Software & Gaming

Following its discontinuation in the West last year, Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is finally set to shut down in Japan this October.

Ahead of its arrival this week, reviews for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance have officially gone live – marking it as one of the highest-rated games of the year.

While the Switch 2 has been on the market for a decent number of months now, many studios are still struggling to get their hands on dev kits for the sequel system. According to one analyst, this may be by design, with Nintendo reportedly “discouraging Switch 2 development to some degree.”

Fans have been eagerly awaiting more for more information on upcoming first-party Nintendo games like Metroid Prime 4. It sounds like Nintendo will finally be lifting the curtain on a few new games in September, as reports claim another Nintendo Direct is scheduled.  Sources speaking with VGC have claimed that …

Final Fantasy 14 was at one point a PlayStation console exclusive. That finally changed last year, with the full MMO coming to Xbox. Now, it looks like Nintendo could be the next major platform for the game.  During an interview with VGC at Gamescom last week, Final Fantasy producer, Naoki …

Last week a leak led to fans figuring out that the next Forza Horizon game is likely set in Japan. Another leak has since come to light, pointing towards plans for Xbox to announce the new game at the Tokyo Game Show in September. 

After a long and patient wait, fans of the upcoming anime MMO Blue Protocol: Star Resonance finally have a release window to look forward to. The developers have confirmed the game will launch this October. For some lucky players, the wait is even shorter, as the game's large-scale closed beta …

While we wait for a new Splinter Cell game, the previously-announced animated Netflix adaptation ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ has finally gotten a release date.

Almost a year after it was first teased, Satisfactory is set to officially come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this November.

PlayStation has offered an update on its Middle East and North Africa Hero Project – unveiling 4 new and upcoming PS5 games.

The studio behind the upcoming Sekiro: No Defeat anime adaptation have confirmed that no AI is being used in the show’s production.

Assassin's Creed Mirage released back in 2023, offering long-time fans of the series a return to the stealth-action gameplay mechanics of the original trilogy. We weren't expecting to hear much about this game again, but as it turns out, Ubisoft has been cooking up a major DLC update.  Assassin's Creed …

Ubisoft made a surprise announcement on Friday regarding the future of The Division franchise, revealing a new project titled The Division 2: Survivors. However, the publisher has remained almost completely silent on what the project actually is, leaving fans to speculate. Described in the blog post as “an updated take …

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 launched earlier this year to wide critical acclaim. The sequel to one of the best medieval RPGs of the generation is about to get even bigger too, as the next expansion has been announced.  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – Legacy of the Forge is the latest …

Activision has been slow with the Call of Duty reveals this year. We had an initial teaser trailer at the end of this year's Xbox Games Showcase in June, followed by another campaign-focused trailer at Gamescom earlier this week. We won't have to wait much longer to see our lingering …

Microsoft has started testing a new feature in its Xbox app for Windows 11 that aims to make it the central hub for your PC gaming experience. The new “My apps” section allows users to install and launch a selection of third-party applications, including web browsers and even other storefronts …

Bethesda has been quiet on Starfield all year, with no new DLCs announced, along with a lack of headline-grabbing updates. As it turns out, Bethesda may be saving up for 2026, with plans to re-launch Starfield as a multiplatform game.  Starfield first launched in 2023 and while the game was …

After the success of the Steam Deck, fans began anticipating a potential return to living-room gaming for Valve. A decade on from the failed ‘Steam Machine' concept, leakers found evidence of a device codenamed ‘Fremont', a dedicated TV box for Steam gaming.  Brad Lynch, a Valve-focused enthusiast with a history …

We recently heard that things weren't going so well for the next BioShock behind the scenes. All of that came to a head this week with reports indicating that roughly 30% of the development team was let go as the project undergoes another reboot.  According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, 2K …

Friday the 13th: The Game shut down last year, but a new classic horror franchise is now taking its place in the gaming world. Halloween: The Game has been announced, coming from Gun Interactive.  Gun Interactive had published Friday the 13th: The Game in 2017, but the license expired by …

The Battlefield 6 open beta was insanely popular, breaking multiple franchise records. Intel is being quick to capitalise on this hype with the announcement of its new hardware bundle, giving away free copies of Battlefield 6 with a range of CPUs and graphics cards.  Starting on this coming Monday, August …

For the dedicated and long-suffering community of Escape From Tarkov, the end is finally in sight. After years of perpetual beta testing and development, developer Battlestate Games has officially announced that the game's full 1.0 release will be arriving this year. The date was revealed in a new live-action trailer …

The Battlefield 6 open beta was a huge success across both of its weekends. DICE has had a week now to collect all of the stats and as predicted, this beta set new records for the franchise.  The Battlefield 6 open beta set a record high player count across all …

Earlier this month during Sony's most recent earnings meeting, executives made comments alluding to Bungie losing its independence and becoming more integrated with PlayStation Studios. Now just weeks later, Bungie's long-time CEO, Pete Parsons, has announced that he is leaving the company.  Pete Parsons first became CEO of Bungie in …

Earlier this year, Microsoft laid off a huge chunk of the Turn 10 studio, the one responsible for Forza Motorsport. With that in mind, we're expecting Forza Horizon to be the flagship racer for Xbox going forward, and the next game in the series may end up being the biggest …

Years following the game’s last sales update, Team Cherry has revealed that the original Hollow Knight has now sold over 15 million copies.

7 years on from its initial conception, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally launching in just two weeks’ time – set to release on the 4th of September.

As they have done many times now, Overwatch 2 is set to crossover with another anime franchise – this time ATLUS / SEGA’s popular JRPG sub-series Persona 5.

Ahead of its launch on the 20th of November, GSC Game World have detailed all of the unique features coming to the PlayStation 5 | Pro version of STALKER 2.

Nvidia started off the week with some major announcements for GeForce Now. We've already covered the new RTX 5080 upgrade, as well as new features like ‘Instant Play' and the ability to install your own games. Now, it is time to take a look at something coming in the more …