Software & Gaming

Back in October of 2015, Vivendi, the same company that once owned a majority stake in Activision, started taking an interest in Ubisoft. Vivendi swiftly began buying up shares, putting Ubisoft's board into a bit of a panic. Ubisoft made it clear that the potential takeover was not welcome and …

We're coming up to October, which means it is time for Bethesda to start gearing up for its big Fallout 76 beta. The multiplayer title is heading our way in mid-November but we'll have access to the full game in just a few weeks time as extensive beta testing gets …

Despite its sudden closure, the remainder of Telltale pushed out the second episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season at the start of the week and provided hope towards finishing the series with undisclosed partners. While logistics are discussed behind the scenes, the studio has now unsurprisingly removed the …

Back in April 2016, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius, one of the most popular vanilla WoW private servers around. This kicked off a lengthy discussion for Blizzard, with the studio ultimately announcing plans to launch WoW Classic. That announcement came in late 2017 and things have been quiet ever since- until …

While Bethesda fought for cross-platform play within The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the firm stated that Sony’s unhelpful policy against the practice blocked the feature from being included within Fallout 76. Following the surprise announcement that Sony had re-evaluated its stance on cross-platform play, fans are disappointed to find out that …

Last week on the eve of Nintendo's Switch Online launch, we heard about one particularly concerning piece of information surrounding the service. Cloud save data was at risk of being deleted forever should someone's subscription end. At the time, Nintendo didn't elaborate on how long it would be willing to …

Red Dead Redemption 2 is just one month away and it is set to be the biggest Rockstar game yet. Back when GTA V came to current-gen consoles and PC, the game weighed in at just over 80GB. With Red Dead Redemption 2, you'll need to free up 105GB of …

Total War: Rome 2 been hit with a plethora of overwhelmingly negative reviews this week, in a review bombing effort to ridicule the developer for supposedly increasing the spawn rate of female generals. Developer Creative Assembly has since responded to the accusations to tell those bothered by the alleged change …

Over the last decade, there has been a sharp rise in the popularity of console controllers on PC. While there are still many keyboard and mouse purists knocking around, sitting back with a gamepad has grown tremendously and Valve's latest breakdown of the stats offer plenty of proof. Back in …

Way back in mid-2015, Microsoft announced plans to support the keyboard and mouse on Xbox One consoles. There have been few updates since then aside from infrequent reminders that it is still in the works. Now, it looks like we are finally at the end of the road, with Microsoft …

Telltale might be closing down but the company is far from out of the woods just yet. Last Friday, Telltale let go of 90 percent of its workforce, offering no severance pay. Now, a class-action lawsuit is in the works, alleging that Telltale violated labour laws. The complaint was filed …

The term ‘gaming chair’ has become synonymous with the racing seat style over the years, but the ergonomic value of such design has consistently been challenged. Now, British gaming brand EDGE has introduced its premium, hand-crafted GX1 Gaming Chair to disrupt the market, designed by Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors …

Telltale Games might be shutting down but that hasn't deterred Netflix's ambitions for a game based on Stranger Things. Before the closure was announced, Telltale was supposed to take the project on for Netflix, in addition to Minecraft: Story Mode. While Telltale will no longer be able to fulfill the …

Earlier this year, Snapchat announced its plans to utilise Visual Search in order identify things within the frame of a picture and redirect users to a webpage containing that specific item. Announcing its partnership with Amazon, Snap will use this feature to make purchases easier than ever across both platforms. …

After an incredibly long delay, Nintendo finally rolled out its Switch Online service last week, giving users a reward scheme, NES games and cloud saves with some caveats. Not everyone has been able to enjoy the feature, however, after most Chinese players have inadvertently been blocked from the service. Twitter …

Across the weekend, staff at Telltale Games were devastated by the sudden closure of the studio, prompting a wave of discussion in the video game industry. Caught in the crossfire is the last two episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, however it seems that Telltale has offered a …

Apple has had a longer journey than expected in its attempts to purchase music tagging service Shazam, initially blocked by an EU investigation into anti-trust concerns. Having concluded the probing two weeks ago, the iPhone maker has now closed out the acquisition, bringing Shazam under its wing. With over 1 …

Despite Hideo Kojima giving fans an insight into what’s to come in upcoming supernatural action game Death Stranding, fans still have little idea what’s going on in the game. For all of its whimsical mystery, Kojima’s latest trailer seems to walk a more predictable line by introducing what looks like …

Shadow of the Tomb Raider was marketed by Square Enix as an end to Lara Croft’s origins, documenting her transformation into the Tomb Raider that debuted in 1996. Driving this point home, developer Eidos Montréal originally included a post-credits scene that teased the return of a key character from the …

Last year, Netflix began dabbling in video game based animated series with the release of Castlevania- which turned out to be pretty solid, albeit quite short. Now, we can expect another video game series to hit TV screens, with Diablo set to get its own adaptation. Blizzard has been interested …

Over the weekend, Telltale Games made the surprising announcement that the studio would be closing down, laying off almost all employees effective immediately. Nobody was given a heads up, leaving around 225 developers to search for new studios to work at. Telltale will keep 25 employees on until early 2019 …

Sony is continuing to have a blockbuster year with PS4 exclusives. Back in April, we learned that God of War had become the fastest selling PS4 exclusive ever, shipping 3.1 million copies in just three days. Now, that title has been passed on to Spider-Man, which accrued 3.3 million sales …

Amazon-owned Twitch saw a boost to its application downloads at the end of last month, as Chinese viewers flocked to the platform to watch this year’s Asian Games. China has taken notice of this sudden rise in prominence, blocking Twitch in most of its provinces as of September 20th. Despite …

PlayStation Now has been around for years now but the cloud gaming trend has still yet to catch on. Instead, PSNow has been usurped by services like EA Access and Xbox Game Pass, which allow users to download games from a library to run them natively. Sony seems to have …

Devil May Cry 5 has had several impressive showings since first being announced at E3 earlier this year. The game is shaping up to be an excellent return to form for the series and while it won't be out until March next year, it looks like the developers already have …

Just days after Sony's PlayStation Classic announcement, new evidence has surfaced surrounding Nintendo's next classic mini console. We've already seen the NES and SNES Mini launches and now, Nintendo seems to be turning its attention towards an N64 Classic release. Recently, Nintendo filed a Nintendo 64 Mini trademark in Europe. …

Nvidia's new RTX 20 series is out, the drivers have been released and now we are seeing various software suites push out updates to support the new series. This week, AIDA 64 has been updated to version 5.98, adding in various new features and improvements. AIDA 64 is commonly used …

PUBG may have seen a slight decline on PC but the most recent update could bring some players back in. As part of the game's 22nd patch, PUBG will be getting a new ranking system, in addition to that, map selection is coming back after bring removed and the game's …

While Sony's PSP was a huge success, the company was unable to strike gold once again with the PSVita. The handheld was more of a cult success and became a haven for indie titles, rather than big system-selling releases. We learned earlier this year that Sony would be ending production …

Ubisoft has been working on improving Rainbow Six Siege with frequent updates since release, many of which have revolved around stomping out bad community practises. This week, Ubisoft turned its attention to team killing, which will now result in an instant ban going forward. Up until now, players have been …