Software & Gaming

It’s a little late in the day for Microsoft to be thinking of revisions given that a pair of next-generation consoles are reportedly on the horizon, but that hasn’t stopped the company from capping off its 2018 by receiving the go-ahead on two controller patents. Despite the imagery showcasing the …

Back in early December, EA and Bioware ran the first closed alpha tests for Anthem, giving some players a chance to try the game out early. Now, we have specific dates for the upcoming beta tests, the first of which will take place later this month. Anthem is launching on …

The divisive, yet perhaps long-awaited move in making Counter-Strike: Global Offensive free-to-play has done wonders for the game, with reports stating that its unique player count has double since November. CS:GO’s concurrent player base has also seen a boost, almost reaching 1.3 times the amount prior to the update. Early …

While Y2K ultimately wasn’t a problem at the turn of the century, moving from one year to the next hasn’t done the world of good for Fallout 76. Initially, players thought the newfound inability to launch nuclear arms was related to an in-game event for the holidays, but Bethesda has …

SEGA’s blue mascot successfully made the transition from 2D to 3D in 1998, with the widely praised Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast. Sonic Team’s VP of Product Development Takashi Iizuka has now set his sights on the best-selling game, expressing his desire to have it remade. Sonic has enjoyed quite …

After LawBreakers failed to impress and Boss Key Productions shut its doors, Cliff Bleszinski swore off video game development in a now-deleted tweet. In an unexpected turn of events, Bleszinski has since moved onto the production of Broadway musicals, revealing that he has invested in Hadestown. While November, 2018’s deleted …

Back in June 2018, we learned that Valve would no longer be supporting Steam on Windows XP and Vista starting in January 2019. We have now reached that fateful day, as of now, Steam will no longer support Microsoft's legacy operating systems. Despite being long outdated, a surprising number of …

Since the release of Nier: Automata in early 2017, things have been quiet at Platinum Games. We know that the team had one project canceled (Scalebound) and started work on another  (Bayonetta 3), but it looks like there is more in the works, with 2019 being described as an “intense” …

Update: Inside sources at Reuters supposedly “familiar with the matter” suggest that Neumann has been “poached” by Netflix. An official announcement is yet to be made, however Neumann is supposedly pegged to replace current CFO David Wells after 14 years of service. This has since been confirmed. Original Story: Activision …

The reputation of Dead Cells might have been marred by a high-profile plagiarised review, but that hasn’t stopped the indie game from being a commercial and critical success. Fans have already turned their eyes towards the future, however developer Motion Twin isn’t interested in a Dead Cells sequel. Dead Cells …

Atlus is known for giving its Persona franchise the enhanced treatment, releasing Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 Golden with new content on top of the respective base games. It seems as though the developer is set to continue this effort with Persona 5 R, alongside potential as-of-yet unannounced spin-offs. …

Over the past month, there have been conflicting reports suggesting that Nintendo could fall short of its projected two-year sales target for the Nintendo Switch. Fortunately, the immense popularity of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has instilled confidence in Nintendo of Japan’s president, with Shuntaro Furukawa hoping that this is indicative …

Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Thanks to all who entered, the winner this time is Dave Aston with his caption: “Shaggy and Scooby decide on new methods to solve the mystery.” Christmas might be over but we are still in the holiday spirit. Today, we'll be running a caption …

We are closing in on the end of 2018, which means we’ll be seeing plenty of ‘top 10’, GOTY and best seller lists over the next week or two. Valve has been revealing the top selling games on Steam each year for a few years now. This year, the ‘top …

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Sony decided to follow in Nintendo's footsteps this year and attempt to capture holiday season sales with the release of a mini-classic console. The PlayStation Classic's launch hasn't been the smoothest, the 20 pre-installed games didn't really live up to what many had hoped for and the $100 price tag appears …

YouTube’s marketing team took to Twitter on December 25, using a popular e-card to celebrate the holidays with its 71.1 million followers. Sadly, the Christmas spirit was marred with criticism after the platform “forgot” to give credit to the creator of the video. The tweet found itself flooded with fans …

Bethesda recently unleashed a ban wave in Fallout 76, seeing players that utilise cheat programs and mods locked from their accounts. These players have all received an email notifying them of their ban, ending with criteria for an essay that allows them to begin the appeal process. The email allegedly …

Digital gaming marketplace G2A has faced a lot of scrutiny over the years, as it inadvertently enables the sale of grey market keys. Embracing further controversy, the website is now charging users an inactivity fee if they don’t log in within 180 days. A disgruntled user took to Reddit to …

Back in February, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds began to fall from grace, unable to maintain its consistent 1 million concurrent player base on Steam. It looks like PUBG has since been given a second chance, passing the barrier once again with 1.08 million players at the time of writing. PUBG capped off …

Titanfall 2 certainly had a rough launch, with its commercial downfall attributed to the poor release schedule sandwiching it between Call of Duty and Battlefield. Despite this, the series has seemingly escaped outright cancellation from its trigger happy publisher, with developer Respawn Entertainment still hiring people for a Titanfall project. …

Capcom has long relied on the season pass model in Street Fighter V, releasing public roadmaps for fighters ahead of time at a discounted rate. The release of Kage changed this, resulting in many speculating what the future might be for the flagship fighting game. Kage debuted at the start …

After Artifact launched, it became clear that Valve's original vision for the game didn't necessarily line up with what many players wanted. Since then, the Artifact team has been working on updating the game, adding in a free (but rewardless) draft mode, ways to generate extra event tickets by recycling …

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has had quite the lucrative year, with Star Citizen breaching the $200 million milestone and launching its first planet, Hurston. In an end-of-year letter, CEO Chris Roberts revealed that CIG had secured an addition private investment of $46 million, as well as launched its Squadron 42 …

Skybound Games finally managed to solidify a release date for the anticipated third episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season last week, making its way into the hands of players on January 15, 2019. This was great news for returning players, but newcomers were sadly left unable to purchase …

GRIS was released on the 13th of December and my goodness let me tell you how positively beautiful and breath taking this game is visually. This indie action-adventure platformer is already garnering extremely positive reviews across the board, today we'll be taking a closer look at it ourselves.  GRIS has …

Fallout 76 is Bethesda’s first attempt at bringing official player versus player action into its iconic post-apocalyptic wasteland, understandably carrying with it a few caveats. The developer will be changing things up in a newly announced game mode, set to bring unrestricted PvP early next year. As it stands, PvP …

Insomniac’s Spider-Man is chock-full of interesting costume choices, however fans have been clamouring for one in particular – Sam Raimi’s iconic Hollywood incarnation from 2002. It increasingly looked unlikely that this would appear given that the game’s three-part DLC concludes on December 21st,  however PlayStation 4 fans can now rejoice …

You’d think that translating Naughty Dog’s Uncharted into film would be easy given its narrative-heavy approach, but the movie adaptation has once again hit a bump in the road. Uncharted’s director has once again dropped the project, with Shawn Levy leaving to direct Fox’s Free Guy, another film taking place …

Aside from its outlandish art style and build-mode gameplay, Fortnite is known for its use of iconic dances as emotes. The creators of these dances aren’t happy that Epic Games is profiting in the millions from their hard work without compensation, resulting in multiple lawsuits from rapper 2 Milly, Backpack …