Software & Gaming

Each week the Epic Games Store offers at least one free game to all those with an Epic Games account. While the quality and popularity of the title varies from week to week, last week’s offering of Star Wars Battlefront II was perhaps one of the store’s biggest. It has …

Grand Theft Auto Online and more recently, Red Dead Online, have had issues with cheaters and hackers on PC since their respective launches. As part of an effort to crack down on cheating, Take-Two has recently been targeting cheat makers and sellers, with one popular cheat website now shutting down.  …

Jagex, the UK studio behind RuneScape, has been sold again. The studio has changed ownership a number of times over the years, with the latest buyers being Carlyle Group, a US private equity holder.  Carlyle Group has reportedly acquired a majority stake in the studio behind RuneScape. Previously, a Chinese …

Among Us was by far one of the biggest games in 2020. Despite launching originally in 2018, the imposter-styled online game blew up in 2020 following global lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fast-paced nature of the video games industry, Among Us continues to see immense …

It has been over four years since Nightdive Studios successfully crowdfunded its System Shock remake. There has been progress and some setbacks along the way, but it looks like the game may finally release this year.  In a Kickstarter update, Nightdive let backers know that the System Shock remake will …

Dying Light took many by surprise when it offered a fun and interesting take on the zombie genre in 2015. Since then, fans have been eagerly anticipating the game’s sequel. Unfortunately the game appears to have been suffering from some development issues, with many delays taking place. That being said, …

It has been a couple of days since CD Projekt Red released Cyberpunk 2077's first major patch. In Update 1.1, a lot of issues were fixed and the foundation was set for future updates too. Unfortunately, while there were a lot of fixes, at least one game-breaking bug has been …

In late 2020, the Esports Integrity Commission began investigating and suspending a number of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players for illegal betting and match fixing practices. As the investigation has gone on, a number of additional players have been caught out, bringing bans to another 35 players. Today, the commission …

One of the biggest selling points of the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series of consoles are their ability to ray trace reflections, shadows and more. That being said, only a handful of ‘next-gen’ titles currently offer the functionality. While the recently released Hitman 3 launched with no ray-tracing support, …

Ghost of Tsushima surprised many when it released last year, becoming the PS4’s fastest selling original IP debut and selling over 5 million copies to date. Following this success, it was safe to assume that Sucker Punch Productions would work on a sequel, however this has yet to be confirmed. …

Earlier this month, LucasFilm Games was officially revived and it was confirmed that the Star Wars games license will no longer be exclusive to EA. We already know that EA is working on a Jedi Fallen Order sequel and Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment is working on an open-world Star Wars game …

Late last night, CD Projekt Red officially pushed out Cyberpunk 2077's first major patch. Patch 1.1 for Cyberpunk 2077 is available across all platforms and focuses on “various stability improvements”.  Writing about Patch 1.1, CD Projekt Red said: “In this update we focused on various stability improvements, which you can …

Activision is making a surprising change this week. Vicarious Visions, the studio behind the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, is going to be merging into Blizzard.  Vicarious Visions will soon be a new division within Blizzard. From there, all of Vicarious Vision's employees …

Less than 24 hours after announcing Xbox Live Gold's price hike, Microsoft and the Xbox team have reversed the decision. Following the announcement, there was swift backlash and players were quick to point out other issues with Xbox Live Gold that have existed for quite some time. Following this, some …

Sony Pictures and Naughty Dog have been trying to get an Uncharted movie off the ground for many years now. It is finally happening, with Tom Holland set to take on the role of Nathan Drake but unfortunately, the film will no longer be coming out this year. Initially, Uncharted …

Sony has sneakily bagged itself an early 2021 exclusive this month with the launch of Hitman 3. While Hitman 3 itself is multi-platform, the VR version of the game is currently exclusive to PlayStation VR. That could change in the future though, as dataminers have discovered evidence of a PC …

While the rumour mill has claimed that Microsoft will do away with the Xbox Live Gold service in the near future to focus on Game Pass, it looks like the company's plans are quite different. This week, it was announced that Xbox Live Gold is actually going to get a …

Back in December, Rare announced some pretty big changes coming to Sea of Thieves in 2021. The biggest change is that development on the competitive mode ‘The Arena' is coming to an end, with the developers focusing on the core game moving forward. Alongside this, a new seasonal content system …

Capcom's Resident Evil Showcase aired last night and as expected, we got plenty of new information about Resident Evil Village. For starters, we have a new trailer to tease the story, a release date has been announced and we have details on the new multiplayer mode ‘Re:Verse'.  The new trailer …

A Humble Bundle store page leak has given us some early details about Resident Evil Village. Interestingly, the leak also confirms that Capcom is planning to include a multiplayer mode, just as it did with the Resident Evil 3 remake last year.  The leak has been spreading across Twitter this …

Ghost Recon Breakpoint had a rough launch back in 2019 but after a year of additional development and several major updates, the game is in much better shape now. If you've yet to give the game a go, then this week is the perfect time as the game is free …

At this point, Fall Guys is still a PlayStation console exclusive, while also being available on PC through Steam. So far, there has been no announcement about an Xbox version, but fans of Microsoft's console got some hope this week when the Xbox Game Pass Instagram account claimed that the …

Hitman 3 officially launches today and if early reviews are anything to go by, it is going to be a hit. Unfortunately, there are some launch day issues. With Hitman 3, players who own Hitman 1 and 2 are able to import their progress to the new game, but the …

Back in April 2019, we learned that the European Commission was launching an anti-trust investigation into content geo-blocking. The investigation looked into several huge game publishers including Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Focus Home Interactive and Koch Media. The investigation has since concluded, with the EU handing down a €7.8 …

This week, Guerrilla Games officially pushed out its tenth patch for Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, marking a several month long journey to get the PC version as polished as possible. Now though, the studio needs to turn more of its resources towards its next game, meaning PC updates for …

Microsoft's first exclusive of 2021, The Medium, is coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S next week and like all other Microsoft exclusives, it will also be available through Game Pass on day one. With just over a week left to go until release, Blooper Team has unveiled the PC …

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning released for PC, Xbox One and PS4 back in 2020, bringing back the cult-classic action RPG in remastered form. This year, Nintendo Switch owners will get a chance to play it. This week, THQ Nordic confirmed that Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will be coming to the …

It has been one year since Ninja Theory first announced that it was working on Project: Mara, a new game aiming to raise the bar for psychological horror with new experimental mechanics. We've heard very little about this game since then, but in an update posted this week, we began …

We've officially entered the second half of January, which means it is time for another Xbox Game Pass announcement. We've already had one batch of games hitting the service on the 7th and 14th of the month. Now we have a new batch of games coming on the 21st and …

Over the last few years, Team Ninja has been hard at work on the Nioh series, with two games both going on to earn critical acclaim across PlayStation consoles and PC. Unfortunately for fans of the series, the developers are now moving on, saying that the Nioh story is officially …