Software & Gaming

With the one year anniversary of Ghost of Tsushima coming up, Sony has announced a new Director's Cut for the game. This re-release, coming to PS4 and PS5, will include new upgrades to the game, as well as a brand new expansion.  The expansion leaked late last month, revealing that …

It looks like Sony may be getting more serious about bringing PlayStation games to PC. Following on from Sony's acquisition of Housemarque, today the company announced that it has also acquired Nixxes Software, a studio mostly known for bringing console titles to PC. Nixxes Software has been closely partnered with …

In Nvidia's first GeForce Now update for the month of July, the company has revealed that 36 games will be joining the library over the next few weeks. The first batch consists of 11 games and lands on GFN today.  Aside from a number of games joining GeForce Now today, …

Last year, SEGA surprisingly brought Persona 4 Golden over to Steam, breaking the much-loved JRPG from its PS Vita prison. The game saw quick success, selling 500,000 copies in its first month. Just over a year after its initial launch, the game has now been confirmed to have sold over …

During E3 this year, Square Enix announced ‘pixel perfect' remasters for the first six Final Fantasy games for mobile and PC. Now, the first three remasters in the series are set to release later this month. Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III will all be re-released in …

At launch, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart offered 3 graphics and performance modes. One which targets 4K at 30fps with ray-tracing, one which hits 60fps without ray-tracing, and one which offers both 60fps and raytracing, but at a lower resolution. In a new update however, displays which support 120hz can …

To celebrate the upcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege UK Ireland Nationals, Asus ROG has partnered up with Ubisoft to giveaway a peripheral bundle every week for the next four weeks. The grand prize will be an Asus PG259QN 360Hz gaming monitor. Ubisoft's has recently kicked off the Summer Season …

Microsoft Flight Simulator launched last year to critical success, offering a hugely ambitious world. With that however came a great level of requirement on hardware, with the simulator taxing even the most powerful PCs. It seems Asobo Studio have been working on making the game more accessible, as an engine rewrite is set to bring with it massive performance gains.

Each month, PlayStation offers a number of games for free to all those with a PS Plus account. Since the release of the PS5, Sony has offered 3 titles each month: 2 PS4 games and a PS5 title. This month’s new games have been announced, including a Call of Duty …

Last week, we learned that a vulnerability has begun affected Western Digital's My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices, leading to data loss for users when these devices are connected to the internet. Now, WD has discovered that there is also a second exploit affecting these drives. In …

Id Software appears to be up to something. This year, the studio has submitted two projects to the Australian Classification Board, one known as Project 2021A and another known as Project 2021B, with neither appearing to be tied to Doom.  Id Software's Project 2021A was discovered earlier this year and …

It is no secret that Microsoft is constantly in acquisition mode at this point and is always keeping an eye out for studios that can bring additional value to Xbox Game Pass. After the Bethesda acquisition, a lot of people questioned whether larger publishers buying up studios is a good …

PlayStation recently announced that it had acquired Housemarque, the studio behind Returnal, Alienation, and Resogun – to name a few. While Returnal represented the company’s most ambitious title yet, the success of the game and the acquisition by Sony has seemingly allowed for their next project to be even bigger. …

Over the past few years, many of the industry’s biggest and most well known names have left their positions at major studios in order to pursue their dreams of creating their own studios. Such was the case with Hideo Kojima, Jade Raymond, and now Casey Hudson, who has announced his …

Back in February, Blooper Team, developers behind titles like Observer and The Medium, revealed that they were working on a new horror game with “a very famous publisher“. That mystery publisher has now been revealed to be none other than Konami, adding more legitimacy to recent Silent Hill revival rumours.  …

Control is the latest game from Finnish video game developer Remedy Entertainment. Known for cult titles such as Alan Wake, Control helped push the studio into new heights. While Remedy Entertainment currently have a lot on their plate – working on 5 different titles – the studio has now confirmed …

Earlier this year, Magic: Legends, an action RPG spin-off for Magic the Gathering, released in open beta on PC, with plans to expand to consoles later down the line. Unfortunately, the game did not get off to a good start and is now being cancelled.  Magic: Legends entered open beta …

Nvidia’s DLSS technology has slowly been making its way to more and more PC games – and for good reason too. While only available on Nvidia cards, the technology allows for a massive boost in performance while maintaining a high picture quality. EA has now confirmed that Battlefield 2042 will …

Ghost of Tsushima launched last year to high praise and impressive sales, far exceeding developer Sucker Punch Productions' previous efforts commercially. Just under a year after its initial release, it seems as though Ghost of Tsushima may be getting new content, as the ESRB has now leaked what has been …

Back at E3 2018, Bethesda Game Studios announced its next two major projects – Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6. We've known for a long time that Starfield will be releasing first, but rumours have persisted regarding the next Elder Scrolls' development. Now, Todd Howard has clarified just how far …

DOOM Eternal's long-awaited ray-tracing update has finally arrived. Support for ray-tracing was announced prior to the game's launch in 2020, although id Software explained at the time that it wouldn't roll out until after launch. Aside from ray-traced lighting features on PC and console, the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 …

Earlier today, Sony officially announced that it has acquired Housemarque, the studio behind PS5 exclusive ‘Returnal'. As it turns out, there may be another acquisition to announce, as Sony may have accidentally revealed that it is also buying Bluepoint Games. In a now deleted tweet, PlayStation Japan tweeted out a …

Microsoft has just announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) is now available on PC and Apple iOS devices in 22 countries. Microsoft is also expanding its “Designed for Xbox” accessory line with new Xbox Cloud-supported game controllers for iPhones.  Microsoft is bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to more devices by making …

Following on from the success of PS5 exclusive, Returnal, Sony has announced that it has acquired Housemarque. Moving forward, Housemarque will officially be part of the PlayStation Studios family after years of collaboration. Housemarque was first founded in 1996 and has worked with Sony Interactive Entertainment on a number of …

Focus Home Interactive has become a well known publisher for making impressive and AAA-feeling games despite moderate budgets. One of the publisher’s most high-profile games in recent years was GreedFall, a 2019 action-RPG set in a fictional 17th century world offering combat, diplomacy, multiple choices and stealth. A next-gen patch …

‘Dante in Smash’ has become a popular phrase ever since Super Smash Bros expanded beyond Nintendo IP. With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate including more characters than ever before, hopes to finally see Dante in Smash were higher than ever. These hopeful fans should have perhaps been careful with what they …

Since its release in 2015, Bloodborne has gone on to become a major hit with fans of FromSoftware and Miyazaki’s work. Following its release, Sony has seemed to show a surprising lack of love to the game – neither giving it a PS4 Pro nor PS5 patch. Despite this, it …

Though perhaps not the follow up to Automata that fans expected, NieR: Re[in]carnation is a free-to-play mobile title from creative director Yoko Taro. Previously only available in Japan, it has now been confirmed to be launching next month in the West. Following the surprise success of NieR: Automata – which …

Last week, when Microsoft announced it would be launching Windows 11 as the successor to Windows 10, the company stated that it would come as a free upgrade to all Windows 10 users. However, the free upgrade won't be rolling out this year when Windows 11 officially launches.  According to …

A couple of weeks ago, EA confirmed that it had suffered a data breach, during which confidential source code for games and the Frostbite Engine were stolen. As it turns out, EA was warned of vulnerabilities in its systems months ago, but the publisher failed to tighten up its security.  …