Xbox Game Pass March 2021 Games: Octopath Traveler, Star Wars: Squadrons, and More

Outriders, Octopath Traveler, Star Wars: Squadrons, Yakuza 6, Nier: Automata, Empire of Sin, Torchlight III among 12 new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in March 2021. They join the 20 Bethesda titles that were added last week.

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OnePlus 9 series Gift Bundle to go on sale from tomorrow

OnePlus 9 series gift bundle will go on sale from March 17 ahead of its launch on March 23 in India. The gift bundle includes some accessories and a discount coupon to purchase the OnePlus 9 series whenever it goes on sale. OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro and the OnePlus Watch on March 23. The company has also announced its partnership with Hasselblad to co-develop the camera system on the upcoming phones.

Exciting offers, benefits & merch! This Red Cable Day will be full of surprises! Learn more: https://t.co/An6QEfkYey pic.twitter.com/2lY8PDBPJo

— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) March 16, 2021 OnePlus 9 series Gift Bundle details

As part of the third Red Cable Day, OnePlus will be offering a special OnePlus 9 series gift bundle for its Red Cable Club members. The bundle will be available to purchase for Explorer, Insider and Elite tier members on the club and can be redeemed during the open sale.

OnePlus has priced the gift bundle at Rs 4,000 and it goes on sale from 9 AM on March 17. OnePlus says that the bundle is worth Rs 8,499 and includes the OnePlus Urban Traveler Backpack, OnePlus Hat and Rs 4,000 gift voucher for the OnePlus 9 series.

Those interested in buying the OnePlus 9 series gift bundle can do so by logging on to the OnePlus India website.

OnePlus 9 series leaked specifications

The OnePlus 9 could feature a 6.55-inch Full HD + display as per the leaks, while the OnePlus 9 Pro is said to feature a slightly larger 6.7-inch QHD + screen. The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro will likely opt for a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera and support a 120Hz refresh rate.

The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro will likely be powered by the Snapdragon 888 processor. The OnePlus 9 Pro is expected to feature a quad-camera setup on the back headlined by a 48MP primary camera, a 50MP secondary camera, an 8MP camera and a 2MP camera with OIS support. The OnePlus 9, on the other hand, has triple cameras on the back. 

The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are also likely to be equipped with a 4,500mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging out-of-the-box which debuted with the OnePlus 8T in October.

Also Read: OnePlus 9 series launch in India: Everything we know so far  

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PUBG Mobile still popular in terms of viewership in 2020, but Garena Free Fire is catching up fast: Report

When it comes to major online battle royale tournaments in the mobile space, two names tend to pop up a lot. PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire. While the former may be banned in its, it's still being played globally, and it's as popular as ever. The guys over at Esports Charts have posted a blog wherein they talk about the viewership numbers of both games over the course of 2020. The results are quite interesting, to say the least.

As the above image shows, Free Fire had an early lead at the start of the year in terms of viewership numbers. However, PUBG Mobile managed to catch up within a span of a couple of months. Esports Charts chalks this up to the start of many PUBG Mobile tournaments like the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) and PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO).

Besides a dip in June, PUBG Mobile tended to have greater viewership as compared to Free Fire. This peaked in July with 28.9 million hours of PUBG Mobile watched that month. That came crashing down in September. To recall, that was the month PUBG Mobile was banned in India. Esports Charts notes that India was the top region for the game.

Free Fire took the lead and in November, Esports Charts notes that 26 million hours of Free Fire were watched that month. However, PUBG Mobile came back strong in December, and re-took the lead with 20.5 million hours watched.   

PUBG Mobile vs Garena Free Fire: Tournament edition

When it comes to hours watched, PUBG Mobile tournaments have a commanding lead over Garena Free Fire. However, Esports Charts notes that this is because Free Fire tournaments have been on air for much less as compared to PUBG Mobile. Further, the top Free Fire tournaments were aimed at a Brazilian audience while the predominant PUBG Mobile tournaments were international events.

However, when looking at peak viewership numbers, things turn on its head. 

The Free Fire Continental Series Asia smashed the competition with 2.5 million peak viewers with just eight hours of airtime. By comparison, PUBG Mobile World League East had 1.1 million peak viewers with an air time of 90 hours. 

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Reliance Jio releases JioPages browser for Android TV

Reliance Jio has officially released its JioPages web browser for Android TV users globally. The telecom giant had launched JioPages back in October 2020 and at that time the browser was only available with its Jio set-top-box. Jio has now launched the JioPages browser for all users of Android TV and it is available to download from the Google Play Store for TV. 

The JioPages browser is built on the Chromium Blink engine and is optimized for Android TV. It offers fast page load speeds, media streaming and improves the overall browsing experience. The browser was launched for Android phones back in 2018 and has since garnered over 10 Million+ downloads.

JioPages has a dedicated video section that offers over 10,000+ curated videos across 20 different categories such as music, movies, lifestyle, news and more. Jio says that it introduced this feature to “ease the process of content discovery on TV”. The browser can be personalized with different themes and backgrounds and users can also modify their default search engine. 

