Software & Gaming

Oculus has had a few major VR game exclusives over the years, but those deals usually come to an end at some point. That will be the case with Vader Immortal this year, with the former exclusive heading to PlayStation VR in a couple of months.  Vader Immortal is one …

Last week, major story spoilers and even unreleased video footage of The Last of Us Part II leaked online. There were rumours that the leak came from a disgruntled Naughty Dog developer, but as it turns out, it came from nobody directly affiliated with the studio or Sony. Instead, it …

Last month, the big Halo 2 flight kicked off, meaning the finishing touches on the PC release are now in the works with a release date just on the horizon. Alongside Halo 2, the team bringing The Master Chief Collection to PC has also been working on Halo 3 and …

Some of the biggest games in the world have been implementing ray-tracing in the last year, including the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Minecraft. Now, World of Warcraft is going to be joining that group, as shown by a recent update to the alpha for the MMO’s …

GeForce Now has had its fair share of ups and downs since its release in February. Now, Nvidia has updated its cloud streaming platform with DLSS 2.0 support – and as a bonus, the company has also added 21 new games to the library. Deep Learning Super Sampling – or DLSS …

Something rather odd happened last week, as indie RPG, Indivisible, released on the Nintendo Switch without the developers even knowing. This is something that clearly shouldn't have happened, leading to publisher 505 Games investigating. 505 Games is the publisher for Indivisible, which is developed by Lab Zero Games. When the …

Over the next four months, the Summer Game Fest will bring you news, interviews and announcements from multiple developers and publishers. Hosted and developed by The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley, the Summer Game Fest aims to be an “industry-wide celebration of gaming”. Following the cancellation of E3, and IGN's …

DICE has recently been winding down on-going development for Star Wars Battlefront II and Battlefield V, with those teams moving on to new projects. One such project will indeed be the next Battlefield, which should release next year. EA previously said that a new Battlefield would be coming in the …

We have already seen a few game delays in the last couple of months due to the impact of COVID-19, but there could be more delays brewing behind the scenes for games that have yet to be announced. Xbox in particular is keeping an eye on this, as Phil Spencer …

After cancelling the Game Developers Conference in March, the organisers behind the event turned their attention towards ‘GDC Summer’ instead, taking place in August. However, despite hopes of putting on an in-person event, GDC Summer will be shifting towards an ‘all digital’ approach. At this point, other events like Gamescom …

When it comes to remastered games coming to Nintendo Switch, we are used to seeing sacrifices made in resolution, graphical settings and frame rate. However, that seemingly won’t be the case for Burnout Paradise Remastered, which manages to pack in plenty of the upgrades present on Xbox One and PS4. …

This year would have been Valve’s tenth annual The International tournament for Dota 2 but unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation has not subsided, meaning the summer tournament has now been put on hold and may not happen this year at all. “After extensive consideration of the global health emergency stemming from …

There has been plenty of discussion around the hardware inside of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 but we haven’t really had a chance to see what the games will look like. That will be changing starting next week, as Microsoft is going to be showing off the first …

Epic Games Store's free games of the week are available now. Last week, Epic gave out the rogue-like title For the King, and this week it's offering the horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and the action-RPG Crashlands. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an immersive first-person horror game where you play as …

GOG has been growing its library quite a bit this year, bringing on titles from some of the biggest publishers around. In the latest update, GOG has brought on DRM-free versions of the most recent Deus Ex titles, including Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.  …

Following on from the launch announcement a few weeks ago, today Riot Games is officially releasing Legends of Runeterra. The card game is available across PC, iOS and Android starting today, complete with a new set of 120 cards to freshen things up for old and new players alike. Legends …

Today, Microsoft revealed its quarterly financial earnings results for Q1 2020, covering the period between January 1st and March 31st. Gaming revenue was down by just 1% year-on-year but there is reason for investors to be optimistic, has Xbox Game Pass has been surpassing milestones. the More Personal Computing segment …

The last few months have seen an ever growing number of people relying on video meetings – either for work, learning from home or keeping in touch with their loved ones. Google's announcement will come as good news for those who are looking into different video conferencing options, as the …

RetroPie allows users to turn their single board computer into a retro-gaming machine – with the software supporting most SBCs except Raspberry Pi 4. Until now, that is, as RetroPie has announced that RetroPie 4.6 will launch with support for Raspberry Pi 4. It's difficult to deny the success of …

Following on from a lengthy teaser stream yesterday, Assassin's Creed Valhalla has been officially announced. Just as previous rumours predicted, the next mainline game in the franchise will focus on vikings.  There have been teasers discovered in some of Ubisoft's own games indicating that this would be the next step …

After spending one month as a PS4 exclusive, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered is heading to PC and Xbox One. The game chops out the multiplayer portion and is aimed squarely at those that want to revisit the blockbuster campaign from 2009. Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered …

Back in 2005, when the original Destroy All Humans launched for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, the game became a “cult-classic”. Now, THQ Nordic has decided to remake the game, and it is set to be released on July 28. In Destroy All Humans you play as Crypto-137, an evil alien terrorising …

A couple of weeks ago, Valorant beta players were quick to discover that the game's anti-cheat system, Vanguard, loads a kernel-level driver on your system, meaning the anti-cheat is present the moment Windows boots up. There were of course some security concerns around this, but Riot has been explaining its …

If you have been waiting on the next big update for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, then you unfortunately will have to wait a bit longer. Just recently, Japan went into lockdown due to COVID-19, which is now having an impact on game development and updates across many developers, Capcom included.  …

Google Project Zero is still going and continues to uncover security flaws present in software from the biggest tech companies around. The latest Project Zero disclosure report details a set of bugs within one of Apple's tools, leading to zero-click vulnerabilities across iOS, iPad OS, macOS, WatchOS and also tvOS. …

The Nier franchise has gained plenty of new fans this generation thanks to the excellent Nier Automata. Now, we’ll have the chance to go back and revisit one of the older games, as Nier Replicant is being remastered for modern platforms. This will be more than a resolution upgrade though, …

Windows 10's May 2020 update is reported to bring a change in the way files are indexed. This is expected to make computers able to search for files faster – with the greatest gains seen from old computers with traditional hard drives.  Each major update of an operating system usually …

There have been plenty of leaks and rumours surrounding the next entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise but all of that will soon be put to rest. Today, Ubisoft went live with a teaser stream, with the next Assassin's Creed setting being slowly unveiled. The stream is an interesting one, …

Intel has been releasing graphics drivers for quite some time now. However, the latest edition – version 26.20.100.8141 released on April 27 – comes with a big change. Intel has decided to release an unlocked version of its graphics drivers. Until now Intel has released its graphics driver through its …

Ever since Fortnite took off, there has been an illicit underground business surrounding the buying and selling of Epic Games accounts, many of which are stolen. Now with the Epic Games Store live, the need for better security is even greater, as users begin to build up a library of …