SAMSUNG EXPANDS GAME OFFERING AND PROVIDES MORE WAYS TO PLAY LEADING UP TO SUMMER GAME FEST 2024

Samsung :

June 6, 2024 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. continues to make significant investments in gaming to remove barriers, provide even more ways to play games and empower people to “Just Play” on their favorite Samsung devices, creating more value for owners and choices for players to decide how and what they play. 

For the third year in a row, we are proud to be the official TV partner of Summer Game Fest and will be onsite with media and creators for Play Days following the Summer Game Fest live stream, which will air on Friday, June 7 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. 

“Samsung has introduced game streaming to hundreds of millions of Samsung Smart TV, Monitor and Freestyle 2nd Gen Projector owners around the world,” said Mike Lucero, Head of Product Management for Gaming at Samsung. “We’ve continued to invest in hardware innovations and introduced gaming services and initiatives like Samsung Gaming Hub to address pain points from players. We are continuing to expand our gaming offerings, listening to players and building better user experiences and gaming products."

As part of our continued gaming expansion, we’ve introduced our newest initiative to give Samsung Smart TV owners the power to become TV players with the launch of two new games: Rivals Arena and The Six. Through this initiative, we have a unique opportunity to reach more potential players with new ways to play these games on select Samsung Smart TVs without a console, controller or subscription. People can now play simply with a TV remote or any smartphone. 

Rivals Arena is a cinematic card game from Return Entertainment exclusive to Samsung TVs using any smartphone as a controller. Players can jump right in by grabbing their phone and scanning a QR code. It’s available to play now on 2022 or newer Samsung TVs.



Launched this week, The Six is a trivia game built directly into Samsung TVs. Anyone with a remote and a 2022 or newer Samsung TV can play today, and it will be coming to earlier models later this year.


 

More people are playing games than ever before, and we believe that anyone should be able to pick-up-and-play on their TVs without needing a console, controller, log-in or monthly fee.  

While we recognize there is still much more work to be done, we believe this new initiative will help us to better understand the behaviors, choices and habits of potential players who might not consider themselves to be traditional gamers by providing new and easy ways to play games. Our goal is to ultimately serve more segments of gamers on Samsung Smart TVs, whether they play AAA titles or mainstream games that are easy to pick and play with a TV remote or virtual mobile controller.

For more information and updates on Samsung Gaming Hub, visit https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/gaming-hub/  

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About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 
Samsung inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, and memory, system LSI, foundry and LED solutions. For the latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at news.samsung.com  

About Samsung Gaming Hub
Powered by Tizen, the Samsung Gaming Hub is an all-in-one game streaming discovery platform bridging hardware and software for a better player experience. Instantly play thousands of games from Xbox, Amazon Luna, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, Utomik, Antstream Arcade, and Blacknut Cloud Gaming. The Samsung Gaming Hub is the new home for gaming and entertainment with Twitch, Spotify, and YouTube Gaming integration that gives players easy access to enhance their experience. No storage limits, no downloads, no console or PC required – all players need is a Bluetooth-enabled gaming controller and internet connection to start playing. Learn more at https://www.samsung.com/us/tvs/gaming-hub/
 

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