Software & Gaming

Sony has been getting more and more into Esports in recent years, with the console manufacturer even going as far as to acquire the EVO Championship Series – the ultimate fighting game tournament. As part of this refocus on Esports, Sony has now launched an official PlayStation Esports Channel. So …

Ever since its launch last Summer, PowerWash Simulator has been able to keep fans captivated not only through its satisfying gameplay loop, but also thanks to a number of free updates which included a whole host of exciting crossover content. Now, the team at FuturLab have officially detailed their roadmap …

Nvidia has another GeForce Now update for us this week, which has more than a few surprises. As of today, Bandai Namco is partnering with Nvidia to bring its games to the cloud, including games like Get Even and the Little Nightmares series.  Aside from Little Nightmares and other Bandai …

Dead Island 2 is finally coming out in just over one week. The game has been in development for a decade and has been handed to several studios along the way. The game officially went gold back in February and now, we have PC system requirements ahead of launch, with …

Ubisoft confirmed plans to bring its Ubisoft+ subscription service to Xbox consoles a long time ago and progress has been very slow. Last week, a prominent Xbox reporter claimed that the service would be heading to Xbox ‘imminently' and now, we have some evidence to back that claim up.  Ubisoft's …

The Trine series is getting a new entry into the franchise. Like all Trine games, Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy is a 2.5D puzzle platformer developed by the Finnish developer Frozenbyte. Featuring Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight on a quest to save the kingdom from …

The next Xbox OS update is beginning to roll out and this time around, it looks like Microsoft has new search features available to make finding games less of a chore, as well as additional power-saving features, an area that Microsoft has been sharply focused on in recent months.  First …

Today, Sony has announced the next batch of titles for PlayStation Plus. In the April 2023 update, a few big games will be leaving the service, including Insomniac's Spider-Man, however, plenty of other titles are joining the library, including an early PS5 exclusive in Kena: Bridge of Spirits, as well …

Following the game’s console exclusivity period on PS5, Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire: Tokyo is now available on Xbox (and PC) via Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service. Alongside this recent launch, a massive free update in the form of Ghostwire: Tokyo Spider’s Thread is now available, adding a new game mode, more …

Following the hugely successful run of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation, many fans both old and new have been giving the recently-released remake of the first game a go.. While PC players still patiently wait for the many performance woes to be sorted out, The Last of Us Part …

With the jump to the Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft made big promises about shifting the gameplay standard to 60FPS and enabling more 120FPS games on console. This has mostly held up so far, but unfortunately, one of its big 2023 exclusives, Redfall, will be letting us down in this department.  …

After a great deal of anticipation The Super Mario Bros. Movie is here and has been breaking records left and right, already cementing itself as one of the highest grossing video game adaptations despite only premiering days ago. Over the Easter weekend, The Super Mario Bros. Movie managed a truly …

At this point, Final Fantasy 16 has gone gold and is well on its way towards its June release date. With the game now complete, it is time for Square Enix and Sony to give us another look at the next major game in the franchise.  State of Play will …

While Xbox has spent a great deal of time pushing its cloud gaming services (thanks in no small part to Microsoft’s ownership of the Azure cloud computing service), Sony has focused much more on local gaming solutions. This seems to be shifting somewhat with a number of new job listings – alongside recent rumours – suggesting that Sony is going all-in on cloud gaming.

Modders have been working on making Half-Life: Alyx playable without a VR headset ever since the game first launched in 2020. Great progress has been made on this front since then and now, the NoVR mod allows you to play the entire game from start to finish.  The NoVR mod …

If you're an avid user of Discord, you've most likely found yourself trying to share a file with someone and couldn't because of the tiny 8MB size limit. That should now happen less often, as Discord has increased the upload file size limit from 8 MB to 25 MB. Discord …

Hot Wheels Unleashed is Milestone's most successful release. A year and a half since its introduction, the game sold over 2 million copies and was played by more than 8 million players worldwide. Based on the latest statistics shared by Milestone, the studio behind the game, Hot Wheels Unleashed has …

First shown off all the way back in 2013, Media Molecule’s Dreams serves as one of the most interesting first-party PlayStation titles in recent memory. The community-driven game creation toolkit has seen a great deal of post-launch support following Dreams’ release in early 2020. Unfortunately, support will be ending later …

Despite its aged processor and mobile-focused hardware, many developers have managed to bring a surprising number of cross-gen or current-gen titles to the Nintendo Switch – with many of them proving to be a success. Unfortunately, the Switch port of the free-to-play ‘Rogue Company’ will soon be removed due to …

DRM is the bane of many PC players, with Denuvo being the most famous (or infamous). While almost all games with DRM eventually get cracked by fans, developers have begun taking it into their own hands, patching the DRM after launch. Capcom is one such company to do so, with …

While many of us assumed we'd see Injustice 3 after Mortal Kombat 11, rumours in recent months have pointed to Mortal Kombat 12 instead. Now, one prominent fighting game tournament competitor has hinted that we'll see a Mortal Kombat 12 announcement as early as this week.  SonicFox is well-known in …

Last month, Microsoft confirmed when its big summer showcase would take place. Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda will be taking the stage together once again on the 11th of June to showcase new Xbox first-party games, with an additional showcase afterwards focused entirely on Starfield. Now, we know a bit …

A few weeks back, someone on Discord leaked the entire art book for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, showcasing concepts from the development process, different pieces of art used for the final game, and plenty of spoilers for the adventure ahead. Now, Nintendo is hoping to force …

Earlier this year, Xbox began rolling out PC Game Pass to new countries in preview form. Now, the ‘preview' period has come to an end, with Game Pass now officially available in 40 additional countries, greatly expanding the service's reach. PC Game Pass has seen a lot of growth in …

Last year when Nvidia first announced DLSS 3 and its new RTX 40 series graphics cards, the company teased us with an upcoming RT Overdrive mode for Cyberpunk 2077, adding full path tracing effects to the game. Now after months of additional development, the new graphics mode has arrived on …

While The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is traditionally a single-player game, fans have often wished for some form of co-op or multiplayer. The Skyrim Together mod was the most successful attempt at delivering on this, but it would seem that Bethesda might be looking to implement multiplayer elements in a more official capacity with The Elder Scrolls VI. 

Following three years of digital-only events, QuakeCon 2023 will bring the popular BYOC format back to the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, from Thursday, August 10th, through Sunday, August 13th. The prominent fan gathering event returns with a revamped and enhanced BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party for …

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is just about to get a new expansion. The previously announced Return of Rome DLC will release next month and is expected to bring some of the civilizations of the first entry of the franchise to the new game. The Definitive Edition of Age …

As part of its effort to get the CMA on board with its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has signed a number of 10-year deals, not only guaranteeing Call of Duty on other console platforms but all Xbox first-party titles for various cloud services. The latest 10-year cloud support deal …

Star Wars Celebration took place over the weekend and amidst new movie and TV announcements, we also got a new look at Star Wars Jedi: Survivor ahead of its launch later this month. The ‘final' gameplay trailer has now released, giving us a look at where this next adventure will …