Software & Gaming

The Game Awards are coming up in a few days time and early leaks for the show are starting to roll in. Like most years, we are expecting a number of new game announcements and new trailers for previously announced games. As it turns out, Microsoft could be making another …

It has been many, many years since we last had a video game based on The Matrix, but with the new movie coming out later this month, December is primetime for some form of tie-in. It seems we'll be getting exactly that, with ‘The Matrix Awakens' appearing on both Xbox …

There is no denying that the highly popular Halo franchise has struggled with securing the lighting-in-a-bottle success that the series enjoyed from the first game in 2001 all the way to 2010’s Halo: Reach. With Halo Infinite however, 343i have finally created a Halo game almost as good as some …

While Epic Games is now closely associated with the Epic Games Store and Fortnite, the platform holder is in fact responsible for one of the most widely used game engines currently: Unreal Engine. Following the official reveal of UE5 last year, Fortnite is now the first game to officially run …

Last week was capped off with some major news coming out of Sony. According to credible sources, Sony is currently preparing its own competitor to Xbox Game Pass, codenamed ‘Spartacus'. The idea sounds great in theory, but looking into the current plans, Sony is missing some crucial elements that have …

While Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode launched to a great deal of success both commercially and critically, the game’s surprise beta launch felt very basic in many ways, offering a limited number of game modes. Fortunately, we do not have to wait long for new content, as many much-requested game modes …

It's Corsair's most affordable gaming chair - but is it any good?

Each year, thousands of apps release on the iOS App Store, garnering hundreds of millions of downloads across the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV user base. As 2021 comes to a close, Apple has revealed the top apps on the App Store in 2021, focusing primarily on games that …

With each new set of consoles, game file sizes have gotten larger and larger. This has remained true for every single generation. It seems that for Xbox at least, this will continue into the Series X|S as the upcoming Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl looks to take up 180GB on …

When it comes to leaks and insider scoops within the video games industry, few are more in the know than Jason Schreier. According to Schreier, Sony is currently working on creating a competitor to the much-loved Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Microsoft has been gaining a great deal of positive …

The VR platform is ripe for many different conversions of various video game genres. One that is a natural fit is the city simulation sub-genre. Of this, Cities: Skylines is by far the most popular currently. Taking advantage of this, a VR conversion of Cities: Skylines is coming to the …

Qualcomm is developing a new compute platform for the next generation of handheld gaming devices. The Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 has been announced this week and is already available as a developer kit, designed in partnership with Razer.  Whether you want to play an Android game or stream a PC …

In the past, Nintendo would honour its legacy titles by offering them for sale through the eShop. With the Switch however, the console manufacturer opted to create a subscription service instead. Years after the last major update adding SNES titles, the Switch finally saw Nintendo 64 games release onto the …

When Sony first showed off the PlayStation 5, it did so by choosing to focus on a select number of features which – when combined – informed the next generation of console gaming in the eyes of Sony. These features included the SSD; haptic feedback; adaptive triggers; 3D audio and …

The Ascent had quite a bit of hype behind it earlier this year, as the game showed a lot of promise as a Cyberpunk RPG. The game initially released as an Xbox console exclusive, arriving on Xbox consoles and PC. Now, the game appears to be heading to PlayStation platforms.  …

Since rebooting Prey back in 2017, Arkane has been working on numerous other projects with no sign of a sequel. Ahead of The Game Awards this month, new rumours are beginning to pop up for potential announcements, and a sequel to Prey is amongst them.  According to a self-proclaimed inside …

Back in October 2013, developer ‘Galactic Café’ burst onto the scene with The Stanley Parable- a wonderfully humorous and intriguing game built on the source engine. At this point, all of the game’s original secrets and surprises have been uncovered, so Galactic Café announced a huge update back in 2018. …

On the 9th of December, the 2021 Game Awards will be going live, celebrating the past year in gaming as well as the industry’s future. Speaking on this, Geoff Keighley gave fans information on what they can expect from the upcoming show, including the reveal that “More than half the …

The 2021 Game Awards is just one week away, and ahead of the ceremony/game showcase, the event’s official Twitter page has been teasing some of the announcements. It has now been confirmed that the much-anticipated story-driven action adventure game ‘The Lord of the Rings: Gollum' will be shown off at …

Recently, it was announced that PlayStation Plus subscribers would be getting their hands on Godfall: Challenger Edition for free. Fortunately, even if you do not have a PlayStation console, you can still acquire the game for free, as the looter-slasher will be free on the Epic Games Store next week. …

Humble Bundle is one of the most well-known third-party game key sellers. The service’s most popular feature is its Humble Bundles: bundles of games being sold for much cheaper than usual. Fans of the Dark Knight can currently get their hands on all of the best Batman games for less …

After years of working on franchises like Castlevania and Metroid, MercurySteam is moving on to a new IP, currently codenamed Project Iron. This time around, the Metroid Dread developer has signed a publishing deal with 505 Games for its next major project.  As part of the co-publishing agreement, MercurySteam and …

One of the biggest challenges with launching a free to play multiplayer shooter is keeping on top of cheaters. The problem only gets worse when a game features cross-platform matchmaking, as it introduces the problem of cheating to consoles, which are usually safe from such practices. With Halo Infinite Multiplayer …

Over the last year, we've seen a sharp rise in scalping, with many utilising bots to snatch up stock for graphics cards, game consoles and everything in between before regular customers have a chance to make a purchase. This in turn leads to artificially inflated prices, with massive profit margins …

While Cyberpunk 2077 may have let us down a little at launch, there were other cyberpunk games releasing in 2020 that surpassed expectations. One of those games was none other than Ghostrunner, which is now getting a major expansion one year after release.  Ghostrunner released in Autumn 2020, putting players …

It is no secret that Battlefield 2042 had a rough launch, but fortunately, DICE has been quick with patches. We've already had two patches since launch and this week, the game will get its biggest update yet, packing in over 300 fixes, in addition to balance and quality of life …

For months now, there have been rumours that a major PlayStation classic is being remade for modern platforms. As it turns out, the game may be none other than Chrono Cross, one of Square Enix’s classic PS1-era JRPGs.  Last week, Nick Baker on the XboxEra podcast, claimed to have confirmed …

As mobile chipsets get more and more powerful, and bigger – more expansive – games come to mobile phones, there has started to become a need for a gaming handheld to represent the Android community. In response, Razer is collaborating with Qualcomm to create just that. Videocardz.com managed to get …

Sony has recently struggled to keep its PlayStation Plus line-ups a secret, with some months having their games list leak days or even weeks ahead of time. Such was the case with December 2021’s line-up, and now Sony have officially come out and announced the games. Making the announcement on …

Recently we reported that Valve were shifting their focus from VR to the Steam Deck, with one VR title – Project Citadel – being moved to the handheld. Valve have now officially responded to these rumours. Following the report by Tyler McVicker, which claimed that a Half-Life game tentatively called …