While Microsoft is expecting regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Bethesda/ZeniMax within the next week, there is one other surprise potential blockade in the way. A lawsuit against Bethesda over Fallout 4's Season Pass has been updated, requesting that the merger be postponed.  The class action lawsuit claims that Bethesda's …

In an unexpected announcement today, HP has revealed that it has acquired HyperX from Kingston. Kingston will continue to operate its memory business, but the HyperX gaming peripherals brand will now be moving on to new ownership. HyperX will support “HP's strategy to drive growth in its Personal Systems business”. …

Yesterday Sony revealed plans to bring more PS4 games to PC, starting off with Days Gone. Now less than 24 hours later, the Steam Store page for Days Gone has been made public, revealing some of the enhancements we can expect.  Days Gone will be the second first-party PlayStation game …

Late last year, Ubisoft Connect officially launched, a new way for Ubisoft to allow cross-platform multiplayer and cross-progression for all new games. Soon, Rainbow Six Siege will be getting these features, although crossplay between consoles and PC is unlikely. Speaking with PCGamer during a recent event, Rainbow Six Siege director, …

Today, Razer is expanding its webcam line-up with the new Razer Kiyo Pro. The Kiyo Pro combines a high performance adaptive light sensor, a CMOS sensor and STARVIS technology in an effort to deliver “professional level” image quality for video calls and streaming. At the heart of the new Kiyo …

Samsung is revamping its commitment to security on Android devices. Moving forward, Galaxy devices will now receive regular security updates for a minimum of four years after release, with updates set to be delivered on a monthly or quarterly basis. Previously, Samsung offered up three years of security updates for …

Last year, Sony began experimenting with bringing PlayStation exclusives to PC, starting off with Horizon Zero Dawn. While there were rumours that more PC games were on the way, things went quiet for a long time. That changes this week, with Sony confirming that Days Gone will be the next …

Ever since the announcement of the PS5 console, we've been expecting an accompanying VR headset to follow. Today, Sony broke its silence on the future of VR, revealing a new PlayStation VR headset, which will offer “dramatic leaps in performance and interactivity”.  The next PlayStation VR headset will work with …

It has been just a few weeks since Google shut down all of Stadia's game development and publishing activities. This impacted jobs, with many staff being let go and now, that move is starting to cause issues. Journey to the Savage Planet has a new game-breaking bug on Stadia and …

For a little while now, Epic Games has been facing a class-action lawsuit over loot boxes sold in Rocket League and Fortnite. This week, a settlement agreement was reached, which will see Epic Games providing in-game currency. The lawsuit was filed after Epic Games removed randomised loot boxes from Rocket …

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been going through development struggles for a while now. The game has already been delayed a couple of times and late last year, the project lost its lead writer and creative director. Now, the game is officially moving studios, with Hardsuit Labs no …

Samsung has dominated smartphone sales for four years in a row now, but it looks like 2020 may have seen a new number one smartphone company crowned. According to analysts, Apple managed to outsell Samsung overall in 2020.  Market analyst firm, Gartner, says Apple saw year-on-year growth of 14.9 percent …

Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red was hit by a cyberattack, during which the attackers were able to steal confidential documents and the source code for several of the studio's games. The source code for GWENT was the first to leak, but CD Projekt Red is attempting to suppress its …

Sony has been catching some criticism over the PS5 ‘DualSense' controller for a few weeks now, with some even participating in a class action lawsuit. In an investigation over the controller's ‘stick drift' issues, some experts pin the DualSense's lifespan at around 417 hours before stick drift issues start to …

Ever since launch, Rainbow Six Siege has remained supported by yearly operator passes, giving players access to new operator characters as they release. This year, in a major change for the game, these yearly passes will be going away. Instead, new operators will be obtained via the seasonal battle pass …

Diablo 2: Resurrected is officially coming out this year, with development handled by the excellent team at Vicarious Visions, previously responsible for the Crash Bandicoot N'Sane trilogy remake. Following on from the game's announcement at BlizzCon, the PC version's system requirements have been revealed.  Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remaster …

Microsoft is set to complete its acquisition of ZeniMax Media within the next couple of weeks. There have been a lot of questions around Microsoft's plans for ZeniMax and Bethesda and it sounds like we may finally get some answers, as reports indicate that there will be a small event …

We were all awaiting new Diablo IV news at BlizzCon this weekend. Last night during the event's big opening ceremony, we got our latest look at the game, this time with a trailer focusing on the Rogue class.  The Rogue is returning for Diablo IV, after not appearing in a …

There were a number of leaks ahead of BlizzCon's big announcement stream last night, one of which was The Burning Crusade expansion for WoW Classic. As expected, Blizzard officially announced the new update last night, which will be available later this year.  Burning Crusade Classic is a new set of …

BlizzCon Online officially kicked off late last night and as previously rumoured, we did indeed get announcement for Diablo 2: Resurrected, a remaster of the fan-favourite ARPG for PC and consoles.  Diablo 2: Resurrected will be releasing for PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4 and Nintendo Switch later …

Bungie took a big step in 2019 after splitting off from Activision and becoming a truly independent studio. So far, things seem to be going very well, with Bungie announcing a huge studio expansion and plans to release a new IP within the next four years. Speaking about the expansion, …

As we all know, Epic Games is fighting Apple over its iOS App Store policies across many fronts, from lawsuits in multiple countries to official antitrust complaints with regulators. In its efforts to defend itself, Apple attempted to drag Valve into the fight, delivering a subpoena back in late 2020.  …

The BlizzCon announcement leaks continue ahead of this weekend's virtual event. This time around, a collection of Blizzard Classics have leaked, with the studio bringing back three games from its humble beginning back in the 90s.  A leaked listing for the Blizzard Arcade Collection was spotted on the PEGI website …

Back in January, People Can Fly's upcoming sci-fi co-op shooter, Outriders, was delayed to April. It's not all doom and gloom though, as a big demo for the game is dropping next week and all progress made will carry over to the game once it launches.  The demo for Outriders …

Shortly before the release of Hitman 3, IO Interactive announced that it was planning to support Hitman 2 level imports on PC after all. However, due to the game’s Epic Games Store exclusivity, coming up with a solution for those who own the game on Steam is taking some time. …

BlizzCon is set to kick off later today, but some of the surprises in store are leaking early. One of those surprises appears to be the Burning Crusade expansion for WoW Classic.  The idea of adding Burning Crusade to WoW Classic has been floating around for a long time now. …

Blooper Team has been very busy over the last few months, having shipped a next-gen enhancement update for The Observer and then releasing The Medium for Xbox Series X/S and PC. According to the studio's CEO, 2021 will mark “another turning point” for the developer, as it works on another …

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is coming out later this year and will finally wrap up the storyline that began with A Realm Reborn. This might sound like a finale for the MMO, but the game's director, Naoki Yoshida, has plenty of plans for the future.  Yoshida recently spoke with The …

It looks like Treyarch is cooking up a new mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The new mode is known as Outbreak and its existence leaked via the Call of Duty app and website.  Ad spots in-game and on the Call of Duty website went live for …

While Take-Two was originally set to acquire racing game specialist studio ‘Codemasters', EA eventually outbid them in the final hour of negotiations. As always though, these acquisitions take time to close and need to go through various approvals. All of that red tape has now been cleared, with Codemasters officially …