Software & Gaming

Black Myth: Wukong is finally launching this month. This game has become well known for its visual prowess, harnessing many of the most advanced tools available today. The game is set to be a demanding one on full graphical settings, but a standalone benchmark is now freely available, so you …

Cult of the Lamb released in 2022 to a good deal of fanfare, due in part to the contrasting nature of the game’s narrative and themes mixed with the cutesiness of the art, characters and animation work. Following a number of solid updates, the team at Massive Monster have now …

Leaving Early Access back in 2021, Chernobylite was an interesting and relatively unique first-person survival-thriller shooter. The game continued to receive further updates post-launch, bringing additional content alongside ray-tracing to make the abandoned buildings of the exclusion zone even more realistically creepy. In the wake of its success, a very …

Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest upcoming free-to-play multiplayer games, with the 3rd-person Overwatch-like Hero shooter receiving a great deal of buzz during its beta period. With the game set to arrive at some point in the unknown future, the team at Marvel have revealed their plans for ‘surprise’ …

While Sony’s PlayStation Portal remote play handheld was initially scrutinised for its relative simplicity and lack of features, the accessory appears to be doing very well for itself ever since its launch back in November of last year. In fact, the £199.99 Portal has become the number 1 best-selling accessory in the UK by revenue this year.

Much like major sports games, or the annual Call of Duty cycle, Assassin's Creed also used to be a yearly franchise. That changed with Assassin's Creed Origins, with Ubisoft taking more time to create even bigger open worlds with more RPG mechanics. Now, ahead of the launch of Assassin's Creed …

Valve has still yet to publicly announce or even acknowledge the existence of its next game, Deadlock. However, unlike the next Half-Life game, Deadlock is perhaps the worst kept secret in the industry right now, as over 16,000 people are actively playing it.  It is rare to see a completely …

Capcom has been focusing on its existing IPs recently, with franchises such as Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter taking centre stage. However, the company's foray into experimental new IP has been successful and well-received by gamers. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is one such example, and it seems …

Earlier this month, Capcom surprised Monster Hunter fans with new footage of the next-generation game, Monster Hunter Wilds. Releasing on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2025, fans can now check out how combat has been updated for the fan-favourite Hammer weapon. In previous trailers we got to see …

Microsoft made the shocking decision to shut down its only Japanese studio, Tango Gameworks, earlier this year. As Xbox's one foothold in the Japanese market, and given the fact that the studio was coming off of a hit game, Hi-Fi Rush, many wondered why Microsoft would outright close the studio. …

Fans of The Witcher series have been awaiting any news about the next game in the franchise. Following the conclusion of Geralt's narrative in The Witcher 3 and its DLC, the return of the renowned monster slayer seemed inevitable, and the recent confirmation of Doug Cockle, the voice actor behind …

The past few weeks have been far from great for Bungie. Despite being acquired by Sony for a cool few billion a couple years ago, the Destiny developers have been in a sort of free-fall – with hundreds of employee lay-offs; scope reductions and project cancellations. According to one insider, …

Following years of hype and a number of unfortunate and unforeseen delays, TeamFOLON’s Fallout London mod released late last month to high praise and a great deal of interest. It seems all the hard work by the team has paid off, as Fallout London managed to surpass 500,000 players in its first 24 hours.

Ahead of the upcoming release of Sonic x Shadow Generations, SEGA removed the original 2011 version of the game from the Xbox 360 store, sparking fears that the same might happen to the popular Steam release. Luckily, SEGA appears to have been listening, as they have decided to take a …

Over the years, Epic Games has cultivated a strong relationship with Disney – seeing a ton of characters from across their many IPs brought into Fortnite. It seems the two companies are set to take their partnership further, with Disney rumoured to be getting its own bespoke Fortnite shop.

We are still some ways off from getting our hands on DOOM: The Dark Ages. In the meantime, Bethesda and id Software are handing the keys over to the community with official mod support for DOOM Eternal, including a new idStudio editor. Some mods for DOOM Eternal already exist on …

Bandai Namco has been attempting some very different styles of Dragon Ball games over the last couple of years. We had Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, a massive open-world RPG, and Dragon Ball Breakers, a Dead by Daylight style multiplayer game featuring characters from the series. Next up, the publisher is …

After nearly two years of PlayStation exclusivity, God of War: Ragnarok is finally coming to PC. The first game, simply titled ‘God of War', launched on Steam in early 2022 and has gone on to become one of Sony's best-sellers. With the sequel now just weeks away, the PC system …

Earlier this week, Capcom surprised Monster Hunter fans with new footage of the next-generation game, Monster Hunter Wilds. Releasing on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2025, fans can now check out how combat has been updated for the Hunting Horn weapon.  The previous three trailers focused on some …

Remedy Entertainment has been giving consistent and transparent updates on the status of its on-going development projects for quite some time now, setting a standard that the rest of the industry could do with following. So far, all of Remedy's games have remained on a steady track and now, Remedy's …

Earlier this year, Epic Games announced that they would be bringing all the assets from the hit multiplayer game ‘Fall Guys’ into Fortnite in the wake of studio Mediatonic’s acquisition by the Unreal Engine creator. Now, the IP has been fully integrated into Fortnite, with the complete Fall Guys experience …

Initially announced for release all the way back in 2022, GSC Game World encountered a great deal of issues in trying to bring STALKER 2 past the finish line – thanks in no part to the ongoing war in the studio’s home country of Ukraine. Finally, after many delays, STALKER …

Dead by Daylight has easily become one of the games to feature the greatest number of crossovers – especially when it comes to implementing actual unique characters. Following the likes of Lara Croft, Freddy Krueger and even Nicolas Cage, Dead by Daylight is set to crossover with the classic video game series Castlevania.

Each week, Epic gives away a title or two to all those with an Epic Games account. Available right now, players can add to their library the excellent 2.5D fighting game from Arc System Works ‘DNF Duel’. Available to add to your library from now until the 15th of August …

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown launched to a lot of praise, but the lack of a Steam version of the game meant that Ubisoft was missing out on a lot of PC-based customers. That issue has been resolved today with the game's release on Steam and better yet, it …

WB Games is considering a switch to licensed games, as the trials and tribulations of live-service game development continue to take a toll on the company's financials. The low performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has led to a sharp drop in year-on-year revenue.  WB Games confirmed in …

Today, Warner Bros held its Q2 earnings call and as expected, the gaming division is continuing to suffer. The low performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has crushed growth, and now, WB is looking to license out its IP in the future instead.  It would seem that recent …

There were already plenty of eyebrows raised about the upcoming Borderlands movie after actors began distancing themselves from the project after filming. Now, the first wave of reviews are in, and Borderlands has debuted as the lowest-rated video game movie of all time.  Borderlands has scored a 0% score on …

Released in late 2022, The Callisto Protocol was a spiritual successor to the much-loved Dead Space series – hailing from the creator of the original survival horror trilogy, Glen Schofield. Unfortunately, The Callisto Protocol failed to live up to expectations upon its release. According to Schofield however, this was due to higher-ups forcing an early launch.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor released last year exclusively for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Despite the added power overhead, the game still struggled to perform perfectly across all platforms. It therefore comes as quite a surprise that the team at Respawn Entertainment have managed to get the …