It has been just over three years since we first saw Shenmue 3 announced on Sony's E3 stage, promptly followed by a lengthy crowdfunding campaign. Currently, the game holds the top spot for the highest raising video game on Kickstarter. However, additional crowdfunding has been carried out over the last …

Despite arguably being a masterpiece, Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid hasn’t aged well since its original 1998 release. Fortunately, ex-Crytek designer has given the world a glimpse at what it might look like with modern day graphics, remaking the opening scene using Unreal Engine 4. Opening with a shot underneath …

Following in the footsteps of his father, Gray Newell, has co-founded a new independent game studio called Naetyr. Opening up about his first game, a work-in-progress titled Fury, Gray hopes to step out from Valve co-creator Gabe Newell’s shadow and craft something of his own merit. Considering Fury is still …

Over the last week or so, it has been widely reported that the Vulkan API would not support multi GPU setups on older versions of Windows. This topic came to a head when the studio behind Star Citizen announced plans to drop DirectX 12 in favour of Vulkan due to …

If you've ever wanted to invest more time in a modification but can't afford to because of work commitments, Studio Wildcard wants to help. Moving forward, it will select 15 modders a month to give $4,000 (£3,220) to, to help them complete their mods, with the potential that they become …

Saitek looks to be going home after nine years under the Mad Catz banner. For a price of $13 million, the entire Saitek brand has been sold to Swiss peripheral maker Logitech, which while not insignificant, is less than half of what Mad Catz paid in 2007. Founded by Swiss …

Update: Despite many publications (ourselves included) publishing yesterday that the single player component of Star Citizen, Squadron 42, has been delayed, developer Cloud Imperium has denied these claims. While it wouldn't be drawn on when the campaign would be unveiled, it did say that no delay had been stated by …

Although virtual reality and future games like Star Citizen are really going to push our gaming systems to their limits when released, other AAA titles are carrying the torch through much more reasonable steps. They are still climbing ever higher though and Far Cry: Primal is no different, requiring anyone …

Of all the games currently in development, there are a few which visually blow the rest out of the park. Star Citizen is one, but another more firmly rooted to the ground, is Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Those who like to get an early look at such games will finally be …

As pretty as recently released games like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt are, they don't really hold a candle to future high-end projects like Star Citizen. One other beautiful game that's got a release set far in the future is Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which is set to offer a highly …

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is much like Star Citizen, in that its forward thinking, graphical beauty makes the PCs of today look on in horror at the numbers they'll have to crunch to output the depth and detail shown in trailers for the dragon-free, medieval world. The latest batch of screenshots are …

If you thought your PC was impressive because it was perfectly happy displaying 4k content on Netflix or Youtube, are you willing to test it out against something running at a higher frame rate? Youtube might have supported both 4k videos and 60 frames per second videos for some time, but …

While a final release date has yet to be announced for Frontier Development's upcoming game, Elite: Dangerous, pricing and a special edition version have both been announced. As with most other big titles, the game will release for $60 but the special edition  can be pre-ordered for a discount. All …

One of the core gameplay elements of the RTS, is that it's in fifth person, or seventh – essentially, up in the sky looking down. You tend to have a HUD with extra information on it and there might be some advisory character in the corner telling you what a …

It was set to be one of the biggest RPG releases of the year, if not the biggest, but now it's not to be, at least not until next year, as CD Projekt Red has announced with a heavy heart, that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, won't be hitting the …

Squad's Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is one of those games that you can get truly lost in. One minute you're just tweaking the radial-chute placement on your latest rocket and the next, two hours have gone by and you're trying to use your astronaut's jetpack to push your stricken craft …

Last month AMD lifted the curtain on the new Mantle API it developed, promising lower level hardware access similar to how developers create games for console hardware. The announcement got many people wondering just how much of a performance gain they could get from it and at the same time …

Since Kickstarter became the latest vogue way to get your business off of the ground, we've seen everything under the sun appear on crowd funding sites: books, movies, games, wargaming models and more. However one thing we haven't seen much of is legal funding, for taking on Facebook. This is …

Despite many developers moving away from the PC platform in the past few years due to claims of high piracy rates cutting into profits, some believe it's the only place for their games. Star Citizen developer Chris Roberts, has said that his game will be a PC exclusive, because contemporary …

It has been a while since Apple last gave a substantial update to Apple Arcade's library. That is finally changing this week, with 20 new games heading to the service, including fan favourites like Limbo and Temple Run to completely new titles, including a sequel to What the Golf? and …

BAFTA has announced the candidates for the 2023 BAFTA Gaming Awards, which will honour the greatest games of 2022. Nominations were collected for 45 different games designed by various developers, from the biggest studios to small independent teams. As per the yearly tradition, the BAFTA Games Awards will celebrate the …

2022 has been a big year for gaming. Equally, the year has served Xbox Game Pass well, with the game subscription service adding hundreds of titles over the course of the past 12 months. With the year coming to an end, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest titles of each month, and ultimately decide whether Xbox Game Pass in 2022 was worth the £131.88 annual asking price.

With Death Stranding: Director’s Cut arriving today, I have decided to take a look back at the game, and will make the argument that Death Stranding is in fact one of the smartest and most involving games I have ever played in terms of the gameplay, making it in my opinion the best open world game, and one of the few that actually deserves to be an open world.

We are nearing the final two months of the year, which also means that Netflix will be announcing a release date for The Witcher any day now. The most recent leaks hint at a new trailer dropping soon and a December 17th release for the series. In the meantime though, …

The violent video game debate has sprung up again this week, although notable members of the industry have been speaking out against recent comments from politicians.

The conversation surrounding video game developer crunch continues, this week with Treyarch in the spotlight. According to current and former studio workers bringing their concerns to the public, year-long crunch at Treyarch was sustained during the development of Black Ops 4 and QA testers are treated particularly poorly. As usual, …

Facebook is capping off the year in the same way that it started it, knee-deep in a controversy surrounding privacy. Although the social network refrained from selling user data directly, it apparently had no qualms in forming special partnerships with major tech companies that granted intrusive access to its users’ …

It's that time of year again, Black Friday is coming up and lots of retailers are getting the jump on it early. Today, we are highlighting some of the best deals ranging from component bundles and graphics cards, to peripherals and gaming chairs at Overclockers UK.  The sale kicks off …

When the Russian government first passed its new data retention law, it was with the goal of only using Russian made hardware. The law came into effect on the 1st of July, but no Russian telecoms firm were ready to start storing the data required. Due to this, Russia has …

Over the next couple of years, the United Kingdom will be exploring new legislation that addresses “the Wild West elements” on the internet, particularly centred around social media. The proposed laws aim to quell a range of online harassment, from cyberbullying to child exploitation, offering a clearly defined punishment for …