Software & Gaming

Apparently not content with snooping on the smartphone of the German chancellor Angela Merkel, the NSA also spent over half a decade spying on the last three French presidents, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande between 2006 and 2012, according to some newly leaked Wikileaks documents. Titled, “Espionnage Élysée”, they show …

Even though there are a few games released each year which will stick with their players for a long time to come, always reminding them of fond memories, many others simple disappear. As a part of gaming history however, some people want abandoned servers and empty game worlds restored and …

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has enjoyed a very long life on the PC, which is largely down to the insane amount of mod support the game has received since its launch. However, there is one thing missing from Skyrim- your friends. Right now, The Elder Scrolls is a single-player …

Last week, it was revealed that Guild Wars 2's first expansion, Heart of Thorns, would come packed in with the core game already, giving new players a brilliant deal but apparently leaving some veteran players feeling a bit ripped off by having to pay the same amount as new players …

When a major publisher refuses to give out PC review code for a game ahead of its launch, it's usually a bad sign but the truth always comes out eventually. By now, you have probably realized that Batman: Arkham Knight on the PC is not very good, with major issues …

Building a game in VR is quite different to traditional development. It needs to take into consideration that a high frame rate is required at all times. It can't be too jarring or require too much fast movement, which means that makers of shooters and similarly twitch-based combat games have …

In the name of thwarting terrorism, British and US intelligence agencies have taken part in many questionable practices over the past few years. Often those actions are considered legally dubious by various international authorities, but that hasn't stopped them pushing full speed ahead. In a new round of document reveals …

Recore is an upcoming action-adventure title based on a post apocalyptic, desert world, where a young girl must face off against the elements and some rather unfriendly robotics as she explores the ever changing world with her pet – another robot. That's a key theme in the game, according to Keiji …

It looks like Microsoft is still in denial when it comes to Kinect, once again reaffirming that the Xbox peripheral is not dead and even going as far as to say that there are games in the works that make use of the device, although none of them made their …

Last week at E3, the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign was announced live on Sony's stage. At the time, we didn't know much about the game's funding or its stretch goals but slowly, the full story has been making its way out. While the campaign kicked off with a $2 million …

Microsoft's messaging as far as free copies of Windows 10 goes has been confusing at times. While we have known for some time that those who own a genuine copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be getting the upgrade, Microsoft has also alluded to pirate copies getting the …

Over the weekend, quite a worrying rumour hit the internet. According to the site, Digital Spy, Fallout 4 was apparently set to run at 1080p and 30 frames per second “on everything”. The site quoted Bethesda's Todd Howard saying that Fallout 4 will “be 1080p on everything” and then went …

Although hugely popular, Snapchat has faced an issue similar to the likes of Twitter throughout its short lifespan. Monetising content that is heavily dependant on user interaction is difficult, without interrupting your usual service. As CEO Evan Spiegel explains it in a new pitch video to the community and advertisers however, …

Although there has been a lot of hype surrounding Apple Music, the fruity firm's upcoming music streaming and download platform, it had a shot of bad press over the weekend when Taylor Swift announced she was pulling her album from its launch. Her reasoning, was that Apple did not plan to …

Although League of Legends is still the most popular hardcore game in the world, with the strongest eSports following, the competition is a lot hotter than it once was. In the face of new upstarts like Heroes of the Storm, Riot is continuing to release new champions to keep its …

Back when the Xbox One was first announced, Microsoft put a huge emphasis on TV, too much emphasis in-fact but one good thing did come out of those announcements. We learned early on that Microsoft was planning original programming, with Steven Spielberg at the helm of a new Halo TV …

Fallout 4 is officially on the way and this time around, mods for the game will be available on all platforms for the first time ever. While most are excited for Fallout 4 to arrive and modders to get to work, some are still sceptical over Bethesda's plans following the …

Guild Wars 2 is one of the more popular MMOs knocking around these days and many players have been looking forward to the game's first expansion, Heart of Thorns. Unfortunately, players aren't as happy about the game's pricing model. The expansion is set to launch soon at a £35 price …

Well it's happening again, Ubisoft is once again ‘re-dedicating' itself to the PC platform, this time by claiming that the next Assassin's Creed game will be developed properly for the PC. As many of you will remember, last year, when Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed: Unity, the game remained broken for …

Just a week before Rocksteady's finale to the Batman Arkham Series is set to release, Warner Bros has canned the game's collector's edition. The £150 version of the game contained a scale replica of the Batmobile featured in the game but unfortunately, nobody will be getting their hands on it, …

In a move that is sure to please 13 year olds of the world, dating app Happn has implemented Spotify's API in its service, to make it possible to find people that have similar music tastes to each other. Those using the location based matchup application, will be able to integrate …

Disney Infinity has been a major money maker for the media giant, so it's no surprise that Disney is looking to expand on previous releases in the future. However, it may not always be a title focused around the Base station that lets players bring their favourite characters into the …

The developer of No Man's Sky, Hello Games, is doing its best to get a handle on the hype train as it careens at breakneck speed towards the release of the game. Whether it will live up to its ambitious expectations, we'll have to wait and see, but we do know …

It is no secret that Evolve has not lived up to expectations. The game launched with a lack of proper content but launched with tons of DLC, which immediately put gamers off and was likely one of the key reasons the game did not sell well. However, it looks like …

This week on Sony's E3 stage, Square Enix surprised everyone with the announcement of a Final Fantasy 7 remake, something fans of the classic PlayStation title have been after for years. While at the time all we got was a trailer with no further details, some more news has come …

Now for the disappointing news of the day, Microsoft's biggest exclusive title of the year, Halo 5: Guardians, will have micro-transactions thrown in to the multiplayer portion of the game, apparently as a “matter of convenience”. As you would imagine, this has become a pretty big talking point right now …

This week, Bethesda announced a new smartphone game called Fallout Shelter. For now, it is only available on iOS but it looks like in the last week, the game has managed to rake in more money than Candy Crush Saga, proving that free to play games can make good money …

If you want to get a sneak peek at what Valve's upcoming engine, Source 2, is capable of then look no further as Valve's successor to the decade old Source engine is seeing its début in the form of a Dota 2 beta. Last week, Valve announced Dota 2 Reborn, …

Kerbal Space Program is a game that has proved decriers of Early Access wrong, by steadily updating its space building management, flight sim, into the finished product it is today. But of course, being only available on PC, it's audience isn't as wide as it perhaps could be. Which is …

Although many people would like to use their PlayStation 3 game discs on their PlayStation 4 game consoles, Sony Computer Entertainment does not have plans to enable backwards compatibility with previous-gen titles. Initially, neither Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One nor Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 4 were compatible with games designed for previous-generation …