Software & Gaming

League of Legends is set to come to screens in the form of a reality television series in which players will be pitted against one another to win a professional contract of a lifetime. Set in what seems like the same style as The Ultimate Fighter, it’s possible we might …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been breaking a new milestone every couple of weeks since its launch. Not only has the game now surpassed five million copies sold but it has also gone on to become the most played non-Valve game on Steam, with just Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive sitting …

Towards the end of last week, EA held its quarterly financial report and as usual, some interesting facts were brought up in the conversation. One specific highlight is the fact that Battlefield 1 has now surpassed 21 million players, meaning around two million more people have picked up the game …

Earlier this month, we saw Ark: Survival Evolved jump in price, from around £24.99 to £49.99, all in preparation for the game’s exit from Early Access and physical disc launch on the 8th of August. Unfortunately, Studio Wildcard will no longer be able to meet that date, so Ark will …

When Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus releases in just three months, players will delve into the campaign as recurring protagonist BJ Blazkowicz on his crusade against the Nazi regime. The season pass, however, will introduce three separate stories, each with a brand new hero. The season pass is named Wolfenstein …

In a controversial decision, Activision chose to release its remaster of the acclaimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in an exclusive highly-priced bundle alongside last year’s Infinite Warfare. It was less of an if and more of a when we would see the title break off into a standalone release, …

Earlier this week, we discovered just how badly Pokemon Go’s first fan event went, with many attendees to the Pokemon Go Fest left unable to play the game they showed up for. At the time, Niantic tried to make things right by offering full refunds, in-game credit and a legendary …

Ubisoft has been changing its style recently, focussing less on theme park style open world games and instead turning to long lasting multiplayer. Unfortunately, the company hasn’t exactly been great at providing proper networking support, with many games still running peer-to-peer rather than through dedicated servers. However, that seems to …

With Destiny 2's console beta now over, we can turn our attention to the more exciting PC beta. Many PC gamers were left disappointed following the first game but that will be rectified this year with the sequel. Those looking to test the game out will get the chance starting …

Those of you who own a PlayStation 4 and like to play online from time to time will soon find it more expensive to do so. Today, Sony began sending out emails to PlayStation Plus subscribers in Europe to inform them that as of the 31st of August, a 25 …

With the massive success of Grand Theft Auto V, it is no surprise that Rockstar likely has plans laid out for the future of its best-selling series. While no firm evidence has cropped up for the existence of GTA 6 just yet, the rumour mill keeps on spinning, this time …

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is still immensely popular, with the game pushing past five million sales this month. However, there is still a hunger for new content- more specifically, a lot of players are looking forward to new maps. We have already seen a sneak peek at one new map in development …

There has been a lot of talk surrounding the Overwatch League in the last few weeks and while we have yet to receive an update on the logo trademark situation, Blizzard is still charging ahead. This week, the publisher announced its salary plans for players in the Overwatch League, promising …

Earlier this year, Friday the 13th officially launched but was met by mixed reception. While the concept was solid, bugs and various in-game issues held it back significantly. To make matters worse, communication on patches has been slow, so when fans found out that Illfonic were working on a brand …

On the Xbox stage at E3 this year, we saw our first glimpse of Dragon Ball FighterZ, an all new fighting game based on the Dragon Ball Z franchise. At the time, we were supposed to be getting a beta for the game, with sign-ups opening on the 26th of …

It looks like Blizzard is taking steps to get the Overwatch community to play nicely with each other, with new penalties being put in place to combat toxicity. As the game's community manager puts it, toxic behaviour can range anywhere from being intentionally AFK and griefing to abusive chat and …

PlayerUnknown himself teased that the next big monthly update for Battlegrounds would include the much anticipated first-person servers, an FOV slider and a new rifle. Unfortunately, this update has been pushed back to August 3rd as a result of “complications with a client crash bug.” A Steam Community post reads …

Despite landing in hot water on launch for its lack of expected content, The Sims 4 has seen a steady string of support from its developer with the latest addition being toddlers that rolled out in January. So far, the title has been exclusive to PC users, but a recent …

The Destiny 2 beta offered us a tiny slice of the final game, bringing us one mission, a strike and one PvP map. Unfortunately, the beta didn't let us take a glimpse at the changes made to open-world gameplay or Destiny's Patrol mode. However, the folks over at IGN have …

We received a lot of Xbox One X news at E3 last month. We know what the console looks like, what games will support it, we even have the price and release date but pre-orders are still nowhere to be found. Fortunately, this week Microsoft confirmed that those planning to …

While Middle-Earth: Shadow of War has been delayed until October, it is set to pack an interesting set of new and returning features from its predecessor. Last month, we got a look into what the new story has in store for players, including familiar faces from the franchise popping up …

Just over 14 months ago, Blizzard took a clear stance against fan-run legacy WoW servers by shutting down Nostalrius. Since then, there has been some discussion surrounding official legacy servers but nothing has come to fruition, so fans once again turned to creating their own. The next big push for …

While Pokemon Go has seen a huge amount of success since its launch last year, the game has also had its fair share of widespread problems. That all became painfully apparent on Saturday when the first Pokemon Go Festival took place in Chicago. Many paying attendees went to enjoy the …

There is a new Nvidia Game Ready driver rolling out but this time around it contains a little more than optimisations. There is a new feature debuting for Nvidia ShadowPlay called Highlights, which will automatically capture ‘highlight' moments during gameplay in supported games. Nvidia has teamed up with Bosskey Productions …

Late last week, Bungie's Destiny 2 beta opened up for all players on console and we have already heard some of the changes being implemented into the final game as a result of this testing. While the beta was initially set to end yesterday, it is now being extended a …

Sega is at its strongest when it hearkens back to its glory days of 16-bit platformers and arcade treasures. With its push on not just one Sonic game, but two this year, old-school fans have had something to get excited about, but the company isn’t stopping there. Sega of Japan …

The Destiny 2 beta has been live for a couple of days now and during that time, Bungie has been keeping a close eye on fan feedback. While there is still more to come before the end of the week, Bungie has already outlined a few key changes it will …

If you never had the chance to check out 2013's Shadow Warrior, then you may want to correct that this weekend as the game is being given away for free right now on the Humble Store. To make the deal sweeter, it's the ‘Special Edition' being given away, which comes …

Although Pokémon Go is undoubtedly a success, it’s difficult not to notice the absence of key features that players have come to expect from the Pokemon series. One of the most noticeable missing features was the lack of legendary Pokémon, however a year down the line, legendaries are finally coming …

At E3 last month, Bethesda officially announced The Evil Within 2, with the rather fitting release date of Friday the 13th of October. We have seen a cinematic announcement trailer for the game already but this week, Bethesda started showing off gameplay, with a brand new trailer to showcase the …