Software & Gaming

Millions of people have already picked up Overwatch since its launch last month and now after some careful observation, Blizzard has decided to make some balance changes to two heroes in particular in this week's patch. Going forward, McCree and Widowmaker will be a little less effective in certain situations. …

It looks like years on from making the Kinect a mandatory piece of kit for its Xbox One console, Microsoft is ready to admit that it's a failure. The recently debuted Xbox One S, doesn't come with a port for the Kinect. If you want to use a Kinect with …

Although initially intended as a continual brawl against a number of bosses, the '30s animation inspired side-scroller Cuphead now has some levels to beat, as well as a number of larger foes. That doesn't mean the game looks any worse though – if anything it's as pretty and nostalgic as …

At E3 last night, Microsoft wrapped up its Xbox conference with a quick introduction to Project Scorpio, an upgraded console that aims to offer native 4K gaming when it launches at the end of next year. However, there is only so much time in a press conference, so Phil Spencer …

Earlier this week, Bethesda announced that it would be launching Skyrim: Special Edition, a graphically enhanced version of the base game for the PC, Xbox One and PS4. On the PC side, if you own the base game and the DLC, you get the Special Edition upgrade for free, which …

The 41st century is a grim and dark place, unless you're talking about Dawn of War III, where there are so many particle and lighting effects that battles look like they're taking place around Christmas. At least that was the impression I got from the new reveal of Dawn of …

While the Xbox One S will be taking on 4K Blu-Ray and video streaming this year, Microsoft has something much bigger planned for 2017. Today at the end of its E3 press conference, Microsoft officially announced Project Scorpio, a more powerful Xbox, which comes with a new CPU and a …

Over the last year and a half, Microsoft has been talking a big game when it comes to supporting the PC platform but this year's E3 presentation really seemed to back that up. Not only was almost every Microsoft exclusive game shown today also announced for the PC but ‘Xbox …

Bethesda's E3 conference took place last night, bringing us news on Dishonoured 2, Prey and Quake Champions but despite rumours building up to the event, there was no Wolfenstein- at first glance that is. Closer inspection of the Bethesda E3 stream revealed a sneakily placed Wolfenstein teaser. During Bethesda's E3 …

Bethesda has announced at its pre-E3 show that it is currently developing versions of both DOOM and Fallout 4 for virtual reality. The plan is to first bring them to the HTC Vive, with support for other headsets like the Oculus Rift further down the line. The way the two …

Seemingly confirming rumours of a new Xbox One with more power and a reduced footprint, promotional images showing off just that have appeared online days before Microsoft's briefing at E3. They show a smaller, whiter Xbox One, which we're told contains a 2TB hard drive and will be capable of …

When it comes to online store listings, mistakes happen pretty much all of the time and people tend to be pretty quick to jump on them. This week, Fallout 4 was mistakenly listed as a free download on the Xbox One and while those that downloaded it won't get to …

Last year at E3, Microsoft announced that it would be partnering with Total War studio, Creative Assembly, to create  a sequel to Halo Wars, a Halo-based RTS that started out on the Xbox 360 back in 2009. While we haven't heard much about Halo Wars 2 since, apparently there will …

Over the last few weeks, there have been plenty of interesting rumours surrounding Microsoft and its future plans for Xbox One and PC. There is talk of all future Xbox exclusives also running on Windows 10 and with the recent reveal of Halo 5: Forge for PC, there has been …

When it comes to team-based games like Overwatch, there will always be times where your match-made squad of strangers doesn't quite ‘gel'. However, even if your team is outclassed, Blizzard doesn't want players to just ditch matches the second things go bad, which is why a penalty has now been introduced …

In the build up to E3 next week, one of the biggest rumours for Sony's conference has been the announcement of the PS4.5/PS4K/PS4 Neo/whatever name it gets next. However, today we got surprise confirmation that the console exists from Sony itself, confirming that it will be more powerful and support …

Although Quantum Break might have failed to really deliver a game/TV show hybrid product, that doesn't mean the mediums can't be blended in some ways. Take the way Blizzard has been introducing characters for its games in recent years, something it's continuing to do so for upcoming WoW expansion, Legion. …

If you are looking to boost your DRM-free game library, then you might want to keep an eye on GOG over the next little while as the store's summer sale kicked off yesterday, with new bundles and daily ‘highlight' deals, which for today include 50 percent off the Witcher 3 …

While most critics have been in full agreement that DOOM's campaign is fantastic, the multiplayer hasn't impressed quite as many people. However, id Software will be making some changes and adding new features over the next few months to keep players coming back, including new custom game settings, private matches …

Apple's App Store has been a major trend setter when it comes to how we all access and consume software over the past decade, but it isn't quite the front-runner it once was. To try and change that, Apple has revamped it, with a few major features aimed at courting …

The forum for the world's most popular torrent client, Utorrent, has been hacked, leading to the possiblity of the 388,000 registered members' passwords being revealed. The administrators have released this notice as a warning that passwords have been compromised and should be changed, especially if they are re-used anywhere else. HaveIBeenPwnd is …

Following the recent shut down of the Nostalrius vanilla World of Warcraft fan-run server, Blizzard was pretty adamant that it wouldn't open up its own, official version. However it may be that the publishing giant is changing its mind, as a meeting with Nostalrius admins went particularly well. Nostalrius was …

It has been just over a year since we first heard that WildStar would be making the jump to the free to play business model and coming to Steam. While the game made the transition to being free to play quite a while ago, the MMO's Steam debut has taken …

One of the more surprising parts of The Witcher 3 has been Gwent, the collectable card game baked into the epic open-world title. While this has been rumoured for a while, it looks like CD Projekt Red is now gearing up to announce a standalone version of Gwent soon. The …

Rainbow Six: Siege has been out for around six months now but recently, Ubisoft has been implementing some changes to the game. Not only is there a cheaper ‘Starter Edition' of the game available to help boost the player count, but now there will actually be a zero tolerance policy …

The Mozilla Foundation's latest update for the Firefox browser may tempt you away from Chrome or Edge, as it segregates the user interface and content into separate processes, meaning if a web page eats up resources, or crashes, the UI will continue to function. The new feature could also potentially …

Watch Dogs wasn't quite the home-run that Ubisoft was hoping for when it was released in early 2014, after years of teases and showcases; especially graphically. However it was successful enough to garner a sequel it seems, as a trailer for it has leaked ahead of next week's E3 show. …

This week will see the launch of not just Mirror's Edge: Catalyst but also the GTX 1070, which hits retail on the 10th of June. In preparation for both of these launches, Nvidia has released its GeForce 368.39 WHQL driver, which brings support and optimizations for the new game and …

EA has committed itself to having public beta tests following on from the launch issues of Battlefield 4 and this year's Battlefield will be no different. However, if you are interested in signing up for the beta, it is important that you do so through the official site as there …

E3 is going to be kicking off in just a week but it looks like we are already getting some idea of what to expect in terms of announcements at the conference. Today, reports began circulating, saying that Bethesda is set to announce a Skyrim Remaster, Prey 2, a new …