Software & Gaming

In just over a month, we'll be getting our first official look at Sony's first-party Decima Engine running on PC thanks to the release of Death Stranding. The engine produced incredible graphics on PS4 consoles and now we know what sort of hardware it is going to take too produce …

ASUS' new ZenWiFi AX Mini is designed to bring faster speeds and better coverage for your home Wi-Fi network. This trio networking devices from ASUS are capable of streaming 8K video and can cover an area of 4800 square feet (ca. 446 square metres). The ZenWiFi AX Mini system consists …

Usually Google releases each new iteration of the Android operating system at the annual Google I/O. However, this year Google I/O was completely scrapped and after a couple of delays, Android 11 has finally been released, albeit in the form of a developer preview. That means, so far, Android 11 is …

Recently, Microsoft put out a blog post titled “Everything You Need to Know about Xbox Series X and The Future of Xbox… So Far”. In it, they reiterated many of the details which have been covered already. That being said, there was at least one nugget of new information, and …

Just three weeks ago, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players were forced to suffer through another massive 30GB patch download and now with the game's fourth season of content going live, these massive patches continue to be an issue for many.  At this point, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare can …

If you buy a select AMD Ryzen 3000 desktop processor by June 30th, a free copy of Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition will also come included...

While Sony is teasing its own high-end sound tech for the PS5, Microsoft is apparently looking into pushing gaming into the high-end headphone market. This week, Danish audio company, Bang & Olufsen, announced a new partnership with Xbox to ‘deliver high-end audio' for gaming. Not much is known about this …

With no E3 taking place this year and shifting dates for big digital announcement events, some retail listing leaks were bound to come through sooner or later. That appears to have begun happening today, with a series of next-gen placeholder listings appearing on Amazon not just for console hardware, but …

With The Last of Us Part II set to launch on the 19th of June, the game’s Creative Director – Neil Druckmann – has already begun to think about his next project. In a recent interview, Druckmann stated that he is undecided between moving on to a third entry in …

Aside from No Man's Sky joining Xbox Game Pass this week, there are some other big additions coming to the library this month. Last year, Microsoft announced a partnership with Square Enix to bring some of its biggest JRPGs to Game Pass and we are continuing to see that partnership …

On the 25th of May, George Floyd was murdered by police officers in Minnesota. In the weeks since, protests around the world have called for an end to racial injustice, with many companies voicing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. One of the earlier supporters was PlayStation, which …

No Man’s Sky has come a very long way since its original release, with a number of big, free expansions enhancing the game beyond expectations. Now starting tomorrow, the game will reach even more players as part of Xbox Game Pass for console and PC. Beyond that, full cross-play is …

Intel released its June 2020 Platform Update on June 9 and included fixes for 25 security vulnerabilities. Two of the vulnerabilities had a CVSS score of 9.8, which means they were rated as critical security flaws. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System – or CVSS – is a way of measuring the severity of a …

As we approach the launch of Operation Steel Wave and the addition of two new operators, Rainbow Six Siege is having another free weekend. Those who have yet to try, or have not bought Ubisoft’s competitive shooter can download the game and play for free this week across all platforms.  …

Yesterday, Bungie showed off the next three major expansions for Destiny 2, Bungie’s online multiplayer first-person shooter. With content lined up until 2022, and Destiny’s Director Luke Smith stating that Bungie does “not want to start over from scratch and make a sequel”, many were wondering whether Destiny would ever …

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been hard at work to add support for the Vulcan 1.0 API to Raspberry Pi 4, and it has now shared the progress that has been made over the last few months. On January 31, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that it had started working on …

Yesterday, we reported that the PC Gaming Show, which is set to take place on the 13th of June, would be seeing an appearance from Atlus – the Japanese studio behind the Persona series. Thanks to multiple sources, it would appear as though the title that Atlus is planning to announce …

We all knew Bungie was going to be revealing this year's major expansion for Destiny 2 during a livestream today. However, the studio gave us much more than we bargained for, lining up the next three major expansions and some huge changes to Destiny to finally turn it into the …

We've known for quite some time that Ubisoft has a huge amount of Triple A games lined up for release this fiscal year. Three of those are Watch Dogs: Legion, Gods & Monsters and Rainbow Six: Quarantine, which were announced last year. Assassin's Creed Valhalla was recently added to the …

So far during the Nintendo Switch life-cycle, Monolith Soft has been involved in some major titles, including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Xenoblade Chronicles series and a secret new IP. At this point, the studio is looking at where it wants to focus more of its efforts, so expect …

Ever since its release in 2014, Bungie has seemingly been solely focused on Destiny: the MMO-lite first-person shooter. It would appear as though the studio is finally gearing up to expand to new IPs, as new job listings have been posted online for a game which is said to feature …

Back in April, a number of Nintendo account security breaches were reported by users, with 160,000 people estimated to have been affected at the time. Since then, more digging around the situation has taken place, with Nintendo believing that around 300,000 users were actually affected.  In an update to the …

The PC Gaming Show is an annual event dedicated to all things PC. This year’s event was originally scheduled for the 6th of June, before being delayed to the 13th due to the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Following the announcement of the revised date, PC …

For the past few years, more and more titles have begun to accept and adopt cross-play between consoles and PCs. Until now however, EA had yet to join in. Finally, following the footsteps of games such as Modern Warfare, Minecraft and Rocket League, Need for Speed Heat will be adding …

Though Sony had initially intended to have its big PS5 blowout event on the 4th of June, global protests and the need for “more important voices to be heard“ led the console manufacturer to postpone the event. Now, the revised date has been confirmed for the 11th of June. To …

Normally when purchasing a console, you end up with trials for online services and in many cases, code to be redeemed for a game or two. Filling out these codes and redeeming them can be a lengthy process, but it is one that may soon be going away, as Microsoft …

Last week, Sony announced that it would be delaying its first PS5 games showcase, which was originally due to take place on 4th June. Now, according to a series of ads found on Twitch, it looks like a new date has been set.  We should now be getting our first …

Last week, the next major expansion for Elite Dangerous was announced, offering players the opportunity to get out of their spaceships and stretch their legs on the surface of planets. Unfortunately, unlike the Horizons expansion, Odyssey will not have VR support at launch. Elite Dangerous has been one of the …

Though The Last of Us struggled for years to get a film adaptation off the ground, the recently revealed HBO TV adaptation appears to be going from strength to strength. It has now been confirmed that the pilot episode of the series will be directed by none other than Johan …

Announced at CES 2020, AMD SmartShift is a technology that dynamically shifts power between the CPU and GPU depending on the situation, which should enable higher performance. However, the technology is yet to really take off, and now the Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions at AMD has said that only one laptop model …