Software & Gaming

One of the downsides to come from Nintendo's recent Switch event was the news that future online services for the console would require a paid subscription. This was an unappealing move for a number of reasons, Nintendo's online infrastructure has never been great to begin with, you don't get the …

It looks like the European Commission has turned its attention away from the tech giants of the world and now has its sights set on Valve along with five other PC game publishers. The commission is launching an antitrust investigation into Valve's business practises alongside Zenimax (Bethesda parent company), Capcom, …

Update (02/02/17): Following on from our initial report on the new security vulnerabilities found in Netgear routers, the company got in touch with us to provide a fresh statement on the matter and clear a few things up. Recently, two new vulnerabilities were made public by security researcher TrustWave, making …

PornHub is looking to combat the idea that pornography harms the minds of the impressionable, by offering an educational resource of its own. Launched as a small, sub-site within the main Pornhub domain, the Sexual Wellness Center is filling up with articles, videos and Q&A resources, all in the aid …

The first Youtuber to be sued for unlawfully promoting gambling websites to minors in their videos, is due in court next week. Craig “Nepenthez” Douglas, was charged with illegally promoting a lottery back in October 2016 and is now set to go to court on the 6th February to face …

Steam has gone through various changes over the years, the version we have today is quite different from what we had back in 2005 for instance. However, it looks like we may see another major update to Steam's user interface in 2017, as this evening a new image appeared on …

Earlier this week, we learned that cracking groups had already managed to circumvent Denuvo's anti-tamper technology in Resident Evil 7, opening the game up to pirates less than a week after its final release. This was surprising as up until now, Denuvo has traditionally taken months to crack for new …

We have heard a few times that Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata would like to see the game running on PCs at some point after the console release. However, we had no idea how much ambition he had for a high-end PC version. It turns out that if green-lit, Final Fantasy …

17 year old MMO, Asheron's Call, has finally been shut down for good. To celebrate its life and mourn its death, players clubbed together on various servers to bid farewell to the world they had been questing and fighting in for the best part of two decades. Originally released by …

Back in 2014, EA and Bioware began teasing a brand new IP known as ‘Shadow Realms', a creepy looking 4V1 multiplayer game. Unfortunately that title was promptly cancelled at the start of 2015 but since then, it looks like Bioware has been cooking up something new, as EA confirmed today …

AMD has been doing a great job at keeping up with recent game releases with its drivers ever since the launch of Radeon Software and it looks like things aren't going to be slowing down this year. Today we saw the launch of Conan Exiles and this weekend, the Ghost …

While Bethesda might be all done cranking out season pass DLC for Fallout 4, the studio isn't quite finished with the game entirely. Next week, not only with there be a PS4 Pro upgrade for this game, but PC players will finally be able to download the high-resolution texture pack, …

Update: For Honor's closed beta wrapped up over the weekend but it looks like we will get a second chance to try out the game prior to its launch on the 14th of February. Today it was announced that For Honor would be getting one more multiplayer test before release …

Buying a new GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or PC with either of those graphics cards in? Then you stand a good chance of having a free game to try out on your new hardware. Nvidia has launched a brand new promotion known as the Be The Hero bundle, which lets …

The Banner Saga 3, Stoic's final chapter in its epic, Nordic ‘saga' has been fully funded on Kickstarter and that means stretch goals. One that's now been put on the table, is something fans of the previous two games have been asking for forever: playable Dredge. All that's needed for …

Facebook is looking to end one of the biggest problems in web security: password recovery. To that end, it has announced a new way to recover your password for your Github account, which is successful could spell the end of secret questions, recovery emails and provide much greater security in …

To celebrate the upcoming launch of action adventure game, Nier: Automota, Sony is launching a special edition of its PlayStation 4 console with a creepy looking cover. The large, smiling, moon face covers one whole side panel of the console and comes with a downloadable wallpaper to make the carpet …

Over the last 18 months or so, Denuvo has been a huge help for game publishers and a huge headache for game crackers. However, it looks like the DRM's effectiveness is starting to slip as Resident Evil 7 has been cracked in record time, leaving pirates with access to the …

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided may have received fairly positive reviews back when it launched but unfortunately, it looks like that didn't translate into enough sales for Square Enix executives as a report this week claims that the publisher has put the series on hiatus for the time being. Instead of …

Update: Last week, Ubisoft officially announced Operation Velvet Shell, the first DLC for Rainbow Six: Siege's Year Two season pass. At the time, we got to take a look at the game's new map ‘Coastline', set in Ibiza. Now this week, Ubisoft has revealed the first new playable operator, Jackal, …

LeakedSource, a for-profit database of hacks and security breaches has been taken down this week, leading to reports of an FBI raid, during which all servers are said to have been seized. News of the raid first broke last night and while the US authorities have yet to confirm or …

After around two years of convincing users to finally ditch Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft is making good progress, as Windows 10 market share has managed to surpass Windows 7 here in the UK, as well as in the US. So, while Microsoft may have finally admitted that its …

It looks like PC gamers will soon be able to get their hands on another formerly console exclusive game this generation as this week it was announced that Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom will be heading to the PC platform on the same day as its PS4 release. The …

Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming out very soon but so far, we haven't actually seen that much of the game, or heard that much about its premise. Fortunately, it looks like Bioware is starting to open up a bit more when it comes to Andromeda, starting off with a new …

One of the most quirky, but beloved features in the recent release of Final Fantasy XV, was that your pal Prompto would take pictures of what you got up to on your travels. That's neat, but some players feel that their photography skills are better than the AI, so Square …

Back in 2014, Marvel promised to start stepping up its video game efforts and we caught our first glimpse of that last year, when it was revealed that Insomniac Games would be developing a new Spiderman title. However, today, things got kicked up another notch as Marvel has teamed up …

Ubisoft is bringing back the Ghost Recon franchise in a big way this year with Ghost Recon Wildlands, turning the shooter into a massive open-world co-op experience. If you are on the fence about the game and would like the chance to give it a try before release, then you …

If you thought using Facebook's Messenger application was a good way to avoid seeing all of the adverts on the Facebook main site, think again. In what will begin as a small-scale trial in select territories, Facebook is set to begin running adverts within the app itself, providing links to …

We have been hearing about the upcoming ‘Gaming Mode' for Windows 10 for just over a week now. Since then, there has been some speculation and some confusion as to what exactly this new mode will do but fortunately today, Microsoft finally gave us some answers and set the record …

Back at E3 2016, Bethesda announced that Arkane Studios would be putting out a reboot of Prey. This is a game that has been rumoured to be in the works for quite some time now and while the official announcement happened less than a year ago, it seems that the …