Software & Gaming

Starfield launched in September last year to somewhat mixed reviews, with the perception surrounding the game being increasingly soured as time went on. That said, Todd Howard and the team at Bethesda Game Studios have been cooking a massive update – though one which arguably should’ve been available at launch. …

A couple years ago Sony revamped its PlayStation Plus subscription service with new tiers including PS Plus Extra – which serves essentially like Xbox’s Game Pass. Though day-one first-party additions are absent, a good number of PlayStation games have been added over time. Surprisingly, Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn is …

As they do each month, Sony gives away a number of titles to all those with a PlayStation Plus subscription. Available to keep forever and play as long as you are actively subscribed, May’s monthly PS Plus titles have now been revealed. Making the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, the …

OCBase is preparing to launch the OCCT Enterprise+ edition at Computex in June. The new edition is SaaS (software-as-a-service) and promises to offer advanced and customisable features to improve system stability testing operations. Hardware professionals and enthusiasts often rely on multiple software tools to test the stability of their systems. …

Back in February, Arrowhead Studios hit it big with Helldivers 2, reaching the top of both the Steam and PlayStation charts. In the months since, the team have continuously updated the game with new and free content. It therefore comes as little surprise that Helldivers 2 has already become the …

Rocksteady has not had a great year, with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League falling off faster than almost any high-budget ‘live-service' game. At this point, the game is averaging just hundreds of concurrent players on Steam, despite new seasonal content being added. However, fans will be pleased to know …

Blizzard has been hyping up Diablo IV's upcoming fourth season for months at this point. Now, a couple of weeks ahead of the launch, the development team have published a massive blog post detailing many of the major changes coming to the game. With the main theme of this season …

Yesterday, Microsoft officially confirmed its plans for the next Xbox summer showcase. Like last year, this year's big stream will be a two-parter, with a second stream offering a lengthy deep-dive into a new game “in a beloved franchise”. At the time, we noted that the teaser image resembled Call …

KeokeN Interactive, the studio behind recent Sci-Fi games Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars, has had to lay off its entire staff after struggling to get funding for new projects. Both games have positive reviews on Steam and also got an extra marketing boost from Nvidia thanks to …

In the past we have seen SEGA and ATLUS in particular release its games in a staggered manner, with the likes of the Persona series previously arriving first on PlayStation – and Nintendo having a similar deal for the SMT games. That said, recently this structure has changed, with more …

3 years ago, Returnal released on PS5 – a fast-paced action-heavy arcadey and mysterious 3rd person rogue-lite shooter. Since then, Housemarque have updated the game with a ton of new features, content and even a co-op multiplayer option. Celebrating the game’s 3rd anniversary, the team have announced a bunch of …

Team Ninja have had a pretty close relationship with Sony over the years, developing console exclusives Nioh and its sequel Nioh 2 – both of which were published by PlayStation. Their latest release – Rise of the Ronin – has been out now for just over a month, and according …

Earlier this year, leaks and rumours sprung up suggesting that the Xbox console exclusive Hi-Fi Rush would be coming to more platforms, specifically PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Of course, Microsoft did wind up announcing that Hi-Fi Rush was coming to more platforms – though only PS5. One month on from …

Sucker Punch Productions has always been one of PlayStation studios’ lesser-appreciated dev teams, with the Washington-based company releasing some of the most underrated games over the past many generations – including the excellent InFamous series. The team finally received their well-deserved flowers with the release of Ghost of Tsushima back in 2020 for the PlayStation 4. With the title finally set to come to PC, I wish to share with you just some of the MANY reasons as to why even in 2024, Ghost of Tsushima just hits DIFFERENT.

Star Wars: Hunters, a new arena shooter for Switch and mobile, was first announced a couple of years ago and after some delays, the game is finally set to launch. Pre-registrations are now live for the iOS and Android versions of Star Wars: Hunters, so you can set the app …

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is just a few short weeks from release for PC and Xbox Series X/S. While we are still waiting on detailed PC system requirements and performance targets, we do have preliminary minimum PC requirements, so you can at least check if you should be able to …

Apple has been working to get AAA game studios to support iOS with ports of major titles. So far, we've seen games like Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding and No Man's Sky releasing for iPhones and iPads. Now, Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed Mirage to Apple's …

Remedy Entertainment has been giving consistent and transparent updates on the status of its on-going development projects for quite some time now, setting a standard that the rest of the industry could do with following. So far, all of Remedy's games have remained on a steady track and now, Remedy's …

It has been a while since Bethesda last gave us an update on Starfield. So far, patches for the game have been quite slow and releases like the new Starfield Creation Kit for mod development are also taking longer than expected. Fortunately, we can expect a big update soon.  During …

As previously rumoured, the Xbox Games Showcase will return on the 9th of June. Like last year, Microsoft will be following up its major showcase with another ‘Direct' stream. Last year, the secondary Direct focused on Starfield, but this year's Direct remains a mystery for the time being.  Microsoft did …

Earlier this week, a fan site focused on Fantasy IP like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings, claimed to have heard about an upcoming Game of Thrones MMORPG game from Nexon. As it turns out, the game being referred to was actually a previously announced mobile game from …

Everspace 2 launched last year to great acclaim, swiftly becoming one of the most played games on Steam in 2023. Now, Rockfish Games has revamped the game, updating it to a new Unreal Engine 5 build with new content.  Everspace 2's latest update swapped out the UE4 version of the …

Square Enix recently announced plans to revise its approach to game development. As a result of this, a few creative endeavours have been abandoned, with Square Enix announcing plans to absorb the losses, which will add up to around 22.1 billion Japanese Yen. Square Enix's recent investor note confirms that …

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 …