Software & Gaming

Over the last few years, Ubisoft has been trying something new with the Assassin's Creed franchise, pushing the series into RPG territory. After the release of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, former Dragon Age and BioWare creative director, Mike Laidlaw, joined Ubisoft Quebec but now just over one year later, he is …

Normally when we hear early details about new consoles or video games, it is just a case of word of mouth within the industry spilling out on to the web. In some instances though, more illicit means are used to gather information, as is the case with one California resident …

Discord is dialling back on some of its more ambitious platform features, looking to cut out anything that makes the app "too bulky" or takes away from the core chat experience.

Just a few weeks ago, rumours began swirling about two more Wii U games set to join the Nintendo Switch library and get a second shot in the spotlight. Now, it appears that one of those games will be The Wonderful 101, Platinum Games' superhero action adventure.  The Wonderful 101 …

Over the last year, Valve has been working away on Dota Underlords as an Early Access title. Now, the game is ready for a full release, with the game set to leave Early Access this month, complete with new features, including a single-player component.  Dota Underlords is leaving Early Access …

Rainbow Six Siege got a brand new PC feature recently, with Ubisoft adding Vulkan API support to the game, complete with an adaptive scaling option with its own frame rate lock so you can guarantee peak performance during gameplay.  This update is available on both the Steam and uPlay versions of …

Remember a couple of years ago when Bungie received a huge $100 million investment and trademarked a new game series? Well that project seems to be finding movement this year, as the studio begins expanding, seeking talent to help out with a brand new IP. Ever since leaving Microsoft and …

EA has notoriously had controversial opinions when it comes to the value of publishing single-player only games and story-driven titles. That could start to change though, as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is surpassing lofty sales expectations.  Initially, EA was hoping to sell 8 million copies of Respawn's Star Wars …

One of the biggest surprises from E3 2019 was Nintendo's announcement for a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So far, all we've had is a short teaser and confirmation that the game is in the works. Rumours have risen expectations for a release date this …

The lowest user score in Metacritic's history?

Early last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that it was forming a new game studio in partnership with former BioWare veterans. Now almost a year later, the studio has been officially unveiled as Archetype Entertainment, and their first game will be a sci-fi RPG.  James Ohlen, formerly a BioWare …

Platinum Games has managed to remain independent for years now while delivering solid action games like Bayonetta and Nier Automata. Last year, the studio went on a fundraising spree to gain support for new projects. While it didn't come to fruition, the studio was apparently in talks to join Microsoft's …

While the recent Final Fantasy VII Remake delay was a bit of a downer, Square Enix is swiftly lifting our spirits with a brand new trailer for the game. Better yet, the trailer acts as the debut for the remake's theme song, composed by Nobuo Uematsu.  The trailer mostly features …

There have been rumours surrounding a ‘Switch Pro' release since 2018 and so far, Nintendo has squashed them each time. With next-gen consoles coming this year, expectations for a Switch Pro in 2020 began to rise, but Nintendo says it is not happening. An additional Switch model did end up …

AMD’s Raise the Game bundle was available with the purchase of selected AMD Radeon graphics cards during 2019 but officially ended on 31st December. AMD graphics card owners were still able to redeem bundle codes until 30th January 2020. A new Raise the Game bundle has been expected from AMD …

E3 has been in some trouble for a while now, with publishers losing interest and the number of attendees paving the way for very lengthy waiting lines for short gameplay demos. The situation reached new heights last year when the ESA leaked personal details of media attendants via a security …

Another week, another free game on the Epic Games Store. Throughout the next six days, Epic will be giving away a digital copy of Farming Simulator 19 for free. The latest game coming from the Farming Simulator series is the most complete too. Built upon the success of Farming Simulator …

This week, we observed growing concern and unease from Google Stadia users, with early adopters taking to forums to discuss a lack of updates, missing features and other issues. Google has seemingly taken notice, finally releasing a January update running down newer developments for the platform.  On the latest Stadia …

As part of the MCC December development update, we learned that good progress was being made on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for PC, with Halo 2 and 3 also not being far behind. Now, we’ve got another update, with Halo 1’s remaster to begin beta testing in February, as well as …

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.  Virtuos Games was the development partner …

The Nintendo Switch has been surpassing expectations since it first launched in March 2017. It didn't take long for the console to surpass the Wii U in lifetime sales and now just ahead of the console's third birthday, the Switch has surpassed the SNES.  During the Q4 holiday season of …

Rockstar Games is celebrating a record-breaking 2019 holiday season in both GTA Online and Red Dead Online by offering huge bonuses in both games. Starting today and during the beginning of February, GTA and Red Dead Online players will receive in-game cash bonuses and free gifts. Grand Theft Auto V …

One of the bigger disappointments back at the start of this console generation was the lack of support for 60 frames per second gameplay. The situation improved once the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X came out, but weak CPUs continued to hold frame rates back. While developers won't be …

Back at Blizzcon 2018, Blizzard announced and showed off Warcraft 3: Reforged for the first time. At the time, it looked like a more in-depth remaster compared to StarCraft Remastered, with new cut scenes and UI on top of overall better graphics. Now that the game is out, a number …

Rocket League players on macOS and Linux got some bad news last week, as Psyonix is dropping online support for both platforms. The online-removing patch will arrive in March, at which point players will only have access to local multiplayer. At the time, there was little explanation as to why …

After the successful launch of its Surface Pro lookalike, Finish tech company Eve has announced the introduction of its crowd-developed monitor. In a first of its type, the Eve Spectrum is the result of over 4000 gamers, coders and designers working together as one. Eve claims that its new Spectrum …

Developer Echtra has been working on the next Torchlight video game for quite some time. Initially called Torchlight Frontiers, the name of the game has been changed to Torchlight 3, “making it the true successor to Torchlight I & II”. The name isn't the only thing that has changed. Torchlight …

Early adopters are beginning to worry about Google's commitment to the Stadia...

MMD display specialists and the brand licensing partner for Philips monitors has kicked off the new decade by announcing a sponsorship deal with one of the most successful esports organisations, G2 Esports. Founded by Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez in 2013, G2 Esports has since become one of the top esports teams, …

It has been three years since Resident Evil 7 came out and since then, Capcom has been keeping fans happy with remakes of classic games from the series. As we head towards the next generation of consoles though, expectations for Resident Evil 8 are rising and we may now have …