Software & Gaming

Since its initial announcement, things have been fairly quiet when it comes to the PlayStation 4 Pro. However, with the PSVR launch now out of the way, Sony is starting to open up a bit more about its upcoming upgraded console, releasing a full, definitive list of games that will …

Like a real world game of Agar.io, Facebook is swallowing up everything around it as it expands into new fields of advertising and absorbs old ones. With the release of its second quarter financials, we've learned that its net income has tripled year on year, thanks to a huge expansion …

As much as Pokémon Go is still a game enjoyed by many millions of people around the world, it's far from the peak of its popularity. To try and encourage some of the absent players back, Niantic is easing up on the grind a little, with the introduction of daily …

Titanfall 2 has been off to a great start critically, with many praising the game's multiplayer changes and new single player campaign. The PC version is also particularly good. Unfortunately, the game has been released between two massive blockbuster titles: Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The chosen …

Valve is tightening up its Steam Store policies this year, introducing new changes that will require developers and publishers to use real in-game screenshots to advertise their games on Steam, rather than concept art or rendered stills. The change was revealed in Valve's updated developer guidelines, though the company admits …

Due to a disagreement with a local licensing body, German Youtube viewers haven't been able to watch much in the way of music videos on the streaming site – without using a proxy – for years now. However, finally, after much negotiation, a deal has been struck and the blocks …

A recent episode of Black Mirror that addressed the idea of social networking ratings affecting the real world, could be closer to reality than you might think. Admiral is currently looking to use analysis of Facebook posts, searching for triggers like exclamation points and confident statements, as a bearing on …

For people who really want to keep track of their pet should they run off, GPS collars offer a really easy way to get find out where they are. But if you aren't around to do that, or you want your pet to have a backup option should you fall …

Unity held its annual Unite conference yesterday, where it launched the new 5.5 game engine and a new Timeline feature for the editor. However the big news was some of the partnerships it has made recently, including ones with Nintendo, Facebook and Google, each of which will be using the …

Ubisoft has been known to partner up with hardware makers from time to time in order to offer up free copies of newly released games. In the past, Ubisoft has had game bundle partnerships with Nvidia and AMD but this year for Watch Dogs 2, the publisher is teaming up …

At E3 earlier this year, Microsoft officially announced that it would be coming out with a more powerful console in 2017, currently known as Project Scorpio. One of the big goals for this device is to support “high-fidelity VR”, but it seems that support may take some time to arrive …

This week, Google went ahead and disclosed details surrounding a critical vulnerability currently present in Windows and it turns out that Microsoft isn't too pleased about it. The vulnerability is apparently being actively exploited by hackers, something that Google apparently knew about prior to making the bug public. Google disclosed …

In an effort to try and hurt Call of Duty sales this year, EA has gone ahead and released two massive multiplayer shooters within the space of one week – Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1. We have already taken a look at Titanfall 2 this week, so today we will …

The UK government has announced plans to invest £1.9 billion over the next five years in improving the defences of the country's digital infrastructure. It's hoped that with better education, more investment in newer systems and a more proactive approach to defence, the UK can prevent a greater number of …

Passwords have been around for so long at this point that it is almost hard to imagine a world without them. That said, Biometric options are now on the rise in our everyday devices, with fingerprint sensors now shipping in many flagship smartphones, some devices even come with Iris Scanners. …

In an effort to try and hurt Call of Duty sales this year, EA has gone ahead and released two massive multiplayer shooters within the space of one week – Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2. In this performance analysis, we will be focussing on Titanfall 2, which is Respawn Entertainment's …

If you happened to check out our Gears of War 4 analysis back in early October, then you may have noticed that some incredibly significant improvements have been made to Microsoft's UWP platform since the start of this year, leaving us with a much brighter outlook when it comes to …

The last month has seen DDOS attacks on various sources on a magnitude no one has ever seen before: in some cases more than a terabit per second of data. This was more than anyone thought possible, but it was all because whoever was responsible, rented some of the most …

Following the announcement in July that anti-virus firm, Avast, was buying up industry rival AVG, months of back and forth negotiations, trade agreements and share talks have taken place, but finally the money is being paid and the stocks transferred. In the early hours of this morning, 97 per cent …

EA Games made the somewhat surprising move in September, to begin complying with United States trade sanctions, whereby it stopped offering its Origin service and exclusive games in affected regions. What's even more surprising though, is that when those sanctions are lifted, it doesn't remove the blocks. This is most …

Final Fantasy XV has finally gone gold and aside from the final game itself, fans of the game will also have some interesting DLC to look forward to, the first of which will add an online co-op mode to the sprawling RPG. Square Enix announced what would be in the …

Hello Games and Sean Murray have been awfully quiet since the launch of No Man's Sky, which is most likely down to the poor reception the game got from critics and buyers alike. However, earlier today the studio showed some signs of life on Twitter, with the Hello Games account …

This month, Nintendo finally announced its next console, the Nintendo Switch. However, there are still quite a few unanswered questions, we don't have a price, an exact release date or even a confirmed list of launch games. We will be getting that news soon though, as Nintendo has revealed that …

As fun as the original Titanfall was at launch, one of the issues the game had was its fragmented player base, which was largely brought on by the inclusion of map DLC. This time around though, Respawn Entertainment will be taking a different approach, making all future maps and game …

Banking institutions that make use of IBM's Trusteer Pinpoint Detect system to help secure their online platforms, will now be able to make use of biometric tracking to prevent fraud. The system is able to track mouse movements, clicks and other interactions, to build up profiles of users, thereby detecting …

A number of British politicians have made it clear they want search engines to do more to help tackle piracy. One proposed solution suggested that if those search firms don't come to a voluntary agreement with copyright holders, that the government could step in and fine them. One of the …

Earlier this year during the build up to DOOM's release, we learned that review outlets would not be getting copies of the game prior to release. Such a move tends to cause some concern and is often viewed as anti-consumer. However, it turns out that this is the policy Bethesda …

Niantic, the developers of augmented reality summer-hit app, Pokémon Go, is hoping to entice the millions who have stopped playing to once again whip out their phones and wander the neighbourhood in search of digital monsters. To encourage you to head out into the cold, there are now higher chances …

Original Left 4 Dead creator Turtle Rock, has announced in a heartfelt message, that it will no longer be developing monster slaying, asymmetrical multiplayer title, Evolve. While the servers will remain online for continued play, no more content updates or DLC releases can be expected. Its future is in the …

Blizzcon 2016 is set to kick off in just a few weeks time, which means the rumour mill has been kicked into overdrive recently as far as Blizzard's plans are concerned. However, if you were hoping to get some news about plans to bring legacy/vanilla servers to World of Warcraft, …