Software & Gaming

Ever since PlayStation Now was first launched back in 2014, the subscription service has slowly been adding more and more titles on a monthly basis. This month’s titles have now been revealed to be Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within, LEGO Worlds, and Cities: Skylines. These titles are joining the other …

All signs seemed to be pointing towards Final Fantasy VII Remake making its March release date until just a few weeks ago. The game has since been delayed and as a result, the PS4 exclusivity period has also been moved, ensuring Sony still has the game locked down for one …

Obsidian put itself back in the spotlight last year with the successful release of The Outer Worlds. The game has been out on PC, Xbox One and PS4 for a while now but soon, the game will also be landing on the Nintendo Switch. The Switch version's release date was …

Back in October, former Xbox executive, Mike Ybarra, departed from Microsoft in order to helm a General Manager position at Blizzard. Now, Microsoft is losing another big name, with Gears of War studio head, Rod Fergusson, leaving to work on Diablo IV.  The Coalition is on a high right now, …

Following the closure of Lionhead studios back in April 2016, it came to light that a few of the developers there were working on a Fable-based card game. Upon leaving, those developers worked out a deal with Microsoft to keep the game alive under the name ‘Fable Fortune’. The game ended up …

Cliff Bleszinski, the creator of the Gears of War franchise, has reflected on what went wrong with his latest projects. When LawBreakers released, the game wasn't as successful as Cliff hoped for. This followed by the launch of the equally not-so-successful battle royale Radical Heights. Following both game launches, Boss Key studios …

Fallout 76's new expansion will be available on the 7th of April, free of charge, to all existing game owners. Additionally, the game will become available on Steam at the same date, and any Steam user that buys the game will also get access to the new DLC. The new …

On the 27th of February, Pokémon fans around the world will be celebrating ‘Pokémon Day’, the day in which Pokémon Red and Green first debuted in Japan, back in 1996. This year, in the lead up to the event, Pokémon have teamed up with Google to allow fans to vote …

There has been a lot of talk about Warcraft 3: Reforged over the last couple of weeks, mostly due to fan disappointment and an incredibly low user-score on Metacritic. Now, Blizzard has officially responded, saying “sorry to those of you who didn't have the experience you wanted” and sharing plans …

Microsoft continues to add new titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, increasing the value of the service as time goes on. The company has now announced which games will be coming to the service during the first part of February – with more to be added later in …

In an effort to “improve efficiency”, Sony has closed yet another first-party studio. SIE’s Manchester Studio was set up in 2015 with the goal of creating VR titles for the PlayStation VR platform. Yet, despite having not released a single game, the studio has now been closed. This closure follows …

PlayStation Plus subscribers are in for a treat this month, as PlayStation is offering its Plus users not two, but three free games this month – and well respected games to boot. Available to download right now is BioShock: The Collection, containing remasters of the full BioShock trilogy and its …

PlatinumGames has been making headlines all week thanks to the revival of The Wonderful 101 and four mystery projects. The studio hasn't fully moved on from some of its other games just yet though, as the studio would still be interested in reviving Scalebound and bringing Switch exclusive ‘Astral Chain' …

Sony first began talking about the PlayStation 5 late last year and in recent weeks, rumours about a proper unveiling have been picking up steam. While a February announcement was expected, we may need to pump the brakes just a bit, as Sony says it is “not quite ready” to …

Over the last couple of decades, the Houser brothers have lead Rockstar with Sam Houser acting as President and Dan Houser taking on creative leadership duties. Dan Houser has been on a break from Rockstar Games after wrapping up development on Red Dead Redemption 2 and now, he is leaving …

Gigabyte has rolled out its latest gaming monitor with a 27-inch QHD resolution panel and high refresh rate to offer gamers ‘twice the detail' of Full HD displays and ultra-smooth high FPS gameplay in demanding fast-paced titles. The new Aorus FI27Q is equipped with a 27-inch QHD (2560 x 1440) …

Nvidia has been in the cloud gaming space for a long time now, with its own service beginning life as ‘Nvidia GRID’ and later transforming into GeForce NOW. Beta testing has been on-going for quite some time but now, it is ready for prime time. Rather than being a self-contained …

When news of the Australian bushfires began to gain traction across the news and social media, a Reddit user by the name of ‘Gazoob’ suggested in the Modern Warfare subreddit that proceeds from the game’s pre-existing ‘Outback’ bundle should be donated to the cause. After receiving widespread support from the …

Yesterday, we reported on a new website launched by PlatinumGames, which used the URL four.platinum.com, and featured the hashtag #Platinum4, alongside a large numerical 4 at the centre of the website. At the time, speculation regarding the purpose of the website ranged from it being a teaser for the next …

There’s no denying that coming into the next generation of consoles, the PlayStation brand is the strongest it’s been in years. With record high PlayStation Plus subscribers, and over 108 million PS4 consoles shipped, it would appear as though the PlayStation 5’s impending launch is doing little in the way …

Initially a Nintendo Switch exclusive, Daemon X Machina will be available on Steam this month. Octopath Traveler was the first game we saw move from Switch exclusivity to being available on Steam, and with Daemon X Machina being the second game to do so, we might have the beginning of a …

A few days ago, we reported on the rumour that PlatinumGames was going to go into self-publishing, with its first title being the remaster of the Wii U’s ‘The Wonderful 101’. This was confirmed after The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter was launched last night. Despite its goal of $50,000 for the …

In a game all about creation and interaction, it’s surprising that The Sims franchise has historically opted out of featuring any significant multiplayer features (save for The Sims Online). In the latest investor meeting however, EA’s CEO, Andrew Wilson, alluded to the fact that the next Sims title could feature …

In the lead up to the PlayStation 5’s release, Sony appears to be going through a great deal of corporate restructuring. The latest announcement comes from Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Japan Studio, where Nicolas Doucet, the Creative Director and Producer of Astro Bot: Rescue Mission has been promoted to Studio Director. …

This year, video game chart tracking in the UK has changed quite a bit, with UKIE taking on the challenge and mixing physical and digital game sales when possible. So far, this has made the weekly 2020 charts quite interesting so far and this week, the top ten had another …

The writing has been on the wall for Adobe Flash for years now, with plans for it go offline officially at the end of this year. Many web games were made using Flash throughout the 2000s, which may have been lost at the end of this year if not for …

It looks like PlatinumGames is gearing up for a busy 2020. The game studio is currently actively developing three different titles, but if its new teaser site is anything to go by, fans may soon hear of a fourth. The website four.platinumgames.com recently went live, and though it is currently …

Towards the end of last week, fans began making their disappointment in Blizzard heard, giving Warcraft 3: Reforged an incredibly low 0.6 user score rating on Metacritic. Since then, the score has dropped again to 0.5, officially making it the lowest user-rated game on Metacritic. There is even talk of …

Back in January 2018, we saw a new milestone hit on Steam, with 18.5 million users all online and using the platform at once. That record has remained in place for two years now but this week, it was finally broken, with Steam having its biggest day yet.  The new …

The Silent Hill franchise is currently in an interesting position. Since the first game’s original release in 1999, the series has seen over a dozen titles released, including two film adaptations. Ever since 2014 however, when Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills was announced via the P.T. ‘Playable Teaser’, and subsequently cancelled …