Software & Gaming

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 …

Minecraft has a huge custom modding and custom server community, and with the rise in NFTs, some custom servers have been looking at ways to integrate blockchain and NFTs with unofficial Minecraft servers. This week, Mojang officially updated its Minecraft usage guidelines, banning NFTs and blockchain technologies from being used.  …

Last year, Discord began working on new integration tools to bring voice chat and server access to consoles. Discord initially partnered with Sony to test console integration, but now, Discord Chat is also heading to Xbox consoles.  As of yesterday evening, Xbox Insider testers now have an alpha ring update …

Earlier this summer, Sony surprised us all by announcing Insomniac's Spider-Man and Miles Morales games for PC. We'll be getting Spider-Man Remastered on PC in just a few weeks time, on the 12th of August. Sony has also revealed graphical features and the system requirements needed to run the game. 

AMD's Raise The Game bundle is back, just in time for mass restocks of graphics cards across the US and Europe. If you are picking up an RX 6000 series GPU, then you will be eligible for up to three free games.  AMD is giving away copies of Saints Row, …

EA has unveiled the first FIFA 23 trailer showing some gameplay and revealing some of the new features coming to the latest entry of the famous football videogame series. Moreover, it also revealed the release date and how you can benefit from a three-day early access to the upcoming title. …

Nintendo is beginning to shut down online services for its previous generation consoles. Starting in March 2023, the eShop for the Wii U and the 3DS will shut down, although some widely used payment methods will stop being supported much sooner.  Nintendo warned that this was coming back in February …

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio successfully took the Yakuza franchise in a new direction with Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon, swapping out action combat with a new turn-based party system and introducing a new cast of characters. Now, it looks like Yakuza 8 is nearing a reveal, as the first screenshots …

Back in May, the team behind Dead by Daylight teased an upcoming Attack on Titan crossover. At the time, we received some teaser images, but we did not get full details. Now, the crossover is finally going live, bringing ten new AoT-inspired outfits to the game.  Unfortunately, we won't be …