Software & Gaming

Madfinger Games, the Czech developer behind mobile titles such as Shadowgun and Dead Trigger, has announced the early access launch of their latest project, Grey Zone Warfare. The tactical first-person shooter PC game has already secured the seventh spot on Steam's worldwide wishlist, and it's expected to rival Escape from …

Since its release (and surprising success) earlier this year, the team at Arrowhead Studios have been continuously updating and supporting Helldivers 2 with all manner of new content, as well as major balance tweaks. The latest update for the game is available now, and brings with it a very long …

Housemarque is one of the more out-there first-party PlayStation studios, with the Finnish developers known best for their work on 2021’s excellent 3rd person rogue-lite shooter Returnal. Since the title’s last major update in 2023 the team have been relatively silent…until now. Teasing fans on Twitter, the team at Housemarque …

After much anticipation and a great deal of waiting, Fallout 4’s ‘next-gen’ update finally released last week. The ‘free’ update had issues on PlayStation Plus Extra however – though this was eventually fixed. Those who owned FO4 through the PS Plus Collection however were still unable to upgrade. Fortunately, this …

Remedy Entertainment is one of the most unique (and previously-underrated) AAA studios currently around, with the Finnish developers only recently seeing major commercial success with the likes of Control and Alan Wake 2. Following all the recent buzz surrounding Remedy, shareholder and video game holding company Tencent has now almost …

It has been a few years since Square Enix first announced Kingdom Hearts 4. As it took almost two decades to get Kingdom Hearts 3, many fans have not been expecting the game to release anytime soon. However, one leaker is now claiming that the game is coming in 2025.  …

Bethesda's recent update for Fallout 4 on PC did little to impress fans. The update did break many mods and the touted 21:9 support simply stretches the 16:9 image, leading to poor presentation. Now, players are flocking to mods that can uninstall the recent patch.  Over on NexusMods, The Fallout …

UPDATE: Nexon has since confirmed that it is not developing a Game of Thrones title. It is now believed that the report that appeared earlier this week had misinterpreted information about an upcoming GoT game from Net Marble, which is destined for mobile devices and not consoles/PC.  Despite the popularity …

We've been hearing about Nintendo's next-gen console plans for months already. Now, thanks to a Nintendo supply chain partner, we seem to have a few concrete details on the Switch 2, which is described as a “conservative evolution” of the original Switch design.  While Nintendo typically jumps from one bright …

The MSI Claw didn't blow anyone away with its day-one gaming performance but through new drivers and BIOS updates, the handheld gaming system has improved tremendously, with MSI boasting performance gains up to 150 percent. The new E1T41IMS.106 BIOS (referred to as 106) and 31.0.101.5445 GPU driver (referred to as 5445) …

While ArcheAge was a highly popular MMO in the US and Europe when it first launched ten years ago, various updates led to many players dropping the game for other MMOs. Now, ArcheAge is pulling out of the US and Europe.  Kakao Games, the publisher behind ArcheAge, has announced that …

Battlestate Games recently released the Unheard Edition of Escape From Tarkov, which is part of the newest patch. The edition brings a new PvE mode and other benefits. However, the hefty $250 price tag has left many fans dissatisfied.

Late last week, Bethesda finally released their long-awaited ‘Next-Gen’ update for Fallout 4 – bringing native PS5 and Series X|S support for the 2015 title. Unfortunately, the free update appeared to be unavailable to PlayStation Plus players. Bethesda has now responded and ‘mostly’ rectified the situation. Announced to be a …

Manor Lords, Steam's most wishlisted game in 2024, is already a success. The strategy game sold over one million copies in its launch weekend alone, and during the same period, it reached a peak concurrent player count of over 173,000.  Manor Lords, released on April 26th, was at the top …

Shinji Mikami is a legend in the games industry, Known best for his work on the original Resident Evil and its equally as revolutionary RE4, Mikami has a long and varied history in game development. In 2023, he left his studio Tango Gameworks, with a non-compete clause forcing him to …

