Software & Gaming

For a while, it seemed as though both digital and physical mediums could co-exist in the games industry. Unfortunately, through the evolution of technology, the de-evolution of the industry and what seems to be a concerted effort to make the overall experience worse, physical media is now in many ways objectively inferior to digital.

Evil Dead: The Game only just came out in 2022 but this week, the game mysteriously began disappearing from store fronts. At this point, the game is no longer available to purchase on Steam, PlayStation and Xbox. Now, publisher and developer, Saber Interactive, has spoken out. 

It has been a while since Valve's new multiplayer game, Deadlock, made headlines. That changed this week thanks to the discovery of a secret new build of the game - one that looks to be much closer to a 1.0 launch build. 

The era of the Lian Li Lancool 216 is over. This year, Lian Li is introducing the Lancool 217, a direct successor featuring design and aesthetic tweaks to suit new PC builds.  The new LANCOOL 217 is available in Dark Walnut or Light Beech colour options, with real wood accents …

We've been waiting months for Rockstar to give an update on GTA 6. The game was officially announced last year, with a record-breaking trailer garnering hundreds of millions of views. At the time, Rockstar has a 2025 release window in mind, but today's announcement has pushed GTA 6 to 2026. 

As they do each month, May’s free Amazon Prime Gaming titles have started to roll out to subscribers, including a bunch of Star Wars games.

Despite having the biggest slice of the player count pie, Game Pass users have put less time into Oblivion and Clair Obscur compared to Steam and PlayStation.

Nintendo’s recent big Switch firmware update has caused some systems to be bricked. Nintendo is currently working on a fix.

Forza Horizon 5 remains one of the few games today which publicly lists just how many players have tried the game out at any given time. Right ahead of the game’s launch on PS5, Horizon 5 was confirmed to have surpassed 45 million total players. Since the arrival of the game to PS5 mere days ago however, player counts have risen by almost 1 million.

PlayStation Plus subscribers have some interesting new titles coming their way in May. Leading the lineup for this month are the hugely popular Poker/roguelike hybrid Balatro, the retro-styled shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and the ambitious survival title Ark: Survival Ascended. All three games will become available to add to your …

Weeks following Sony's price hike for PS5, Microsoft has now announced plans to increase Xbox Series X/S prices. The price increase will take effect in Europe, Australia, the US and the UK. Microsoft has also announced plans to follow in Nintendo's footsteps and raise the price of "some first party games" to $80.

Microsoft's Q3 earnings report is in, and things are looking up for Xbox. The Xbox business showcased another quarter of growth across game sales and subscriptions/services. A big portion of this growth is being attributed to Microsoft's increasingly strong presence on PlayStation.

Evil Dead: The Game only just came out in 2023 but it would seem that the license has already expired. The game has suddenly been delisted from PlayStation and PC via both Steam and The Epic Games Store.

Yesterday following news of the release date for Borderlands 4 being brought forward, Gearbox revealed all-new details about the game and dropped a gameplay trailer. 

After spending many years as a Nintendo Switch console exclusive, Shovel Knight Dig is finally coming to PlayStation and Xbox later this month.

Despite no sequel on the horizon, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has continued to see players flock to the game – having surpassed 2 million total players.

Following 6 months of work, the indie rogue-like Astral Ascent has now gotten its massive 2.0 update – alongside new paid DLC.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows was one of the most important games for Ubisoft in quite some time, as its success could determine the future of the publisher in a ton of ways. Fortunately, Shadows has so far been a pretty big success. Wanting to keep the momentum going, Ubisoft has now revealed the full Year 1 roadmap for AC: Shadows.

Earlier today, Gearbox confirmed that Borderlands 4 will be releasing sooner than originally announced. The release date has been brought forward to the 12th of September, but Gearbox head, Randy Pitchford, has been quick to stamp out speculation that the release date change has anything to do with Grand Theft …

Nvidia has announced its latest GPU game bundle. From now until May 21st, anyone buying an RTX 50 series graphics card, or a laptop with an RTX 50 GPU inside, will get a free code for DOOM: The Dark Ages. The bundle includes RTX 5070 desktop graphics cards and up, …

The OG Switch has gotten a surprise system firmware update, bringing more uniformity between the UI of the last-gen console and its upcoming Switch 2.

Though later than initially planned, Black Ops 6’s 4/20 event is going live tomorrow – featuring new game modes; weapons and Seth Rogen.

Initially announced to be launching next month, Lost Soul Aside has had a slight last-minute delay to August the 29th 2025.

Following the overwhelming success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, it seems the team might be planning to work on DLC for the game.

Ahead of the game’s official PlayStation State of Play Showcase, Gearbox has announced that Borderlands 4 will launch earlier than expected.

Over 10 years on since its initial release, Ubisoft has released a free update to Far Cry 4, adding 60fps support for PlayStation 5.

Since wrapping up work on StarCraft 2, Blizzard's famed strategy franchise has gone dark, with little news coming out about new content or new games in the series. That is starting to change. We've already heard rumours that a new StarCraft shooter is now in development and it turns out …

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is already a huge hit across the board – with the game being the 3rd fastest selling game of 2025 on PlayStation.

Around 6 months on from its initial launch, Infinity Nikki is no longer an Epic Games Store exclusive – finally being available now on Steam.

Bringing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to PS5 seems to be paying off, with the game having now topped the weekly sales charts for the first time.