Software & Gaming

Despite some initial concerns, Sony's PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers have been pretty well received thanks to a solid library of games available at launch. Soon, the service will get even better thanks to the addition of the Yakuza series.  Recently after a brief period off of the service, …

Back in January, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform due to a major security bug. Several months later in May, From Software gave us a small update, stating multiplayer would come back online ‘soon'. …

Update (28.07.22): Sony has now officially confirmed next month's free PS+ titles. In August, subscribers will get two major PS5 titles, as well as an older but very popular indie game. Just as the previous leak suggested, Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS4 and PS5), Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (PS4 …

While the Xbox has supported 1440p displays for years, Sony has stuck to supporting the most common TV resolutions, 4K/UHD and 1080p on PlayStation. After many requests from PlayStation players, Sony is now enabling 1440p support on PS5.  The 1440p update arrives today for PlayStation software beta testers. The update …

After last week's reports regarding an RTX Voice alternative from AMD, the company has now released a new AMD Software Adrenalin Edition driver with Noise Suppression. Moreover, the new driver brings new features and OpenGL optimisations to improve game performance. The biggest bump comes to Minecraft, with some GPUs seeing …

After the success of 2019's Westfield Shepherds Bush Pokémon Center, the pop-up store is once again coming to London alongside the Pokémon World Championships. The store will be only be open from August 17-21, so there's a small window for fans to visit. While previously the Pokémon Center pop-up store …

Back in March, we got our first good look at Hogwarts Legacy in action through a dedicated State of Play stream. During the gameplay reveal, the developers confirmed a ‘holiday 2022' release window. Now, we may have a more specific release date. The PSN listing for Hogwarts Legacy was recently …

Rockstar has said very little publicly about Grand Theft Auto 6. The only official update we've had so far is confirmation that the game is in development. We've seen plenty of rumours about Grand Theft Auto 6 over the past couple of years but few legitimate leaks. Now thanks to a new report from Jason Schreier, we have our first real insight into the game's development. 

MultiVersus, WB Games' Smash Bros-style crossover fighter is now live in open beta form. The game appears to be off to a good start too, as the game managed to gain 140,000 concurrent players on Steam during day-one, accompanied by a ‘very positive' overall user rating.  Currently, MultiVersus is in …

It looks like Aspyr's ambitious remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is still many years away. While the original plan was to have the remake finished this year, sources have confirmed that the project is now being rebooted, seemingly after a poor demo showing that led to two team leads losing their jobs. 

While Daedalic Entertainment planned to finally launch its Gollum-focused Lord of the Rings game this year, it seems the team needs more time. After confirming a September release date just a couple of months ago, the game has now been delayed to an unspecified date.  In an update posted this …

After being officially announced earlier this year, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is now just days away from release. Game critics have had their hands on the game since early July, leading to a flurry of highly positive reviews going live today.  The review embargo for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has now lifted. …

Last week, an update to the World of Warcraft website mistakenly revealed an ad with the release date for Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Usually when a leak like this happens, an official announcement is imminent and that was exactly the case here. Today, Blizzard confirmed Wrath of the …

Turtle Rock's last major game, Evolve, didn't really ever find success. While there was a lot of pre-release hype for the game, overly aggressive monetisation at launch put a lot of players off. Online functionality for the game eventually came to an end, but in a surprise move, Evolve seems …

Stray, the newly released game where you play as a cat wandering through a dystopian city, has just become the highest-rated game of 2022 on Steam, overtaking AAA games such as God Of War and Death Stranding Director's Cut. As seen in Steam250's top 150 games of 2022, Stray is …

We've known that Ubisoft has an Assassin's Creed Valhalla spin-off in the works for a few months now. The game, known as Assassin's Creed Rift, will centre around one of the side characters from Valhalla, but while Ubisoft was initially planning a late 2022 or early 2023 release, the game …

A few weeks ago, we heard that EA had recently secured a Marvel license and has begun working on a new game. Now, sources claim this will be a Black Panther game, developed by a new studio spearheaded by a former VP of Monolith Productions.  Kevin Stephens, former VP of …

The big news to come out of Xbox's Insider Program last week was that Discord integration is officially on the way. The upcoming Xbox OS update will be packing some other major improvements too, including a much faster boot time.  Microsoft made some improvements to boot time over the course …

While there is some debate over whether or not The Last of Us Part 1 is worth the upgrade for PS5 owners, for PC gamers, this will be their first chance to experience the game. Currently, the game is on track to release on PS5 in September, and according to …

Capcom made great strides with Monster Hunter in the west with Monster Hunter World. We've had Monster Hunter Rise since then, but we're still waiting to see what Capcom will do with next-gen console hardware, like the Xbox Series X/S and PS5. A reveal might not be too far away …

Ubisoft held its quarterly earnings report this week, revealing multiple delays and cancellations. Not only has the upcoming Avatar game been delayed, but four projects have been cancelled – Ghost Recon Frontline, Splinter Cell VR and two unannounced projects.  As reported by VGC, during the earnings call, Ubisoft confirmed that …

A few months ago, EA and Respawn officially announced Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a sequel to Fallen Order. We already know the game is due to launch in 2023, but we could be playing it as early as March.  Recently, the PlayStation Store updated with a new page for Jedi …

Surprising absolutely no one, Ubisoft has delayed Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The game was originally targeting a 2022 release window to coincide with the upcoming film, but we have had no gameplay or development updates all year. Now, the game will be coming out sometime in Ubisoft's next financial year.  …

This year has been hugely exciting for Destiny 2. The fantastic campaign in The Witch Queen expansion was just the beginning, with Bungie adding more key moments during seasons. We're still a little while away from the next major expansion, but Bungie will begin revealing Lightfall next month.  Bungie has …

Back when The Burning Crusade was coming to WoW Classic, an early web advertisement leaked the release date. A similar situation has now taken place with Wrath of the Lich King, which appears set for a September launch.  The World of Warcraft teams are very busy this year. Not only …

Back in November 2021, Bandai Namco surprised us with the reveal of Dragon Ball: The Breakers, an asymmetrical multiplayer game that takes clear inspiration from Dead by Daylight and similar titles. After months of playtests, the game will finally be releasing this October.  Dragon Ball: The Breakers is set in …

Nvidia RTX Voice works pretty well, but it's limited to Nvidia graphics cards. Soon after Nvidia's noise suppression app was released, many AMD Radeon users started wondering if AMD would launch something similar. Up to now, the red team has yet to announce such an app, but a recent video …

The Last of Us Part 1, a PS5 remake of The Last of Us, is heading out in just over a month and testers are spending many hours combing through the game for bugs ahead of release. One tester has recently leaked gameplay footage, giving us a closer look at …

While Nintendo was going to release Advanced Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp earlier this year, world events caused the publisher to delay the game. We were still expecting a 2022 release date, but sources are pointing to a delay to 2023.  The Advanced Wars remake was originally announced for late 2021, …

Nvidia had more games heading to GeForce Now this month than initially anticipated. We've already seen more than 13 games added to the library in recent weeks. For today's update, nine games are heading to GeForce Now, including four brand new releases.  Last week, Loopmancer was the main headliner. This …