Software & Gaming

With Star Wars: Outlaws set to release in just over a month, much discussion has been had regarding the upcoming licensed game and its contemporaries. With that, industry analysts Circana have now released the list of best selling Star Wars games of all time (in the US).

As announced this week, Dead by Daylight is finally getting cross-progression, with a system that will no longer require players to double dip on DLC characters to access them on other platforms. However, this change does also mean that the standard price for DLCs for the game on PC will …

If your heading to Gamescom in August, you'll have the chance to play many highly anticipated, unreleased games at demo stations set up throughout the convention centre. Bandai Namco has just revealed its list of playable games for the event and yes, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has made the list.  …

Dave the Diver has been a huge hit on Steam, Switch and PlayStation so far, but there has yet to be an Xbox version of the game. That is due to change soon, with one prominent leaker claiming that Dave the Diver will drop on Xbox very soon and better …

We're months on from the launch of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the latest mainline game in Sega's long-running Yakuza series. Now, it looks like the next game is just around the corner, with plans for a reveal at the Tokyo Game Show.  The Tokyo Game Show (TGS) takes place …

No Man's Sky is well known at this point for having the greatest comeback story in videogame history. At this stage, not only has Hello Games delivered on all of its promises for the game prior to its rocky day-one release, but it has also gone above and beyond with …

Each week, those with an Epic Games Store account are privy to a number of titles for free. Available from tomorrow, Epic is giving away two underrated games in the form of Arcade Paradise and Maid of Sker. Available to add to your library from tomorrow 18th of July at …

Each month, those who are subscribed to Amazon Prime are privy to a number of free games as part of the company’s Prime Gaming initiative. For the month of July – in alignment with the company’s Prime Day deals – Amazon is giving away a solid selection of titles…and Suicide …

Sony has been steadily growing its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium service ever since its revamp a couple years ago. As with most subscription game services however, titles only stick around for a limited time. The console manufacturer has now announced which half-a-dozen-or-so games will be leaving next month.

In the age of constantly evolving and updating live-service titles, it has become almost a necessity for such games to feature some form of cross play / cross-progression. Despite amassing an audience of over 60 million players, Dead by Daylight had not featured any form of cross-progression…until now. Making the …

Overwatch 2 has in many ways failed to meet the expectations of Activision Blizzard, with the free-to-play sequel being continually criticised since its launch back in 2022. That said, those who do actively play and enjoy the game will now be able to access a Spotify-wrapped styled recap video featuring …

After launching Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020, CD Projekt Red restructured its studios to reduce crunch and even swapped out its in-house development tools for Unreal Engine technology to smooth out development of future games. Since then, the studio has also been very open about its roadmap. In the latest …

With Xbox announcing plans to bring a select few first-party games to rival console platforms earlier this year, there have been rumours around bigger franchises like Halo and Gears of War also making the jump to multi-platform. The Coalition is currently deep into development on Gears of War: E-Day for …

Given that Microsoft just confirmed plans for a major Game Pass shake-up that will see prices going up, we were hoping for a bit more of a substantial list of games in the second half of July. While there are some decent games coming over the next two weeks, the …

Each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, and this week is no different, with Dungeonborne, Marvel Rivals, Black Myth Wukong, Flintlock, Throne & Liberty and Stormgate all being announced with GeForce features baked in. Stormgate is finally coming out, pitting …

As they have done for years and years now, ahead of the upcoming Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Activision/Treyarch will be allowing players to get their hands on a slice of the game early, with early beta access being given to those who pre-order – ahead of an open …

Fallout London is easily one of the most anticipated Fallout Projects of all time, despite being an unofficial fan-made mod. The ambitions of this DLC-sized mod has amassed a great deal of interest and curiosity. This is even more so the case now following the reveal that the mod will …

Back in 2022, it came as a rather big shock when 1047 Games, the team behind the much-loved Splitgate, announced that they would be ceasing development on the Halo-like multiplayer FPS, stating at the time “We’re turning our attention away from iterative, smaller updates and going all-in to focus on …

Just last week, we reported on the unfortunate news that the leading UK video games retailer ‘GAME UK’ would no longer be accepting in-store pre-orders in what was the latest in a long string of downsizing strategies. It seems the retailer is set to further dismantle itself piece-by-piece, with the …

Over the past few months, we've been hearing a lot of rumours around the next BioShock game. While the title has been confirmed publicly by 2K Games, it has not had an official reveal, but it has been claimed that an announcement is not far off. Now, the first image …

Disney is the latest massive corporation to suffer a major databreach. The group behind the hack claims to have gained access to internal files and systems by exploiting weak accounts on the company's Slack platform.  The breach, as reported by Hackread, was conducted by the group ‘NullBulge', and the leak …

The First Descendant may have launched to mixed reviews, but the game has still managed to find a sizeable player base. According to the developers, the game has already surpassed 10 million players, just one week on from launch.  The First Descendant, published by Nexon, has surpassed 10 million players …

Toys for Bob impressed fans around the world with the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane trilogy and Crash 4. However, under the old corporate overlords at Activision, the studio also had many projects cancelled and was slowly being turned into a Call of Duty support studio. As it turns out, one of …

With over 200 million copies sold in the past decade, Grand Theft Auto V is not only easily one of the best selling games of all time, but has cemented its successor ‘GTA VI’ as perhaps the most anticipated game ever. With quite a while to go until the game’s …

Despite PlayStation claiming a quitter year for first-party releases, the announcement of a full fledged Astro Bot game for the PS5 during the company’s last State of Play took many by surprise in the best way. While the upcoming 3D platformer is keeping things more traditional with a set of …

It's always been a bit of a trend for both 1st and 3rd party manufacturers to take an existing product and slather it in metal. Just last week the FPGA-powered Game Boy handheld Analogue Pocket was announced to be getting an all-metal edition. Now, controller manufacturer 8BitDo is doing the …

There’s been a lot of positive movements within the emulation scene as of late, with the most recent breakthrough seeing the PS4 emulator ShadPS4 being able to boot Bloodborne up to the character creator screen. Looking at much more mature emulation platforms, the popular PS2 emulator PCSX2 has now officially reached version 2.0

AMD has detailed its new compression technology to reduce the storage space required for installing games. This innovation, called Neural Texture Block Compression (NTBC), compresses high-quality textures while maintaining "reasonable quality". According to AMD, NTBC can decrease a game's storage footprint by up to 70%, reducing the installation size of titles like Call of Duty from 150GB to 45GB.

Phasmophobia hit it big back in 2020 when the game was released in Early Access, launching to near immediate success. In the years since, the team at Kinetic Games have continued to work diligently on the game, improving it across the board. Unfortunately, the game’s long-anticipated console release has been …

The Analogue Pocket proved to be a pretty popular portable following its release back in 2021, with the FPGA-powered handheld giving owners an authentic feel when playing various titles from the Game Boy series of systems – while also offering some modern niceties. Already a rather costly device, the company …