Software & Gaming

For around a year now, there have been rumours of a major Starfield 2.0 update, one that would fix much of the criticism levied at the game at launch, while also bringing the game over to PS5 consoles. Unfortunately, one of those rumours has been shut down over the past week.

9 years after the game’s initial release, Square Enix has finally teased that a sequel to NieR: Automata is in the works.

Roblox continues to be bigger than ever, with the online platform having achieved higher total engagement numbers than Steam, PlayStation and Fortnite combined.

The recent Switch 2 Edition for Xenoblade Chronicles X has been met with fan complaints, leading Nintendo to issue refunds to unhappy customers.

The Netflix Bioshock film adaptation is still in its early stages, but sentiment around the project seemingly remains positive.

A major leadership transition is about to happen at Microsoft Gaming, as Phil Spencer officially announced his retirement. Spencer's departure marks the end of an influential era during which he transformed Xbox from a struggling console brand into what it is now. Joining him in departure is Xbox President Sarah …

A few days ago, we learned that physical copies of Resident Evil Requiem had leaked, close to two weeks before the game's planned release. As a result, footage of the game's ending, amongst other spoilers, have begun landing on social media and forums. The footage won't last long though, as Capcom is keeping a watchful eye out. 

Nioh 3 has had a hugely successful launch. Billed as the most ambitious game in the series so far, Nioh 3 has gone on to sell over one million copies in its first week on the market. 

To the surprise of no one, Ubisoft has confirmed that it has 'multiple' games in development for its flagship Assassin's Creed and Far Cry franchises, focused on both single-player and multiplayer experiences. 

It's official, Nintendo and Game Freak are finally bringing back Pokémon Leaf Green and Fire Red. However, unlike the majority of other classic game re-releases on the Switch, these titles will not be part of the Switch Online virtual console system and will instead be sold as standalone games on the eShop. 

In an effort to push its PC gaming ambitions further, Microsoft have announced that they are introducing Postgame Recaps to the Xbox app on PC.

6 years after the first game’s release, Slay the Spire 2 is finally set to launch into Early Access next month on the 5th of March.

As they do each month, Sony is set to remove half a dozen titles from its PlayStation Plus Extra service, including TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Redout 2 and more.

According to Square Enix, running Final Fantasy VII Remake on Switch 2 wouldn't have been possible without Game-Key Cards.

Back in 2021 in the midst of an acquisition spree, Sony acquired Bluepoint Studios to bolster its first-party PlayStation game development pipeline. Now just a few years later, Sony is shutting the studio down.

Sad Cat Studios has announced that the anticipated cyberpunk action-platformer Replaced will see its release date pushed from March 12th to April 14th. This update, shared by the developer and publisher Thunderful, comes in as both want to do a final push to ensure the game meets the team's quality …

Ubisoft Toronto, the studio in charge of the upcoming Splinter Cell Remake, has been hit with layoffs – although the publisher insists that the remake remains unaffected.  Today, Ubisoft confirmed a new round of cost-cutting efforts, this time impacting its studio location in Toronto, Canada. Ubisoft is letting go of …

The next round of games for GeForce Now has been announced. There are twelve new titles joining the cloud gaming library this week, including the classic Trine series, on top of a slew of new releases. The TRINE series of videogames grew to popularity over the 2010s. As of this …

AOC is adding another QD-OLED monitor to its line-up this week. The new 27-inch Q27G4ZD sits between the previous Q27G4ZDR and Q27G4SDR models, pairing a 280Hz refresh rate with DisplayHDR True Black and ultra-low 0.03ms response times.

Back when the Switch 2 first launched, dataminers had discovered code within Xenoblade Chronicles X that suggested a Switch 2 update was on the way. Nintendo stayed quiet for many months but today, the Switch 2 Edition of the game quietly dropped. 

The ROG Xbox Ally has reportedly failed to put a ‘dent’ in the sales of Valve’s Steam Deck, according to industry analysts.

Just weeks away from its planned release, Bungie has delayed the next Destiny 2 update 'Shadow and Order' by 3 whole months.

Kratos’ voice actor Christopher Judge teased that Sony Santa Monica’s next project could be revealed as soon as “late Summer.”

Bethesda Game Studios’ Creation Engine is a bit of a double edged sword. While the first-party engine certainly has its benefits, many of BGS’ biggest failings tech-wise can be attributed (at least partially) to it. Despite previously stating that The Elder Scrolls VI would make use of Starfield’s Creation Engine 2, Todd Howard has now revealed that TES6 will in fact be running on their newly-announced Creation Engine 3.

ComputerBase conducted the online blind test involving thousands of gamers to evaluate the visual quality of current video rendering technologies. The study compared Nvidia's latest Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 4.5 against AMD's machine learning-based FSR 4 and native resolution rendering with standard Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA). ComputerBase's test was performed …

It is no secret that the God of War franchise soared to new heights of popularity with its 2018 soft-reboot on PlayStation 4. Since then, the duology of God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarok have generated a lot of money for Sony, bringing in well over $1 billion between the two of them. 

Highguard burst on to the scene with very little build-up, but the game did receive criticism from the jump due to its positioning as the final game reveal at The Game Awards this year. Considering Wildlight is a brand-new studio, this caught many off guard but as it turns out, …

Bethesda addresses initial complaints with the Switch 2 version of Skyrim with a new patch that adds a 60FPS performance mode and other fixes.

Mewgenics, the “cat breeding magnum opus” from Edmund McMillen, creator of Binding of Isaac, and Tyler Glaiel, creator of The End is Nigh, has achieved a massive commercial milestone. It has sold over 1 million copies in just 7 days since its launch on PC, Mewgenics has become the first …

Following last year’s mass deletion of a bunch of SEGA classics from mobile storefronts, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 are now unfortunately being delisted.