[the_ad id=”4357″] Source: Apoorva Bhardwaj/Android Central Xiaomi is known primarily for its phones, but the Chinese brand is the second-largest wearable manufacturer in the world. That’s down to its affordable line of fitness bands under the Mi Band label, but that’s not all Xiaomi makes. It introduced a full-fledged smartwatch last month, and over the…
Recently, ModDB announced the winner of 79,292 votes for the 2019 Mod of the Year award: Empire at War Remake: Galactic Civil War, a mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption. For the curious, here are the top ten ModDB mods of 2019: 10. Rise Of The Mandalorians9. Tiberium Essence8. Age Of Empires III: Wars…
A French consumer magazine has voted the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons as the most fragile product of 2019. In case you missed our prior reports, the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons have issues with drifting–which is when the joystick remains untouched, yet input is still registered. This resulted in a class action lawsuit by Chimicles, Schwartz Kriner, & Donaldson-Smith…
[quads id=10] Gazillionaire, the fantasy (although it’s more like sci-fi) business simulation game, is making the jump to Steam. Players can try out the demo now before the game releases in 2020. Developed by LavaMind, Gazillionaire has players running a trading company amongst a series of planets. As one of the earliest business simulators, the game will…
This is Niche Spotlight. In this column, we regularly introduce new games to our fans, so please leave feedback and let us know if there’s a game you want us to cover! Today’s Spotlight is Demon’s Tilt, a retro-inspired pinball game by WIZNWAR and FLARB. We covered the game before, but it just recently left…
[the_ad id=”4357″] Google’s messaging strategy has been an unmitigated disaster, with the search giant bouncing from service to service over the years as it tried to take on the likes of WhatsApp. Allo and Duo debuted in 2016 to lofty ambitions, but in typical Google fashion, both services were hobbled from the start. Allo didn’t…
Editor’s Note: The above video by YouTuber Lystrasza is not affiliated with Niche Gamer. The existence of a demo for Final Fantasy VII Remake seems to have been confirmed via leaks. Gamstat registers PlayStation Network APIs to calculate how many users are playing games. In addition, it also monitors new additions to the PlayStation Store. As of…
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[quads id=10] We started our Video to Tabletop series last year, looking at how some franchises transition from video games to the tabletop. In this article, we’re going to look at 8Bit Box by Iello, which is a very interesting take on video to the tabletop. We’ll look at what the product is and also…
[the_ad id=”4357″] UK carrier Vodafone has announced it will donate a copy of its #Goldilocks story to every primary (elementary) school in the UK. By way of a press release, Vodafone announced that every primary school in the UK will receive a copy of #Goldilocks, to help start conversations about responsible social media use amongst…