2D blocky builder, Terraria, received its 1.2 patch yesterday, adding in a ton of new content including: 250 new items, 20 vanity sets, 10 new wings, new biomes, new tiles and 60 aesthetic changes. Despite the recent overhaul, lead developer, Redigit, is looking to the future after confirming he has …

Yesterday images of the new Pokemon game were leaked on this user’s Instagram account, showing off some in-game features and environments. After a few hours the news hit Nintendo HQ, the pictures were seen and the Nintendogs were released. The leaker, Kostdin Manolov, had to remove all of the images from his …

If you’re in the market for an over the top luxury phone, then we’ve got you covered. British phone maker Vertu have just released its new ‘Constellation’ Android phone with a price tag of £4,090. For such a high price you’d expect high end specs and features, maybe even some you …

Back in June the Valve Jira database was made accessible, revealing groups working on Source 2, Left 4 Dead 3 and Half-Life 3. History has repeated itself as last month the database was accessed once again, showing some interesting changes. The groups for Source 2, Half-Life 3 and Left 4 …

Last week, Tesco, decided to go ahead and further saturate the budget Android tablet market by introducing its new device ‘Hudl’. Against all odds, it seems to be selling well too, with “The Hudl” shifting 35,000 units in just two days. Comparing this to Ipad sales makes it seem minuscule …

City of Heroes, after enjoying a long life as one of the industry’s longest running 3D MMOs, was shut down last year along with its developer, Paragon studios. A lot of people didn’t want to see it go and the community tried very hard to keep the game alive, but …

Destiny, the long awaited game developed by ‘Halo’ creators, Bungie and its partner in crime: Activision, just got it’s first game-play trailer along with pre-order beta access details and box art. Destiny is an ambitious game with a persistent growing universe, which Bungie wants to expand over the next 10 …

A little while back we reported on Mighty No. 9 hitting $2.2 million on its Kickstarter campaign and would now come to current generation consoles. Since then, Mighty No. 9 has shot up to $3.5 million and as a result, it will come to next generation consoles as well as …

Nintendo held a direct conference today, showing off some new games and updates for the Wii U and 3DS. The stream lasted about 30 minutes showing off trailers for all of the new games announced and some game-play. First up on the agenda were the Wii U announcements, starting off …

Grand Theft Auto is a massive franchise, but even by its standards, the series has blown up in popularity with this latest release. Suddenly everybody is talking about GTA again and more importantly everybody is playing it. With GTA Online set to launch here in the UK at noon, we’re …

As we all know, both Sony and Microsoft chose to release next gen systems with 500GB HDD’s. That doesn’t sound so bad at first, but UK managing director of Sony, Fergal Gara, has just revealed that Killzone: Shadow fall will require 50GB of space to install. That’s huge by anyone’s …

Over the weekend we covered the announcement that Valve had its own controller in the works, but it looks so different from what traditional controllers have with regards to features and aesthetics, that the jury’s still out on whether the public will bite. Fortunately, some developers have had a sneak …

ChatOn, the IM service provided on Samsung phones, has managed to double its user base in the last four months, hitting the 100 million user milestone. The cross platform messaging service is available on: IOS, Android, Blackberry and Samsung’s own mobile OS ‘Bada’. Samsung pre-installs this app on its android …

John McAfee wants to protect us from the NSA, with a d-central device that communicates directly with your devices to create a private network – this network would be inaccessible to the government. The technology has been planned for a few years, but with the recent NSA leaks, work on …

The Steam controller! No, not Half Life 3, lets face it- thats just unrealistic at this point. Valve have been experimenting with inputs over the last year, trying to bridge the gap between the desk and the sofa with no compromises on control and ease of use. The controller is …

DICE, shortly after revealing the new improvements to its Battlelog, has now dished out more information. This time its about the multiplayer experience we can expect on day one, with multiplayer maps and modes being announced. Returning modes will include; Conquest Team Deathmatch Rush Squad Deathmatch Domination With two new modes: …

Microsoft is looking to keep its customers in shape with its new fitness app, developed for the Xbox one. All Xbox live gold subscribers will have access to the app, which uses the Kinect sensor to keep you on track with exercise programmes such as: INSANITY and P90x. With many …

Last week we reported that there may not be enough PlayStation 4 stock to go around, causing shortages for months after release. However, Sony has come out to reassure customers that they will get their PS4’s before Christmas. Fergal Gara, Managing Director of Sony UK stated: “Everyone who has put …

EE, The company that scored itself a major head start in the 4G race, is expanding it’s coverage to 12 smaller towns – but it isn’t the only one. O2 and Vodafone are also bumping up their network coverage to five more cities starting today. The latest towns added to …

Earlier this week Valve announced the Steam OS. That however, was just the beginning. Today beta testing for Valve’s ‘Steam Machines’ was announced and you can be a part of it. To become eligible for beta participation you must follow these steps: Join the Steam Universe community group Agree to …

South Park, one of the most popular and often controversial cartoons around, has had a game in development for a while and now we finally know when we will get to play it. Look for it December, but while we wait, it’s worth noting it’s somewhat troubled history. The Stick …

Rockstar isn’t done making money just yet, after earning more than $1 billion in its first week and making Grand Theft Auto V the fastest selling game of all time, its only right to release the soundtrack. ‘The Music of Grand Theft Auto V Collection’ spans across three albums with …

Amongst all the Apple TV rumours circulating, streaming hardware company, Roku, has decided to steal some of the limelight by releasing a new line of its streaming boxes. A  Roku 1 and Roku 2 refresh will be coming to the UK alongside the Roku 3 that was released in the …

Have you recently switched over from IOS and found yourself lost without IMessenger? Well there is an app now in the Google Play store that can emulate the experience and connect to your Apple ID. However, there is a compromise: your security and privacy. This app has been a bit …

Ordinance survey maps, nobody uses those any more right? Of course not, we all have GPS. Besides we’re gamers, the only ordnance we know anything about is off map artillery. That said, it seems those maps aren’t totally useless, as someone used it to map out the whole of the …

DICE has released details of its new and improved Battlelog system. Battlefield 3 had you exiting the game and returning to a webpage every time you wanted to change multiplayer servers or play some campaign on your own for a while; it was a confusing and unnecessary experiment. However, now Battlelog …

Steam OS has been revealed as the first of three announcements Valve has planned for this week. What many were expecting to be the ‘Steambox’ console turned out to be a whole new stand alone operating system, based on Linux architecture, designed for the living room. Valve has already improved …

Leaked images show Google opting for a ‘flat’ design for its stock apps in the next iteration of Android. This new design choice has shown up soon after the launch of IOS 7, which has drawn praise for its brand new look. While the leaked images are a bit blurry, …

Project Reality, a mod that took eight years of hard labour on various game engines to create, is now set to grow from a simple mod to a whole standalone title focusing on realism, immersion and teamwork. All too often those types of shooters end up being tactless affairs with …

You know when supermarkets get in on the trend, that a bit of tech is getting way too popular. Today Tesco is expected to announced the launch of its new budget tablet, called the “Hudl,” at a press event later today. The price tag is thought likely to be somewhere …