One of the highlights of EA's E3 press conference this year was the announcement of Unravel, a charming little platformer in which you play as a character made out of yarn and use that to help you make your way through the levels. It looks like the game is set …
Read More »Don’t Starve is getting an expansion next month
Don't Starve is all set to get a new single-player expansion in August, titled ‘Shipwrecked', bringing along some new game features and content. This is the first single player expansion for the game since Reign of Giants, which added in new characters, items and environments. Last year the developer behind …
Read More »Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns open beta next week
Guild Wars 2 is still knocking around and its first major expansion, Heart of Thorns, is coming along nicely. The expansion was first announced towards the start of this year and now players have a chance to try it out for themselves ahead of release. ArenaNet has revealed that those …
Read More »14 million people upgraded to Windows 10 day one
Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public earlier this week and now, according to the company, around fourteen million people have upgraded to the OS in the first 24 hours, a figure that was probably helped by the free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 owners. Over on the …
Read More »Start10 now available for Windows 10 users
Back when Windows 8 first launched, many desktop users were put off by the new start menu. Fortunately enough, third-party programs came to the rescue, bringing back the familiar start button that we are all used to and its functionality. Now Windows 10 is out and while it does improve …
Read More »Kim Dotcom urges users to drop Mega over soured relationship
Despite having his file locker website seized along with most of his personal assets back in early 2012, Kim Dotcom has been an active entrepreneur ever since, launching several services and a political party. One of those entities was encrypted cloud storage platform Mega, which he was a big proponent …
Read More »Windows 10 downloads accounted for 8% of internet traffic at peak
Windows 10 is officially out and it would seem that quite a few were eager to jump on the upgrade, as Windows Insider downloads of the new OS from Microsoft accounted for around eight per cent of internet traffic at its peak this week. According to sample data, preview testers upgrading …
Read More »Former Wii U exclusive ‘Zombi U’ is heading to PC
Back when the Wii U first launched, it had a few interesting titles, one of which was Ubisoft's Zombi U. At the time, the game looked fairly fun and it had some interesting gameplay ideas involving the Wii U gamepad, including using it as a sniper scope to aim your …
Read More »EA announces Blast Mode for Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront is a few months away but there is still quite a bit we don't know about the game. However, DICE and EA do keep dropping bits of knowledge here and there. Today the duo announced Blast Mode, a new multiplayer game mode for the upcoming Battlefront game. …
Read More »Prison Architect will leave Early Access in October
Prison Architect originally launched back in 2012 on Steam Early Access, since then, the developers have been very open with customers and have provided updates on a weekly basis showing the game's progress. Right now, Prison Architect is currently in Alpha Build 35 but by October, it will be officially …
Read More »Shipments of Sony PlayStation 4 exceed 25 million units globally
Sony Corp. on Thursday announced that global shipments of its latest PlayStation 4 video game consoles have surpassed 25 million units. Apparently, sales of PS4 are not only good, by they exceed shipments of all competing products from Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo combined. Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell whopping …
Read More »Microsoft has turned Solitaire in to a freemium game
Windows 10 is out now, bringing with it many welcomed features, unfortunately, not everything has been changed for the better. Solitaire has been a classic time waster, which has come bundled with Windows since the early days of the operating system. Typically it has been basic and free but now, …
Read More »Windows 10 launch seems like the start of something exciting
With the release of Windows 10 yesterday – July 29th, 2015 – Microsoft had launch events in 13 cities across the world. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend one such event in Old Billingsgate, London. More than just a celebration of the new OS and its release …
Read More »Why does the U.S. CISA cybersecurity bill keep resurfacing?
