Software & Gaming

Ghostwire: Tokyo has finally landed on Xbox after a year of PS5 console exclusivity. Unfortunately, the game has not come without its share of issues, with the Xbox version being labelled as ‘quantifiably worse” than the PS5 version.  During the most recent Digital Foundry podcast, the team brings up Ghostwire: …

While we know that Ubisoft has multiple games set in The Division universe in development, it has been a long time since we had any official news. That will change this week, with Ubisoft planning an event to showcase the “future of The Division franchise”.  On the 20th of April …

It has been a year since Dying Light 2 launched and during that time, Techland has continually updated the game and introduced additional content through DLCs. Now, Techland appears to be thinking about its next step, asking fans for their thoughts on a potential Dying Light 3. In a post …

Nintendo has been very active recently as it begins ramping up promotion for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Today, the company will be turning its attention to third-party studios, with a Direct focused on upcoming indie games.  The Nintendo Indie World livestream returns today at 5PM BST. …

The ASUS ROG Ally is set to arrive later this year, offering a more powerful alternative to the Steam Deck, complete with Windows support rather than Linux, which will have benefits for game compatibility. While Asus has said that the ROG Ally will be more powerful than the Steam Deck, …

Xbox Game Pass has proven to be quite a success for Microsoft, with the subscription-based service adding a bunch of games on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, as is the case with such services, each month also sees the removal of a number of titles. Come the end of April, subscribers …

Twice a month Microsoft updates its Game Pass library with a number of new and exciting games. For the second half of April, the console manufacturer has now detailed the full list of titles dropping onto the service over the next two weeks – including the likes of Minecraft Legends …

Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Dead Island 2 are both launching on PC very soon. Nvidia is getting GeForce GPU users prepared for both titles with the release of a new Game Ready graphics driver today, which also enables DLSS 2 in new games and adds additional G-Sync Compatible displays …

343 Industries has gone through a lot of changes in the last six months, with many members of the leadership team leaving Microsoft. Joseph Staten, who was brought back to Microsoft in an effort to steer Halo Infinite back on track, has moved on from his 18 years at Microsoft …

Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest names in fighting games, with the 30-year old franchise continuing to be stronger than ever decades on from its initial release. Ahead of the expected official announcement of Mortal Kombat 12, it has been revealed that the most recent entry – MK11 – …

Stardew Valley has been nothing if not a massive labour of love, with primary developer ConcernedApe continually updating the game with massive features, additions and changes over the past 7 years or so. Despite them having announced their next game (Haunted Chocolatier) quite a while ago now, work on Stardew …

Back in February of last year we reported that a Knuckles the Echidna spin-off TV show was in the works at Paramount+ following the success of the second Sonic the Hedgehog film – which of course introduced Knuckles to the film franchise. One year on from its initial announcement we …

Diablo 4's beta in March was a huge success for Blizzard, with millions of players logging into both the pre-order and open betas. Now, Blizzard has had time to go through feedback and implement a range of changes ahead of launch. Beyond that, Diablo 4 just hit a new milestone, …

While Hogwarts Legacy didn't include Quidditch within the game, it turns out WB had another Harry Potter game in the works focusing exclusively on this. This week, WB announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a competitive multiplayer game.  Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is billed as a “complete, standalone Quidditch experience”. The …

In late 2022, Capcom announced that it had teamed up with TiMi to produce a new Monster Hunter mobile game. As it turns out, there was another project in the works with the AR specialists at Niantic. This week, Capcom and Niantic revealed Monster Hunter Now, a game similar in …

Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as Hoyoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its release in late 2020. The team’s next game following Genshin Impact is the turn-based RPG ‘Honkai: Star Rail. Ahead of its release on the 26th …

Last week we reported that the community-driven game creation toolkit known as Dreams would be ending support later this year – in a surprising move announced by Media Molecule. Following this, the studio’s co-founder and creative director has announced that they are leaving Media Molecule. Making the announcement on Twitter, …

Remedy Entertainment have been a big part of the video games industry for decades now, responsible for influential and well-known IP such as Max Payne alongside more niche successes like Alan Wake. The studio has grown rapidly in the past few years – and so in recognition of this change …

Originally known for their work on the Resident Evil 4 spiritual successor The Evil Within, Tango Gameworks has in the past few years shown off a great deal of versatility – first with the open-world FPS Ghostwire: Tokyo, followed by the unique rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush. Now, according to …

After a great deal of anticipation The Super Mario Bros. Movie is here and has been breaking records left and right, with the film managing to achieve the biggest video game adaptation opening. Less than a week after hitting this record, the film has continued to rake in hundreds of …

While Hogwarts Legacy was widely expected to sell well based on the strength of the Harry Potter IP, there was some concern due to a string of controversies involving JK Rowling, the author behind Harry Potter. The game ended up selling 12 million copies in its first two weeks, and …

Recently, Capcom updated Resident Evil Village to remove Denuvo DRM from the game. It would seem that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 also received updates recently, mysteriously removing ray-tracing features from both remakes.  While the removal of Denuvo from RE Village was a welcome change, the removal of …

343 Industries has gone through some major changes this year. A round of layoffs at Microsoft in early 2023 saw the majority of the campaign team let go and other major studio leads have also departed the studio in recent months. Now, Frank O'Connor, the franchise director for Halo, is …

Over the weekend, it was claimed that Sega was in the midst of acquiring Rovio, the company best known for producing the Angry Birds games. Now, Sega has officially confirmed the deal, marking a rare major acquisition for the publisher.  Sega has acquired several studios in the past, but these …

Last week, we learned that FromSoftware's next major game, Armored Core VI, has been rated in Korea, which typically means a release date is imminent. Now, a leak through the Xbox store has added some fuel to the fire.  It would seem that From Software is gearing up to announce …

ASUS is looking to shake up the gaming industry with its latest offering – the ROG Ally handheld. This cutting-edge device is slated for worldwide release, and rumours suggest it could hit the market sooner than expected. Initially announced as an April's fool joke, the ROG Ally is coming to …

Discord has been making a lot of improvements lately. Earlier this month, the company brought a much needed boost to file sharing sizes, increasing the limit from 8MB files to 25MB for all users. Now, Discord is taking notes from other popular messaging apps by adding a voice message option.  …

In one of the weirder acquisitions we've seen, SEGA has reportedly negotiated a deal to acquire Rovio Entertainment for roughly $1 billion USD. Rovio Entertainment is a mobile-focused developer, best known for Angry Birds.  According to The Wall Street Journal, SEGA is close to completing the deal and it could …

In recent months, the anti-cheat teams behind games like Rainbow Six Siege and Call of Duty have been cracking down on the use of XIM devices, allowing for mouse and keyboard controls on consoles, providing the benefit of swifter aiming with the aim assist traditionally reserved for controller users. Now, …

At The Game Awards last year, From Software announced its next big game, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, a long-awaited return to the studio's mecha series, which has been on the back burner recently with FromSoft focusing on its Souls games and newer titles like Elden Ring. We didn't …