Software & Gaming

Sonic Frontiers has proven to be quite the commercial success for SEGA, with the new direction taken by Sonic Team seemingly resonating with fans of the Blue Blur. In a surprise announcement, SEGA revealed that Sonic Frontiers would be getting multiple sets of free DLC – including new playable characters. …

Monster Hunter Rise has had an excellent reception already on PC and Nintendo Switch, but soon it looks like Xbox and PlayStation players will also be able to pick up the game.  According to Insider Gaming, Capcom is going to release Monster Hunter Rise on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, …

Earlier this week, Blizzard unveiled the gameplay trailer for Overwatch 2's next tank hero, Ramattra. Now, Blizzard has returned, unveiling the content roadmap for Season 2.  Overwatch 2's second season kicks off on the 6th of December, bringing a new season pass, a new hero character and a new game …

Square Enix has been releasing big trailers for Final Fantasy 16 all year and it seems we're about to get another one soon. This week, The Game Awards confirmed that Final Fantasy 16 Producer, Naoki Yoshida, will be at the show to give a ‘very special live presentation'.  Final Fantasy …

Sonic Frontiers launched earlier this month to great commercial success. With the title releasing across 9 different SKUs, Frontiers varies quite a bit from console to console – both graphically and performance wise. While the PS5 and Xbox Series X offer both 30fps and 60fps options, the Series S did …

Ever since Microsoft chose to focus on growing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, the quality of games being offered as part of the console manufacturer’s Games with Gold program has seen quite a decline. December’s free games have now been announced – further proving that Games with Gold may …

Motion capture suits have been increasingly used in the video games industry, in particular for developing high quality and realistic animations for video games and their cutscenes. One other way mocap suits have been used is from the consumer’s side – with many donning a suit in order to engage …

Back in early October Nintendo released the first trailer for the Super Mario Bros. Movie, with us getting a look at Chris Pratt as Mario and Jack Black as Bowser. The trailer kept things quite vague however, with a majority of the film’s star-studded cast not appearing in it. Finally however, …

CD Projekt Red learned a lot after making the first Witcher game. While that title is looked back on fondly by hardcore fans of the series, it is inaccessible to most due to never getting a console release, not to mention the outdated visuals and gameplay. Fortunately, a remake is …

Back in 2018, Ubisoft announced plans to bring back ‘The Settlers’ with a new, modern-day version of the RTS. Initially, we were expecting to see it release in 2019, but it was pushed back to 2020. Then, in 2020, the game was delayed until 2022 and sure enough, earlier this …

December is back and Dealabs' residential leaker, Billbil kun, has returned to leak another set of free games coming next month. PS+ subscribers will get three titles to claim next month, including the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition trilogy.  PS+ subscribers will get to claim Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PS4), Biomutant …

Recently Microsoft made it known that it would be willing to offer Sony a substantial guarantee for future Call of Duty support as part of its on-going effort to push the Activision Blizzard acquisition through. Now, according to sources familiar with the situation, Microsoft is preparing to make several concessions …

Nvidia's in-house Lightspeed Studios has worked with several game developers in recent years to bring RTX features to various titles. During that time, this team has also created its own fully ray-traced remasters of games like Quake II and Minecraft. Next on the list is Portal RTX, which is officially launching in December. 

Sonic the Hedgehog has had MANY ups and downs over its 30-year history, but with Sonic Frontiers, it seemed as though Sonic Team and SEGA were betting big on the open-zone title. With the game officially out and a commercial success, the head of Sonic Team has now reiterated that …

While Gotham Knights unfortunately launched to somewhat middling reviews, WB Games Montreal seems dedicated to improving the experience. Previously. It was announced that Gotham Knights would be getting a 4-player co-op game mode post-launch. Dubbed the ‘Heroic Assault’, this free update is set to arrive today. Making the announcement on …

Despite the game’s reception, Crystal Dynamics have continued to slowly but surely update Marvel’s Avengers with new free content more than two years after launch. As part of the game’s 2.7 update, alongside the arrival of The Winter Soldier, players will be able to take on MODOK in the Cloning …

The Callisto Protocol is looking to be one of the most exciting new IP releases of 2022, with the game set to arrive in a few short days on the 2nd of December. In a slight moment of potential concern, it has now been revealed that The Callisto Protocol’s review …

Ahead of its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 had millions of pre-orders and within two week's of the game's launch, around 13 million copies had been sold. Of course, that was before we all learned how bad the launch version was. This caused Cyberpunk 2077 sales to slow quite a bit in …

Valve broke new records for Steam concurrent users over the course of the pandemic and this year, Steam has grown once again. Just last month, Steam set a new record for concurrent users, with over 30 million people signed onto the platform at once. Now, that record has been broken …

A few weeks ago, Blizzard officially announced Overwatch 2's next hero – Ramattra, a new tank character that will roll out alongside the game's second season pass in December. At the time, we got a cinematic trailer, but now Blizzard has followed that up with a gameplay trailer, giving us …

This year, Capcom officially announced Street Fighter 6, with plans to release in 2023. It looks like we'll be playing the latest in the series pretty early next year too, as the game has already been rated.  As pointed out by VGC, South Korea's games rating board has issued its …

The Gran Turismo series has been a staple for PlayStation over the decades. Now with Sony finally bringing its games over to PC, the Gran Turismo team is looking at bringing its iconic racing game to PCs for the first time.  Speaking with GTPlanet, Polyphony CEO, Kazunori Yamauchi, was asked …

We're just hours away from the launch of the next WoW expansion. Announced earlier this year, Dragonflight will increase the MMO's level cap, add a new character class and a new dragon riding skill. Here's when the expansion unlocks in each time zone.  World of Warcraft: Dragonflight introduces a new …

Recently we reported that a AAA game based on the popular Alien film franchise is said to be currently in development, While little else was known about the title at the time, a new leak has offered additional information revealing which studio has been tasked with the game’s development. Following …

NieR: Automata started its life as a pseudo-sequel to a highly niche Japanese title from an equally niche-yet-unique creator ‘Yoko Taro’. In the years since its 2017 release, the Action-JRPG has gone on to see a surprisingly high amount of commercial success – with the team now revealing that Automata …

Dead Island 2 has had a long and seemingly arduous development life. With the sequel first being announced all the way back in 2014, we are finally mere months away from the game’s release. Following the title’s most recent (and final) delay, a Dead Island 2 showcase has now been …

As with seemingly every month now, the list of free titles set to be given away to all those who have an Amazon Prime subscription has leaked ahead of time, with Prime subscribers set to get their hands on the likes of Quake, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and …

The Epic Games Store has been offering free games on a weekly basis ever since it launched. For the holiday season this year, Epic will be stepping things up a notch, with plans to offer a free game every day through Christmas and New Years.  Many gamers have likely heard …

Modern Warfare II (2022) represents the latest and greatest from Infinity Ward and Call of Duty, serving as a reimagining of this now 13-year-old game – offering the tried-and-true COD experience while evolving the player movement and controls in order to make it what I believe is the most mechanically perfect multiplayer FPS yet...

The Callisto Protocol is shaping up to be one of the biggest horror games of the year. With the game just one week away from release, Striking Distance Studios has revealed the game's PC system requirements.  Striking Distance Studios is spearheaded by Glen Schofield, a name you should recognise, as …