Software & Gaming

Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 last week with a new set of minimum system requirements to run the operating system. The one causing the most trouble right now is the requirement for TPM 2.0, but there is already talk of workarounds for this. 

One of the main highlights at Ubisoft's E3 showcase this year was the reveal of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Built for next-gen consoles and PC on an enhanced Snowdrop Engine, Ubisoft has now gone into a bit more detail on the technical side of the game. 

At the start of the Xbox One generation, Microsoft brought back Killer Instinct as a free to play fighter with new character updates that rolled out for several years. The series has been dormant for a while now, but Xbox is looking to bring it back again. Speaking on Dropped …

A few weeks ago, we learned that a Far Cry map maker had managed to completely recreate Rare's classic shooter, GoldenEye 007, within Far Cry 5's level editor. The project quickly garnered popularity but unfortunately, Ubisoft was forced to take the maps down after a DMCA notice from James Bond …

Quantic Dream has made a name for itself over the years for developing story-focused and emotionally resonating titles with relatively little gameplay. However, it seems the studio may be taking a different route with their next project, as a number of job listings seems to suggest that the team’s next …

E3 has come and gone, and aside from the announcement of a couple PS5 exclusive games, PlayStation had little to no presence at the annual conference. Though no announcement of a separate PlayStation event has been made, fans are expecting to hear from the console manufacturer any day now. It …

2021 represents Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary. While the Blue Blur has had a tumultuous life, Sonic Mania served as a love letter to the franchise, offering an excellent platformer for both old and new fans alike. Sonic Mania is now free on the Epic Games Store. Each week, the …

Back in March, Cold Iron Studios officially revealed Aliens: Fireteam Elite, promising a ‘Summer 2021' release window. Now, the three-player co-op shooter has a new trailer, as well as a final release date.  Aliens: Fireteam Elite, formerly known as just Aliens: Fireteam, is a third-person, squad-based survival shooter. It sounds …

The GOG Summer Sale is coming to an end soon. To celebrate the final few days of discounts, GOG has a big giveaway, making the Shadowrun trilogy free for all to claim and keep forever.  Shadowrun is a tactical RPG series based on a tabletop game from decades ago. The …

This week, Gearbox officially brought crossplay to Borderlands 3 across PC and and console. Players can now team up across PC, Xbox and even Stadia, but as previously announced, PlayStation is not included. As of yesterday, crossplay is live for Borderlands 3 across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Mac, Stadia, …

Western Digital has issued a warning for owners of My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices. These external HDDs received their final firmware update in 2015 and now, some users are finding their external HDDs compromised, leading to a factory reset and data loss. The issue was first …

3DMark has received a new update introducing CPU profile, a set of CPU benchmarks that include 16 threads, 8 threads, 4 threads, 2 threads, and a single-threaded test to show how a processor performs as the number of loaded threads varies. Like other 3DMark benchmarks, users can see how their …

One of Sony's big launch titles for the PlayStation 5 was none other than Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a smaller, expansion-sized standalone game. Now, it looks like Ghost of Tsushima will be getting something very similar later this year.  According to known insider, Shpeshal_Nick, Sony will be announcing a Ghost of …

With Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart now available, it's time for Insomniac Games to start thinking about its next project. While Insomniac is primarily known for single-player titles, it looks like the studio is beginning to experiment with multiplayer.  Over on Twitter, Insomniac Games revealed that it has five job …

While Halo Infinite did have a good showing at E3 this year, the lack of specific release date has led to plenty of concern in the week following the event. Fortunately, Xbox head, Phil Spencer, recently clarified the lack of final release date in an interview, indicating that the team …

As expected, today Microsoft officially announced Windows 11. A number of the new UI changes were already leaked earlier this month, but now, we have full details on new features, redesigned apps and other improvements. 

A lot of PC gamers at one point or another have used a VPN to buy a game from a country where it is sold at a cheaper price. Moving forward, doing this on Steam is going to be much more difficult, as Valve has implemented some changes to discourage …

Ever since WarnerMedia announced plans to merge with Discovery to form a new company, we've been wondering what will happen to a number of WB Games' studios. While some studios will be staying, others are being sold off. The first studio to be sold is none other than Playdemic.  This …

Nvidia started off this month promising to bring over 30 games to GeForce Now. As we near the end of June, the final batch of GeForce Now games for the month have been announced, with another 13 titles joining the library. Due to the inclusion of DLSS and ray-traced lighting …

To celebrate the ray tracing and DLSS coming to Doom Eternal, Nvidia and Bethesda have partnered up to create the Doom Eternal GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Limited Edition Demon Slayer bundle. The bundle is limited to 300 units, but first, you'll need to go through a lottery system just to buy one. 

Microsoft refuses to let up with its consistent addition of new games to its Game Pass subscription service. Though not the biggest month ever, the console manufacturer has now announced what games will be joining the service during the remainder of June and the beginning of July. The games which …

At the PS5 reveal event, Square Enix popped up to show off a new game announced at the time as Project Athia. This game, which appeared to offer a unique blend of identities, while showcasing fluid traversal and combat would later be officially titled Forspoken. Now, the team behind Forspoken …

Nvidia has just launched the public beta of Canvas, an app that turns sketches into beautiful landscapes. Using the real-time painting tool GauGAN, Canvas allows anyone with an RTX-powered system to create photo-like images out of their doodles. Through deep learning models and AI, Nvidia Canvas can turn basic strokes …

One of the latest crazes to take over the internet is the invention of VTubers. Originally observed with the likes of Hatsune Miku and vocaloid singers, VTubers have taken a similar concept and adapted it to online streaming. Now SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is set to become …

Usually in precision platformers, we jump and dash around to get through levels. Super Magbot takes platforming in a different direction, with players using magnets to traverse around. Super Magbot launched this week for PC via Steam and on the Nintendo Switch. Players take on the role of the robotic …

Over the last few years, Epic Games has been working on making Fortnite’s online feature set accessible and free to all developers. Today, Epic has an update on just that, announcing that its voice chat technology and Easy Anti-Cheat system is free for developers to use in any game being …

Despite the fact that PS5s consoles continue to be out of stock everywhere, the system is selling just as fast as they are being made. With that in mind, it seems that Sony is confident that it can supply enough systems to meet demand, with the next fiscal year expecting …

2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. While SEGA's big anniversary game will not be released until 2022, the blue blur has been making his way into a number of other games. Now it has been announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is crossing over with Minecraft. Making the …

Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that it would soon be expanding Xbox cloud gaming to more devices and soon, servers would be upgraded from Xbox One S hardware to newer Xbox Series X server blades. Now, it looks like the rollout has begun, bringing next-gen console power to the cloud. …

Marvel’s Avengers released its latest content patch earlier this week and immediately, players noticed something very wrong. For some reason, the patch made it so that the game displays the player’s IP address on screen at all times.  This would be particularly problematic for anyone looking to stream the game, …