Software & Gaming

There’s been a lot of positive movements within the emulation scene as of late, with the most recent breakthrough seeing the PS4 emulator ShadPS4 being able to boot Bloodborne up to the character creator screen. Looking at much more mature emulation platforms, the popular PS2 emulator PCSX2 has now officially reached version 2.0

AMD has detailed its new compression technology to reduce the storage space required for installing games. This innovation, called Neural Texture Block Compression (NTBC), compresses high-quality textures while maintaining "reasonable quality". According to AMD, NTBC can decrease a game's storage footprint by up to 70%, reducing the installation size of titles like Call of Duty from 150GB to 45GB.

Phasmophobia hit it big back in 2020 when the game was released in Early Access, launching to near immediate success. In the years since, the team at Kinetic Games have continued to work diligently on the game, improving it across the board. Unfortunately, the game’s long-anticipated console release has been …

The Analogue Pocket proved to be a pretty popular portable following its release back in 2021, with the FPGA-powered handheld giving owners an authentic feel when playing various titles from the Game Boy series of systems – while also offering some modern niceties. Already a rather costly device, the company …

The First Descendant is a free-to-play 3rd person co-op shooter in a similar vein to the likes of Warframe or Outriders. Built on Unreal Engine 5, the game launched late last month to somewhat mixed reviews. Despite this, The First Descendant has attracted a great deal of interest – with …

Terraria is a quiet titan. Ever since it was first released back in 2011 the game has not only continued to sell millions of units every year, but has even entered the esteemed list of the top 10 best-selling games of all time – with over 58 million copies sold. …

Typhoon Studios really found its footing with Journey to the Savage Planet back in early 2020. Unfortunately, after being acquired by Google for Stadia Games & Entertainment, the studio was shut down in 2021, along with the Stadia platform. Now, fans may finally get their long-awaited sequel, as the development …

GreedFall 2 will be an early access title to start off with. Following in the footsteps of hits like Baldur's Gate 3, GreedFall 2: The Dying World, will launch as an early playable alpha on Steam in September, allowing fans to get in early and provide feedback while the rest …

Blizzard is about to kick off a new era for World of Warcraft with The War Within, the first in a trilogy of expansions that will explore a new story arc. Ahead of the expansion's launch in August, players will get a pre-patch with a new event to play so …

ARM has introduced a new upscaling solution for mobile devices. Named Arm ASR (Adaptive Scalable Resolution), this technology aims to tackle a key challenge in mobile gaming – delivering top-notch graphics without draining battery life or causing devices to heat up. According to ARM, ASR is based on AMD's FidelityFX …

Hunt: Showdown is one of the more successful extraction shooters currently around, with the Crytek-developed PvPvE shooter continuing to see support years on from its initial release back in 2019. In a surprising move, the team have announced that the game is set to get a permanent price cut, reducing …

Over the past year or so, we have seen the leading UK video games retailer GAME UK pull back on many of its previously-offered services, reducing the company’s scope drastically. Following the ending of its Reward program and trade-in services, GAME is now set to stop accepting pre-orders...

Concord is the latest major gamble from Sony Interactive Entertainment, with the upcoming live-service Hero Shooter having a lot to prove in a market which isn’t exactly begging for more games in the genre. Perhaps as a way to entice more players to try out the upcoming game, Sony has …

As a console platform, Xbox has historically focused on the US market, with Europe, Africa and Asia in particular being relatively weak markets for the US-based Microsoft. Following the recent announcement to changes with its Game Pass subscription service, Xbox is reportedly moving away from EMEA regions almost entirely. As …

This week, GeForce Now is adding another three games to its ever-growing library. The big release this time around is Once Human, a new hit survival game on Steam, which has already amassed an impressive number of players. Once Human is a new survival game from Starry Studio, set in …

Apple opened the door for emulators to appear on the iOS App Store, removing the need for any jailbreaking, or using something like the AltStore. Delta, one of the most popular Nintendo iOS emulators immediately took advantage of this opening, releasing an app for iPhones back in April, but iPad …

Sony has now announced the next batch of games for PS Plus subscribers. If you are on one of the higher Extra or Premium tiers, you can expect a new batch of titles available to download, including the likes of Remnant 2 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. Following …

Fallout: London is finally dropping this month after a small delay. The ambitious mod will allow Fallout 4 players to explore an entirely new map, in a part of the world not explored in previous Fallout games. The mod will require players to uninstall Bethesda's recent ‘next-gen' update for the …

Six months on from the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the game is now regularly appearing on sale for under £20 as Warner Bros tries to do whatever it can to boost the game's player numbers. If you've yet to buy the game but are curious enough …

Dota 2's massive ongoing event, Crownfall, as entered Act 3 this month. We've known that Valve has more surprises in store Crownfall but the studio caught us all off guard when it debuted a Street Fighter inspired fighting mode for the game.  In Dota 2 Crownfall, players can now participate …

Riot has been working on its own 2D League of Legends fighting game for years now, set to launch next year under the title '2XKO'. As it turns out, the company also had its own Smash Bros style fighting game in development under the codename 'Pool Party', but it was cancelled after seeing the reception to WB's MultiVersus. 

Over the last four years, 2K Games has separated the NBA 2K games, with an ‘old gen' version for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, and a ‘next gen' version, released only for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC gamers have been complaining about this disparity since the debut of NBA …

Earlier today, it came to light that Microsoft is planning a Game Pass business shake-up, which will see the service going up in price, and the removal of day-one games for the standard tier subscription. The big reason behind this is the addition of Call of Duty to the library, …

Earlier this year, Vertigo Games announced Metro Awakening, bringing the fantastic game and book franchise to VR for the first time. At the time, we knew the game would be launching in 2024 but an exact release date was yet to be confirmed. Fortunately, that changes today.  Metro Awakening is …

It looks like Xbox Game Pass is indeed finally in for a price increase. Higher prices won't be the only change though, it turns out Microsoft has plans to completely restructure Game Pass in September, ahead of the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, including the removal of day-one games for the standard tier. 

Last month, Amazon announced a partnership with Microsoft/Xbox to bring Game Pass to its Fire TV Sticks via cloud streaming. Said to be coming some time in July, the Xbox Game Pass app is now officially available. Following the announcement last month that the Xbox Game Pass app would be …

While virtual reality may not have blown up in the way some companies were hoping, VR still has a strong audience of dedicated users. With a decreasing number of VR games being represented in major video game showcases, a new dedicated VR Games showcase has now sprung up. Being organised …

SCUF is one of the biggest names when it comes to producing high-end 3rd party video game console controllers, with the manufacturer giving PlayStation and Xbox users the option for backpaddles and more far ahead of any official console offerings. SCUF now looks set to tackle the mobile gaming market, …

Deadpool and Wolverine is the next major film set to come out of Marvel Studios, with the MCU entry being one of the most hyped in a while. Aligning with the film’s upcoming release, it appears as though the X-Men characters are set to make appearances across multiple games. As …

Nvidia's latest GPU game bundle has arrived. In partnership with Game Science, anyone buying select RTX 40 series graphics cards, or an RTX 40 powered laptop, will get a free copy of Black Myth: Wukong to go with it...