Software & Gaming

Earlier this week, Ubisoft held its quarterly financial earnings call with investors, going over recent sales performance and adjusting financial expectations for the months ahead. The big news from Ubisoft this time around was that some of its big releases scheduled for 2020 have been delayed after Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s …

The Epic Games Store is continuing to hand out free games to users of its client. This weeks offerings are the Sci-Fi horror game ‘SOMA’ from the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and ‘Costume Quest’, a Halloween themed role playing game by Doube Fine Productions. The games are available …

With a rise in smart camera devices featuring higher resolutions driving the requirement for high speed, high capacity on-device storage in smart city environments, manufacturers are looking for solutions to optimise storage for video and AI analytics. Western Digital has addressed this by offering new WD Purple storage drives. According …

Ubisoft's first game to get cross-play was Just Dance, through its World Dance Floor mode. Now, as Ubisoft expressed in its earnings call, the company plans to add cross-play to its remaining PvP games. Although Just Dance was the Ubisoft's first game to get cross-play, the company is on course to …

A new trailer was recently released for the upcoming Crystal Dynamics Avengers game, providing lots of new details, showing off more gameplay, and giving us a look at some of the unlockable suits that will be available when the game releases on the 15th of May 2020. The new trailer …

Earlier this year during San Diego Comic-Con, Netflix released the first teaser trailer for The Witcher, giving us a brief look at important characters and setting the tone for the series. Now, full main trailer for The Witcher's first season has been released, primarily showing previously unseen footage with new …

In just 2 and a half years, the Nintendo Switch has already proven itself as one of Nintendo’s more successful consoles, selling 41.67 million units, since its release back in March of 2017. The handheld/console hybrid had already overtaken the Wii U, GameCube, and Nintendo 64, and is currently nipping …

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Souls-like action-adventure game from 2017 has received a new trailer, revealing not only the game’s release date, but also when fans will be able to play the beta. The game will officially be releasing on the 13th of March 2020, with the open beta …

Following the previously added solo mode for a limited time, Respawn Entertainment, the developer behind Apex Legends, announced on social media the upcoming Duos mode for players to enjoy. This new mode will come next week, on the 5th November. Apex Legends has been a 3-man squad game since its …

Replacing The Last of Us: Remastered and MLB: The Show 19, your November PS Plus games are the critically acclaimed Souls-like ‘Nioh’, and the sequel to one of the biggest horror games this generation: Outlast 2. Both these games will be available to download from the 5th of November. “Nioh is …

At this point, a Diablo IV reveal is all but officially announced for Blizzcon this weekend, with several leaks indicating that Blizzard has plenty to announce in the immediate future. Now on the eve of Blizzcon, another mysterious leak has popped up, detailing Diablo IV's art style and tonal shift …

Xbox Insiders, from the UK and US, can now stream their favourite games from their Xbox console to their Android devices

Today Razer is launching its latest game controller, known as the Razer Junglecat. While previous Razer gamepads have been designed for PC, Xbox or PlayStation use, the Junglecat is made for smartphones instead, with one half of a controller attached to either side of the device with a nice big …

The good news keeps rolling for Infinity Ward and Activision, as the publisher confirms that not only did Call of Duty: Modern Warfare make $600 million in its first three days, but is also the fastest selling Call of Duty this generation, set a PS4 record for the highest digital …

Mario Kart Tour is Nintendo’s fastest ‘selling’ mobile game, amassing over 123 million downloads in its first month. This is a significantly stronger performance compared to its second fastest selling, “Super Mario Run” which saw only 21.8 million downloads in its first month.  Despite having the most first month downloads …

The PlayStation 4 has officially become the world's second highest selling home console to date, with more than 102.8 million units sold worldwide. Unfortunately, this level of popularity didn't translate to a best selling subscription service, with PlayStation Vue generating continuous losses for Sony. With that in mind, it shouldn't …

UK-based studio Ninja Theory, the team behind Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, DmC, and the upcoming Bleeding Edge, announced its latest venture: The Insight Project. With it, Ninja Theory aims to help treat mental illness and encourage mental well-being through individualised and immersive gaming experiences. When Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice came out, it …

Yesterday was a rather big one for EA news. Not only did the publisher announce that it will be bringing its games back to Steam and offering EA Access through Valve's platform, but EA's quarterly earnings report also revealed a lot about the upcoming games lineup. We haven't entered the …

Sony announced during its Q2 2019 financial results that the PlayStation 4 had officially become the second best selling home console of all time, surpassing the PlayStation 1, and putting it only behind its own PlayStation 2. Sony’s 4th generation PlayStation was released near the end of 2013, and has …

At launch, it is fair to say that Ghost Recon: Breakpoint wasn't well received by players and reviewers. Now, Ubisoft is committed to fixing the game and has shared how it plans to do so.  There's no denying Ghost Recon: Breakpoint had a rocky start – even before its official …

Last night, invitations for the latest beta test began going out to Halo Insiders, with the beta running until Tuesday next week

Just over a year after its release on Windows, The Witcher 3 spin-off “Gwent: The Witcher Card Game” has officially released on iOS. The game, which is an expanded form of the card game playable within The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, is free to play and can be downloaded right …

Last year, Microsoft launched a limited-time subscription service called Xbox All Access. Now it is back with a few changes and just in time for the ramp up towards next-gen consoles. Xbox All Access will be available in the US, UK, and Australia, greatly expanding the service's reach. However, the most important …

Last week, eagle-eyed PC gamers noticed that some of EA's published titles were being updated on the back end of Steam, seemingly in preparation for EA to return to Valve's platform after a lengthy absence. More evidence popped up over the weekend and EA itself even began teasing us with …

If you ever doubted Sony’s long-term commitment to the gaming industry, you can now rest easy. Sony Interactive Entertainment have trademarked the names “PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10” in Japan, all before the PS5 has even released. While this might simply seem like standard practice for most companies, the …

There has been a flurry of activity from Nvidia over the last 24 hours, with the official launch of the new Shield devices and then the GTX 1660 Super was unveiled. Along with those new releases, Nvidia has prepared a new update to the GeForce drivers, ready for GTX 1660 …

After the tremendous success of Fallout Shelter and launching The Elder Scrolls: Blades, Bethesda is looking to expand further into the mobile games market by acquiring Alpha Dog Games, a Canada-based mobile gaming specialist studio.  Bethesda Softworks, the publisher behind the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, acquired the mobile games …

With Blizzcon just a matter of days away, leaks for new game announcements are coming at a swift rate. In the last week, we have had two Diablo 4 related leaks and another two leaks for Overwatch 2. With any leak, it is usually best to remain sceptical until official …

Valve doesn't often tinker with the Steam Marketplace, with the company often preferring to sit back and let the community take the wheel on pricing, supply and demand. However, in the case of CS:GO, some changes had to be made this week as Valve came across evidence of fraudulent activity …

Media Molecule’s goal for Dreams is to last 20 years, allow publishing of creations using the Dreams toolset to other platforms, and even have Dreams exist on other platforms, allowing everyone to create and publish dreams. Gamesindustry.biz spoke to Kareem Ettourney, co-founder of Media Molecule and art director of Dreams, …