Although fans of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) may be saddened to hear that industry legend Hulk Hogan will not be appearing in any future WWE games due to his recently reported racist outburst in a privately recorded call, perhaps they'll be placated by the fact that The Terminator is being …
Read More »The Witcher 3 is getting a new game+ mode
The Witcher: Wild Hunt is a massive game, but if you have managed to beat it already and feel the time is right to jump back in to it, then CD Projekt Red has some news for you as the team is currently working on bringing a new game plus mode …
Read More »Ouya is now officially part of Razer
Back in June, investment bank, Mesa Global, put a listing on its site that said Ouya had in-fact been acquired by Razer. However, neither Razer or Ouya has acknowledged this or issues a confirmation until today. Ouya is now officially a part of Razer. Why was Razer interested in acquiring …
Read More »Most British voters don’t identify as gamers
Despite the growth of smartphone gaming and the proliferation of new consoles and indie gaming in recent years, most British voters still don't consider themselves gamers and when asked reported that they do not now, nor have they ever regularly played games. This trend was most evidenced in the Liberal …
Read More »Nintendo announces end of TVii service
Less than six months on from the announcement that Nintendo's TVii service was not going to be localised for European audiences, the Japanese game maker has now let us know that it will be closing the service down entirely. Designed to make TV watching more of a communal experience, with …
Read More »A Steam exploit allowed access to accounts with just a username
Valve had a bit of a panic moment last week as users discovered an exploit that allowed Steam accounts to be accessed using a username. For some reason, something over on Valve's end made it so that users could avoid the authentication process when changing an account password. Users could go …
Read More »China announces an end to console sale ban in country
Considering the buzz that's generated in Western countries when a new games console is launched, it seems strange to imagine a country as vast as China not joining in on that hype, but since the turn of the century, China has banned the sale and production of video game consoles …
Read More »Ark is getting a ‘survival of the fittest’ tournament mode
The latest hit survival game on the block is Ark: Survival Evolved, which launched back in June and has already surpassed a million sales. Fortunately for everyone that has bought in at this early stage, the development team have been regularly updating the game and keeping in touch with the …
Read More »Sales of Microsoft Xbox consoles begin to rebound
Shipments of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox game consoles were up 30 per cent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of the company’s fiscal 2015 (calendar Q2 2015) thanks lower price of hardware and improved availability of games for new-generation systems. This helped to increase Xbox hardware revenue to $1.045 billion. But does …
Read More »Apparently you can run Half-Life on a smartwatch
Smartwatches are actually pretty capable little devices, in the past we have seen them run full apps, Microsoft's Windows XP and now, apparently smartwatches can also run Half-Life thanks to a new app called SDLash, which emulates the GoldSource engine on a smartwatch. Given that the entire Source engine is …
Read More »Street Fighter V beta taken down straight after launching
Well things aren't off to a great start for Capcom with the Street Fighter V beta as it has suffered numerous issues since its launch last night. The game's servers were then taken offline around an hour after players starting getting in to the PS4 beta and we aren't really …
Read More »Doom multiplayer alpha coming this year, beta next year
At E3 this year, we finally got a proper glimpse at the new Doom game and now we know when we will actually get a chance to play it. At QuakeCon yesterday, it was announced that the Doom multiplayer alpha will be with us in just a few months time, …
Read More »Which? warns contactless card payments raise fraud risk
As much as contactless payments with a debit or credit card represent a much easier way to go about paying for things you want, since you don't even need to remember your pin code, they represent a massive security problem according to Which?. Due to the low cost of card …
Read More »Bethesda is releasing a Fallout Anthology
Bethesda has announced that it will be releasing a Fallout Anthology in September, featuring all of the previous Fallout games leading up to Fallout 4 in one mini-nuke shaped package for PC gamers. The announcement was made during the QuakeCon welcome ceremony today. The package includes Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout …
Read More »ESL introduces drug tests for eSports players
The eSports scene has been in a bit of a stir over the last week or so, after a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player admitted that players are often using drugs like Adderall in an attempt to boost performance. Now, ESL, one of the largest tournament organizers in eSports has …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider gets release windows for PC and PS4
