Software & Gaming

Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are finally going live ahead of the game's November launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. There has been much debate around the potential cost of the game, with some estimates going as high as $120. GTA 6 will be more expensive than a typical AAA game, but not by much. 

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 was announced a while back with a very short teaser trailer. Now, we know much more about what to expect from the new game, including some very significant changes to gameplay and an all-new open world city for the player hub. 

Arkane Studios’ Blade project has been surrounded by uncertainty in recent months. The game did not reappear at this year's Xbox Games Showcase and with Microsoft set to announce another round of layoffs across the Xbox division soon, the lack of official news on Blade has led to concern that …

Tencent is reportedly preparing to sell off stakes in several Japanese studios as part of a broader shift in its investment strategy. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tencent is reassessing those deals and considering exits from studios it views as underperforming. One of the companies reportedly affected is Marvelous, …

Initially set to release some time during the Fall of 2026, CI Games’ Lords of the Fallen II has now been delayed to Q1 2027.

The launch of Marathon Season 2.5 will bring with it a number of welcome changes and additions – including the first instance of a PvE game mode: Vault Breaker.

Rebel Wolves has announced an update lowering the PC system requirements for its debut RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. The adjustments scale down both the minimum and recommended hardware specifications needed to run the upcoming game at 1080p resolution. The updated minimum configuration shared by the developer on X now …

As they have done for years now, August 2026 will see publisher THQ Nordic go live with their latest video game showcase.

In discussing Xbox’s film and TV plans, CEO Asha Sharma has claimed that “Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”

Valve already alluded to ‘expanding support' for hardware beyond AMD on SteamOS in a blog post earlier this week, but now the company has also confirmed to The Verge that it is working directly with both Intel and Nvidia. Speaking with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed that Intel has …

AMD has officially released FSR 4.1 upscaling for Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, expanding the technology to RDNA 3 hardware. Announced by Jack Huynh, the update rolls out via the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2 driver. According to TechPowerUp, the underlying architecture of this RDNA 3 version of FSR …

Years on from its initial announcement, we have now gotten our first proper details on Netflix’s live-action Gears of War film adaptation.

Valve has published a lengthy blog post offering new context behind yesterday’s Steam Machine price announcement. As it turns out, the company’s component situation has been dire, with minimal availability at any price. As a result, the Steam Machine is not only more expensive than planned, but there's fewer of them too.

Alongside the Gears of War Netflix film, Microsoft have now revealed that they are working on a live-action adaptation of Rare’s live-service ‘Sea of Thieves’:

God of War Laufey has been in development for much longer than we initially thought, with the idea being pitched almost a decade ago.

Nick Cage has officially been announced to be coming to Call of Duty Black Ops 7 with the launch of Season 4 Reloaded via an Event Pass.

After months and months of guessing and secrecy, Valve has finally announced the launch pricing for its new Steam Machine gaming PC. As anticipated, due to changes in the RAM and SSD markets, these PCs are now far more expensive than they should be for their performance level. 

ArenaNet and its parent company, NCSoft, have announced Mistbound, an official Guild Wars digital collectible card game developed in collaboration with bilibili. The newly revealed title moves the franchise into the CCG genre following the recent announcement of Guild Wars 3. According to the publishers, the game's mechanics draw inspiration …

Microsoft has introduced a new “XBOX Handheld” logo on several of its official game pages, appearing alongside existing platform badges in the “Ways to play” section. According to Notebookcheck, the new badge has been spotted on store pages for upcoming titles like Gears of War: E-Day, Halo: Campaign Evolved, and …

For years, I have been playing the Resident Evil Remakes in virtual co-op, using an app called Parsec to pass controls between me and another person. For Resident Evil 4, fans will no longer have to do that, as a new mod aims to bring co-op to the game for …

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene has announced layoffs at PlayerUnknown Productions after the studio failed to secure enough funding. He said the ongoing industry downturn made it impossible to keep the full team together for continued work on new games. In a detailed message shared on X, Greene explained that “the games …

While CD Projekt Red may have rebuilt much of its reputation with the turnaround of Cyberpunk 2077 in 2022 and 2023, the studio's co-CEO, Michał Nowakowski, believes there is still more work to do to restore the studio's reputation.

A new fan‑made mod is aiming to bring multiplayer combat back to The Last of Us Part II on PC, filling the gap left after Naughty Dog cancelled its own official multiplayer mode for the game. As you would expect, as this is a mod, there is zero console support …

When Asha Sharma stepped in as the new head of Xbox earlier this year, one of the very first things she did was partially undo a Game Pass price hike from 2025. Now we know why, as it is claimed that Microsoft lost ‘millions' of subscribers following the price hikes. …

Like clockwork, Sony is unfortunately removing a number of games from PlayStation Plus in July, including Risk of Rain 2.

Less than 3 years from its launch, Ubisoft have announced that The Crew Motorfest has officially surpassed 10 million total players.

Mega Drive and Saturn maker SEGA hopes to one day have its entire back-catalogued history of games “fully playable” – all 4,500 of them.

In recent weeks we’ve seen an increasing amount of talk surrounding PlayStation’s multi-platform plans and their decision to move away from porting their single-player first-party games to PC. While Sony has yet to share a definitive statement on the matter, notable insiders have revealed the primary reasons for this shift in strategy.

Game Science's action-RPG Black Myth: Wukong has reportedly reached 30 million copies sold globally, according to a recent data update. The title previously set a record on Steam, peaking at over 2.2 million concurrent players during its initial launch period in 2024. The updated sales figure comes via data released …

Modding team Ember Wave has released version 1.0 of the Lies of P Seamless Co-Op Mod, adding full campaign and DLC support to the action title. The project (via Reddit) debuted as a limited build in December 2025 that didn't include campaign support, allowing users to tackle only specific bosses. …