Software & Gaming

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 …

Though Google Stadia has slowly seen more support come to its game streaming service, one of the biggest issues still is the fact that many titles arrive at a much later date than on dedicated hardware. Unfortunately, it seems as though this trend will continue, as according to CD Projekt …

The UK's Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has been investigating video game loot boxes for a while now, all in an attempt to figure out whether they should be considered as a form of gambling. There have been plenty of arguments on both sides of this debate and …

Recently, we reported on rumours that suggested a new Gran Turismo game was in development for release on the PlayStation 5 in 2020. Now, this rumour appears all but confirmed, as Gran Turismo and Polyphony Digital trademarks were discovered to have been filed in Argentina on the 4th of June …

With the current global climate surrounding COVID-19 and social distancing, dozens of events have had to be either cancelled, delayed, or altered to fit an online format. Games Done Quick, the biannual speedrunning event for charity, has now announced that its Summer event will take place entirely online – though …

New Bloodborne rumours have started to appear online, claiming that the game will be remastered for both PC and PS5, and it will be developed by Q Loc and Bluepoint Games. The rumours started after the streamer CaseyExplosion tweeted that she would donate $100 to charity if someone had insider information about …

Barring any unforeseen delays, Halo Infinite will be out within the next six months across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC. As the final development push on Infinite continues, it looks like Microsoft is also preparing for a new Halo game.  The Microsoft careers website was updated this week, …

At this point, the Xbox (beta) app is the way you are supposed to browse and install Windows 10 titles, rather than using the standard Microsoft Store. The app has been slowly improving and this week, it got a pretty major update thanks to the addition of mod support.  Windows …

Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, has come under fire this week as some shareholders are beginning to argue that he is paid too much. Specifically, Activision's top brass are accused of “irresponsible and unethical corporate behaviour and excessive executive pay”. Activision Blizzard is a giant in the industry, pulling in billions …

With E3 scrapped for this year, most major publishers are focused on holding their own events. EA is no different, as the publisher made plans to host EA Play Live next week to showcase upcoming games. However, like many other planned events this month, EA has decided to push it …

Earlier this week, Valorant officially came out of beta and launched across the world. For now, Riot's competitive shooter is only available on PC, but the company's interest in console is growing, so the game could end up on additional platforms. Speaking with Gamespot this week, Valorant director, Anna Donlon, …

Bungie decided to end this season of Destiny 2 with a bang, setting up a big live event that players had to gather at The Tower for. The event just came to an end after a very lengthy wait, bringing The Almighty crashing down onto Earth's surface.  The Almighty was …

If you aren't playing Command & Conquer Remastered this weekend but would still like to scratch that RTS itch, then you may want to head over to GOG. This weekend, the DRM-free store is giving away Total Annihilation, a classic of the strategy genre.  Total Annihilation and its expansions are …

Last month during Inside Xbox, EA announced that it would be supporting free next-gen upgrades for some upcoming games shipping on current-generation consoles and the upcoming Xbox Series X/PS5. It didn't take long for players to notice the catch involved though, as there was just a small window to upgrade. …