Software & Gaming

The latest Nvidia GeForce driver has arrived, bringing performance improvements and day-one optimisations for some of the biggest game releases this month. Today’s driver release focuses on optimisations for Rage 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms but should also bring a hefty performance boost to World War Z. World War …

While a leak yesterday may have spoiled the surprise a bit, last night Ubisoft announced a brand new Ghost Recon game ahead of E3 next month. Ghost Recon Breakpoint is set to be a followup to Wildlands, focusing on co-op gameplay once again and taking players out of the cartel-infested …

Late last year, following Monster Hunter World’s win at The Game Awards, Capcom announced that a full expansion would be heading our way this year called ‘Iceborne’. At the time, very few details were given but that changed last night, with the publisher giving us more details on the new …

Way back in 2015, during one of Sony’s best E3 presentations to date, Final Fantasy VII Remake was officially announced. This naturally drummed up a ton of excitement but immediately after, Square Enix went quiet on the project. That is changing this year, as during Sony’s State of Play stream …

While Apex Legends did experience explosive growth following its launch in February, things did start to slow down over March and April. Respawn already has a competitive season plan in place to keep people coming back regularly, but there are other ideas in place. Similarly to PUBG and Fortnite, Apex …

SEGA’s Yakuza series continues to expand on PC. Yakuza 0 kicked things off last year, followed by Yakuza Kiwami- an excellent modern remake of the classic PS2 game. Now Yakuza Kiwami 2 has officially made its way to Steam, with other games in the long running series set to follow. …

Back in December, Capcom and CD Projekt Red announced that they would be collaborating on a special quest line for Monster Hunter World. During the event, players will be placed in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, complete with his usual weapons and abilities. The crossover debuted on consoles back …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC this year, starting off with Halo Reach. We are still waiting for the first public beta tests to go live but in the meantime, 343 Industries has spoken a bit more on what features we can expect, including cross-platform capabilities between …

Over the last couple of years, there has been plenty of debate surrounding in-game loot boxes and whether or not they should be considered gambling. Investigations have been launched and politicians have gotten involved all across the world. While some countries took the view that loot boxes were fine, others …

Anthem may have been the biggest launch in BioWare’s history but a long list of complaints from players and poor reviews slowed things down significantly after launch. At this point, meaningful content updates have been delayed in favour of fixing the game and many have left the game behind, leading …

It has been just over two years since Microsoft cancelled Scalebound and ended its partnership with Platinum Games. At the time, this was a huge blow for the Xbox One, as the console lacked a variety of big-name exclusives, particularly from third-parties. While many fans have blamed Microsoft for the …

Long before Xbox Game Pass became a thing, EA began testing the waters of gaming subscriptions with EA Access. The service granted people access to a growing vault of older games alongside early access and 10-hour trials to brand new titles. The service has been successful on Xbox One and …

Earlier this week, we learned that employees at Riot Games were planning a mass walkout due to growing issues with company management. At the time, it was estimated that around 100 employees would leave work to protest but the final number ended up being much higher than that. Over the …

Apex Legends has been out since February and during that time, tens of millions of players have downloaded the game. Of course, as with any fast-rising, free to play multiplayer game, cheaters did flock in. In March, Respawn banned over 350K cheaters but new workarounds were eventually found. Now this …

Development crunch has been an increasingly common topic of conversation over the last couple of years, to the point where almost every major studio seems to fall into the trap. NetherRealm was the latest studio to be outed for the practice, with former employees talking about being heavily overworked during …

Over the last year, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Riot Games and its internal practices. Allegations of sexism came to light in 2018, which eventually led to several lawsuits, alongside promises from Riot to make management changes. At this point in time, there are five on-going lawsuits …

Sony may not be participating in E3 this year, but we will be getting plenty of PlayStation announcements over the course of 2019. This year, Sony has transitioned to Nintendo Direct style ‘State of Play’ streams, which quickly round up new announcements on a more frequent basis. We had the …

Since its launch, there has been plenty of talk surrounding Overwatch and the ways Blizzard can expand on the game. We’ve seen some of this ambition already, with high quality lore-expanding cinematics coming out every once in a while. Beyond that, the Overwatch League received a ton of investment from …

Respawn Entertainment has been hard at work on its own Star Wars game for a few years now. Just last month, we finally saw the first trailer thanks to a reveal at Star Wars Celebration. There was no gameplay shown at the time but Vince Zampella has since confirmed that …

It has been almost one year since Bethesda first announced The Elder Scrolls Blades, a franchise spin-off built for smartphones. In March, early access began on an invite-only basis for those on iOS and Android. Now, the game is freely available to anyone, although it is still considered to be …

At this point, you all likely know about the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog movie and the criticism surrounding Sonic’s odd, humanised design. If you found the Sonic’s new look unappealing, then there is potentially some good news on the horizon, as the film’s director has said that changes are going …

Borderlands 3 has been back in the news this week. During the official gameplay reveal, Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, claimed that there would be no microtransactions for Borderlands 3, a statement that many people immediately questioned. Since then, further clarification has been provided, confirming that cosmetic skins will in-fact be …

Bethesda has been pretty quiet lately, to the point where you might forget that Rage 2 is coming out in less than two weeks time. With the release date quickly approaching, the publisher has finally revealed the game’s minimum and recommended PC system requirements for PC. While Rage 2 was …

Over the last few years, many game publishers have been trying to find ways to combat grey market key-reselling for PC games. There have been numerous instances where mass numbers of game keys were deactivated after being fraudulently obtained and sold on certain stores. Now, Ubisoft is looking to implement …

For years now, there have been rumours surrounding a new Left 4 Dead game and various fake leaks have gotten fans hopeful along the way. Sometimes, a fake leak looks so good that it is hard to believe that someone put the effort in, which is the situation we found …

Amidst all of the drama that Blizzard has gone through in the last 9 months or so, the studio has maintained that its goal going forward is to double down on game development for current and future projects. In order to avoid distractions towards the end of the Summer, Blizzard …

Not too long ago, we were talking about a confident Slightly Mad Studios with plans to launch its own gaming console that would surpass even next-gen offerings. Since then however, Google has announced Stadia, and the upcoming resurgence of game streaming has caused some investors to walk. The Mad Box …

Psyonix grew into a very successful studio thanks to the release of Rocket League several years ago. In fact, the game is so successful that it might be easy to forget that Psyonix is actually an independent studio. That won’t be the case for much longer though, as Epic Games …

It has been just over one month since Gearbox first announced Borderlands 3 and during that time, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding the game. We’ve heard bits and pieces about the game, seen two trailers and even gone through some drama surrounding PC store exclusivity. Now with all …

It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly’ week. The last one occurred in late 2018 and brought in an extra $7 million in crowd funding. Now, Crowd Imperium Games is looking to draw even more people in. Following on from the game’s 3.5 …