Software & Gaming

We are just over one week away from the launch of Fallout 76 but there is still one more round of beta tests to go. Over the last couple of weeks, players across PC, Xbox One and PS4 have had a few chances to try the game out and on …

Troubling news emerged for PC players of Fallout 76 earlier this week, after a modder detailed various ways in which the game can be broken and manipulated by other players. Bethesda has since responded, stating that many claims are “either inaccurate or based on incorrect assumptions,” but has set out to …

Since its release in 2014, Hearthstone has experienced a steady influx of players, reaching 70 million within three years. This number has surged exponentially in the past 18 months, with Blizzard now celebrating the notable 100 million players milestone. A large part of its growth is thanks to a growing …

Blizzard landed itself in a bad situation over the weekend after choosing to close out its Blizzcon mainstage announcements with Diablo Immortal, a mobile spin-off. At the time, fans of Diablo have been left scratching their heads wondering why they didn't at least acknowledge Diablo 4. According to sources, acknowledging …

Ubisoft has found itself in hot water with parents, after complaints that Just Dance 2019 was bombarding children with subscription messages despite utilising the supposedly safe “Kids Mode.” The publisher has since apologised, and claimed that it will rework its song listings to prevent such confusion in the future. Kids …

While Diablo fans may have been let down at Blizzcon this year, Blizzard did bring along some better news for Warcraft fans. Rumours of a Warcraft 3 remaster have been floating around for a couple of years now but Blizzard is hoping to kick things up a notch with Warcraft …

In the build up to Blizzcon this year, we knew that there were ‘multiple Diablo projects' in the works and that we would see at least one of them announced. Prior to the event, Blizzard did try to temper expectations, dashing away hopes for Diablo 4. So what exactly did …

While Blizzard hinted that Diablo news was on the way, the firm did its best to temper expectations surrounding a fourth mainline entry in the run-up to its annual BlizzCon event. Sadly, these efforts were in vain as the newly announced Diablo Immortal for mobile has become one of the …

Civilization VI marks the return to console for Sid Meier’s mainline series, as well as the first entry to soon hit a Nintendo platform since the original for Super NES. The upcoming Switch version is just around the corner, although one major caveat is sure to disappoint many – there …

Today we present part two of our Red Dead Redemption gameplay. This time around, we spend more time exploring the huge open world, as well as the different customisation options you get.

We’re returning this week with another game giveaway. Over the weekend, we are running a caption contest, the winner of which will receive a STEAM game of their choice!

It seems as though Deltarune’s courtesy 24 hours of silence is up, prompting creator Toby Fox to answer some burning questions. Unfortunately for those that enjoyed the short tale, it might take quite a bit longer before we see more of the Undertale successor. Creating an FAQ on TwitLonger, the …

Back in April 2016, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius, one of the most popular vanilla WoW private servers around. This kicked off a lengthy discussion for Blizzard, with the studio ultimately announcing plans to launch WoW Classic. That announcement came in late 2017 and now this year, people will finally have …

There's something sad to be said for the decline of entertainment venues that dominated the cultural landscape just a decade or two ago. Much of our collective nostalgia for the heyday of arcades and lively pub games are colored by fond memories of gathering up friends for a night out …

EA doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to certain series, cancelling numerous Star Wars games and putting Titanfall 2 between a rock and a hard place. Fortunately, more is yet to come as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Titanfall 3 could both launch next year. During its …

Battlefield V is set to be a very interesting game on the PC. Not only will it feature the latest version of the Frostbite engine, which always manages to look graphically stunning, but it will also be one of the first games released with support for Nvidia RTX ray-tracing. We …

Yesterday, Undertale creator Toby Fox lifted the lid on his lastest project, unveiling the mysterious Deltarune. The creepy story was certainly welcomed by fans, at least until they encountered an uninstaller bug that can delete the entire folder it's housed in. Fox publicly addressed the problem on his official Twitter …

Just Cause 4 is heading our way in December, featuring an ambitious new engine with new environments and extreme weather effects. The game doesn't arrive until the 4th of December but the developers appear to have wrapped up work on the base game, as it has officially gone gold. Beyond …

When it comes to PC gaming, tying physics to frame rate is generally a bad move. Especially since a lot of people like to use high refresh rate monitors and an unlocked frame rate. Unfortunately, it looks like Bethesda didn't take this into account with the Fallout 76 beta on …

Prior to Microsoft's push to bring more exclusive games to PC, there was talk of Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive coming to Windows. Around the game's release in late 2014, there were marketing assets showing the game as being available on Xbox and PC. Unfortunately, a PC version never did end up …

After a series of bizarre, cryptic tweets, it seems as though the creator of Undertale had a surprise in store specially tailored for Halloween. Toby Fox has lifted the lid on his follow-up title, Deltarune, free a spin-off designed to be just as trippy as its predecessor. Alongside a creepy …

Netflix has treated us to another update on The Witcher TV series. In recent months, we've heard a lot about the writing process, casting and even filming locations. Now today, Netflix has given us our first look at Henry Cavill as Geralt, albeit without any scars or a beard. In …

Microsoft has had a troublesome time with its Windows 10 October update, attempting to quell numerous bugs that deleted user files, wrongly decompressed folders and even distorted text. Sadly, it seems as though these issues are far from over, as a security hole in the Universal Windows Platform has been …

Discord expanded into video game sales earlier this month, launching its Store’s global beta test. Currently, Discord offers developers the ability to opt-in to its digital rights management (DRM), however enabled games will currently require players to be connected to the internet in order to boot. Currently, very few of …

Yesterday, Bethesda finally extended the Fallout 76 beta to platforms beyond the Xbox One. Unfortunately for PC gamers, a number of issues have come to light following the beta launch. For starters, there are complaints about the game's Field of View and lack of adjustability, but beyond that, some people …

We already know that Red Dead Redemption 2 dominated the UK physical sales charts over the weekend but it looks like overall global sales were much more impressive. Rockstar's western adventure is now the second biggest entertainment launch of all time, falling just behind Grand Theft Auto V. In the …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out for a while now but it looks like Ubisoft is still struggling with its end-game content plans. Ubisoft plans to keep bringing players back to Odyssey with weekly live events, where you track down legendary mercenaries for better gear. The first weekly event had …

Since its conception, Nintendo has relied heavily on its first-party line-up of games, continued with a stellar range of upcoming Switch titles. While Nintendo has increasingly dipped its toes in the world of post-game content in recent years, it looks like the firm is set to put greater emphasis on …

EA has earned itself a status of notoriety in recent years, with last year’s Star Wars Battlefront II kicking off multiple investigations into microtransactions and loot boxes. The game’s pay-to-win progression system was ultimately reworked earlier this year, and it seems that EA is promising that it’s learned from its …

Back at E3, EA's CEO, Andrew Wilson, spoke a bit about the publisher's future and its push for cloud gaming. At this point, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Sony and more are all racing to put together their own cloud gaming services. Recently, Google announced Project Stream and Microsoft announced Project xCloud. …