Software & Gaming

If you are a virtual reality fan, then you likely have your eyes peeled for tomorrow's launch of DOOM VFR on Steam. If you are planning to jump into Bethesda's first PC VR game, then both AMD and Nvidia have you covered with GPU driver updates. Let's start off with …

Yesterday, EA commented on Battlefront II’s loot box system, stating that the reason it hasn’t stuck solely to cosmetics is to abide by the current Disney canon of the Star Wars universe. It seems that this wasn’t always an issue, however, as dataminers have uncovered deeper character customisation within the …

As Bungie promised, last night, the studio posted details on what's next for the future of the game in an effort to address growing concerns among regular players. They key message seems to be that going forward, Bungie wants to do more to support players who want Destiny to be …

Back in October, EA officially closed down Visceral Games and announced that it would be ‘pivoting' and handing over the studio's Star Wars game to a new team in order to ‘broaden' it. Since then, EA's CFO has shed some additional light on why this happened, claiming that the game …

A few weeks ago, Take-Two's CEO said in an earnings call that the publisher would be looking to include microtransactions in all of its games moving forward. This of course, arrived just before the Battlefront II loot box fiasco. Given the backlash EA is facing, other publishers are likely taking …

Although Sony has revealed quite a lot of exclusives throughout 2017, padded out through events such as E3 and its Paris Games Week, it has one more event to close out the year. PlayStation Experience 2017 lands on December 9th, and Sony has announced its full line-up of what to …

A few weeks ago, Session released its demo ahead of launching its Kickstarter campaign, with gameplay that reminisced over EA’s incredible, but long-gone Skate franchise. Now, with three weeks left on the clock, Session developers turn to backer-voted stretch goals after smashing its goal by £13,000. “It's time to change …

Earlier today, macOS users discovered an alarming security flaw that could grant admin access to the system right from the login screen. The bug meant that Macs running High Sierra could be accessed just by typing “root” and pressing enter a number of times. It was an incredibly basic security …

Despite already earning a whopping $168 million from its crowdfunding efforts, developer Cloud Imperium is looking to expand its income for Star Citizen. Now, it is offering plots of in-game land to try and generate more money, acting almost like the players own base. These microtransactions are claim licenses in …

The controversy surrounding Star Wars Battlefront II has been going back and forth for a while but since switching off microtransactions, EA has been pretty quiet on the subject. Now, the publisher's CFO, Blake Jorgensen has elaborated a bit more on EA's decisions leading up to release, specifically addressing the …

Last week, news broke that Uber had suffered a major security breach in 2016, which in all, affected 57 million users. Seven million drivers had their details stolen during the breach, alongside 50 million active Uber users. At the time, the company paid the hackers $100,000 and disguised the breach …

Last week, the folks at Gazillion Studios faced some bad news. After several years of working on Marvel Heroes and delivering consistent content for the player base, the studio was forced to shut down. This led to employees being laid off just days before Thanksgiving in the US. This also …

Later on today, Bungie was scheduled to hold a livestream going over new details for Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Curse of Osiris. However, there has been growing unrest within the player base over the last couple of weeks, so instead of an expansion livestream, Bungie will be looking to …

Hearthstone is set to close out the year with its 135-card expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs on December 12th. This hasn’t stopped people looking ahead at what’s to come, as lead artist, Ben Thomson reveals that 2018 is set to see three more sizeable expansions, including single-player content. Kobolds & Catacombs …

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Civilization VI is getting its first big expansion next year. Rise & Fall will be available on February 8th, introducing new leaders, civilisations, wonders, units and much more. One of the biggest new additions in the Rise & Fall expansion is its introduction …

Last week, it was revealed that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds finally got given the thumbs up to release in China via Tencent, providing that the title is modified to comply with content regulations. It seems that the tech giant had a lot of faith in its ability to push the product in …

It looks like Bungie is looking to rope some fresh players into Destiny 2 as this week, the game finally received its free trial version. Destiny 1 had a free trial period too some time after launch, though there are some changes this time around for the sequel. The Destiny …

While The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3 were both big hitters that drove CD Projekt Red into the spotlight, the first game doesn't tend to receive quite as much love. The Witcher 1 hasn't aged well with time and some of its mechanics do feel quite dated. However, a …

From Software's Demon Souls went on to become a cult classic following its initial launch on the Playstation 3. Even now, people still go back and play it, often rating it as the hardest of the ‘Souls' games. Unfortunately, the game can't keep going forever, as today From Software announced …

Earlier this year, it was reported that the Deus Ex series was on hiatus following low sales of its latest title, Mankind Divided. This led to speculation that future titles would be discontinued in favour of other properties, contrary to plans set in motion by Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda. …

During its last Pro League, Ubisoft disclosed what Rainbow Six Siege had in store for its Year 3 timeline, starting with Operation Chimera and the game’s zombie-themed co-op event. It seems like the infection has already begun, however, as Ubisoft launches an ARG for players to unlock confidential information about …

Back in October, we learned that Epic Games had filed a lawsuit against two specific Fortnite cheaters. This is something we have seen done before, with similar cases coming from the likes of Riot Games and Blizzard. However, this week some more details about the case came to light, including …

Imgur, one of the world's most popular image sharing websites, has confirmed that it suffered a massive data breach affecting 1.7 million users. Back in 2014, Imgur was hacked, with the details of 1.7 million users stolen. For a long time, the breach went unnoticed, but over the last few …

EA has encountered plenty of backlash in the build-up to Star Wars Battlefront II's launch and even after turning microtransactions off, it seems that tensions are high. Aside from the game selling far fewer copies compared to 2015's Battlefront, some Star Wars fans are now petitioning to get EA's rights …

Last week, players discovered that a hidden XP scaling system was active in Destiny 2. The system essentially limited the number of Bright Engrams players could earn at once by ramping down how much each XP point was worth after playing for a period of time. Since then, Bungie has …

Dota 2 has reworked its Ranked rewards scheme, bringing in Seasonal Rank Medals to replace its renown matchmaking rating (MMR) system. This new system is now live, as Valve kicked off the game’s six-month Ranked Season yesterday. The news was revealed over on Dota 2’s official blog, attempting to reward …

Despite the changes that have been made, there are still plenty of fans out there that feel Star Wars Battlefront II is a grind. Some sneaky players, however, have crafted contraptions to circumvent the system and earn credits while they are away from their keyboard. Of course, the game as …

It looks like Bungie may have a few questions to answer, as an investigation into Destiny 2's XP system has revealed some interesting tricks at play. This week, it has come to light that Destiny 2 may use a ‘dynamic XP' system, which means players may often be rewarded a …

Its Black Friday today, which means plenty of people are going to be shopping around for deals on all sorts of things. This year, we have plenty of tech companies jumping on board. Overclockers UK has a new round of deals up today, ASUS has a bunch of sales going …

Hot on the heels of its most recent Firefox Quantum update, Mozilla has teamed up with the folks over at ‘Have I Been Pwned' to implement a new ‘Breach Alerts' feature into the browser. The idea is to throw up a warning if a user is visiting a site that …