Software & Gaming

We are just a few days away from Microsoft's E3 press conference, which by all accounts will have a significant focus on Project Scorpio. Microsoft has been teasing its Scorpio reveal all week but it looks like fans are starting to pick up on the hidden messages, with one in …

It has been almost two years since Shenmue III first launched on Kickstarter, after being announced live on Sony's stage at E3. Since then, series creator Yu Suzuki has been working away on the game with the goal of a late 2017 release. However, the studio needs more time, so …

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Rebellion Developments, famed for its Sniper Elite series and its Nazi Zombie Army spin-off have announced a new IP in the works titled Strange Brigade. It is set to appear at this year’s E3 as a playable title, but the global reveal trailer already has a fair few details to …

It looks like Valve has lost yet another writer as this week, Jay Pinkerton parted ways with the studio. Since the start of 2016, we have seen several writers leave Valve's offices for various reasons, all of which previously worked on the Half-Life series. This time around, it is Pinkerton …

Over the last few months, Valve has been preparing for the death of Steam Greenlight, with plans to replace it with a new service known as Steam Direct. Just a few days ago, Valve announced the new fee for Steam Direct submissions and now, the company has confirmed that Greenlight …

While there is talk of Bioware placing the Mass Effect series on ice for a few years, Andromeda is still receiving patches to improve overall quality. This week, Mass Effect Andromeda patch 1.08 released, which focusses on improving the game's character creation and making some additions/changes to certain dialogue options. …

Ever since the launch of the Devil May Cry reboot, Ninja Theory has been working away on a brand new IP- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. This game has been floating around for several years and was initially supposed to release back in 2015 but was followed by a series of delays. …

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Pokemon Company would be holding a surprise 8-minute Nintendo Direct stream. Well, the stream just concluded and in total, we got three announcements. For starters, yes a Pokemon game is coming to Nintendo Switch this year but it isn't the rumoured Pokemon Stars. Instead, Switch …

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch, we are starting to see a resurgence of interest in handheld gaming. This has given hope to some of Sony's dedicated Vita fans but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Sony is planning on getting back into the handheld arena any time soon. At …

Back in early 2016, Bethesda Game Studios head, Todd Howard let the word out that the publisher's in-house studio teams were working on three “huge” unannounced projects. We have heard very little about what Bethesda's internal team has been up to since then but it looks like at least one …

Over the last few months, Denuvo has been consistently making headlines for one reason or another. First Resident Evil VII was cracked in record time, then the software was accused of impacting the performance of recently released indie game ‘RIME', which was also cracked in record time, causing the developer …

It has been several months since we first heard about Valve's plans to phase out Steam Greenlight and replace it with a new service known as ‘Steam Direct'. One of the key changes with Steam Direct was originally going to be the price of submitting a game to Steam, which …

As convenient as it can be to have a password manager to help keep track of unique passwords, that convenience is swiftly stripped away when the password database gets hacked. This week, OneLogin users will want to double check their accounts as the service has warned that it has suffered a …

It looks like the Nintendo Switch's much debated online service subscription is going through some much needed changes. Initially, the service was set to launch later this year and would offer one NES game rental each month. Now, the Nintendo Switch's online subscription will launch in 2018 and will come …

A few months back we received the surprise announcement for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, a follow-up to the highly praised Shadow of Mordor. At the time, the game was poised for an August release but since then, the developers behind the project have had to revise their plans a bit, …

It has been several weeks since Square Enix first made the surprise announcement that it would be dropping Hitman developer IO Interactive from its roster. This impromptu decision has meant that IO Interactive needs to secure new investors so that it can continue to develop, though it also threw the …

Kerbal Space Program developers, Squad have made headlines recently, from large change-ups in its team to several of the former-Squad developers being hired by Valve for a currently unannounced title. The most recent change comes from Rockstar and 2K’s parent company, Take-Two, purchasing the publishing rights to Kerbal Space Program. …

ASUS Republic of Gamers this week has announced its very first esports tournament, featuring some top professional teams and some aspiring competitors. The tournament is known as ROG Masters 2017 and will consist of four continental qualifier rounds and 30 qualifying national rounds all capped off by a grand finals …

Last year, a small but charming JRPG by the name of I Am Setsuna launched on PC and PS4 to positive reviews. This particular game was made by the small team at Tokyo RPG Factory and given the success of its first game, the team will now be releasing Lost …

Last week, we got our first update on the status of Final Fantasy VII Remake in quite some time. Square Enix has begun hiring new designers and planners to begin working on the project but this week, a bigger change occurred as the publisher brought all of the game's development …

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Ever since the Nintendo Switch first launched back in March, demand has been high, making the console pretty difficult to find at retail in some areas. Nintendo has already boosted production once in an effort to keep on top of things but now it is being reported that things have escalated further, …

Update: Following on from last week's teasing, Ubisoft has released the official announcement trailer for Far Cry 5. This is a cinematic trailer that sets up the story. This time around, Far Cry will be taking place in Montana and will focus on a cult violently taking control of the …

While we have heard quite a bit about noblechairs over the past year or two, up until now the company has been focused on its Epic series – with the Epic Real Leather being a highlight. However, noblechairs has today launched its new Icon series of chairs, promising thicker cushioning, increased …

While Bioware may be giving the Mass Effect franchise a bit of a break over the next couple of years, it looks like we can still expect some new content for Andromeda. During the opening hours of Mass Effect: Andromeda, some dialogue sets up a new race, the Quarians, who …

If you are often watching content on applications like Kodi, Popcorn Time and VLC with subtitles on, then you may want to be extra careful at the moment as a new vulnerability has been discovered. It turns out that older versions of these bits of software are all open to …

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If you were in need of some weekend plans then it looks like Bethesda has you covered as starting from today until the end of the week, you will be able to play the entirety of Fallout 4's base game for free. The Fallout 4 free weekend kicked off on …

Back in 2014, Microsoft officially announced Crackdown 3 as an Xbox One exclusive but since then, the company has changed some of its policies regarding console exclusives and has been making more of an effort to include PC in its future plans. As a result, Crackdown 3 will no longer just …