Last year, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics announced the sequel to the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot live on Microsoft's own E3 stage. At the time, we learned that Rise of the Tomb Raider would be launching exclusively on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 at launch but now, we also …
Read More »Daybreak boss steps down as CEO, takes extended break
John Smedley has stepped down from his role as CEO of Daybreak, the company behind H1Z1, with plans to take a break before returning to a lower profile role, following an extended campaign of personal and professional attacks against him by hackers. A Daybreak spokesperson wished him all the best and …
Read More »Hearthstone’s Grand Tournament expansion coming in August
Although it doesn't seem that long ago since Blizzard released the last expansion for its collectible card game, Hearthstone, clearly it's been long enough, as the next one is on the way soon. It's called The Grand Tournament and will add a number of new cards to the game, as …
Read More »Microsoft Xbox One set to get mouse and keyboard support
It is not a secret that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One game console will get its own version of Windows 10 operating system, but it is not completely clear what that OS will support and what it will not. Apparently, according to the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, the upcoming OS …
Read More »An old character is tipped to return in Witcher 3 expansion
Fans of the original Witcher game will be happy to hear this as a rather important old character appears to be set to make a return in one of The Witcher: Wild Hunt's upcoming expansions. Back in the first game, players were introduced to the character Shani, a friend to …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 PC and Xbox One beta dates announced
Back at E3 it was revealed that Activision had switched sides in the console race, choosing to support Sony and the PS4 this generation with early access to Call of Duty betas and DLC. We know that Black Ops 3 will have a beta on the PlayStation 4 next month …
Read More »Gears of War Ultimate doesn’t have a PC release date
Microsoft is preparing to launch a remastered version of the first Gears of War game at the end of next month, putting the series back on the map ahead of Gears of War 4, which is due to launch some time towards the end of 2016. This game will also …
Read More »Nokia preps its own virtual reality device, plans to debut it next week
Nokia Corp. has developed thousands of various technologies useful for portable consumer electronics gadgets, but at present it cannot use them to build its own mobile devices due to agreement with Microsoft. However, the company, which used to be the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, plans to introduce its …
Read More »Piper nv iControl security network review
Like with every aspect of our modern lives, securing your home is becoming as connected as the rest of it. There are apps and companion hardware available, which is exactly what we are looking at today. It is known as the Piper nv iControl Network, which incorporates everything from a …
Read More »LoL pro team Gambit loses player with just two games to go
Although there is no guarantee that your team will win games, or even be competitive in the hotly contested League of Legends LCS season, one thing that is required to give you a fighting chance, is everyone needs to show up. Unfortunately for Gambit Gaming, it's just lost its AD …
Read More »Knights of the Old Republic 2 is getting an update today
A decade after its initial release, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 is getting an update. From today the game will be available to Mac, Linux and SteamOS gamers on Steam. Mac users can also pick up the game from the Mac App Store for $10. However, that's …
Read More »You can now see Valve’s Portal VR demo in full
Back at this year's Game Developer Conference, Valve turned up with its brand new virtual reality headset, built by HTC and known as ‘The Vive'. Over the course of the weekend we saw some blurry images of what we now know is a Portal virtual reality demo, though we did …
Read More »Windows 10 to reach end of life in 2025
Microsoft has revealed the end of life date for its latest operating system, Windows 10. The soon to be released OS will reach its end of life support date on the 14th of October 2025, despite previous reports suggesting that Windows 10 would be the ‘final' version. The new end …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V patch aims to fix performance issues
Recently Rockstar launched part two of GTA Online's Ill-Gotten Gains DLC. Unfortunately, this caused a bunch of performance issues for those playing Grand Theft Auto V. At the time, Rockstar support acknowledged the problems but did not give a timeline for a patch from Rockstar but it looks like the …
Read More »This is how Valve’s ‘The International’ $17 million prize pool will be split
Valve's Dota 2 championship tournament, The International, is set to return soon and crowd funding for the prize pool is still under way, raising just over $17 million so far, which is bigger than all of the previous international tournaments combined. Now, Valve has also announced how the massive prize pool …
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