Software & Gaming

After weeks of speculation, Microsoft began a new round of mass layoffs yesterday, with many teams across Xbox studios being impacted. We already learned that Rare had been forced to cut staff and cancel Everwild, now, Rare has also lost one of its longest-tenured creative leaders.  Gregg Mayles, a game …

Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation 5 Pro console will receive an AMD FSR4-like algorithm in 2026, replacing the current version of the PSSR upscaler. As noted by Tom's Guide, the upgrade resulted from “Project Amethyst”, a collaborative effort between Sony and AMD that began in late 2023 and launched …

The scope of the layoffs at Xbox studios continues to astound. Following the closure of The Initiative and several game cancellations, it has come to light that Turn 10 has been forced to fire half of its staff.  Turn 10 is the studio behind the Forza Motorsport games. Despite these …

As part of Microsoft's mass lay-off announcements yesterday, the Xbox team made another shocking decision. First-party studio, The Initiative, is closing immediately and the Perfect Dark reboot has been cancelled. The Initiative was announced by Microsoft back in 2019. The studio was billed as Microsoft's ‘AAAA' studio, that's right, quadruple …

Following initial rumours from last month, Microsoft has begun announcing its planned job cuts to internal studios. The full scope of the impact is still being determined but around 9000 layoffs are expected. Rare is reported as one of the studios affected, following the cancellation of Everwild.  Rare first announced …

Since completing the $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in late 2023, Microsoft has been looking to pump up Xbox's profit margins. That effort has already led to several rounds of job cuts, with another now set to take place this week.  Last month it emerged that Microsoft was intending …

There are some great freebies to claim this month through Amazon Prime Gaming. This month's batch of free PC games includes classics like Tomb Raider and Saints Row 2, to newer indie games like Endless Space 2. There are six ‘Prime Day' extra games still available to claim until July …

Following the recent price hike, Humble have now announced July’s line-up of games as part of its Choice subscription service.

Marvel Rivals is introducing a ton of additions with Season 3, including two new characters, an overhaul to customisation; new modes and more.

5 years on and Phasmophobia is doing better than ever, with the multiplayer horror title having now surpassed 25 million copies sold.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of Rockstar’s biggest games of all time, with the open-world title having sold more than 50 million copies since its launch back in 2019. Despite this, the game’s online mode has been mostly abandoned by the team. In a surprise announcement however, Red Dead Online has gotten its first update in 3 years.

If you have an Nvidia RTX graphics card, you might want to check the rewards section of the Nvidia App, as the company currently offers a free subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud. This promotion allows you to try out a broad suite of Adobe's professional photo and video editing tools, …

We've reached a new month, which makes it time for another wave of titles for Game Pass. The first half of the month will see nine more games joining the Game Pass library, including the day-one release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 remastered.  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is …

The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to break records. Just short of a month on from the console's release, it has surpassed 5 million units sold, pushing it ahead of the PS4 as the fastest-selling console to date.  As spotted by Twisted Voxel, In June, 1.8 million Switch 2 consoles were …

Nvidia is kicking off July with another wave of DLSS 4 updates for various titles. This week's new Game Ready driver lays the groundwork for DLSS 4 upgrades in Diablo 4, Still Wakes the Deep and Mecha Break. Additionally, the Neverness to Everness Closed Beta is arriving this week and …

Ninja Theory has been quietly working on improvements for Hellblade 2 since the game's launch a year ago. Now, Hellblade 2 Enhanced Edition is launching and better yet, it will be a free upgrade for owners of the original game. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced Edition includes several updates. For …

While EA Sports has thrived in most sports categories, the company has struggled to break into Basketball over the past decade. During the Xbox One/PS4 generation, two NBA Live games were released but there has been a drought since then, leaving NBA2K to dominate the market, and progressively get greedier …

While Windows 12 is reportedly being worked on, Microsoft still has plenty of work left to do on Windows 11. This week, Microsoft announced its plans for the next major Windows 11 feature update, which is now available to Windows Insider testers.  According to Microsoft's Jason Leznek (via Tom's Hardware), …

In the lead up to Space Marine 2’s 1st anniversary, the team have confirmed that a full second year of post-launch support is planned.

Following the overhaul of 343 Industries / Halo Studios, the team have teased that the future of the franchise will be shown off this October.

In celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary, the team at Project Aces have teased the next entry in the Ace Combat series.

The past couple years for Xbox has been a bit of a whirlwind. From spending almost $100 billion on acquiring studios to becoming a 3rd-party games publisher, the future of Xbox is somewhat unclear. According to one of the founding members of Microsoft’s Game Studios (who worked at the company since 1995) “it looks like Xbox has no desire or literally can’t ship hardware anymore.”

Last week, the next major content update for Monster Hunter Wilds was announced, but the response wasn't quite what Capcom was hoping for. Rather than excitement for the new hunts, Capcom was faced with renewed backlash from fans over the game's optimisation issues. As it turns out though, Capcom did …

It has been a few years since the last Ghost Recon game, but it looks like the next mainline game is on the horizon. New leaks suggest that the next Ghost Recon is deep into development and is about to hit a new key milestone.  According to Insider Gaming, the …

There is still no release date in sight for the long-awaited Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake. However, other teams at Ubisoft have been doing fantastic work with the IP in the meantime. Since launching into Early Access last year, The Rogue Prince of Persia has been exclusive to …

The Resident Evil franchise is bigger than ever thanks to a string of fantastic single-player campaigns. Naturally, Capcom has been trying to find success in the multiplayer game space as well. The most recent attempt came with Resident Evil Village, which shipped with its own multiplayer game mode, but due …

Bandai Namco has quietly published some incredible games over the past console generation. From licensed anime games to Elden Ring, to fighting games like TEKKEN, Bandai Namco has a lot of publishing power. Now, Bandai Namco is looking to showcase its upcoming slate.  Bandai Namco is holding its own showcase …

For months, we've been hearing rumours about a remake for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, as part of Ubisoft's effort to put an end to dwindling game sales. Now, one of the game's main voice actors appears to have confirmed that the remake is on the way.  Assassin's Creed 4: …

Nvidia rolled out a new DLSS Software Development Kit (SDK) a few days ago, bringing the most recent DLSS Transformer model out of beta. Now, testing with the latest SDK shows huge VRAM improvements when using the latest DLSS model.  As noted by VideoCardz, this latest SDK, version 310.3.0, also …

Despite claiming years ago that he’d want to remake Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team’s head has now revealed that “there’s currently no plans” for such a project.