If there is one thing that we've learned from the past few years of anti-terror and anti-hacking legislation that have been pushed for in various governments around the world, politicians can be dogged when it comes to the perceived crack down on criminal elements. If it wasn't SOPA, it was …
Read More »Wii U sales finally crest 10 million
Nintendo's latest console hasn't been the strong player that it hoped it would be earlier in its life cycle. Released almost a year ahead of its main competitors, the PS4 and Xbox One, with a unique second screen mechanic, it was supposed to capture the old Wii audience, whilst siphoning …
Read More »Android is getting an official Reddit app
Reddit is often referred to as the front page of the internet and for good reason, the site gets a ton of traffic. However, the site has had a pretty limited presence on smartphones and mobile devices, though that is set to change as an official Android app is in …
Read More »Dying Light is getting an expansion
Techland has announced that it will be releasing a huge expansion for its open-world Zombie game, Dying Light, known as ‘The Following', which will bring new vehicles, a new location, new gameplay features and new story. The new expansion will be free for those who bought the season pass as …
Read More »The next World of Warcraft expansion will be revealed next week
Gamescom is coming up, with the first announcements set to come our way on Sunday the 5th of August. Then on Monday, Blizzard will be making an appearance to show off their next expansion for MMO, World of Warcraft. The reveal will be livestreamed on Monday the 6th of August, …
Read More »Fallout 4 might be almost finished but its mod tools aren’t
Fallout 4 is set to release in November and while the game itself is complete, the team will be spending the summer finding and squashing out bugs to ensure a decent launch day experience. Unfortunately, this does have a knock on effect on the game's planned mod tools and creation …
Read More »You will eventually be able to stream PC games to Xbox One
Back in January at a Windows 10 event, Microsoft revealed that thanks to the new Xbox App, users would be able to stream their Xbox One games to a PC. However, for now, it is not possible for gamers to stream their PCs to an Xbox One , though that …
Read More »Former Dead Island 2 team files for insolvency
Earlier this month, Deep Silver announced that it would be taking Dead Island 2 back to the drawing board with a new developer, after Yager Productions and the publisher ran in to creative conflicts. Now, the team that spend the last two years working on Dead Island 2 has filed …
Read More »Microsoft: Life-to-date sales of Xbox One exceed 11.6 million of units
Despite of growing popularity of mobile platforms, games for smartphones and tablets as well as the rise of PC, video game consoles are selling really well. In fact, the latest systems from Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. have so far been more successful than their predecessors. Microsoft is shy to …
Read More »Razer to honour Ouya Free the Games funding commitments
Although the Android Ouya console failed to make the splash its developers hoped, one aspect of its platform did impress a lot of indies: its Free the Game promotion. With it, Ouya promised to match whatever developers were able to raise on Kickstarter from a million dollar fund. The plan …
Read More »There won’t be another batch of Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Editions
Back at E3, Bethesda announced the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition, which as the name would suggest, comes with a wearable Pip-Boy along with the game. As you would expect, these sold out very quickly and while Bethesda were able to get an extra batch or two out for pre-orderers, the …
Read More »Here is how The Witcher 3’s New Game+ mode works
Yesterday, CD Projekt Red announced that it would be bringing a New Game+ mode to The Witcher: Wild Hunt as the final act in a series of 16 free DLCs for the game following its launch on the 19th of May. However, at the time, not many details were shared …
Read More »Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is coming to the PC
Back at the start of last year, Square Enix noted that it wanted to bring more Final Fantasy games to the PC. Since then, it has brought the Final Fantasy 13 trilogy over and now, PC owners are getting Final Fantasy Type-0 HD as well, just a few months after …
Read More »Mafia 3 announced, trailer coming at Gamescom
After a few years without a game in the series, 2K Games has announced Mafia 3, which is set for a full reveal at Gamescom at the end of this week. The third Mafia game is being developed by Hangar 13, a studio based in California recently created by 2K. …
Read More »Square Enix talks Tomb Raider Xbox exclusivity
Square Enix made the somewhat controversial decision to give Microsoft a timed exclusive deal on Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to the highly rated 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. The publisher has faced quite a bit of criticism from fans over this but it seems that it was all …
Read More »Campaigners resort to faxing U.S. Senate over digital bill
As much as modern technology is something that everyone can enjoy and benefit from, it's often the generations that grow up and help develop it, which understand it the best. Perhaps that's why, with the average age of U.S. senators being in the mid-60s, they haven't responded favourably to the …
Read More »Razer buys Ouya’s software, storefront – drops hardware
Ouya is a great example that a successful Kickstarter campaign does not necessarily lead to a successful product. Despite its little Android console offering a decent game library, small form factor hardware and an innovative store-front, it just didn't take off. Now though it will have a chance to live …
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