Software & Gaming

Available now, August’s Humble Choice line-up features 8 great games, including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth; Dead Cells and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge.

In celebration of its sequel’s upcoming launch, the excellent dungeon-crawling indie rouge-lite Moonlighter is free to claim for a limited time on Steam.

Just yesterday The Coalition made its plans for the Gears of War: E-Day multiplayer beta official, outlining two beta weekends, one for pre-order customers containing the new Horde mode, followed by an open beta focused on PvP multiplayer modes. Now, the developers have made one crucial change to appease pre-order …

While most game publishers are still charging ahead with ballooning install sizes, some are actively trying to make things better. Recently, Arrowhead managed to shrink the install size for Helldivers 2 by over 50%. Now, a similar install size reduction is coming to Marvel Rivals. In a recent developer update …

Ubisoft has re-hired the game director behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla as part of its restructuring and leadership shake-up to better prioritise its biggest franchises. 

EA has now completed its transition into a private company, and according to new reporting, the next phase will involve major cost‑cutting as the publisher becomes the vehicle for paying off billions in debt accrued during the buyout. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that EA’s new owners have taken on roughly …

Microsoft has been a big early supporter of the Switch 2 platform, bringing over several of its biggest games over within the console's first year on the market. So far, we've seen titles like Overwatch, Fallout 4 and Indiana Jones brought over. Now over the next couple of months, Switch 2 versions of Oblivion Remastered and Diablo 4 are set to release. 

OpenMouse is an open-source, browser-based control panel designed to configure gaming mice across Windows, macOS, and Linux without installing proprietary software. Operating via WebHID in Chromium-based browsers, the tool aims to provide universal control over hardware settings for multiple brands. Although OpenMouse (via TechPowerUP) remains in early access and is …

Beast of Reincarnation is officially available now, with this new Game Freak IP launching to mostly solid reviews owing to its fun gameplay.

Following its official announcement during Summer Game Fest, Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan 3 has now unveiled its release date.

Almost a year on from a leak, Baldur’s Gate 3 has now been added to the Xbox Play Anywhere program, meaning owners of the digital game on Xbox will now have a free PC version waiting for them on Windows, and vice-versa.

Launching to somewhat middling reviews, insiders have revealed some of the development issues suffered by Halo Studios during the creation of Campaign Evolved.

Xbox’s PC push continues this week, with new reporting indicating concrete plans for its long‑rumoured disc‑to‑digital system, alongside official steps toward expanding backwards compatibility to include Xbox 360 titles on PC.

Final Fantasy 14 is now available on all three major console platforms. Today, the game officially launches on Switch 2, meaning the MMO can now be accessed on any current-gen platform.  For a long while, MMOs were considered a PC-only genre, but that perception began to change over the 2010s. …

For a while, it looked like the God of War cast was set in stone, but producers of the TV adaptation quickly decided to move on from their original Kratos actor after an injury. Now, it would appear that Dave Bautista could be stepping into the role. 

Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, with Grounded 2 expanding access to more subscription tiers, coinciding with the game's largest update yet.

Gears of War: E‑Day is getting a multiplayer Open Beta ahead of launch, giving players an early chance to test Horde Siege and PvP while providing feedback before the full release on the 6th of October.

XL Games and Kakao Games have announced ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, an upcoming PC MMORPG targeting a 2027 release. Following the shutdown of North American and European ArcheAge servers two years ago, the new title aims to modernise the franchise while building on its original foundation. Original ArcheAge lead …

Details on the next Nintendo Direct stream have been revealed. Nintendo has announced plans to hold a dedicated showcase for upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. 

While it initially sounded like the Steam Frame VR headset could avoid some of the component price challenges of the Steam Machine and the Steam Deck, that no longer appears to be true. Valve's wireless VR device may also face issues due to Qualcomm chips also becoming more expensive and harder to come by. 

Xbox has been quietly working on a disc to digital conversion feature for some time now. Microsoft first filed a patent for the technology back in 2022, before reportedly moving much closer to release in recent months. 

While Ubisoft's NFT efforts haven't made broad headlines in years, it turns out, they did have one other project still going. There was a blockchain-based turn-based RPG called Champions Tactics. It won't be around for much longer though, as it is now shutting down. 

It would seem that Microsoft has more plans in place to grow its PC gaming presence. It turns out Microsoft may be working with Blizzard to open up the Battle net platform to third-party developers in the future.

It would seem that there is a surprise new Palworld game coming out soon. Shortly after the main game's 1.0 launch, a new mobile spin-off called Palworld Online has been announced. Palworld Online isn't made by PocketPair directly, but was instead handled by a Singapore-based studio and mobile game publisher, …

Halo: Campaign Evolved has launched to relatively modest reviews from critics, and a mixed reception from fans - with interest appearing to be quite low.

6 years on from its limited Switch release, Super Mario Sunshine is finally coming to Switch 2 next week via Nintendo Switch Online.

As was previously announced, the Xbox Series family of consoles have now gotten a price hike – with a 1TB Series X now setting you back £669.99.

One of the biggest news stories of the year (in the video games space at least) was the announcement that Sony would officially stop printing PlayStation game discs come January 2028. Reactions to the news were swift and visceral, with countless fans expressing their disdain for the move. Finally, after a month of silence, Sony has officially commented on the matter once again.

Original Windows Task Manager developer Dave W. Plummer has revealed a new macOS port of the classic system utility. Currently in beta, the Mac version, named Task Manager OG (TMOG), aims to offer an alternative to Apple's native Activity Monitor. Plummer (via Tom's Hardware) shared details and screenshots of the …

PlayStation seem to have severely shot themselves in the disc with the announcement that they will be getting rid of physical media come 2028.