Software & Gaming

Following Fortnite’s upgrade from Unreal Engine 4 to the latest and greatest UE5, we have seen much wider adoption for the new engine, with the likes of Rocket League and others set to make the transition. One other game now confirmed to be getting an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade is the first-person open world factory building title Satisfactory.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is out and as we've already covered, Nvidia GPU users can already download a new Game Ready driver with day-one optimisations for the game in place. If you are using an AMD graphics card and you plan on picking up the game, you'll want to download …

After years of development and a couple of delays, Daedalic Entertainment is finally set to release its Lord of the Rings game. Focused on Gollum, the new title will be the first in a new wave of LOTR-based projects, with many more games on the way.  After acquiring Middle-Earth Enterprises …

We already knew that Sony had a very good year in 2022, thanks to the launches of Horizon: Forbidden West in the first half of the year and GOTY candidate, God of War: Ragnarok, releasing in the second half of the year. Metacritic has now published its annual game publisher …

The CMA has published its latest update into its ongoing investigation into Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While previously, the regulator seemed to have many concerns, it has now “narrowed its scope” of issues with the deal and no longer feels that it would “result in a substantial lessening …

Typically when there is an invite-only beta for a game, a certain number of players will search for ways to purchase a beta key in order to skip the queue or guarantee access. With Counter-Strike 2, Valve is granting beta access to a certain number of players with recent playtime …

A couple of years ago, Amazon Games caught a lot of flack for the New World beta, which seemingly had a bug that could kill certain graphics cards. Now, Blizzard might be facing a similar problem with the Diablo 4 beta. 

There have already been quite a few award show events to celebrate the game releases of 2022. Still, the Game Developer Conference Awards event differs slightly from the rest. Unlike other award shows which have a jury and rely on public voting, the GDC Awards nominations and winners are selected …

Epic Games has released multiple tech demos to promote the capabilities of the Unreal Engine 5 at GDC. Some were made specifically for the occasion, but others were taken from games currently in development. One of these titles is Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, which has been chosen to showcase how …

Months ago, From Software began laying the groundwork for Ray Tracing features in Elden Ring. The game was confirmed to get RT support prior to its release in early 2022 but it is only just now becoming available in an update released today.  Ray tracing has finally arrived for Elden …

It is no secret that Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax and Bethesda caught everyone by surprise. Some projects, like Arkane's Redfall and Bethesda's Starfield were already in the works at the time of the acquisition and as you likely expect, were planned to release on PlayStation consoles and Xbox.  In an …

Following many years of less-than-stellar video game releases, Sonic Team seem to have knocked it out of the park with Sonic Frontiers. Released back in November 2022, the open-zone platformer has already managed to become one of the franchises better-selling titles, having officially surpassed 3 million copies in just 4 …

After going a literal decade without any new Silent Hill games, last year saw Konami finally unveil a bunch of projects in the works. One of the most exciting was undoubtedly the remake of the classic Silent Hill 2. In development by horror aficionados Bloober Team, the remake is said …

Last week's GeForce Now update was pretty brief, bringing two titles to the library, while also rolling out GeForce Now Ultimate to Mac users. This week sees a wider variety of games coming to GeForce Now.  There are five games coming to GeForce Now today, two of which are brand …

The latest GeForce Game Ready driver has arrived for Nvidia graphics card users. The new update includes optimisations for Resident Evil 4 Remake ahead of its release tomorrow, as well as improvements for the Diablo IV open beta, which takes place this weekend.  The new driver means you'll get the …

Nightdive Studios has amassed a reputation over many years for their work on bringing older video games to modern systems, being updated through remasters and even remakes (in the case of the upcoming System Shock). In a surprise announcement, the classic video game publisher Atari has now revealed that they …

Lords of the Fallen was one of the first major Souls-like titles to be released. Launched in 2014, the game received mixed reviews across the board. The team at Hexworks announced last year that they have been working on a sequel titled ‘The Lords of the Fallen’. As we have …

Epic Games caused a big splash when the platform-holder publicised their disagreement with the revenue-sharing seen with storefronts such as Steam – claiming them to be unfair towards developers. The Fortnite publisher is now bringing this mentality further into their own games, announcing a revamp of their monetisation for Fortnite’s …

LEGO 2K Drive isn't your average racing game. Instead of a straightforward racing game where you fight to be the first to cross the finish line, LEGO's new racing game takes a more “adventurous” approach, offering an open world to explore. IGN was the first to publish the story, but …

For all of its faults, Cyberpunk 2077 is a gorgeous looking game – especially when running on a high-end machine with all of its many ray-tracing features enabled. That said, the team at CD Projekt Red have teased that they plan to bring full path-tracing to the game via an ‘RT Overdrive Mode’. During GDC 2023, it was announced that path-tracing will be arriving next month as part of Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.62 update.

While the Diablo 4 beta had some initial issues, the early access beta weekend was largely successful and led to a wave of positivity as players began to experience the game first hand. Now, Blizzard will be taking the lessons learned this weekend and making improvements ahead of the upcoming …

After weeks of leaks, rumours and some direct teasing from Valve developers, Counter Strike 2 has been officially announced. The game won't be launching quite as soon as we expected, but it is set to release this summer. 

This week, EA announced plans to delist a few games. While plans to delist Mirror's Edge have seemingly been reversed, three Battlefield titles will still be removed from sale later this year, including the much-loved Bad Company titles.  Battlefield Bad Company 1 & 2 are best known for their stellar …

Amazon's cloud gaming service, Luna, has been available in the US for about a year already but now, the service is being made available in more regions. As of today, Luna is now accessible in Canada, UK and Germany.  I have already tested Amazon Luna here in the UK. The …

A short while ago, Arkane Studios confirmed that Redfall would require an internet connection, even when playing in single-player mode. This announcement was predictably met with pushback. Now, Arkane says it is going to try to reverse this decision.  Speaking with Eurogamer during a recent gameplay preview event, Redfall director, …

This week, EA announced plans to delist several games from digital stores, including Mirror's Edge, a single-player game with minimal online features. Fans were quick to point out how silly this was, as the game can be played perfectly fine offline, minimising the need for EA to just stop selling …

Insomniac Games has quickly become one of PlayStation’s golden geese, with the studio using its bespoke engine and technologies to create highly impressive and performant games no matter the console. Ahead of the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (which will likely launch in September), the team is claiming to be …

One of the most notable games to have been released so far this year is Atomic Heart. Developed by Mundfish, the single-player first-person shooter drew much attention thanks to its alternate-history setting and Bioshock inspired aesthetics. Just 3 weeks after its launch, the game has already surpassed 5 million total …

With each passing year we have seen physical media decrease in popularity, with both Sony and Microsoft leaning into it by creating discless versions of their current-gen systems. That said, there is still very much a market for physical game discs – though on Xbox in particular this has been …

Ever since the game was first announced back in 2021, fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Aside from the initial reveal trailer, nothing has been shown, with the studio later confirming that the game is planned for release sometime this ‘Fall’. Thanks to the voice actor for Venom, we now have a much more concrete window – including when we can expect to hear more official news.