Software & Gaming

EA surprised us all last year with the announcement of Dead Space Remake. Given EA's checkered history, there was some concern that a 'modernised' version of the game would bring about unwanted changes, similar to what happened with Dead Space 3. Fortunately, the reviews are now in and it looks like the team at EA Motive has delivered an impressive and faithful retelling. 

While many fans enjoyed The Last of Us Part II, some elements of its story were divisive among fans. Naughty Dog has not yet announced any plans for a third game, but the team is kicking around some ideas. This week, The Last of Us co-creator and director, Neil Druckmann, …

Among Us hit it BIG in 2020, with the social deduction game becoming one of the most viral titles of the year – and its popularity has not waned since. Despite being a significantly smaller market, Among Us VR has already managed to sell over 1 million copies in just …

Atomic Heart has intrigued players for years, ever since the alternate-history action-adventure FPS RPG was first announced all the way back in 2018. Since then, news on the game has been rather sporadic, though late last year it was announced that the game is coming in February. Nearly one month …

Following the massive success of Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty, one of the show’s co-creators and lead voice actor Justin Roiland expanded his horizons into the video games space, founding Squanch Games (who later made the recently-released High on Life). The past few days however has seen a swath …

The past few months has seen Ubisoft commit itself to bringing its previously Epic Games Store exclusive titles to Steam. We have seen the likes of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Roller Champions, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game and more added to the storefront slowly but surely. Three years since …

Typically Microsoft announces and adds titles to its Xbox Game Pass service on a consistent basis twice a month. January 2023 however was rather light on additions…until now as during the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct a bunch of games were announced to be coming before the end of the …

The Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct has come and gone, bringing with it some expected announcements as well as a few surprises. Though its existence was leaked beforehand, Tango Gameworks of The Evil Within fame simultaneously announced and released Hi-Fi Rush – a rhythm focused action game “where the world …

While Microsoft saw a decline in gaming revenue last quarter, the number of monthly active Xbox users is up. As of last quarter, Xbox set a new record of 120 million MAUs.  As VGC reports, in the second quarter of Microsoft's fiscal year, Xbox has registered record-breaking numbers of game …

The Day Before has garnered a lot of hype over the past year, going on to become the most wishlisted game on Steam and earning spots in big public keynotes, including Nvidia's recent GeForce Special Event at CES. However, fans are growing increasingly concerned about the game's development progress, as a promised gameplay trailer has been pushed back, along with the release of the game. 

We are less than two months away from the release of Respawn's highly anticipated Fallen Order sequel, Star Wars Jedi Survivor. The game is set to launch on PC (as well as consoles) on the 17th of March and now ahead of that date, EA has announced the game's minimum …

All through last year, we heard rumours that Rare was remastering its classic N64 shooter, GoldenEye 007, for Xbox consoles. As it turns out, this revamped version of the game is heading to both Xbox and Nintendo Switch, and it will be available later this week. Months on from the …

Microsoft has already confirmed that Starfield won't be part of tonight's Xbox Developer Direct steam. Instead, the company will be focusing on titles like Redfall today. We may not be waiting long to get our next look at Starfield though, as Bethesda will reportedly host a media event in March.  …

TT Games have long been the go-to studio for the many LEGO video game adaptations released over the years, and this seems to not be changing anytime soon. That said, while the studio was reportedly working on a big Disney-focused title, the project has since been shelved, with TT Games …

In most console generations we have seen systems updated and refreshed halfway through their life cycles, offering a slimmer, cheaper or in some other way different console to the launch variants. Surprisingly, last generation we saw the introduction of a PS4 Pro – being the first PlayStation system to get …

Late last year we reported that leaks claimed Fornite was set to crossover with Dead Space ahead of the remake’s release in January. With the remake mere days away, Isaac Clarke has now officially been added to Fortnite. Making the announcement on their blog, the Fortnite team said “Isaac… Isaac… …

We are less than 24 hours away from the Xbox and Bethesda developer direct where the console manufacturer is expected to show off a meaty selection of games both known and unknown. Ahead of the event, some last minute leaks have sprung, detailing at least one of the games seemingly …

Following some major successes, it seems as though the floodgates have been opened wide when it comes to the number of film and tv adaptations in the works based on original video game IPs. One rumoured project was claimed to be a Duke Nukem film, said to be in the …

Video game mods can help push titles to new heights, infinitely extending a game’s life cycle while also allowing for near endless kinds of content to be added. Typically, developers shy away from releasing modding tools for their games – with a decent selection of notable exceptions. Fortunately, Metro Exodus’ …

Marvel’s Avengers hasn’t had the most comfortable of existences, with the game launching to criticism – and its post-launch updates doing little to improve the consensus. All that said, it still comes as a huge surprise that Marvel’s Avengers is being wholly delisted later this year, meaning it will no …

After a great deal of hype and excitement, The Callisto Protocol launched to mixed opinions, with particular criticism being placed on the game’s PC performance. A little under two months after launch, New Game+ is now available as part of Callisto’s 3.01 update – bringing with it PC specific fixes …

Following the launch of Netflix’s The Witcher show, we saw the CDPR-developed RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt balloon in sales, pushing the game’s impressive sales even further. We are now witnessing a similar phenomenon with HBO’s The Last of Us, as game sales have now increased by over 300%. …

Persona 5 hit big for ATLUS when the game first launched all the way back in 2016. After many years of waiting the JRPG has finally come to all platforms. With P5 being over 6 years old already however,  excitement surrounding a potential Persona 6 has been bubbling, with a …

AMD is back with another game bundle, this time around for Ryzen 7000 series processors. AMD recently expanded the Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors with cheaper alternatives and now, anyone picking up one of these CPUs from a participating retailer will also get a free copy of Star Wars …

We've got a couple of big game releases scheduled this week, including Square Enix's Forspoken and EA's highly anticipated Dead Space Remake. Ahead of those launches, Nvidia has rolled out a new Game Ready driver with day-one optimisations, in addition to expanded DLSS support for a few games.  With today's …

We were all surprised when Forspoken's PC system requirements were revealed earlier this month, calling for powerful GPUs like the RTX 3070 just to hit 30 frames per second. This has caused a lot of concern over the game's optimisation and PC performance. Fortunately, there will be a free demo …

A few years ago, Nintendo took some bold risks with the Fire Emblem franchise, adding new Persona-style social elements to the game and expanding the story to include three paths and a huge cast of likeable supporting characters. Now just a few years later, Fire Emblem is back in the spotlight, this time with Fire Emblem Engage. Unfortunately, this time around, the development team has shied away from the elements that helped Three Houses stand out so much. 

Batman is no stranger to the world of virtual reality, with a short but impressive VR experience being released for the platform back in 2017. It seems another virtual reality Batman game is in the works from the team that made 2020’s Iron Man VR. As discovered and first reported …

The 15th of January saw HBO’s The Last of Us premiere to a huge audience, with the episode reaching 4.7 million viewers during its airing – the second highest debut for HBO since 2010. News of the show’s quality seems to have spread like an infection, with the second episode …

EA's Dead Space Remake is shaping up to be a hit, delivering a modern retelling of the original game with improvements to gameplay and a huge graphical overhaul. As it turns out, there will be one surprise change in the remake with the addition of an alternate ending.  While the …