Software & Gaming

A number of reveals planned for the Xbox Games Showcase next week may have just leaked. Aside from the trio of first-party games we already know are releasing this year, it looks like we will be getting a much-needed update on Clockwork Revolution.  Seven titles briefly appeared on the Game …

Remedy Entertainment hired a new CEO a while back. Now in one of his first interviews, he has expressed an interest in growing the audience for IP like Alan Wake and Control. In an interview with The Game Business, Remedy's recently appointed CEO, Jean-Charles Gaudechon, spoke a bit about plans …

Alongside confirmation of a surprise new expansion for The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red has also announced plans to hold an anniversary livestream this week. The latest edition of the RED Stream will take place tomorrow, May 28th, at 4PM UK time. This is a special anniversary stream for the …

Resident Evil Requiem has already been one of the highest-rated and highest-selling games of the year. Now, Capcom is giving fans the chance to try it out for free through a new demo.  The Resident Evil Requiem demo is now available for all platforms, including PC via Steam and the …

June’s PlayStation Plus Essential offerings have been announced, including the Microsoft-published ‘Grounded’ from Obsidian Entertainment.

Nvidia dropped a new GeForce Game Ready driver yesterday, but it also quietly announced something else on its forum. The long-standing Nvidia Control Panel is losing support. This has been coming for a while. In a major Nvidia App update back in 2024, Nvidia began migrating over Control Panel features. …

The next project from Media Molecule looks to be taking things in a different direction, offering an open world experience with elements of foraging.

Maverick Games (formed of ex-Forza devs) are gearing up to officially unveil their new racing IP next week on the 2nd of June.

Over the past few months, we have been hearing rumours that CD Projekt Red is secretly working on a third expansion for The Witcher 3, more than a decade after the game's initial launch. Today, CDPR confirmed exactly that...

Forza Horizon 6 is having an excellent launch period, with the open-world racer breaking Microsoft records with over 300k concurrent players on Steam alone.

IO Interactive has taken some big risks in recent years. The studio split off from Square Enix after the launch of Hitman (2016) to become an independent studio and after a couple of successful sequels, the team picked up the expensive James Bond license to produce their own original 007 …

007 First Light is launching into early access today for pre-order customers and Nvidia is preparing gamers with a new graphics driver. The latest GeForce driver is now available to download, bringing optimisations for IO Interactive's new James Bond title, alongside a few other games. 007 First Light is an …

After acquiring Activision a few years ago, Microsoft formed a new studio under the Activision wing known as Elsewhere Entertainment. We didn't know what this team was working on for a long time, but that finally changed this week with new job listings pointing towards an RPG.  While Activision used …

Thanks to ratings board leaks, we know of at least four titles due to get major announcements in the coming weeks. 

Over the past few days there has been an apparent spike in cheaters for Marvel Rivals following an update on May 21st. Now, NetEase has confirmed that it has banned hundreds of accounts since the update went live. 

It has been years since Dragon Quest 12 was officially announced by Square Enix, with very little news coming out about the game since then. That may finally change very soon, as Square Enix has uploaded eight unlisted videos to its Dragon Quest playlist ahead of the upcoming DQ Day stream. 

A few years ago due to licensing issues, the Friday the 13th game officially shut down. However, fans of multiplayer horror games will soon see Jason Vorhees again - this time in Dead by Daylight. 

Sony's new State of Play showcase might be bigger than initially expected. While initially it was thought that the new PlayStation game announcements would go on for an hour, various screenings of the event around the US pin the runtime at 90 minutes. 

Despite a recent price hike in the US, Nintendo is still expecting to sell many Switch 2 consoles in the year ahead. Recent reports indicate that Nintendo is set to boost production of the console by 20% for its second year on the market. 

It looks like the era of Unreal Engine 5 is coming to an end. Epic Games has announced plans for Unreal Engine 6, with Rocket League set to be the first game to make use of the new technology.  The announcement of Unreal Engine 6 comes just a year or …

Star Citizen has been in development for over a decade at this stage. Since the initial crowdfunding campaign, around 6.5 million registered players have pumped more than $1 billion into the project, but the main game remains in alpha. 

Microsoft has just shelled out another $250 million as part of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The deal, which had already cost the company more than $70B to complete, drew in a lawsuit, which Microsoft has now paid a hefty fee to settle out of court.

As they do each month, Sony has announced its list of PlayStation Plus titles set to leave the subscription service in June.

With the Super Mario Galaxy Movie closing in on a Billion dollars, Toad’s voice actor has confirmed that a 3rd film is planned to release in 2029.

Ahead of its expected arrival in Autumn, Playground Games’ Fable reboot has now been officially rated in multiple different regions.

Just days on from its full, wide release, Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 6 has already exceeded 6 million total players.

Take-Two is set to have a busy few years, claiming that they plan to release 7 different “remakes, remasters, and platform extensions” between now and 2029.

A new hardware-level calibration method for Xbox controllers is being added to DriftGuard, eliminating stick drift through re-adjusted deadzones.

Take-Two just held its end-of-year earnings report, confirming sales from the previous year and forecasting the next 12 months. As you would expect, Take-Two used the opportunity to reaffirm the November launch date for GTA 6, while also estimating a massive $8 billion in revenue for the year ahead. 

Earlier this month, Sega confirmed to investors that it is still moving ahead with its 'classic IP revival' effort. Now, just a couple of weeks later, Sega has begun teasing the return of Crazy Taxi.