Software & Gaming

Nightdive Studios at one point had big ambitions for bringing back the System Shock franchise, with plans for remakes of the first two games, followed by a sequel. Unfortunately, System Shock 3 disappeared in 2020 and we've heard nothing about the project since. Now with the System Shock 2 25th …

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are set to get more ‘value’ thanks to a new initiative giving benefits for free-to-play games:

No Man’s Sky has gotten yet another major patch, this time focused on fossil excavation, letting you build skeletal structures and more with the Relics Update.

Gran Turismo 7 has gotten another update, bringing three new cars; additional scapes; events and enhancements to Sony’s SophyAI driver.

With Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s post-launch support prematurely coming to an end last year, Rocksteady looks set to move on to their next major project. Rumoured to be another Batman title, a new job listing has now popped up offering a bunch of interesting details.

Scopely has been making a lot of headlines this month. Not only is the company set to acquire NIantic's game business, including Pokémon Go, but now, they are also teaming up with more AAA developers to adapt major IP to mobile, starting with CD Projekt Red.  CD Projekt Red is …

We're coming up to the end of the month, which means it is time for Sony to announce a new batch of titles for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Starting in April, PS+ subscribers will get to download two PS5 titles and one PS4 title.  The biggest game available for free via …

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a project perpetually impacted by delays. After a reboot and a studio switch, the game looked to finally be on track for a release in the first half of 2025, but it has since been pushed back again.  Paradox Interactive, the publisher behind …

It looks like we're in for some Nintendo news this week. The company has confirmed that it will be hosting another Nintendo Direct and better yet, it'll drop tomorrow.  Nintendo Direct returns tomorrow, the 27th of March at 2PM UK time. The Direct will last for 30 minutes, meaning we'll …

Nvidia App's latest update (11.0.3.218) introduces some interesting new features, including an AI assistant named Project G-Assist. This update also introduces DLSS Super Resolution scaling controls and incorporates key settings from the legacy Nvidia Control Panel, aiming to consolidate functionality within the new application. Nvidia's Project G-Assist provides practical in-game …

Due to the first trailer for The Witcher 4 dropping last year, fans have been hoping for a 2026 release date. Fortunately, CD Projekt Red is putting expectations in check, stating that the game definitely won't be coming out next year. During CD Projekt Red's most recent earnings report, the …

Initially planned to premiere in March 2026, Sony’s upcoming live-action Street Fighter film has had its release date removed.

With GTA VI set to launch later this year, many major publishers have reportedly put plans in place to delay titles so as to not clash with Rockstar Games.

With the Switch 2 Direct just a week away, insiders have revealed some of Nintendo’s launch plans for the console – including a 3-phase game release strategy.

Despite its ubiquity across multiple gaming platforms nowadays, CD Projekt Red has always been a PC-centric studio, with the original The Witcher being a PC exclusive and its sequel coming only to Xbox on the console side. Despite selling millions upon millions of copies of both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 across PlayStation/Xbox since, new data has revealed just how much of the audience still hail from CDPR's home platform.

Funcom has officially announced the release date for Dune: Awakening, the anticipated multiplayer survival game inspired by Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel and Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed film adaptations. Players can brave the treacherous sands of Arrakis on May 20th, with pre-orders now live. Three distinct editions are available for pre-order …

It is Spring sale season and MSI is getting into the spirit of things with a round of price cuts on gaming monitors and other PC hardware. We've rounded up some of the best deals, all available through Amazon, so you'll get speedy delivery too.

Months after its initial announcement, Arm has expanded the accessibility of its Accuracy Super Resolution (ASR) upscaling technology, providing developers with more options to integrate it into games. At GDC 2025, Arm showcased pre-built and readily deployable plugins for Unity-powered games, set for release later this year. An Unreal Engine …

Despite seeing very little support from Sony, Bloodborne reportedly managed to become one of the best-selling first-party PS4 titles of all time.

Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction is seeing a ton of buzz from both in and outside of the games industry, with a film adaptation reportedly in the works.

The upcoming life-sim inZOI has seen a ton of traction ahead of launch – currently sitting as the most wishlisted game on Steam.

Over the past couple years, we’ve seen Microsoft bring over a select number of first-party Xbox titles to both PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch. Despite Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; DOOM The Dark Ages and Forza Horizon 5 all slated for a PS5 launch this year, one insider has claimed that there are “a lot more” titles planned to be ported in 2025 alone.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows seems to be doing all it can to help save Ubisoft from the hole it dug itself into, achieving the 2nd biggest launch in series history.

The launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows seems to have gone well. Within three days of its release and two days after reaching 1 million players, Ubisoft announced that Shadows exceeded two million. As a result, Shadows has now outperformed the launch figures of Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey. On Steam, …

A group of dataminers on Discord have caused quite a stir this week. People have been able to find early builds for several unreleased games.

Machine Games surprised us all with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The game quickly became one of my favourites of 2024 but as is the case with most Xbox exclusives nowadays, the title will not remain locked to one console for very long. The PS5 version of the game …

Recently, Naughty Dog revealed the PC system requirements for The Last of Us Part 2, as well as confirming some of the PC-specific features we'll be seeing in the game. 

After well over a decade, Minecraft is set to get its first major graphics overhaul with the Vibrant Visuals update; bringing new volumetrics and more.

Despite being an already solid upgrade, the PS5 Pro version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will get further enhancements in a future update.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows launching day-one on Steam seems to be paying off, with the title having now broken a record for the franchise.