Software & Gaming

As Cities Skylines encroaches on its 1 year anniversary, the team at Paradox Interactive have shared some of their failings with the sequel’s troubled launch.

Amazon’s MMO Throne and Liberty has officially launched to 3 million players. Unfortunately, it seems to be performing lower than their other MMO New World.

More than 6 years on from its initial launch, Quantic Dreams’ most recent release – Detroit: Become Human – has officially surpassed 10 million copies sold.

Out of nowhere, Ice-Pick Lodge have announced Pathologic 3. Despite its new name, the 2025 title will bring long-promised content intended for the second game.

After years of releasing all its titles first on the Epic Games Store as well as its own launcher, Ubisoft have finally confirmed that they will begin to publish their games day-and-date on Steam starting with next year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. As part of this, the publisher has been furthering the integration of its games with Steam – finally bringing Achievements to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

The PC system requirements for Red Dead Redemption have been revealed. As this game originally ran on Xbox 360, the minimum requirements set a low bar.

After a 14-year wait, Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PC, complete with the Undead Nightmare expansion pack. Better yet, it'll be available on Steam.

This week the FragPunk beta kicks off, with DLSS 3 and a suite of ray-traced effects, Simulakros and Starship Troopers: Extermination launch with DLSS 3, and the much-anticipated Silent Hill 2 Remake arrives with day-one support for DLSS Super Resolution. Bad Guitar Studio’s FragPunk is a fast-paced 5v5 hero shooter …

Nixxes have called the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster their “first big PlayStation content project,” suggesting further similar remasters are on the way.

With the Switch 2 mere months from its official unveiling, the Xenoblade Chronicles team have revealed that they are working on a new in-house game engine.

With Disney and Epic deepening their Fortnite partnership, it's been revealed that some of the future skins coming won’t be available in the Battle Royale mode.

For decades, Atlus has been most known as the studio behind the much-loved RPG series Shin Megami Tensei as well as its arguably more popular spin-off ‘Persona’. As such, expanding out with a new IP appeared to have been a risky move for the studio – a move which has paid off, as Metaphor: ReFantazio is currently the highest rated game of 2024.

Davide Soliani, the director of the surprise hit Mario + Rabbids, and Christian Cantamessa, lead designer of Red Dead Redemption, have teamed up to open a new studio. The new company, Day 4 Night, is working on a new videogame with a group of veteran developers.  Early leads at the …

Ubisoft has responded to recent reports that the company is in talks to sell. Ubisoft does not deny the report, but also stops shy of confirming.

It is the ten-year anniversary of the best Alien game made to date, Alien Isolation. Now, after many years of fan requests, SEGA is returning to Alien Isolation for a sequel.  Today, SEGA officially announced its plans for a new Alien Isolation game. Al Hope, Creative Director at Creative Assembly, …

BioWare is on track to release its first single-player RPG since 2017. Dragon Age: The Veilguard has officially gone gold, ahead of launch in a few weeks' time.

There has been a big shake-up behind the scenes at Microsoft for Halo. After the Slipstream engine proved to be a failure that hampered the development of Halo Infinite, future titles will be developed with Unreal Engine 5. On top of that, 343 Industries is now known as Halo Studios. 

There have been many Assassin's Creed games over the years but longtime fans often cite Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag as one of the best in the franchise. Now, a remake of the game may be just around the corner.  Earlier this year, sources told Kotaku that Ubisoft had greenlit a …

When Palworld dropped onto PS5 last month, the one region to not get the game was Japan. Fortunately, after a slight delay, Palworld is now live in the region.

Following a rocky launch last February, Square Enix announced that Foamstars would be going free-to-play – with the game now available for all to download.

With Star Wars Outlaws encroaching on its Steam launch, Ubisoft have released their second big patch for the game, bringing a revamp to its stealth systems.

With Astro Bot officially having been out for a month now, the team at Asobi have published the game’s full OST to YouTube, Spotify and more.

Exactly a year on from the initial launch of Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft have announced that the game is finally coming to Steam later this October.

With Halo Infinite failing to become the decade-long platform that Microsoft and 343 Industries were hoping it would evolve into, there have been many leaks and rumours discussing the team’s plan for the franchise’s future. In amongst talk of a switch to Unreal Engine 5 as well as a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved, 343i have announced a surprise 3rd-person mode coming to Infinite next month.

Bungie has delivered a long-awaited update on Marathon. The studio's upcoming PvP shooter is planned to launch in 2025 for PC and consoles.

The Golden Joystick Awards return for 2024 to celebrate the year's best games. The nominees for each category have now been announced and voting is open.

There may be a future for the Until Dawn series following the remake. A new cutscene heavily hints at plans for a sequel.

The Fallout series has been a huge hit for Amazon and Bethesda, amassing over 100 million viewers for the first season. Season 2 is on the way.

Ubisoft might be preparing for a buyout following a string of poorly received games and rapidly dropping share prices. Guillemot may sell to Tencent.

Firaxis Games and 2K recently published the official PC system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VII, which is set to launch early next year.