Software & Gaming

While Overwatch 2 didn't make a big appearance at BlizzCon this year, Blizzard does have updates to share with us. At this point, the sequel has a new director, as Jeff Kaplan left the company a short time ago. Now, Overwatch 2's new director, Aaron Keller, will be holding a …

While last year Ubisoft seemed confident that Skull & Bones would make a big return this year, that has now changed. The open-world Pirate game has been delayed once again, pushing its release into the 2022-2023 fiscal year.  During Ubisoft's earnings call last night, Ubisoft stated that Skull & Bones …

An Indiegogo campaign for a promising portable gaming console recently went live and has already reached its funding goal of £18,250. The money will be used to fund the production of the ‘One Xplayer', a portable gaming console featuring three Tiger Lake CPU options, a 16:10 1600p screen, and up …

Following on from the acquisition of the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games, Microsoft tasked The Coalition with continuing to develop more Gears titles. Of course, with the franchise’s roots coming from Epic Games, it comes as no surprise that the games used Epic’s Unreal Engine. The Coalition has …

A new leak claiming to show the map for Grand Theft Auto 6 has appeared online. There are four images of the alleged map, showing that the game will take place in Vice City, as well as several islands off the coast.  According to Comicbook, the leaks began in early …

Being the new challenger in the PC gaming marketplace, the Epic Games Store has had to entice players to its storefront via a number of methods. One of these is through exclusivity agreements. While most of these have been timed-exclusives, it would appear that some will remain exclusive to the …

While there was a lot of buzz around the idea of a new Battlefield trailer dropping within the next week or so, DICE appears to have squashed those rumours. While the big Battlefield 6 reveal isn't happening this month, the studio has begun teasing announcements for next month.  In a …

Following its modest success, the first generation PlayStation VR headset was confirmed to be getting a successor for the PlayStation 5. While Sony themselves released some information on the next-gen controllers, new sources have leaked details on the headset itself, which is said to include a 4K resolution display, gaze …

We already knew that Resident Evil Village was off to a great start on PC, having accumulated over 100,000 concurrent players at launch on Steam alone. Now, we have total launch window sales for the game across all platforms.  Today, Capcom announced that Resident Evil Village has sold 3 million …

Uncharted 4 recently celebrated its 5th anniversary. The final game in Nathan Drake’s saga, the title served as a showpiece exclusive for the PlayStation 4. 5 years on from its original release, Naughty Dog has revealed that over 37 million players witnessed the conclusion to Drake’s story. On its blog, …

When the PS5 was first revealed, one of the most controversial aspects to the console was its colour scheme, which adopted a black and white two-tone look. The DualSense controller shared a similar colour scheme. Some fans liked the look, while others did not. For the latter group, it would …

Last week, the Epic Games v Apple trial officially kicked off, with days worth of testimonials. Microsoft's VP for gaming, media and entertainment, Lori Wright, was called up to the stand during the trial, but Apple is now questioning the credibility of the testimony and wants it thrown out.  As …

It is looking increasingly likely that Nintendo will launch an upgraded Switch console soon. We've known for a long while that Nintendo is looking to release a new Switch with an OLED display – now, the manufacturer of those OLED displays may have outed themselves.  Universal Display Corp, a supplier …

During the Nvidia RTX 30 series announcement in September 2020, Nvidia showcased the ray-tracing capabilities of its newly announced graphics cards using the Marbles at Night demo. Now, the demanding demo is freely available for all to test out first hand.  Marbles at Night is a physics-based, playable demo that …

While Retro Studios continues to work on Metroid Prime 4, rumours have persisted for years claiming that the studio has a nearly complete and working version of the original Metroid Prime Trilogy adapted for the Switch. One ex-Retro dev has weighed in on the rumour, claiming that porting the trilogy …

The Yakuza team recently announced a sequel to the spin-off title Judgement. The game will continue the story of detective Takayuki Yagami, and unlike the mainline Yakuza series, will continue using real-time combat for encounters. That being said, as a first for the Yakuza-styled games, Lost Judgement will offer a …

If you were hoping to have an easier time getting hold of a PS5 later this year, then you may be out of luck. During Sony's recent company earnings report, the company confirmed that it expects PS5 shortages to continue through the rest of this year, and supply may continue …

Days Gone is the latest first-party PlayStation title to make its way to PC. Ahead of its release on the 18th of May, Sony Bend has released an FAQ, answering many PC specific questions, such as the extent of its ultrawide support, which controllers it supports, and more. On its …

We've known for a few years now that Bethesda Game Studios has two major games in the works – Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. As it turns out, BGS has third, unannounced project in the works as well.  Bethesda Game Studios is currently hiring for a new server engineer, …

As the Epic Games v Apple trial continues, we are learning more information about some of Epic's business proposals. So far, we've learned that Epic has spent over $1 billion on EGS exclusives, including over $100 million for Borderlands 3. As it turns out, Epic also made an effort to …

Resident Evil Village officially released last night and as our performance analysis shows, it is an excellent game on PC. A lot of people are finding that out for themselves, as the game launched to over 100,000 peak concurrent players on Steam.  As shown on SteamCharts, Resident Evil Village peaked …

Last night, Sega officially announced Lost Judgement, a sequel to the Yakuza spin-off. Excitingly, the developers are aiming for a worldwide release this time around, rather than releasing in Japan first with western countries getting the game months later. Judgement is a Yakuza spin-off following Takayuki Yagami, a former lawyer …

Final Fantasy VII Remake was one of the biggest PS4 exclusives of 2020. At the time, it was believed that the game would come to Xbox and PC one year after its initial April 2020 launch – but that was not the case. Now, it has been announced that the …

The new generation of gaming consoles has only just begun but as always, both console makers are already preparing for the future. This week, supply chain sources claim that Sony is already planning its PS5 refresh, which will move to a 6nm APU.  Citing supply chain sources, DigiTimes reports that …

We've been hearing about Windows 10X for a few years now. The lighter version of Windows was supposed to be Microsoft's answer to ChromeOS and boost sales of entry-level and student laptops. Unfortunately, development has reportedly been shelved.  According to a report from Petri, Windows 10X will no longer be …

Today, SEGA and RGG Studio announced a sequel to Judgement, a Yakuza spin-off that focuses on investigating and catching criminals, rather than being one of them. Moving forward, both Judgement and Yakuza will coexist, with Judgement taking on the action gameplay of older Yakuza titles. Meanwhile, newer Yakuza games will …

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming up in just one week's time, complete with new graphical enhancements and a ton of gameplay tweaks to modernise the whole trilogy. You don't have to play with all the changes enabled though, for instance, the Mako in Mass Effect 1 can still be …

CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that The Witcher 3 would be getting a free upgrade to take advantage of the latest generation of console hardware. Since then however, the company has been rife with controversy, following the less than stellar launch of Cyberpunk 2077. While the team continues to fix …

Unlike the start of the previous generation, where game publishers were trigger happy when it came to reselling older titles at a higher resolution or framerate, this generation has seen a shift toward free next-gen upgrades (with some exceptions). The latest game to get a free next gen patch is …

As the video game industry matures, it is only fair that a record of some of history’s most important titles is kept for the sake of posterity. As can be observed in other media industries, the world video game hall of fame inductees for 2021 have now been announced. Each …