Furthermore, the JioPages browser supports eight Indian languages and users can even customize the news feed as per their preferred language. 

The JioPages browser also has an incognito mode that allows users to browse the Internet privately. The JioPages browser for TV will also let users download e-newspapers or PDF files as it has an in-built PDF reader. 

There’s a download manager as well which keeps a track of all the images, videos, documents that were downloaded from JioPages. The browser is now available on the Google Play Store on your TV.

 

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Realme 8 Pro key specifications leaked ahead of launch on March 24 in India

Realme 8 Pro could be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor, as per the latest leak. The Realme 8 and 8 Pro are all set to launch on March 24 in India with Realme even confirming some features ahead of the launch. 

As per the tweet by Debayan Roy, the Realme 8 Pro features a 6.4-inch display that uses a Super AMOLED display with a standard 60Hz refresh rate. This is a 4G variant and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor which was also present on the Realme 7 Pro. 

An unboxing video of the Realme 8 Pro was also posted on YouTube revealing the phone’s design in its entirety as well as camera samples from the 108MP camera. 

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The Realme 8 Pro is slated to have a 108MP primary camera based on the ISOCELL HM2 sensor followed by an 8MP camera, 2MP sensor and 2MP camera. Furthermore, the 8 Pro is expected to be powered by a 4,500mAh battery that supports 50W fast charging out-of-the-box.

There are rumours that Realme will launch a 5G variant of the 8 Pro as well which is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800U processor. Realme has also revealed that the phone will let users record in 4K UHD at upto 120FPS and with 3x in-sensor lossless zoom.

Meanwhile, the Realme 8 is expected to feature a 6.4-inch Full HD+ display that uses an AMOLED panel, likely with a punch-hole notch cutout. The phone is said to have 64MP quad cameras and is powered by the MediaTek Helio G95 processor. The Realme 8 has a thin and light design and is equipped with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging out-of-the-box.

 

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Indian gamers spend over 85 hours each week playing games, 369 consider themselves to be experts: Report

Gaming in India remains as popular as ever, even after the banning of PUBG Mobile. According to a report by Limelight called State of Online Gaming, Indians spend over 8.5 hours each week playing games. This was the third-highest number in the list of countries that were surveyed. Besides India, the list included respondents from China, Germany, Indonesia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam. 

Gaming the week away

As mentioned above, only gamers in China and Vietnam managed to game more than Indian gamers over a week. Chinese gamers averaged 12.39 hours of gaming, while Vietnamese gamers averaged 10.16 hours of gaming in a week. Surprisingly, South Korean gamers only spend 5.88 hours a week gaming, which is the least of the lot. Considering the popularity of gaming in the country, it's surprising, if you ask us. 

Indian gamers = Expert gamers?

Even though gaming in India is still gaining popularity as compared to many other countries, Indian gamers seem to rate themselves pretty highly when it comes to their gaming prowess. The report notes that while 47.1% of Indian gamers consider themselves casual players, 36.9% claimed to be experts. In fact, when it came to rating themselves as experts, Indian gamers were in a league of their own. Vietnamese gamers had the second highest number of players rating themselves as experts with 27.5%. 

Interestingly, India also had the second highest percentage of gamers calling themselves ‘aspiring professionals’ with 10.2%. Only Indonesia was higher with 11%. However, only time will tell if this will result in international recognition. Indian esports players are not yet regarded highly and teams have yet to win a notable international tournament. Hopefully, as the popularity of esports grows in the country, we will soon have more seasoned players competing for glory on the international stage. 

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OnePlus resumes OxygenOS 11 update for OnePlus Nord

OnePlus has released the OxygenOS 11.1.1.1 update for the OnePlus Nord after it temporarily paused the rollout previously due to performance issues. OnePlus started pushing out the Android 11 based OxygenOS 11 update for users of the OnePlus Nord earlier this month. However, many users reported battery issues, app lock and more functionality based bugs and the update was pulled last week. 

OnePlus has now announced that it is rolling-out an OxygenOS 11.1.1.1 hotfix update for the Nord. The new update fixes issues, improves the overall system stability and brings the Android 11 features to the Nord. OnePlus Nord users in India will receive the OxygenOS 11.1.1.1.AC01DA update while the global users will receive 11.1.1.1.AC01AA and 11.1.1.1.AC01BA for users in Europe.

The new OxygenOS 11.1.1.1 update brings a new design to the Nord with different always-on display styles, new Shelf UI, Story feature in the Gallery and more optimizations to improve the imaging previews. The update also adds some options to the Dark mode and a dedicated button in the quick settings menu. 

OnePlus recommends that the battery levels on the Nord should be above 30% with a minimum of 3GB storage space required to install the update. 

The OnePlus Nord is one of the best-selling smartphones in the sub-Rs 30,000 price segment after its debut in 2020. Earlier this month, the OnePlus Nord 2 was leaked, giving us a glimpse of what to expect from the successor of the Nord. 

The OnePlus Nord 2 reportedly is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor that was launched in January. Having said that, we are still months away from the launch of the purported OnePlus Nord 2 and there’s a lot that could potentially change between now and when the phone officially launches.

 

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