Software & Gaming

In need of some new PC gaming peripherals to refresh your setup? This month, Cyberpower is teaming up with Corsair to give away a full peripheral bundle, including a new gaming chair, as well as a new keyboard, mouse and headset. Corsair makes some of the most popular gaming peripherals …

This year's BlizzCon was a little different, taking place just weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King. While we didn't get any major Xbox-related announcements, Phil Spencer did make an appearance during the show's opening ceremony. Speaking during the BlizzCon Opening Ceremony, Microsoft Gaming lead, Phil Spencer, took to the …

Baldur's Gate 3 has made a great debut this year, being regarded as one of the best games released so far. To our surprise, at launch, Baldur's Gate 3 only had support for DLSS 2 and FSR 1.0. Fortunately, the developer is now addressing this issue, adding FSR 2.2 support …

The PlayStation 5 has recently been updated with a new design, commonly called the “Slim” version. This new version is smaller and lighter, and is gradually replacing the original version. The external differences between the new and older models are pretty obvious. However, it's unclear what has changed on the …

6 years ago, Fortnite Battle Royale launched to a surprising level of success, elevating Epic Games beyond their primary status as an engine developer and shifting the industry’s focus to live-service titles. The launch of Chapter 4 Season 5 (aka Fortnite OG) brings back the original map – alongside more …

The Call of Duty games have become increasingly difficult to keep installed on PCs and consoles due to growing file sizes. With this year's entry, it looks like file sizes are going to increase again, going up to well over 200GB.

Naughty Dog have been working on a standalone multiplayer project set in the world of The Last of Us for quite a few years now. That said, with minimal updates since the game’s announcement, reports were released claiming that the title has been put on ice. The game’s director has …

Back in 2019 Sony formed PlayStation Productions, a subsidiary focused on adapting the console manufacturer’s many video game IPs into other mediums. Since then, we have seen the successful releases of The Uncharted film; HBO’s The Last of Us; Twisted Metal and Gran Turismo. According to one insider, a Bloodborne …

At BlizzCon this week, the Overwatch 2 team unveiled the game's latest hero. Mauga is a new tank hero who dual-wields chainguns and is designed to excel in close-quarters situations. We also get a teaser for what's to come in 2024. While a lot of people do have complaints about …

While recent Diablo 4 leaks were proven to be accurate at BlizzCon this year, recent World of Warcraft leaks were completely off. BlizzCon surprised WoW players at the event this year with the announcement of a trilogy of expansions, making up the Worldsoul Saga.  Chris Metzen, a fan-favourite WoW veteran, …

Diablo 4 had plenty of time to shine at BlizzCon this year. Aside from a teaser for the game's first expansion, the Blizzard developers revealed that there is still quite a bit of surprise content on the way for those participating in Season of Blood.  Diablo 4's first expansion will …

The latest Counter-Strike 2 update has dropped and it should be one that makes the community a bit happier. Since launch, CS2 has had a limited map pool but now, custom workshop maps are supported, allowing you to access to a ton of additional maps for custom games.  With today's …

After spending many years dormant, Konami has started to revitalise the Silent Hill franchise, with multiple projects currently in the works. While it was previously announced that a remake of the PS2 classic Silent Hill 2 is in the works, it would appear as though the publisher in fact has multiple …

Back in the early 90s Sonic and Mario competed at a level which we have not seen since, with the Blue Blur managing to amass just as much societal awareness as Nintendo’s mascot Italian plumber. Unfortunately, in the decades since, Sonic’s relevance has fallen to the wayside somewhat – especially …

Exoprimal is one of Capcom’s weirder franchises, with the dino mech shooter offering a fast-paced co-op environment in which players must work together to take down an onslaught of highly aggressive dinosaurs. Since its release back in July, the game has gotten 2 seasons worth of content – with Season …

Following Microsoft’s push into cloud gaming, Sony has started to offer its own streaming solutions – recently enabling PS+ Premium subscribers to stream PlayStation 5 games. In order to help bolster their streaming efforts, Sony has now acquired video specialist iSIZE.

Back in February during a Pokemon Presents stream, Game Freak officially unveiled two upcoming expansions for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. We went months without an update but Part 1 of the Hidden Treasure expansion arrived in September and now, it looks like the Scarlet/Violet saga is all set to wrap …

While Intel's discrete Arc graphics cards got off to a rocky start, they have improved leaps and bounds since then through driver updates. We regularly see huge performance improvements for titles with Intel graphics driver updates and the latest is no exception, boasting big games for a range of titles, …

Nvidia has a huge month of updates lined up for GeForce Now. This November, 54 more games will be joining the cloud library, including a huge drop of 26 Xbox-published titles, accessible on GFN with a Game Pass subscription or with a digital purchase.  This week's update is headlined by …

We previously reported that Gran Turismo 7 was set to get a ‘Big’ update at some point this week. Now, Polyphony Digital has officially announced ‘GT7 Spec II’ – bringing 4-player split-screen, over half a dozen cars and much more. Making the announcement on their blog, the team at Polyphony …

The Day Before was a much-anticipated open-world survival MMO “set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars”. Unfortunately, the game has suffered from a plethora of push backs including legal issues, delays and much more. Previously planned to …

Despite being one of Bethesda Game Studio’s most technically proficient games, Starfield still launched with a number of issues and omissions. Fortunately, alongside improvements to HDR, optimisations and other improvements, the universe-spanning RPG will soon support DLSS 3 – as well as FSR3.

Lies of P released back in September to a wave of success, with many deeming the Souls-like to be one of the best in the genre (outside of FromSoftware’s own titles of course). With the game having sold over 1 million copies in less than a month, the team at …

We've reached a new month which means it is time for a new batch of PlayStation+ games. This month, those subscribed to PS+ will get three games – two PS4 titles and one PS5 game, although all three can be played on PS5 through backwards compatibility.  First up on the …

Ahead of the announcement of Alan Wake II, Remedy Entertainment remastered the first entry, bringing the updated package to current-gen systems – and to PlayStation for the first time. Released just over 2 years ago in October 2021, the game has finally made its money back, recouping development and marketing …

The Core Loft blends the adjustability of an office with the looks of a typical gaming chair

Rollerdrome is a fun and fluid 3rd-person arena shooter which “blends high octane, visceral combat with fluid movement and tricking mechanics into one complementary and challenging whole”. A little over 1 year since its PlayStation release, the Roll7-developed title is finally coming to Xbox consoles. Making the announcement via Twitter, …

Originally said to be a mere expansion to last year’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Activision announced that 2023 would see the release of a new standalone ‘premium’ COD entry: Modern Warfare III. Alongside the inclusion of all guns from last year’s game, MWIII will also bring forward a …

The Resident Evil series is by far Capcom’s biggest, with the publisher recently reporting that the franchise has sold over 150 million copies in total. This increasing success has afforded them the opportunity to go bigger with each successive entry – with Resident Evil 9 now said to have the …

Yesterday, news broke that Bungie was laying off a number of employees, while also delaying its two major projects, Marathon and Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Somehow, the situation got worse in the day following, with Bungie's CEO putting out an ill-advised tweet and one well-sourced Destiny-focused reporter sharing some additional insight into the financial reasons behind why this may have happened.