Software & Gaming

Despite heavily downsizing the 2XKO team, Riot Games have detailed the fighter’s next two Champions alongside other ancillary upcoming additions.

Starting life as a PS5 exclusive, SHIFTUP studio’s Stellar Blade is set to come to even more platforms following its PC release last year.

Following a months-long countdown timer, Bloober Team have officially announced their next big project – Layers of Fear 3.

In recent years Valve has expedited the rate at which they introduce new features to their ever-popular Steam platform, with previous updates introducing a new UX; an overhauled library sharing with family, Steam Deck optimisations and much more. As part of Steam’s latest Beta Client update, users can now directly attach their PC’s specs to any reviews published for added clarity and context.

Ubisoft made the shocking decision to cancel its Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake several weeks ago, alongside a number of other unannounced projects. Now thanks to a new report, we may know exactly which unannounced games were scrapped during the publisher's restructuring. 

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won a ton of awards in recent months. This week, as part of the 29th annual DICE awards, the team at Sandfall Interactive added yet another GOTY trophy to their list of accolades, alongside several other awards.  While Sandfall Interactive dominated the tally, Sucker Punch …

Bungie's Marathon seems to be garnering some good impressions following the most recent playtests. Last night as part of the State of Play showcase, we got our latest look at the game, which has now been reworked with new assets following an artist dispute last year. 

For many months now, Metal Gear Solid fans have been left wondering about the status of the Master Collection Vol 2. Last night, Konami finally made its plans clear, with the second Metal Gear Solid Master Collection officially coming out later this year.

Sony had a pretty big surprise announcement in store for fans during last night's State of Play showcase. The original God of War trilogy is making a comeback, remade from the ground up. 

Saber Interactive had one of the biggest announcements during last night's State of Play showcase. The studio is now working on a AAA John Wick game and yes, Keanu Reeves will be reprising his role for it.

Last night during the State of Play showcase, IO Interactive revealed the latest trailer for its next major game – 007 First Light, giving us a new look at the James Bond origin story. The story trailer sets the stage for a global adventure, as Bond is recruited into MI6 …

As expected, last night shortly before the State of Play showcase went live, Sony revealed this month's new batch of games for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers. Just as leaks predicted, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the headlining game, but there are many others to look forward to as well. 

A couple of years back, Motion Twin and Evil Empire teamed up with Konami to bring Castlevania content to their hit rougelike Dead Cells. Now fast forward to 2026 and the two studios are now collaborating with Konami once again, this time for an official Castlevania game.  Castlevania: Belmont's Curse …

It's official, Death Stranding 2 is coming to PC and it will be available very soon. Fans of the original game will now be able to get their hands on the sequel via Steam or the Epic Games Store, starting on March 19th.

Sega looks to have a very busy year ahead, as the company recently confirmed in its latest earnings report that it will have four 'major new titles' releasing between April 2026 and March 2027. 

In just its first year, Warhorse Studios’ Kingdom Come Deliverance II has sold over 5 million copies – a feat which took the first game 4 years to hit.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the new fighting game from Arc System Works, finally has a release date. However, despite several playable beta tests already happening, the full game won't be arriving for quite a while yet. 

Ahead of its launch on the 17th of February, EA / DICE have fully unveiled Battlefield 6’s Season 2 roadmap – adding 2 maps; 6 weapons; new gadgets and more.

Sucker Punch Productions have now confirmed that Ghost of Yotei’s much-anticipated Legends Mode will officially launch next month as a free update.

Ember Lab have officially announced their sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, with Scars of Kosmora arriving sometime this year on PS5 and PC.

Highguard has been out for just two weeks and despite an initially strong launch and a year-long content roadmap ahead, player numbers have quickly dropped. Now, the studio behind it is laying off a large portion of the development team. 

Last year, Razer launched its new line of BlackShark gaming headsets with the new V3 line-up. This week, Razer is adding a new addition to the range - the Blackshark V3 for Xbox White Edition.

Just last week, Activision rolled out the Ranked multiplayer update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. While a week has passed since then, the developers have yet to address a growing issue amongst players - the game is locking people out despite having features like TPM enabled. 

The next round of games for GeForce Now has been announced. There are eight new titles joining the cloud gaming library this week, including the Game Pass version of Kingdom Come Deliverance, allowing even more people to experience Warhorse Studio's fantastic and immersive medieval RPG. There are two titles on …

Last week, dataminers discovered new strings of code pointing towards the impending announcement of a brand-new class for the Diablo franchise - Warlocks. Last night during the Diablo spotlight showcase, Blizzard confirmed exactly that, but Warlocks are coming to more than just Diablo 4. 

Embark Studios quickly had a hit on its hands when it dropped Arc Raiders last year. Since then, the extraction shooter has only grown in popularity, with the game hitting a peak of one million concurrent players on PC alone. 

Studio Unknown Worlds have announced that Subnautica and Below Zero are getting free Switch 2 upgrades next week on the 17th of February.

The previously-announced Helldivers film adaptation has gotten its first update, with Jason Momoa set to star in the Justin Lin directed feature.

The latest update for No Man’s Sky brings an overhaul to physics/gravity; adds exo customisation; new resources and much more.

Ever since Overwatch 2 officially launched, the game has seen a consistent drop in players, especially in the wake of Marvel Rivals’ massive success. With the announcement of Overwatch’s overhaul however, players began to flock back, with Steam concurrent player counts reaching new heights for the first time in years. With Season 1 now officially live however, CCU numbers have skyrocketed to more than double its previous peak.