Software & Gaming

Fire Emblem makes its grand return this year on Nintendo Switch with Fire Emblem: Three Houses. We are used to lengthy stories accompanying these games but Three Houses is going to pack a lot more in thanks to the three different paths you can take, promising upwards of 200 hours …

It looks like Ubisoft's work on Assassin's Creed Odyssey is starting to come to an end. Since launching in October last year, the developers have been updating the game regularly with free DLC and season pass content. In June, the game received its own custom quest creator, allowing people to …

Xbox Game Pass has been around for a few years now but the service got a big boost this year with its launch on PC. The library has had some impressive updates so far this year, with big games like Metro Exodus and Prey joining the lineup. Now, the list …

Sony decided to follow in Nintendo's footsteps last year and attempt to capture holiday season sales with the release of a mini-classic console. The PlayStation Classic's launch wasn't the smoothest, the 20 pre-installed games didn't really live up to what many had hoped for and the initial price tag put a …

Last night, Ys Net announced that it would be offering refunds to Kickstarter backers who were unhappy with the Epic Games Store exclusivity deal. These exclusivity deals have been causing controversy for developers for months now but the situation gets amplified when crowdfunding is involved. While Epic Games won't be …

Earlier this week, reports emerged surrounding CD Projekt Red and its plans for Cyberpunk 2077 as a gaming franchise. After roughly translating a Polish interview, it was reported that the studio had three Cyberpunk related games in the works- the main game, a multiplayer spin-off and a third mystery title. …

There is always going to be some controversy when a game is taken off of Steam and turned into an Epic Games Store exclusive. However, the situation gets much worse when crowdfunding is involved. We’ve seen this happen once already with Phoenix Point, which ended up refunding backers. Now, Shenmue …

Microsoft is preparing an Age of Empires comeback with remasters for the original trilogy and a long-awaited Age of Empires 4. At this point, we know there is a first-party studio entirely dedicated to managing the Age of Empires IP moving forward and now we have a better idea as …

Ahead of a bigger unveiling planned for San Diego Comic-Con later this month, Netflix has revealed the official poster and first still images of The Witcher characters in costume. Not only does this finally give us a better look at Henry Cavill as Geralt but it also shows us what …

Since its release in 2010, Microsoft has owned the rights to Alan Wake and while Remedy has expressed interest in revisiting the series, the studio is currently focused on establishing itself as a multi-platform games maker. That could have potentially made an Alan Wake 2 less likely in the future, …

After a few months worth of waiting, the first public test for Halo: Reach on PC arrived over the weekend. Unfortunately, the first ‘flight’ was kept fairly low key, with fewer than 1000 Halo Insider members getting the invite. However, there is a full gameplay video floating around so we …

Aside from E3 dominating the gaming news cycle throughout June, we also had some major game launches in the last few weeks. Not only have we seen the likes of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, but Nintendo just released one of its biggest exclusives for the year- Super Mario Maker 2, …

It looks like noblechairs has scored itself a new major partnership. Today, the premium gaming chair maker announced a new collaboration with Mercedes-AMG to launch the noblechairs EPIC Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Edition, built for Formula 1 enthusiasts. As the name suggests, this chair is based on the noblechairs EPIC series, …

Prior to the announcement of Borderlands 3 this year, Gearbox started reinvigorating interest in the franchise with Borderlands 2 VR. The game has been exclusive to the PlayStation VR since its launch in December but it looks like the game is finally heading to PC. Borderlands 2 VR for Windows …

The conversation surrounding video game developer crunch continues, this week with Treyarch in the spotlight. According to current and former studio workers bringing their concerns to the public, year-long crunch at Treyarch was sustained during the development of Black Ops 4 and QA testers are treated particularly poorly. As usual, …

Earlier this week, Valve raised concerns around Ubuntu and Canonical’s plan to remove 32-bit software support. Valve said that it would need to drop support for the popular Linux distro if this happened and would need to begin recommending something else for users. Since then, Canonical has said that it …

Glen Schofield has had quite the career up to this point. The industry veteran was instrumental to getting Dead Space off the ground at Visceral Games and later founded Sledgehammer and helped lead Call of Duty back to success with the release of COD: WWII. Back in early 2018, it …

Many major tech companies have been contacting the US government regarding its proposed tariffs on products manufactured in China. Up to this point, we have mostly been hearing from PC hardware and OEMs like Apple, Intel etc. Today, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo released a joint letter regarding these tariffs, strongly …

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been increasing its efforts on the PC gaming side and is now in a very exciting spot, with all future Xbox exclusives also planned for PC. Aside from us getting franchises like Halo, Gears of War and Forza on PC, Microsoft is also …

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Earlier this week we learned that Black Mesa, a remake of Half-Life 1, was going to be getting a public beta for the Xen section of the game very soon. That time arrived even sooner than we could have hoped as the Black Mesa Xen beta went live last night …

Update (26.06.19): Following on from last week's Nintendo Switch mini leaks stemming from a China-based console accessory manufacturer, more images of what this new console could look like are surfacing. The folks over at Lets Go Digital have taken elements from the HonSon leak and rendered a new look at the …

Just as previously leaked, the Steam Summer Sale has officially gone live today. As is the case during the sale season, the Steam servers are currently under heavy load and are being somewhat unstable for now. If you do manage to get it to load though, then you will be …

After many years of being a third-party exclusive studio for Sony, Quantic Dream is finally making the jump to multi-platform releases. Late last year it was announced that PS3/PS4 exclusives Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and Detroit Become Human, would be coming to the PC platform and now, the first …

Dating back several months, there have been rumours surrounding Microsoft's next-gen console plans. We know that there is a small army of first-party studios preparing new games and at one point, Microsoft was planning to launch into next-gen with two consoles at once, one being a higher power version at …

The Crowbar Collective has been working on Black Mesa for years now. Originally a free mod, the Half-Life 1 remake has now been available on Steam for quite some time, although it has remained in an early access state. Now, we are closer than ever to a full launch, with …

For a long time now, Valve has been a bastion for PC gaming on Linux. While news on SteamOS seems to have slowed down to a crawl, in the last year Valve has released Proton, a compatibility tool that allows thousands of games to run on Linux without official support …

Monster Hunter World is an excellent game and for the most part, is equally as good when played in co-op. However, there has been one odd issue with Monster Hunter: World's difficulty scaling since it came out, making some two-player hunts extremely difficult but perfectly fine in single-player or with …

Ubisoft isn’t exactly known for adding mod support to its games but that might start to change. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is continuing to get free updates and the latest is a ‘Story Creator’, allowing players to create their own custom quests in-game, set their own conditions/rewards and share them with …

After just a few months of work and a short amount of time in closed beta, Valve has officially begun rolling out Dota Underlords for anyone to play. Not only is the game already available to play for free on PC, Mac and Linux, but the mobile versions have also …