Software & Gaming

Over the last few days, Sony and GAME have been selling off what is left of the 20th anniversary edition PS4 consoles in the UK. In order to ensure that only fans could apply to buy one, a website was put in place, showcasing a number of video game characters. …

I'm sure most of you have either received a call yourself, or know someone who has, where the person on the other end of the phone claims to be calling from Microsoft and has identified a problem with your Windows PC. Unfortunately while it may be easy for most of …

Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Corp. have restarted talks about a possible merger, according to a media report. If the companies become one, they will be the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunication equipment with formidable portfolio of telco patents. The Manager Magazin reported this week that Nokia, with its strength in wireless networks, …

The Steam Winter sale is officially here and will run all of the way through until the 2nd of January! The sale has kicked off with daily deals on titles like Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Space Engineers, Dark Souls II, Sniper Elite III, State …

Snapchat's CEO, Evan Spiegel, has made his feelings about the Sony hack known after emails between him and Sony Pictures CEO, Michael Lynton, leaked, revealing future business plans and secret company acquisitions. The information contained in the leaked emails offered a good look at the startup's future ambitions and plans. …

Grand Theft Auto V's PC release date is swiftly approaching but we still don't know what sort of hardware we are going to need to run it. Fortunately, that will be changing next week as Rockstar has made it known that the PC version is in the final stages of …

Those of you that went ahead and bought Assassin's Creed: Unity and the season pass will now be able to redeem your free game as Ubisoft has finally launched its offer redemption site. If you have the season pass tied to your uPlay account, you can claim a free copy …

This has not been a good month for Sony, the company was hacked, its emails were leaked, secrets were revealed and movies were prematurely hauled on to torrent sites. All of this, just to stop the release of one movie, The Interview, and unfortunately for those who wanted to see …

One of the cooler features on Steam is the ability to buy games as gifts for other people. This can make Christmas and birthdays for gamer friends and family members a lot easier, but it can also mean people can take advantage of regional pricing differences to make money or buy …

Turtle Rock has been teasing the announcement of its third official launch-monster for Evolve for some time now. There were a couple of seconds of it flitting about in a trailer for the campaign and a couple of teased images, but it's been fairly well documented already due to accidental images …

For many years all developers of graphics processors for notebooks limited display refresh rates in cases when they did not matter in order to cut-down their power consumption. In addition, designers of GPUs reduced performance of chips in cases when it was not required. One of the things that no …

It is official, we already learned earlier today that several big cinema chains would not be showing The Interview next week, the New York premier was canceled and now Sony is calling off the movie's launch altogether following yesterday's threats of violence, issued by the group behind the Sony hack. …

The Humble Bundle has been around and remained popular for a while now, it's largely seen as a way for gamers to pick up a few titles on the cheap while also supporting a good cause. The scheme has paid off as well, as it has been revealed that Humble …

Last night, the group behind the Sony Pictures hack decided to take things a step further by threatening violence against those who go and watch The Interview at the cinema and it looks like the scare tactics are working. Seth Rogen and James Franco have already cancelled all of their …

Games Workshop has always been a polarising company. On one hand, it has for many years been the best outlet for fantasy and Sci-Fi miniatures, pushing the quality envelope and maintaining some of the most popular tabletop miniature games out there. But on the other, it's repeatedly made moves that anger consumers …

A survey recently appeared online from CIGI-Ipsos, that looked at how people felt about different aspects of online life. Part of it quizzed them on the aftermath of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, with over 60 per cent saying they were aware of him and almost 40 per cent saying they had taken …

That was a quick turnaround. Just days after Valve removed the head-turning title Hatred from Steam due to it being ‘something it wouldn't publish' the controversial title is back on Greenlight and with its popularity, looks likely to get through the process before long. At its peak, Hatred was the 7th …

The adoption of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system has been generally slow because it looks and feels unfamiliar to most users. Windows 10 operating system promises to become more popular because Microsoft will attempt to make it more familiar to users of classic Windows operating systems. A financial analyst …

The Sony hackers are now resorting to threats of violence against those who go out to see The Interview in cinemas. The new threats are likely a response to the fact that the cyber attack and subsequent threats on Sony itself couldn't stop the studio from canning the film. In …

The long awaited Heists mode for Grand Theft Auto Online is finally arriving early next year, following the launch of the PC version of the game. We even have a new announcement trailer for the new game mode, showing it off for the first time. The trailer, along with some new …

Ubisoft ended up delaying Assassin's Creed: Unity's major performance fixing patch last night as the publisher has suddenly decided that “Rigorous quality control is of paramount importance”.  It seems that the development team wasn't quite hitting the performance target it was hoping for with the new patch and is now …

Something that I'm not sure even the clever developers at Valve saw coming, is the recent explosion of in-game item buying, selling and trading in some of the world's most popular multiplayer titles. It's created entire careers for some people and even for those that don't take it so seriously, it's …

Good news Hearthstone players with Android tablets! Blizzard has just released the game you love for the tablet you own, allowing you to play  wherever you desire. But there is a temporary problem for some of us… Unfortunately for the first few days, you will only be able to download the …

Skype announced several months ago that it would soon be rolling out it's real time voice translation service for customers. Today it begins the first small step of that roll out, with users speaking Spanish and English now able to talk to each other over Skype voice or video chat …

It should be no secret to game developers, that a great community around a game can make a huge difference. Games with vibrant and active modding and competitive e-sport communities, generally do pretty well. In the case of Dota 2 that is proven by the fact that its player base, so …

Although it had a 2012 reboot as a first person shooter, technically it's been nearly two decades since the last ‘proper' Syndicate game was launched back on DOS and the PlayStation. Satellite Reign however looks far more like the original and could easily be considered a spiritual sequel. It's a a real-time, top-down, class-based …

Although Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One has managed to outsell Sony’s PlayStation 4 in numerous countries in November, it will get massively harder for the system to compete against its arch-rival next year. The number of quality titles for PlayStation 4 will be considerably higher than the number of quality games …

You guys have probably heard of Hatred, the game that centres around mass murder in an isometric view. Upon launching the game's trailer, the developer, Destructive Creations, became an instant talking point, with many throwing up their arms demanding that the game be cancelled. The game is still in development …

The group behind the massive Sony Pictures hack is apparently back to leaking stolen information. An anonymous user claiming to be part of the hack squad posted a message from GOP on to ‘FriendPaste', a pastebin like site. The hackers are calling the upcoming data dump a ‘christmas gift', which will …

CD Projekt Red has revealed the second playable character in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. Her name is Ciri and according to the developer, she will be crucial to the plot, even if her gameplay elements are small. Be warned, there are possible plot spoilers in the next paragraph. …