Software & Gaming

From Software has only just released Dark Souls II but it might already be cooking up something better, screenshots from what might be an E3 reveal trailer show off a new PS4 exclusive under the working title ‘Project Beast'. These rumours are currently circulating on NeoGAF and 4Chan but like …

EA is reportedly working out a game streaming deal with Comcast, the deal would allow EA to stream games on the American cable provider's X1 operating system. This move would also expand EA's customer base significantly as the publisher would be able to reach all of Comcast's 22 million customers. …

Last week the Danish government revealed its 1:1 scale replica of Denmark in Minecraft, the map was later put online to let curious players explore the country. However, things started going wrong pretty quickly when gamers were joining servers  just to blow up Danish towns and rebuild American flags and …

Activision is doing some internal reshuffling this week as the publisher has announced plans to shut down NeverSoft Studios in order to merge its current staff with Infinity Ward, Activision is referring to the now larger Call of Duty developer as a ‘super studio'. The news was announced through a …

Earlier this week we reported on an Internet Explorer bug that could potentially hurt Windows XP users since the decade old OS was no longer supported. However, Microsoft decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to leave its XP users at risk and fixed the bug. Microsoft announced the …

Dragon Age Inquisition writer, David Gaider, posted a rather lengthy blog post on his personal Tumblr describing the current state of the game and explained a little about the reality of cutting content. Inquisition is currently heading in to the Alpha stage and while new content is still in development, it …

Following from the recent Star Wars VII cast announcement, Lucas Film has revealed that it is in the process of re-working the older movies in to interactive story books for smartphones and tablets, starting off with The Phantom Menace. The books will be titled Star Wars: Journeys, the first one …

Apple has been heavily focussed on iOS for the last few years, so much so that OS X hasn't got quite the same level of attention but apparently that could change at this year's WWDC as reports suggest that OS X 10.10 will refresh the operating system. According to 9to5Mac's …

Marvel is tired of attaching its name to sub-par games, wether it be GameLoft on mobile or Sega and Activision on consoles and PC but the company is looking to turn things around by looking for “the right developer” to create quality games in the future. “Marvel's overall success in …

Nintendo might be showing off some new hardware sooner than we thought, rumours are circulating from multiple sources close to Nintendo claiming that the company plans to show off a Wii U successor at E3 this year. This coincides with a patent Nintendo just filed for a handheld device with …

This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from the immensely difficult Dark Souls 2. It means …

The next Call of Duty game was due to be revealed this Sunday, however, the announcement leaked early so here it is- the latest in the franchise will be titled Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and the trailer stars none other than Kevin Spacey from House of Cards. “Call of …

Steam in-home streaming has been around for about six months now and is set to be one of the main selling points for Valve's upcoming Steam Machines. Up to this point, in-home streaming has been in closed beta but now the flood gates have opened and anyone who opts-in the …

Since Sony revealed its Oculus Rift competitor, Project Morpheus, many have been wondering if Microsoft has any virtual reality plans up its sleeve but the company has so far been pretty quiet on the subject. However, Xbox boss, Phil Spencer has mentioned that Microsoft is testing it and realises that …

Bungie has revealed that new players won't be able to jump straight in to Destiny's PvP component and will have to put in a couple of hours in to the game first. This is so that brand new players can level up a bit and unlock some abilities before charging …

The PS4's first big update came yesterday, bringing with it one of the most requested features- an HDCP off option. Unfortunately though, the toggle applies to all apps, meaning that when HDCP is off for gameplay recording, you will have to remember to switch it back on to watch any …

Mass Effect 4 has been in the making for a little while now, we got our first tease of the game last year when Bioware showed off some screenshots but the team seems to have made significant progress since then. The developer had a lot on its plate when the …

There is an new Left 4 Dead coming but it's not the numbered sequel we were hoping for, it's not going to be available world wide either. Valve has teamed up with Japanese arcade company, Taito, to bring Left 4 Dead: Survivors, to Japanese arcades. The game was code named …

Zenimax is now looking to break its own rules by asking Elder Scrolls Online players to name and shame anyone suspected of  being a gold spammer. Usually, Zenimax prohibits naming suspects but it looks like the publisher needs some help after the guild banking system allowed so many players to …

Star Citizen seems to be hitting new funding milestones so often that it can be hard to keep up, the upcoming space simulator has now raised $43 million in funding despite having only just hit the $42 million milestone two weeks ago. Chris Roberts announced the milestone in a blog …

The very first Bioshock game was released seven years ago running on Unreal Engine 2 and while the game's visuals aren't bad, it certainly looks a lot better running in Unreal Engine 4. An Indie Developer who goes by “noodlespagoodle” on YouTube, has imported some of Bioshock's assets in to …

As much as we might not like it, season pass DLC has become a common thing amongst new triple A titles, so it comes as no surprise that Watch Dogs will have its own $19.99 season pass which will bundle several DLC's together at a slight discount over buying them …

Nvidia Corp. said on Tuesday that it would bundle the highly-anticipated Watch_Dogs video game by Ubisoft with select graphics cards. The game will not only be free for those who purchase a qualifying Nvidia GeForce graphics cards this spring, but will also feature Nvidia-exclusive effects that will make it look …

Nintendo won't be at E3 again this year, instead it will be hosting a Super Smash Bros tournament at Best Buy stores throughout the US on the day as well as hosting a Nintendo Direct conference for all of the big announcements. Nintendo opted to not do a big E3 …

Game pre-order bonuses have become a big thing in the past few years. Since Minecraft showed the world that gamers were willing to pay for unfinished content and potential, every publisher has begun offering gamers the chance to pay for games that aren't out yet. To encourage this spending before …

PC gaming is thriving at the moment, more people are moving up from consoles and the proof is in the sales, PC gaming is generating more revenue than all consoles combined- which proves that not only are we not all pirates but being able to buy games at cheaper and …

If you're into your extreme sports like skateboarding, MotoX and snowboarding, then chances are you're a fan of X Games, an organisation specifically designed to cater to these sports and provide international competitive events for the best in the world to go head to head in. In the future though, …

Many believe that video game consoles are preferable platforms for game publishing because of the lack of piracy and therefore better opportunities to earn higher revenue. However, since PCs are so widespread these days that even with piracy the market of PC video games is now larger than the market …

If you're still clinging on to the 12 year old Windows XP operating system then you might want to think about upgrading as a new security flaw has been found that allows hackers to gain full user permissions over your computer. This means that once a hacker has access, it …

Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare has gone down pretty well with console gamers so far and unlike the mobile versions of the Plants VS Zombie games, it has stayed micro-transaction free- until now. An upcoming update will add in the option to buy in-game currency which could potentially hinder the …