Software & Gaming

At this point, CD Projekt Red has firmly established itself as a multi-IP studio, with both The Witcher and Cyberpunk garnering huge amounts of money. However, CDPR is also hard at work on establishing a third pillar for its gaming efforts, the mysterious Project Hadar.

Crystal Dynamics has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs over the past year. Unfortunately, the Tomb Raider studio is still struggling and as a result, another round of layoffs is now taking place. 

Towards the end of last year, leaks revealed that Ubisoft and Netflix were finally moving forward with their Assassin's Creed TV series, with plans to set the show in Ancient Rome, a long-requested time period from fans of the games. Now, Ubisoft and Netflix have made it official and announced …

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has enjoyed a positive reception overall, but its latest DLC sparked immediate backlash. The Chapter Voice Pack, released this week for around $5, was criticised for offering minimal content and inconsistent implementation. Focus Entertainment has now reversed course, making the DLC free and issuing refunds to …

Crimson Desert launches today with full support for AMD’s latest FidelityFX Super Resolution technologies, giving players access to FSR 4.1 Upscaling, FSR Ray Regeneration and FSR Frame Generation from day one.

With one year to go until its official premiere, SEGA / Paramount have released the first teaser trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 4.

2 and a bit years on from its initial release, Neowiz have revealed that their much-loved souls-like Lies of P has sold over 4 million copies.

As part of their latest deep-dive, Playground Games have detailed all of the many improvements coming to Forza Horizon 6’s vehicle customisation.

PlayStation Network is a well known brand by this point, having been used by Sony pretty much since the inception of their online platform’s launch. With the service soon to reach its 20 year mark however, it appears as though Sony is planning a big rebranding of PSN.

After years of sustained community demand across subreddits and forums, Opera has officially released Opera GX for Linux. The gaming browser finally brings its suite of resource-limiting tools and gamer-centric aesthetics to the Linux ecosystem. At launch, the browser officially supports Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE-based distributions, with installation handled …

Since January, Ubisoft has been making cuts across the board and cancelling projects. The latest casualty is the publisher's Red Storm Entertainment studio, which is now reportedly laying off all of its game development talent.

IO Interactive is hard at work getting 007 First Light ready for launch, but that doesn't mean that work on Hitman has stopped. The latest Elusive Target for Hitman: World of Assassination has dropped, capitalising on the recent success of Resident Evil by adding Milla Jovovich to the game in …

Following a demo release earlier this year, Poncle has now announced an April launch for its new Vampire Survivors deckbuilding spin-off - Vampire Crawlers

This week's GeForce Now update brings just a handful of titles, three of which are brand-new releases. However, it also brings a major upgrade for VR gamers, with 90FPS streaming now available on supported virtual reality headsets.

Earlier this week, a leaked internal memo revealed that Subnautica 2 would be launching into early access in May. Now, Krafton has given its full statement, confirming that the game has made 'meaningful progress' this year and is now on the road to launch.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is getting a surprise DLC next month, bringing in iconic villains including Dr. Eggman of Sonic the Hedgehog fame.

Following the likes of Minecraft and SpongeBob, Sonic Racing Crossworlds is set to crossover with the iconic Capcom franchise Mega Man.

Xbox Insiders are getting a new firmware update, bringing improved customisation, new Quick Resume options, QoL additions and more.

Initially announced during Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct, Double Fine’s next project – KILN – is officially set to launch in just over a month’s time.

Intel just released the Arc 101.8626 WHQL graphics driver, introducing a cloud-based Precompiled Shader Distribution Service specifically for the new Intel Arc B-series GPUs and the Core Ultra Series 2 and 3 SoCs. By leveraging Intel's private cloud infrastructure, the service processes and precompiles game shaders before they ever hit …

Typically when you pre-load a game on Steam, the game files are downloaded in an encrypted format and then you have to sit and wait for the files to decrypt once the game is officially available. Unfortunately, something went wrong with the Death Stranding 2 pre-load set up, resulting in …

Subnautica 2 has been in headlines recently but not for the right reasons. A legal case between three fired Unknown Worlds Entertainment executives and publisher Krafton had resulted in a judge ruling that the former CEO of the studio must be reinstated. Now, Krafton is moving things along and getting …

All the way back in 2017, around the same time that IO Interactive split off from Square Enix and became an independent studio, a Hitman TV series had been quietly announced. Considering how long it has been since then, it wouldn't surprise me if absolutely everyone had forgot about it. If you had kept it in mind and were looking forward to it though, then we have unfortunate news for you. 

After just six weeks on the market, Highguard officially shut down last week. Now, Sony appears to be issuing refunds to PlayStation users who spent money on in-game microtransactions. 

Kojima Productions has revealed the full list of new features coming to Death Stranding 2 tomorrow, alongside the launch of the game's PC version. On top of that, we also have confirmation on a number of PC-exclusive features too. 

The next wave of titles for Xbox Game Pass has been announced. Shortly after the game's appearance in the PlayStation Plus Extra library, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Yakuza 8) is now also available on Game Pass. Some other hits, like Disco Elysium and Resident Evil 7 are also re-joining the Game Pass library. 

Microsoft is taking inspiration from what makes PC Gaming great by transforming the Xbox App into a more versatile, centralised launcher. Mirroring a long-standing feature of the Steam client, the latest update to the Xbox App allows users to manually add third-party games, productivity tools, and virtually any executable file …

Less than a year after its initial release, Remedy Entertainment have confirmed that the latest update for FBC: Firebreak will be its last.

Following earlier leaks, Build A Rocket Boy and IO Interactive have announced that their MindsEye publishing partnership has now officially ended.

For the first time since the game’s launch, Arrowhead have released a roadmap for Helldivers II; confirming everything planned “over the next several months.”