Starting development all the way back in 2016 as a one-man project, Lost Soul Aside has been eagerly anticipated by many thanks to its Final Fantasy Versus XIII (later FFXV) inspired visuals and flashy action combat. Over the years, the game’s ambitions grew, and so did the team, sitting at …

DuskGolem is well known within the leaker community, offering a ton of details on future Capcom releases – in particular Resident Evil. Previously claiming that there were 5 separate RE titles in the works, the leaker now revealed that one of these (Resident Evil 9) has been delayed internally, though …

With the rapid rate of technological progress over the decades, many older games no longer hold up to current day TVs and monitors both technically and technologically. In some instances, even modern systems are far behind the curve of video output, with a number of Nintendo Switch titles turning into a bit of a blurry/aliased mess when blown up on a big screen. This is where the mClassic comes in: a HDMI-based hardware upscaler offering “Real-Time Redrawing of Each and Every Pixel.”

People Can Fly has been keeping itself busy since the release of Outriders. The studio has had multiple other games in the works, including one known as Project Dagger. While initially planned to be published by Take-Two, this deal was later scrapped, leaving People Can Fly to self-publish. Now, after …

Last week, we reported on the current troublesome state of Cities: Skylines II. Though the devs warned players ahead of launch, the 2023 title has been and continues to be plagued with all manner of performance issues – leading to a recent apology from the devs and publishers. Promising to …

Music can play a major role in elevating video games from being a good game, to a great one. Sadly, access to video game music – especially from Japan – has historically been limited. Fortunately, SEGA has been much more proactive with bringing its OSTs to music streaming services in …

The list of games supporting Intel XeSS keeps growing, with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Remnant II, and Horizon Forbidden West being the latest titles to support Intel's upscaling technology. Previously, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora only supported Nvidia DLSS 2 and AMD FSR 3. However, with Intel XeSS, it's positioning itself …

The Gran Turismo series is no stranger to adding odd or unique vehicles to its games. From concept cars to a moon rover, Polyphony Digital manages to show its appreciation to vehicles of all sorts. As part of GT7’s latest update, Sony’s own currently-unreleased Afeela Prototype can now be driven. …

As part of the PlayStation 5’s launch, Sony offered 20 PS4 titles for free to all those with a PlayStation Plus subscription. One of the included games was Fallout 4 (since then also finding its way onto PS Plus Extra). With FO4’s next-gen update finally available to download and play, …

BlizzCon made its grand return in 2023, after a four year hiatus. Unfortunately, it looks like the event is on the ropes once again, with plans for BlizzCon 2024 being scrapped.  BlizzCon is by no means a cheap event to run, but it has been a core part of the …

Nintendo has made plenty of headlines recently, having successfully shut down the popular Switch emulator, Yuzu, earlier this year. Now, Nintendo is turning its attention to copyrighted mods, aiming for the removal of hundreds of Steam Workshop items for the game Garry's Mod. Garry's Mod is two decades old at …

Helldivers 2 has been a huge hit over the past couple of months, maintaining a massive playerbase eager to stay up to date on new content across PS5 and PlayStation. Currently, the game is a PS5 console exclusive, but recent rumours suggest that may change.  Xbox Era's Nick Baker has …

For the first time, GeForce Now is getting support for Battle.net titles. This opens the door for many of Blizzard's games to be streamable after years of staying off the cloud. Several Activision titles also joined GeForce Now recently, including Call of Duty. To kick things off, the first wave …

We're still awaiting news on the next major Xbox Games Showcase, which is due to take place this June. Still, the Xbox team does have other announcements to make in the meantime, so there will be an indie-focused showcase next week. The next ID@Xbox Digital Showcase has been announced, scheduled …

After a number of delays, Bethesda is finally rolling out the next-gen update for Fallout 4 today on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles. PC players are also getting an update today, including some new Creation Club content, as well as bug fixes and new features like support for ultrawide …