Software & Gaming

After a long and somewhat troubled development, first time developer Acid Wizard Studio managed to launch its top-down horror Darkwood just last week. Since then, the studio has issued an appeal, pleading with fans to stay away from grey market key re-sellers despite releasing a safe, DRM-free torrent on The …

Every so often, Blizzard likes to make subtle changes to help balance out characters in Overwatch. This month though, the studio is making some more sweeping and major changes to one of the characters- Mercy, giving her an ability overhaul. The biggest change here is that player resurrection will no …

Ever wanted to know what was set to happen in Half-Life 2: Episode 3? Well Valve's former lead writer is happy to oblige...

With Ark: Survival Evolved set to leave early access and ‘fully launch’ at the end of this month, new details are emerging about changes coming to the game. Over the course of Early Access, Ark has had hundreds of official servers for players and since many of them are low-population, …

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda would not be receiving any single-player DLC or further patches. This appears to be the end for Andromeda but it won’t be the end of Mass Effect as a whole, as EA’s Patrick Soderlund has spoken out, explaining that despite …

Back in 2011, Splash Damage and Bethesda teamed up to launch a first-person shooter known as ‘Brink’. In the years following, the game was quickly forgotten with much of the player base on console and PC moving on to other titles. Now, it looks like Brink may be getting a …

Earlier this week, Shenmue fans got their first look at in-game footage for Shenmue III. With the game still at least a year away, there were some areas where things lacked polish, in particular, fans noticed the stiff facial expressions of the characters. Fortunately, Yu Suzuki has explained that the …

Last month, PlayerUnknown himself let fans know that the upcoming PUBG map is still “many months” away. Good things come to those who wait, however, as Brendan Greene has since teased the new desert map during his keynote at Gamescom. Greene kicked off the first eSports LAN for the game …

After Injustice 2 ended its first lot of DLC with the release of Starfire, fans were keen to keep in mind head developer Ed Boon’s tease of a big “wow” in the characters that they were going to reveal. Since then, NetherRealm took to Gamescom to showcase its upcoming Fighter …

Linksys is looking to tap into the growing PC gaming market with its new router

Update: This game is no longer being given away for free. It is still on sale for 80 percent off on Steam though, bringing the price down to around £5.  If you never had the chance to check out 2013's Shadow Warrior, then you may want to correct that this …

This week, Square Enix confirmed that Final Fantasy XV would be heading to the PC after many months of teasing from director Hajime Tabata. We’ve already heard about plans to bring mod support to the game and we have seen a breakdown of all the PC graphical improvements. However, some …

At E3 this year, Bethesda gave us a good look at its first batch of virtual reality games. Not only are DOOM and Fallout 4 making their way to VR but Skyrim is also getting a new version to take advantage of this technology. Now, all three games have release …

While fans will have a long wait on their hands for Shenmue 3, a new trailer has arrived showcasing the first in-engine footage from the upcoming title. While the video is likely to divide its fan base on what to expect, it is a blessing for those that backed the …

Yesterday PC gamers rejoiced when Final Fantasy XV was finally announced for the platform. At the time, Square Enix promised that this would be the ultimate version of the game but that will stretch beyond graphical changes. Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata has confirmed that he is still planning …

Crackdown 3 might be off the table but Microsoft still has one big exclusive game coming our way later this year in the form of ‘Forza Motorsport 7’. Much like Forza Horizon 3, this game will appear on both Xbox One and PC at launch. If you are planning on …

Microsoft has been keeping Age of Empires alive for a couple of years now. We have seen new expansions for Age of Empires II, the original game recently received a ‘definitive edition’ and now, after many years, we are finally getting a full-blown sequel. At Gamescom last night, Microsoft officially …

The Toddler Stuff Pack may not even be out yet, but in a change of pace, EA is quick to announce what it has in store for The Sims 4 in the coming months. The publisher took to Gamescom to announce that the next addition to the game will be …

Despite its early access status, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has many chicken dinners under its belt, even claiming the title of the most played non-Valve title ever on Steam. This time, the developer announced at Gamescom that the battle royale game has surpassed 8 million sales, all in just five months since …

We have known for some time now that the Windows Store is a bit of a mess but now it is starting to look like Microsoft has absolutely no approval process or quality assurance going on at all. It turns out that right now, there are a bunch of pirate …

After months of rumours and non-stop teasing from the game’s director, today, the PC version of Final Fantasy XV was officially announced at Gamescom 2017. It will be released on Steam, Origin and Windows 10, complete with all of the DLC released so far. The full title is ‘Final Fantasy …

Ever since its initial launch, Bioware has been working on addressing community feedback with patches for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Some visual changes were made, some cut scenes were remade but now, it looks like Bioware is ready to call it a day for this game. Over the weekend, the studio …

Microsoft kicked off Gamescom last night with its own press conference, during which the company spent a lot of time talking about Xbox One X. Not only are pre-orders now live, but there are multiple ‘special edition’ consoles and so far, close to 120 games are confirmed to be receiving …

UK online retailer GameSeek has made a name for itself with its radical discounts and aggressive promotions. The latest in this line is its heavily advertised Cyclonic Deal promotion, which has caused quite the commotion on its social media platforms. One of the most notable products in GameSeek’s Cyclonic Deal …

The Pokemon Company has been kind to fans today, releasing a bunch of new information regarding its effort in bringing Gold and Silver to the eShop and its sequels to last year’s Sun and Moon. In particular, the new trailer shows a very different side to the returning Alola region …

A few months back, the WannaCry virus caused quite a panic, as it took down systems across the world and even knocked out the NHS here in the UK. Fortunately, a way to remove it was swiftly discovered and Microsoft issued patches for versions of Windows as far back as …

Valve has been making plenty of changes to Steam over the last year or so but it looks like the company is prepared to clamp down even further as this week, it was revealed that soon, Valve will begin denying developer requests for batches of keys to their games. This …

It has been a couple of months since Microsoft first announced the Xbox One X alongside some of the more important details like specs, supported games, a release date and price. However, one important thing has been missing, as fans have been waiting on pre-orders ever since. Phil Spencer claimed …

Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced that soon, it would be bringing Operation Health to a close and getting back on track with future content releases, starting off with Operation Blood Orchid. We have already heard a bit about the next addition to Siege but this week, we got our first …

Bethesda has been working on bringing back the Quake franchise for quite some time, working closely with id Software to give it the revival it deserves. The next instalment is to be Quake Champions, that will now be set to jump from closed beta into Steam Early Access come August …