up your finger from the bottom of your screen. Once it is done properly, the PokéBall will hit the Pokémon and suck it in.

To find out the difficulty of the catch, check the colour of the ring around the Pokémon. A red colour indicates a hard catch while green on the other hand indicates an easy catch.

Conclusion

So now you have it, a complete guide on how to play Pokémon Go on your phone. Read through the article thoroughly and you will be able to play Pokémon Go on your phone like a pro.

But, in case you find any difficulty feel free to write it down in the comments section below and I will attend to you within the shortest possible time. Also, if you have any suggestions write it in the comments section below.

More importantly, share this article with your friends and loved especially those who like playing games on their phones.