Software & Gaming

Over the last few months, Valve has been openly testing experimental Steam features in order to see what users find most useful. Now, one of the earliest Steam Labs experiments its getting a permanent placement on Steam- the Interactive Recommender. In an effort to improve game discoverability on the Steam …

This week has been chock-full of next-generation console news. Not only have we seen detailed hardware spec reveals for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, but today Microsoft has also seemingly announced the launch date for its new console.  So far, Microsoft has maintained that Project Scarlett, now known …

With the COVID-19 outbreak shaking up daily lives and business operations across the world, there is an increased possibility that games may be delayed. In the case of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix says the game is still on track for April, but those looking to get hold of …

This has been a big week for console news, as we now have detailed hardware specifications and feature sets for both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

It has been nine years since Rockstar first released L.A. Noire and while there have been a couple of remasters and even a VR spin-off, there hasn't been much talk around a full sequel. That changed this week, as Warner Music has seemingly leaked the sound track for ‘L.A. Noire …

Though VR is still very much a niche product in its infancy, the platform has managed to produce a number of titles which have broken into the mainstream. One of the titles is Beat Saber – a rhythm game which sees players wielding two ‘sabers’ and slicing blocks to the …

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the most recent game from the stealth-action franchise. Set in ancient Greece, the game was received positively by many, and was deemed a return to form for the series. Though it was released in 2018, if you have yet to try the game, you now have …

When Persona 5 was first released in 2017, the JRPG quickly became a fan favourite, becoming one of the highest rated games on the PlayStation 4. With Persona 5 Royal set to release later this month, the review embargo for the enhanced edition of Persona 5 has been lifted revealing …

Call of Duty: Warzone has had a promising first week. With 15 million players in 3 days, the free-to-play Battle Royale title is proving to be quite popular. One of the game’s missing features however was a Solos mode. Players could instead only be organised in teams of three. This …

NymphCast is an open source project hosted at GitHub that allows your Raspberry Pi to be used as a streaming device. Maya Posch – the developer behind the free software – explains that NymphCast lets your “Linux-capable hardware” to be used as an audio and video source.  NymphCast, however, is not limited to …

Nintendo recently hosted its Indie World presentation, where the console manufacturer showed off 22 games alongside a number of timed console exclusives. Some of the games announced to be arriving to the Switch in 2020 includes Sky by ThatGameCompany, Exit the gungeon, and a new title by Hello Games, known …

Last week, we reported that a Nintendo Indie World presentation was rumoured to be taking place this week, with a Direct to follow in the next week. Nintendo have since confirmed the existence of an Indie World presentation set for today. This makes next week’s Direct all but confirmed. Thanks …

GOG, the PC games store owned by CD Projekt is currently hosting a spring sale. Amongst all the deals, The Witcher Goodies Collection is being offered for free, giving fans of the series a collection of bonus and ancillary content across the entire Witcher series, including soundtracks, wallpapers, making-of videos …

The online gaming world has seen a sharp rise in activity over the last week as more and more people self isolate at home to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus. Steam set new records for active concurrent users, CS:GO hit over one million concurrent players for the first time, …

Ever since the PlayStation 5 was first announced, fans have been eagerly awaiting for further news regarding the next generation console. The last few months have been rather barren on that front however. Now finally, in the wake of Microsoft revealing more information on its Xbox Series X, Sony have …

PlatinumGames has used its own in-house tools for game development for many years now but as we look ahead to the next generation and the studio's big expansion, it has been deemed time for an upgrade. This week, Platinum announced the PlatinumEngine, which has been in development for the last …

It has taken almost five years but Microsoft has officially reached its goal of bringing Windows 10 to 1 billion devices. Initially, Microsoft planned to hit this milestone by 2018, but the lack of success for Windows Mobile slowed that progress down significantly.  With mobile out of the equation, Microsoft's …

In an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, a lot of businesses all over the world are shifting to remote working, sending employees away to work from their homes. This includes game developers, which opens up the question of unforeseen delays for upcoming games. In the case of CD …

The demo for the upcoming Resident Evil 3 is right around the corner, scheduled for a March 19 release on Steam, Xbox One, and Playstation 4. Resident Evil: Resistance will also have an open beta on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, available starting March 27 and ending by April …

With the PassMark PerformanceTest v9, most of the top single-threaded performance scores were from AMD processors. Now, with the release of the latest version of PerformanceTest v10, the top 34 places for single-threaded performance are held by Intel CPUs, and in the 35th position, there's the Ryzen 3 4300U as …

Control from Remedy Entertainment has been one of the highest rated games to release in the last year, but the journey isn’t over yet. In 2020, Remedy has two story expansions planned, bringing players back to The Oldest House once again to uncover new mysteries. The first expansion is called …

Microsoft has unleashed a ton of information on Xbox Series X hardware specifications and performance capabilities today but that's not all. Two demo videos have also been released, showing off the traditional performance boost enabled by the custom 1TB NVMe SSD, including much faster load times and near-instant suspension and …

Back when the Xbox One X was making its way on to the market, the folks at Digital Foundry were given an early look at the specs and capabilities of Microsoft's mid-gen refresh system. Now as we head towards the launch of Xbox Series X, history is repeating itself, with …

Halo: Combat Evolved returned to PC this month as part of the Master Chief Collection and soon, it looks like Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary will be joining the club. Hot on the heels of Halo 1's release, 343 Industries is readying Halo 2 for testing on PC. Prior …

Following on from the Nintendo Switch's launch in 2017, a company called ‘Gamevice', known for the Wikipad, sued Nintendo claiming that the detachable Joy-Cons infringed on patents. Now almost three years later, the lawsuit appears to be over.  Gamevice has been making smartphone gaming controllers and its own ‘Wikipad' tablet …

The record was broken twice in two days, with over 20 million users online yesterday...

After initially hitting 6 million players in its first 24 hours, Call of Duty: Warzone has now reached 15 million players after its first 72 hours. When compared to other battle royale games, Warzone has more players than the likes of Fortnite BR and Apex Legends had after their first 72 …

Back in January, we reported on a rumour that Konami was working on two Silent Hill titles. The franchise, which has remained dormant since 2012’s Silent Hill: Book of Memories and 2014’s cancelled Silent Hills, was rumoured to be coming back in a big way with two new titles. Since …

The Monster Hunter series has always been one of Capcom’s biggest, but with the release of Monster Hunter World in 2018, the franchise reached new heights becoming the best selling Capcom game of all time with over 15 million copies sold. Back in September 2019, Capcom released the much anticipated …

Google Stadia hasn’t received the most warm response since its release back in November 2019. Despite this, Ubisoft is continuing to support the service, recently announcing that three more of the publisher’s titles would be coming to the service. The games in question are Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, The …