Software & Gaming

In another instance of a Pokémon Go player being attacked by someone unscrupulous, we have a near perfect video account of the crime, since the victim was livestreaming the whole time. In it we see the mugger approach, launch his assault before running away and factory resetting his new phone. …

Elite: Dangerous is a constantly evolving game with new content and features arriving fairly regularly. However, in order to keep evolving, it looks like Frontier needs to drop support for older tech like DirectX 10 and 32-bit versions of Windows due to various limitations involved. Most Triple-A releases these days …

While we already know quite a bit about the PS4 Pro and its capabilities, we don't know nearly as much about Microsoft's upcoming competitor, Project Scorpio. However, following the PS4 Pro announcement Microsoft has been coming across as very confident and this week, they began claiming that all first-party titles …

VOIP firm and Microsoft subsidiary, Skype, is set to close its doors in the UK. Not the service itself of course, but the British office will soon be shuttered for good. This will put some 400 jobs at the London based headquarters at risk, with most likely to be dissolved. …

Although players banned from most games usually see their time invested simply wasted as their character and assets are locked away forever, Jagex, the developer of Runescape has another idea. It's going to anonymously auction off the account bank balances and item inventories, giving people a chance to unlock everything …

Update: Earlier this week we learned that two YouTubers were charged with advertising unlawful gambling and inviting children to gamble here in the UK. At the time we didn't know which channels were affected by this or what game these two were leveraging to promote gambling to youngsters. However, now …

During the build up to No Man's Sky's launch, a lot of the marketing push came from interviews with Sean Murray, the game's director. Unfortunately, once the game came out, a lot of people felt like the game was over promised and ultimately under-delivered. It turns out that even Sony …

This week, it came to light that indie studio Digital Homicide had been granted a subpoena order against Valve in order to obtain the identities of 100 Steam users in order to file an $18 million lawsuit against them over “personal injury” caused by those speaking negatively about the studio …

While 1080p/60 may have been a better target for the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony has been keenly pushing the promise of 4K gaming. This has been achievable for some games, like The Elder Scrolls Online and even The Last of Us Remastered but other titles, like Horizon: Zero Dawn will …

As great as the original Dishonored is, it was a little on the short side as far as the main story is concerned. If you are hoping to spend a little more time with the main story in Dishonored 2, then you may be in luck as according to play …

Having a familiar face or voice in video games doesn't always work – we're looking at you Destiny – but Infinity Ward is doubling down with upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Not only is Kit Harrington, who plays Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, the lead bad guy, but …

Since the Windows Store debuted alongside Windows 8 several years ago, Microsoft has been pushing its universal apps and mobile games, rather than the useful tools most desktop users like to have. However, that will be changing soon as Microsoft has finally prepared the Desktop Bridge for developers, which will …

We finally got our first good look at South Park: The Fractured But Whole at E3 this year and since then, quite a few people have managed to get some hands-on time with the game, leaving with positive impressions. While we were initially expected to get our hands on the …

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can quickly become a frustrating game if you encounter cheaters, especially in a competitive match. However, today it looks like someone revved up the Valve Anti-Cheat engine as more than 11,000 players were hit with the ban hammer in one of the largest ban waves of the …

More athlete confidential files have been released by the hackers responsible for cracking into the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) servers and stealing away medical records. Although it appeared that the hack at first targeted U.S. athletes exclusively, now they've released files on several British Olympians too. It appears now that …

UFC flyweight Champion and perennial mick taker Conor McGregor, has shown to the world that he has a part to play in the next Call of Duty game: Infinite Warfare. Following on from earlier pictures of the man himself in mo-cap hardware, he's now released a screenshot of his character, looking very …

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update rollout did kick off back at the start of August and while Microsoft did confirm that the update would be staggered out, things do seem to be moving along quite slowly, in fact, some users may not even get the update until November, which is …

For Honor isn't set to launch until mid-February next year but that doesn't mean you won't get the chance to try it out ahead of time. In fact this weekend Ubisoft will be holding a closed Alpha phase for the game, including three PvP game modes and three of the …

Mafia III is just a few weeks from release but before you jump in and start a war with the Italian Mob, you may want to check out the game's PC system requirements, which developer Hangar 13 released this week. For minimum requirements, the game calls for an Intel Core …

It's been two years since Riot games revealed that it had 67 million people playing every month, so there was some assumption that it might have stagnated. It turns out though that it's nothing of the sort and in fact has grown by a further 50 per cent, meaning there …

WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, confirmed yesterday that its databases had been hacked and confidential medical data, some of it on U.S. olympic athletes, had been stolen. Worse still, this hack is actually being laid at the feet of the Russian government, with some claiming it's revenge for WADA's attempt …

With the upcoming release of Bioshock: The Collection Remastered, gamers around the world will have a chance to play through the Bioshock trilogy with much prettier textures and models than they originally released with. That includes those who already own the games, as 2K is releasing it as a free …

Back at E3 this year, Microsoft announced the Xbox Play Anywhere program, bringing most major releases this year to console and PC at the same time. If you buy a game on one system, you will automatically get it on the other and saves will transfer between both. While the …

At E3 this year, Hideo Kojima surprised everyone with the announcement of Death Stranding and while we did get a confusing trailer starring naked Norman Reedus on a beach, we didn't really get any details about the game itself. However, the Tokyo Game Show kicked off today and Kojima finally …

Ok so you're not a processional voice actor, but if friends and family have told you it's something you should explore, this contest might be worth looking into. BioWare has announced that it has need of voice actors for two new characters in Mass Effect Andromeda and you could earn …

Oh boy, the 21st century Space Race is about to begin in earnest. Not only is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin looking to send tourists just outside of Earth's atmosphere, but it's building its own re-usable Low Earth Orbit launch vehicle too. This could see it compete directly for contracts with …

If you ended up with a Steam key for any other reason than you purchased it, your review will no longer contribute to the review score. This is part of a new update Valve has released to try and halt the practice of developers and publishers incentivising positive reviews with …

With the launch of the Legion expansion, Blizzard achieved one of the smoothest launches it has ever had as far as World of Warcraft is concerned and while millions are enjoying the expansion right now, this is only the beginning. Over the weekend, one of WoW's producers took to Battle.net …

The Last Guardian has had its fair share of delays since it began development back in 2007 and unfortunately, it looks like the game is getting one more, pushing the release back from this October. You won't have to wait much longer though, as the game is still said to …

Pokémon Uranium is arguably the most successful fan-made Pokémon game ever made. As is the problem with any non-official fan project though, fame can breed problems and it's lead to the original creators' online modes breaking in the wake of its release. While we await their comment on the matter …