Software & Gaming

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core has finally launched in Early Access – though initial impressions from players has been somewhat mixed.

Ahead of its official announcement, early details for this year’s PlayStation Days of Play have leaked, with the promotion said to be going live next week.

Following his departure from Housemarque back in 2023, Returnal Director Harry Krueger has announced the founding of a brand new studio: Cosmic Division.

After being leaked a couple days ago, 1047 Games have now officially announced their Titanfall inspired 6v6 movement FPS EMPULSE.

Sony has officially announced its Summer showcase plans for new PS5 titles. State of Play is returning in early June, offering an hour of new game announcements and other reveals. 

After a spree of playtests and an early access launch, Quantic Dream has cancelled development of its first 'live service' multiplayer game, Spellcasters Chronicles. The game failed to grab a large enough audience during its first few months in early access. 

Warhorse Studios has announced its next two projects. Yes, a third Kingdom Come game is being planned, but beyond that, the studio is also now working on a LOTR RPG. 

Embracer Group is going through yet another round of major organisational changes. The company hit dire financial straits a few years ago, leading to numerous layoffs and studio closures. Now that the dust has settled, Embracer is spinning off Middle-Earth Enterprises into a new company to house the group's largest …

One of the most disappointing things about Embracer's acquisition of Eidos Montreal has been the complete lack of interest in bringing back Deus Ex. Now after years of struggling to generate hit games, Embracer Group finally appears to be willing to give Deus Ex a chance at life.  Today, alongside an …

Stig Asmussen, the director behind Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has had his next game project cancelled. Asmussen left EA shortly after finishing Jedi Survivor to form a new studio to work on a new D&D game, but Wizards of the Coast just scrapped it.  …

Following its success in the US, the family-focused Nex Playground console is coming to the UK and Ireland starting from next month.

Publication Insider Gaming have announced their own video game showcase – featuring 55 games including a dozen World Premieres.

As part of their ongoing rebrand, Xbox has announced a new Player Voice feedback program: “a new place to collect your feedback and make it more visible.”

According to Microsoft’s ID@Xbox director, the console maker is currently “positioning Xbox for what comes next in the next 25 years.”

Lords of the Fallen 2 was going to release later this year as an Epic Games Store exclusive after CI Games signed a publishing deal with Epic. However, in a sudden change of plans, CI Games has now announced that it has cancelled the publishing deal. 

We haven't had an update on The Witcher spin-off Project Sirius in a long time but that changed this week, with a writer behind Destiny 2: The Final Shape joining the development team. 

The next wave of Game Pass titles has been announced. Over the next couple of weeks, 14 more games will be joining the Game Pass library, including Forza Horizon 6, Luna Abyss and more. 

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has impressed early players thanks to its massive Gotham map, combined with its Arkham-style combat. Now we know why the game shares so much DNA with the Arkham games - Rocksteady has been working on it. 

LC-Power continues to expand its OLED gaming monitor line-up. This week, the company is launching the LC-M27QO, offering a 1440p QD-OLED panel with an ultra-smooth 240Hz refresh rate, priced at a reasonable £499.

There are three more DLSS supported titles launching this week, including the highly rated Forza Horizon 6, which launches today after a period of early access for Premium Edition buyers.

In a surprise announcement, Sony is increasing the price for its PlayStation Plus subscription service from tomorrow, but only for new subscribers.

Forza Horizon 6 is already off to an excellent start, with the open-world racer amassing over 1.4 million players during its Advanced Access period.

Celebrating the studio’s 20th anniversary, ThatGameCompany revealed that Sky: Children of the Light has surpassed 300 million downloads.

While Sony had been increasingly dipping its toes into the PC gaming space, recent reports claimed that the console maker would be pulling back from the sector, with its first-party single player titles no longer being ported to the PC platform. Though yet to be officially announced, known insider Jason Schreier has now ‘confirmed’ that PlayStation’s Hermen Hulst informed staff of this strategy change during a recent Town Hall meeting.

An open-source project called low_latency_layer has introduced hardware-agnostic support for Nvidia Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on Linux. Developed by Korthos Software, the C++23 implicit Vulkan layer implements the VK_NV_low_latency2 and VK_AMD_anti_lag device extensions, enabling Linux gamers to access these latency-optimisation technologies on all GPUs. The software (via Noteboocheck) operates …

Microsoft has expanded its Advanced Shader Delivery public preview to desktop and laptop PCs equipped with AMD RDNA 3, RDNA 3.5, and RDNA 4 graphics architectures. Initially introduced last year as an optimisation feature exclusive to Xbox ROG Ally and Ally X handhelds, the technology bypasses local shader compilation by …

So far, all three Sonic the Hedgehog films have been successes, with the franchise bringing in more than $1 billion in box office sales. Sega and Paramount are keen to keep the ball rolling, with the fourth Sonic movie now wrapping filming, with the director teasing Metal Sonic as the …

When E3 died years back, Nintendo didn't do many convention appearances, instead opting to focus on its digital Nintendo Direct and Nintendo Treehouse streams. That changed in 2025 with Nintendo returning to the convention circuit, with a big appearance at Gamescom 2025. Now, Nintendo has confirmed plans to return this …

Star Wars: The Old Republic didn't end up becoming the biggest MMO ever, but it has stood the test of time. As it turns out, the former director for the game had plans to completely overhaul it and right some wrongs from early on in development, he even managed to …

At this point, the Borderlands franchise has sold an estimated 93 million copies across its numerous games. However, the series' future could have looked very different if not for a last-minute art change.