Software & Gaming

Ubisoft wrapped up the open beta for Tom Clancy's The Division over the weekend ahead of its release in March and it turned out to be quite popular indeed with Ubisoft claiming that it is the ‘biggest beta ever' for a brand new IP on this generation of consoles. Over …

A few months back, Microsoft revealed that those using Intel's latest Skylake processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Home or Pro editions would need to upgrade to Windows 10 in 2017 in order to keep support for their CPU. Now, that same policy is being applied to Windows 7 …

Space X is ramping up production of its Falcon 9 rocket and to prove it, it showcased an image on its Instagram account of as many as five of the iconic boosters currently being constructed at its facilities. This comes just a few weeks after Space X COO, Gwynne Shotwell, …

With the release earlier this month of the Vulkan API, many have been wondering just how effective it could be in improving in-game performance on current-gen hardware. It turns out quite a lot and not just on high-powered desktops either. In a new demo crafted by Epic Games, we get …

World of Warcraft is set to get another expansion this year, which also means that Blizzard has to update the game's PC system requirements. Legion is set to release sometime this year, adding all new content to the game and bringing players back for more, so what will you need …

Earlier this month, we got confirmation that Assassin's Creed would not be returning with a main game in the series this year. However, now it seems that Ubisoft may ditch the annual release cycle for the game entirely going forward, Ubisoft's boss, Yves Guillemot has suggested this week. Speaking to …

This weekend we are giving away a copy of the brilliant XCOM 2 on the PC. I am thoroughly enjoying it myself with the STEAM controller. The competition is open worldwide and will run this weekend, closing on Monday morning. All we want is a funny caption to the image …

With Bethesda returning to E3 with its own conference this year, many of us have been wondering exactly what the company could have up its sleeve and it turns out, the studio is working on quite a bit. Speaking at the DICE awards last night, Bethesda's Todd Howard said that …

One of the older maps to make its way into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was Nuke, which also appeared in Counter-Strike: Source. It was recently taken out of the competitive rotation but it will soon be making a return in the Operation Wildfire update, introducing a spruced up version of the …

Recently, a hospital in LA was hacked, with the attackers locking up work systems and likely getting away with private information regarding patients. Now in an effort to try and protect their privacy, the hospital has given in to a $17,000 Bitcoin demand in hopes that the attackers won't do anything …

While Need for Speed launched on consoles late last year, it is only just making its way round to the PC platform next month and now we have the minimum and recommended system requirements for the game. The minimum specification will allow you to run the game at 720p and …

Nvidia's game streaming service, GeForce Now, has been around for about a year now, in fact, we did a write up on it back in its early days. Since then, the service has gained some high-profile support, with games like The Witcher 3 being available to stream but now, more …

Google and WhatsApp have crossed party lines and stood by Apple and CEO Tim Cook's resistance to the FBI's demand for the tech firm to weaken its own security in order to make it easier for the law enforcement agency to hack a smartphone. Although that phone belonged to the …

Despite launching in Japan as a – relatively unprofitable – arcade cabinet in mid-2015, Pokkén Tournament still has yet to show up on the Wii U. That's going to change on 18th March though, so it's about time we had a better look at what the game is all about. …

A new virus has begun doing the rounds on Android smartphones here in Europe. It is called the Mazar virus and it spreads to devices via text messages but once installed, it can forward all of your web traffic through a proxy and allow attackers to get a hold of …

Capcom officially launched Street Fighter V on the PC and PlayStation 4 this week but unfortunately, the game has run into some issues, mostly stemming from online connectivity. However, Capcom has said that it is actively working on getting fixes out ASAP and has detailed the first changes to be …

If you're one of those people who consider the Call of Duty games to be all about the multiplayer and couldn't care less about the single player campaign, Activision has now made a pack just for you. The Multiplayer Starter Pack for Black Ops III gives you access to multiplayer …

As part of its Make War Not Love campaign, Sega is giving away some of the classics from its back-catalogue on Steam. Charging players to game away at their favourite warring titles in order to select a favourite among Dawn of War II, Total War: Attila and Company of Heroes …

Nvidia has gone ahead and launched the new GeForce Game Ready 361.91 WHQL driver for Street Fighter V this week. The new driver is available to download via the GeForce Experience software and contains new optimizations for Arma 3, the Hitman Beta, Monster Hunter Online as well as Street Fighter …

Last week, Bethesda revealed that it would soon be ready to talk about upcoming DLC for Fallout 4 and now, we know exactly what is coming for season pass owners. Three new DLCs have been announced for Fallout 4 but Bethesda will also be increasing the price of its season …

It has been close to 13 years since Bioware launched Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the series still remains popular today. So much so that a group of budding enthusiasts have got together to reboot the game in its entirety and bring it to the Unreal Engine …

There has been a lot of drama surrounding Quantum Break over the last week or so. Microsoft made the surprise announcement that the game would be coming to Windows 10 alongside the Xbox One launch with support for cross-saves and cross-buy, something that some Xbox owners weren't too happy about. …

A 16 year old from the UK has been arrested by British police on suspicion of being behind the hack of confidential FBI files in late 2015. The young man was said to be the leader of a small collective of hackers who were responsible for the attack which stole information …

Epic Games spent quite a long time teasing Paragon before its unveiling, showing us individual characters, detailing their abilities and highlighting how pretty they would look in-game. It's been officially unveiled since then with some abilities and combat shown, but the actual gameplay wasn't entirely clear to some, so Epic …

Blizzard's Warcraft movie has been in the making for years but it is finally coming out later this year on the 10th of June so as you would imagine, the studio preparing to ramp up its marketing. According to reports, Blizzard is currently considering a movie/game crossover effort known as World …

Plenty of people have been enjoying Fallout 4 since its launch back in November but Bethesda isn't done with the game just yet as there is plenty of new content in the works, the first of which we will likely see very soon. This week, Bethesda decided to address those …

Back in 2014, Sony Pictures suffered from a massive cyber attack, which had long-lasting repercussions for the company. Now, over a full year later, some new evidence has come to light, tying the attack to a Korean malware campaign. Researchers over at Kaspersky and Alienvault Labs (via: Wired) managed to …

We have seen some pretty crazy special editions of games over the years but Techland has really been pushing it with Dying Light. Not only was there a £250,000 edition of the game previously, which nabbed the buyer a custom-built zombie-proof shelter, but now there is a $10 million edition …

Yesterday we got the surprise announcement that Quantum Break, a highly anticipated Xbox One exclusive would actually also be launching on the PC at the same time in April. On top of that, those who pre-order the Xbox One version get the PC version as well, which is something we …

It seems everyone hates exclusivity, unless they're the ones to benefit from it. PC gamers like it when there aren't console ports of their games and it seems console gamers are just the same, as a number of Xbox One players have lashed out at Xbox head Phil Spencer after …