Software & Gaming

ASUS has announced a lot here at CES 2020 so far, but gaming and PC hardware is only part of the story. ASUS has also announced its new ZenWiFi device lineup, utilising WiFi 6 and Mesh WiFi technologies.  There are three new devices announced here; ZenWiFi AX (WiFi 6, mesh), …

Corsair has had an active CES 2020 so far with launches of new CPU coolers and Elgato 4K capture devices already showcased. The company has also announced a new K95 RGB Platinum XT mechanical keyboard to be the ideal companion for content creators. The new Corsair K95 RGB Platinum XT …

During CES 2020, NETGEAR has launched a host of new products including 4G LTE and Wi-Fi 6 MESH routers, while announcing its NightHawk M5 5G Wi-Fi 6 mobile router has been named as a CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree. As you may have noticed, CES 2020 is well underway now …

The Yakuza series of video games have existed for over a decade, since its first release in 2005. Published by Sega, these action-adventure titles are set in Japan, and so feature a Japanese voice cast. Upon the Western release of the first game in 2006, Yakuza received an English dub. …

Luke goes hands-on with a 300Hz gaming laptop from Acer

This generation has seen the PlayStation brand perform stronger than ever, with the PlayStation 4 cementing itself as one of the best selling consoles of all time. With that, at CES 2020, the console manufacturer gave us an insight into how the various PlayStation services have been performing (hint: very …

When Super Mario Maker 2 was released on the 28th of June 2019, there was no doubt that it was going to be successful. With the original Super Mario Maker selling over 4 million copies on a console which sold fewer than 14 million units, it was clear that interest …

Over the last year, Sony have been slowly drip feeding information on the upcoming PlayStation 5. We knew some details, such as the fact that the next generation console would indeed be called the PlayStation 5, that it would run on AMD’s Zen 2 CPU, and that the new controller …

Kenichi Sato, the president of PlatinumGames, alongside Atsushi Ishida, studio head at PlatinumGames, stated that the studio will make various announcements throughout 2020, some bigger than others. According to Sato, this series of announcements will start early this year. As per InsideGames, translated by Siliconera, both Sato and Ishida talked about …

We've already covered Nvidia's CES 2020 announcements for content creators but now, we get to turn our attention to the gaming side of things. Today, the latest GeForce ‘Game Ready' driver dropped, packing in support for ray-tracing in Wolfenstein: Youngblood, as well as support for 17 new ‘G-Sync Compatible' displays …

Ever since the Nintendo Switch first released in 2017, fans have been asking for a ‘Switch Pro’, bringing a mid-generation refresh to the handheld-console hybrid in a similar vein to the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Last year, rumours of a Nintendo Switch Pro, alongside a smaller dockless switch, …

Lost Soul Aside was first revealed in 2016. Starting as a one-man project, the Action RPG takes inspiration from games such as Final Fantasy XV and Devil May Cry, to create a game that’s equally as stylish as it is ambitious. The game was originally targeting a 2018 release, although …

When the Nintendo Switch released in 2017, a feature missing from the console-handheld hybrid was backwards compatibility. This meant that a number of Wii U titles remained stranded on a console which sold fewer than 14 million units. Since then, Nintendo have slowly been porting these titles to the Switch. …

Call of Duty’s last several releases have been mired in a number of controversies surrounding the players’ movement abilities. Starting with Advanced Warfare in 2014, players were given ‘enhanced’ movement capabilities in the form of jetpacks – with each following game tweaking the way in which movement worked. After the …

Back in late 2017, we learned that  Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine’s impact and used it in two games without permission. CIG has always maintained that …

The Dragon Quest franchise is 33 years old and contains 11 titles in the main series with countless spinoffs, re-releases, and remakes of its games. Celebrating the franchise's success and achievements in 2019, the series' creator Yuji Horii has revealed what's coming next for Dragon Quest on his Twitter account. The …

Back in March 2019, Daedalic Entertainment had announced that it was developing a new “The Lord of the Rings” game. Further details of the game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, were unveiled in the latest issue of Edge magazine, and it seems that Gollum won't look like the character …

Square Enix has always had a penchant for new technology and with the rise of mixed reality and cloud streaming, that won't be changing any time soon. This week, Square Enix president, Yosuke Matsuda, issued an open letter on the year ahead, specifically addressing the publisher's ambitions for cloud streaming …

Riot Games has announced a lot of new titles recently, rapidly expanding beyond its core game, League of Legends. Some of the titles announced could be considered risky but there was no Artifact or Diablo Immortal level backlash to speak of. It turns out that a lot of thought went …

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot is just a couple of weeks away from releasing and while we've seen some gameplay snippets, the trailers so far have been mostly story-focused. This Time on Dragon Ball Z Kakarot changes that a bit, running down the playable characters, side activities and even teasing some …

Last month, Humble officially launched Humble Choice, a replacement for the old Humble Monthly Bundle that gives different tiers of subscribers up to 10 games to choose from and add to their libraries. December's Humble Choice was headlined by Shadow of the Tomb Raider and January;s bundle has now been …

It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds… twice. After beating out the game's launch-day peak player count on Steam last week, it seems that even more people became interested, …

Over the years, Valve has worked on many unannounced game prototypes, many of which we may never hear about. We will be learning about one particular game soon though, F-Stop, a prequel to Portal that never ended up making its way to the finish line.  LunchHouse Software, an indie studio, …

With us now officially in 2020, PlayStation has announced which titles are being offered for free to its PlayStation Plus members in January. From the 7th of January until the 3rd of February, you can get your hands on the Nathan Drake trilogy, in the form of Uncharted: The Nathan …

Microsoft has been adding some big games to the Xbox Game Pass service in recent weeks and 2020 is starting off strong with third-party partnerships. Aside from The Witcher 3 being added to the library, today Microsoft shadow dropped Grand Theft Auto V.  Grand Theft Auto V coming to Game …

GameSir already produces a range of innovative and high-quality gaming peripherals for PC and console gaming systems. Just recently the company announced it has launched the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its VX2 AimSwitch Gaming combo device. The GameSir VX2 AimSwitch Combo aims to help users who experience difficulties playing FPS …

Way back in May 2018, GSC Game World announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was back in development after some lengthy downtime. News on the sequel has been pretty quiet since then but this week, the developers gave an update, confirming that the game is being built on the Unreal Engine.  This …

Since leaving Infinity Ward to co-found Respawn Entertainment, Vince Zampella has led his new studio to a string of hits, including the Titanfall series, Apex Legends and most recently, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. All of that success has Zampella climbing up the ranks amongst EA executives, as he will …

Back in December, Valve announced all of the nominees for 2019's Steam Awards and opened the doors for Steam users to vote on which games should win across eight categories. The winners have now all been announced, with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice being named the Steam community's game of the …

Film adaptations of video games don't have a great reputation but studios are still eager to make attempts. Sony in particular has been trying to get an Uncharted movie off the ground for years now and even cast Spider-Man lead, Tom Holland, as Nathan Drake. However, the film has suffered …