Software & Gaming

After a couple of years in development, a price hike and a delay, Studio Wildcard has officially launched ARK: Survival Evolved, bringing it out of Early Access for good. The popular dino-themed survival game has received its 1.0 update, so the studio’s attention now turns to the future, with the …

This year's Gamescom had a very large focus on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, with the event hosting the very first professional PUBG competition. Creator, Brendan Greene also showcased the new desert map, which he has since confirmed will be 8×8 km in size. Originally, people speculated that the new map would be …

A couple of weeks ago, Monolith Productions showed off the new Orc tribes that players will encounter throughout their journey in Middle-earth: Shadow of War. The latest trailer for the game shows off the Marauder tribe, who oddly enough showboat to rap music and toast the dark lord from a …

Due to Android’s open nature, it is easier for malicious software to make its way on to services like the Google Play Store. Google has been tightening things up over the last year but it seems that there is still work to be done. This week, Google purged around 300 …

Earlier this year, Bethesda announced plans to launch the ‘Creation Club’ for two of its biggest games- Fallout 4 and Skyrim. In essence, this was Bethesda’s second attempt at paid mods but this time around, some much needed changes were in place, the biggest of which was the requirement that …

Virtual reality walks the line between an innovative, immersive piece of technology and a passing fad, namely due to the lack of content in comparison to the higher-end price point. Although prices are slowly coming down, Sony are intent to get ahead of the curve, with the company “doubling down” …

Star Citizen developer, Cloud Imperium Games took to Gamescom over the weekend to showcase whats in store for the game in the near future. One of the most interesting new features is FOIP, Face Over Internet Protocol, that allows gamers to project their facial movements in real time, syncing with …

Demand for the Switch has been high since its March release, with Nintendo unsurprisingly, yet consistently producing far less than required to satisfy its consumers. With the holiday period just around the corner, Nintendo is desperate to reassure everyone that manufacturing has picked up. “We're doing everything we can to …

With the Xbox One X on the horizon and the Xbox One S selling very well, the time has come for Microsoft to stop selling the original Xbox One. The original 2013 design is reportedly being phased out over the next couple of months, with Microsoft’s UK site listing the …

It seems that Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds is only going to keep growing as over the weekend, the game managed to take the number one spot on Steam. For a long time now, Dota 2 has managed to retain the most concurrent players of any game on Steam but that changed …

Following on from Fallout 4, many have been wondering what Bethesda Game Studios’ next project will be. While fans of the Elder Scrolls series have been clamouring for a new game, Bethesda has previously confirmed that it has a couple of other big mystery projects to finish up first. Now …

Although PC users didn’t get their hands on the game until September 15th, Rocksteady first debuted its take on the Dark Knight with Batman: Arkham Asylum landing on consoles today, back in 2009. The game breathed new life into the staling Superhero genre, spawning its own series consisting of two …

Over the next few days not only will we be seeing the final launch of Ark: Survival Evolved but the Destiny 2 PC beta will also be kicking off. As a result, there is a new ‘Game Ready’ driver in town, ready to prepare Nvidia GPU owners with driver optimisations …

After a long and somewhat troubled development, first time developer Acid Wizard Studio managed to launch its top-down horror Darkwood just last week. Since then, the studio has issued an appeal, pleading with fans to stay away from grey market key re-sellers despite releasing a safe, DRM-free torrent on The …

Every so often, Blizzard likes to make subtle changes to help balance out characters in Overwatch. This month though, the studio is making some more sweeping and major changes to one of the characters- Mercy, giving her an ability overhaul. The biggest change here is that player resurrection will no …

Ever wanted to know what was set to happen in Half-Life 2: Episode 3? Well Valve's former lead writer is happy to oblige...

With Ark: Survival Evolved set to leave early access and ‘fully launch’ at the end of this month, new details are emerging about changes coming to the game. Over the course of Early Access, Ark has had hundreds of official servers for players and since many of them are low-population, …

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda would not be receiving any single-player DLC or further patches. This appears to be the end for Andromeda but it won’t be the end of Mass Effect as a whole, as EA’s Patrick Soderlund has spoken out, explaining that despite …

Back in 2011, Splash Damage and Bethesda teamed up to launch a first-person shooter known as ‘Brink’. In the years following, the game was quickly forgotten with much of the player base on console and PC moving on to other titles. Now, it looks like Brink may be getting a …

Earlier this week, Shenmue fans got their first look at in-game footage for Shenmue III. With the game still at least a year away, there were some areas where things lacked polish, in particular, fans noticed the stiff facial expressions of the characters. Fortunately, Yu Suzuki has explained that the …

Last month, PlayerUnknown himself let fans know that the upcoming PUBG map is still “many months” away. Good things come to those who wait, however, as Brendan Greene has since teased the new desert map during his keynote at Gamescom. Greene kicked off the first eSports LAN for the game …

After Injustice 2 ended its first lot of DLC with the release of Starfire, fans were keen to keep in mind head developer Ed Boon’s tease of a big “wow” in the characters that they were going to reveal. Since then, NetherRealm took to Gamescom to showcase its upcoming Fighter …

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Update: This game is no longer being given away for free. It is still on sale for 80 percent off on Steam though, bringing the price down to around £5.  If you never had the chance to check out 2013's Shadow Warrior, then you may want to correct that this …

This week, Square Enix confirmed that Final Fantasy XV would be heading to the PC after many months of teasing from director Hajime Tabata. We’ve already heard about plans to bring mod support to the game and we have seen a breakdown of all the PC graphical improvements. However, some …

At E3 this year, Bethesda gave us a good look at its first batch of virtual reality games. Not only are DOOM and Fallout 4 making their way to VR but Skyrim is also getting a new version to take advantage of this technology. Now, all three games have release …

While fans will have a long wait on their hands for Shenmue 3, a new trailer has arrived showcasing the first in-engine footage from the upcoming title. While the video is likely to divide its fan base on what to expect, it is a blessing for those that backed the …

Yesterday PC gamers rejoiced when Final Fantasy XV was finally announced for the platform. At the time, Square Enix promised that this would be the ultimate version of the game but that will stretch beyond graphical changes. Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata has confirmed that he is still planning …

Crackdown 3 might be off the table but Microsoft still has one big exclusive game coming our way later this year in the form of ‘Forza Motorsport 7’. Much like Forza Horizon 3, this game will appear on both Xbox One and PC at launch. If you are planning on …

Microsoft has been keeping Age of Empires alive for a couple of years now. We have seen new expansions for Age of Empires II, the original game recently received a ‘definitive edition’ and now, after many years, we are finally getting a full-blown sequel. At Gamescom last night, Microsoft officially …