Software & Gaming

In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden revelations, the US tech industry took a big hit in consumer confidence, as it came to light that many of the biggest companies had been feeding the NSA and GCHQ customer data. While arguably not their fault as they were legally required to …

Even though we've known its intentions for months, with rumours that the whole reason the Beats headphone brand was purchased was to pick up its fledgling streaming business, Apple has finally, officially, launched Apple Music. The new service will offer a combination of music streaming, downloads and internet radio and is …

While arguing against the idea of giving gamers more protection from unscrupulous developers who are happy to take their money in exchange for a broken game, may seem distasteful, the implementation of such a system is never easy. Valve has taken a stab at it lately, offering those that feel …

Bethesda is turning its biggest Elder Scrolls title to date, Skyrim, in to a series of books, with the first volume being revealed today. The books are all hardcover, with the series being known as ‘The Skyrim Library. Production is being handled by Titan Books, with the very first volume …

Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference kicked off today, at which the company announced this year's Mac OS X update. Following on from last year's Yosemite update will be OS X El Capitan, which is focussing on improving the OS X experience while also bringing a boost to overall performance. …

Rockstar finally launched Grand Theft Auto V on the PC back in April and we have already seen a number of impressive mods launch for the game. However, now some pretty ambitious projects are starting to pop up, with GTA: Vice City being rebuilt inside the Grand Theft Auto V …

One of the fallacies often pushed forward by marketers and policy makers, is that consumers don't mind data being gathered on them; whether that information is the meta data for their phone calls – “if you don't have anything to hide” – or personal data used for advertising purposes. However …

Even though much of the world still seems rather complacent about the Edward Snowden revelations, there's no denying that the two years since then have seen a surge of interest in encryption and other message obfuscating technologies. Proponents of governments spying on their own citizens, don't like that at all, …

Even though gaming is still portrayed as a young person's hobby, there's no denying that the average age of gamers is getting older and older. While that may be the case, the children of today have access to so many more games than their parents, with smartphone apps, downloadable console and PC …

If you have been following The Witcher past its launch two weeks ago, then you may have heard of the infinite money glitch. This involved killing cows, collecting their skins, selling them, meditating and doing it all over again. However, CD Projekt Red has finally given the cows the protection …

So Windows 10 is on the way and those of you who own a genuine license for either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be getting the free upgrade on the 29th of July. However, Microsoft had not fully detailed exactly which version of the operating system you would be …

E3 is coming up in just less than two weeks so now is the time for retailers to accidentally leak upcoming reveals, whether they be from Sony, Microsoft or other game developers. If you have one of the new consoles currently and own more than five games, then you have …

The 2015 International Dota 2 tournament is set to kick off this summer and now it has the biggest prize pool yet, breaking more eSports records. This year, $11.4 million was raised for the tournament's prize pool, the largest ever for an eSports event. The previous record was $10.9 million, …

In the battleground for the internet, armies lob digital shells at each other almost as often as the masses sling insults, as it looks like millions of US government worker details may have been stolen by a foreign party. While an investigation is ongoing, China is the earliest named potential …

As pretty as recently released games like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt are, they don't really hold a candle to future high-end projects like Star Citizen. One other beautiful game that's got a release set far in the future is Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which is set to offer a highly …

Nintendo seems to have found success with the launch of its Amiibo figures. The little collectibles bring new functionality to a couple of games unfortunately, Nintendo can't seem to make enough of them, which has caused quite the scalper problem. Not only are scalpers buying Amiibos in bulk and selling …

Bungie has been working on expansions for Destiny ever since the base game released. So far, we've seen two, The Dark Below and House of Wolves, however, the third expansion is due to be the largest and judging by a previously leaked roadmap, the most exciting. Now it looks like …

Today Compulsion Games, the studio behind the 2013 title, Contrast, launched a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a new game focusing on paranoia and survival in a dystopian British city in 1964. While with most Kickstarter games, you would have to wait months before trying it out, early backers …

Valve's Steam Machine dream may have died down a bit but that doesn't mean that it has given up on the idea of bringing PC gaming to the living room entirely. We've been following the Steam controller throughout its development for some time now and a while back, Valve also …

After months of rumors and question dodging, Naughty Dog and Sony have revealed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, due for release this October, in place of Uncharted 4, which was pushed back until 2016. The game was due to be revealed at another time but the PlayStation website accidentally put …

Although the world of digital game purchases is a simple one: you buy, you download, you play, some miss the golden age of physical games. You got a nice box, a detailed manual or instruction booklet, perhaps some art work and physical extras. That's what Gamer's Edition is looking to …

Collecting data on your customers in order to sell to advertisers is a bad idea according to CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, who took a moment during the annual Champions of Freedom dinner, hosted by public interest research group, the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC), to criticise his technological competitors. …

Even though Games workshop has released a number of games based around its Warhamer and Warhammer 40,000 universes over the years, very few of them really captured the anarchic battles that can feature everything from trolls, to steampunk cannons, to demi-gods and demons. Fortunately then, early reports of the upcoming …

GOG has kicked off its big summer sale event today, featuring heavy discounts, free games, daily bundles and giveaways, just ahead of next week's Steam sale, which is due to begin on the 11th of June. The GOG sale officially kicked off at midday GMT. The way GOG's sale works …

Fallout 4 is finally happening, after a couple of years of leaks, Bethesda has officially revealed the next game in the series. As previously suggested, the game is in-fact set in Boston and will be heading to the PC, Xbox One and PS4. The countdown timer, which launched yesterday, ended …

Earlier this week, we reported on Microsoft's next potential acquisition, the popular app, Wunderlist. Now it seems that the move is official, with Wunderlist joining the ranks alongside Microsoft's growing selection of other apps and services on multiple platforms. Wunderlist is one of the more successful ‘to-do' apps on smartphones, …

It's been a long time coming, but Valve has updated the terms of its Steam digital distribution platform to allow gamers to return games they don't want. There are some conditions that must be met: the games can't have been played for more than two hours and they must have been …

Windows 10 is right around the corner, with its release date set for the 29th of July. With a change in operating systems comes a change in features so Microsoft has outlined exactly what customers will lose during the transition to Windows 10. Those using Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 …

Much like EA's Dawngate, Turbine Studio's DC themed MOBA, Infinite Crisis will be short-lived. The game only just launched on Steam towards the end of March but today it has been announced that the servers for the title will shut down in August and development on the game has ceased …

Well I suppose we should get in on the action. The internet just exploded with hype for Fallout 4, why? Well Bethesda has launched an official countdown timer, teasing an announcement heading our way tomorrow, two weeks ahead of the E3 reveal that everyone expected. Now we have seen Fallout …