Software & Gaming

Nvidia have partnered up with KITGURU this week to win a copy of Batman Arkham Origins. Every day we will be giving away a code for the game which you can use to download the game on launch day (October 25th). Simples. Becoming Batman takes power, strength and speed—the same …

Confused about how the world will continue to spin on its axis without Microsoft points? So are many other Xbox gamers, but don't stay out in the cold, come over by the fire and we'll tell you all about the new reward scheme Microsoft is cooking up. In this brave …

Runescape is the world's most successful, long running, free to play MMO and it's just had another big influx of players as it rolls over to its official third iteration. Along with 100,000 players that returned to the game upon the news of the new engine being implemented, over 300,000 …

If you thought esports weren't growing at an exponential rate and becoming more and more accepted as part of the mainstream sports and business world, then think again. American Express (AE), one of the world's biggest financial institutions, has just signed a sponsorship deal with Riot Games for the LCS …

In the latest in a long line of leaked information from ex CIA Edward Snowden it seems that the NSA is in collaboration with the US, Canada, New Zealand and the British GCHQ. They have an active and aggressive programme for obtaining encryption keys and more worryingly, they have also …

Nvidia have partnered up with KITGURU this week to win a copy of Batman Arkham Origins. Every day we will be giving away a code for the game which you can use to download the game on launch day (October 25th). Simples. Becoming Batman takes power, strength and speed—the same …

In an effort to prevent people getting their hands on GTA V before it's official release date, Rockstar has asked retailers to delay shipping the game until the day before: 16th September. UK retailer GAME however, has said that while it will abide by the shipping request, it will begin …

Like yourself a good alternate reality game do you? Well there's a new one on the loose, linked with Indie developer Team Meat, though the duo behind the studio say they only helped out setup a strange and creepy booth at the recent PAX Prime. The booth in question, was …

Many gamers are waiting with bated breath for the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft, and yesterday the Windows giant announced that the Xbox One would be released on the 22nd of November. The Sony prelaunch Playstation 4 details have been more warmly received by the enthusiast user, not really …

Nvidia have partnered up with KITGURU this week to win a copy of Batman Arkham Origins. Every day we will be giving away a code for the game which you can use to download the game on launch day (October 25th). Simples. Becoming Batman takes power, strength and speed—the same …

The GTA V release is very close now. Less than two weeks away in fact. But don't let that tempt you into trying to download some torrented version to give you a chance to play a leaked version of the game before anyone else, as pretty much all of them …

It was only a few weeks ago that we reported on how the Xbox One GPU had been given a 53MHz speed boost, when it was found that the next-gen machine's thermal profile could handle it, so today must be Christmas (or my birthday… really) because today we're bringing more …

Microsoft has announced that its next-gen console, the Xbox One, will support as many as eight separate controllers; which considering each of them will cost around £50 a piece, that's £400 you can look forward to spending just on controllers! This is however, a significant anti-upper on every other console …

Spotify is looking to make itself wirelessly accessible to your speakers, with its new Spotify Connect service. Understandably, hardware partners have been keen to sign up and there's already as many as ten beavering away on the next-generation of speakers, that's wirelessly ready to receive Spotify's streams. To make the …

Nvidia have partnered up with KITGURU this week to win a copy of Batman Arkham Origins. Every day we will be giving away a code for the game which you can use to download the game on launch day (October 25th). Simples. Becoming Batman takes power, strength and speed—the same …

Despite all the hate for Microsoft's next-gen system, I'm sure there's a few of you who are interested in its boxy corners, the persistent eye of the Kinect camera and its unswappable hard drive. Likewise Sony fans must be eagerly rubbing their hands together, waiting for that day in November …

Coming straight from the lips of Microsoft's director of programming for Xbox Live, Lawrence “Larry” Hryb, AKA, Major Nelson, we now know that the Xbox One will not support external storage, though it's been said that it will at some point in the future. “The future plan is for definitely to …

Nvidia have partnered up with KITGURU this week to win a copy of Batman Arkham Origins. Every day we will be giving away a code for the game which you can use to download the game on launch day (October 25th). Simples. Becoming Batman takes power, strength and speed—the same …

Listen up poor Wi-Fi-reception-home-owners, Aria is here to save the day. It's got some new stock of TP Link 150MBps Wi-Fi extenders, but there's only a handful available so grab one while you can. It's a simple plug-in adapter, that sits near flush with the wall, keeps everything neat and …

One of the most eye catching technologies Microsoft has shown off in the past year or two, has been IllumiRoom, a strange, projector system, that places in-game footage over your living room wall and floor, instead of just on the usual display – seemingly forgetting the point we have projector …

Use of the anonymising Tor network has increased exponentially in the past couple of weeks, leading to not only the highest tracked user numbers since the birth of the service, but the largest growth spike too, leaving many people wondering what's been behind it. One of the suggested reasons, are …

Out with the old, in with the new. You can forget the Xbox Live Marketplace because Microsoft want to call it the Xbox Games Store now. Microsoft killed the name on Friday, rebranding it in a new effort to ‘simplify' their multiple platforms well in advance of the Xbox One …

Footage has appeared of Sony's Gamestop Expo 2013, where Sean Coleman of Sony Computer Entertainment America made a few announcements about the PS4 and the PlayStation brand – including the fact that PS4s are now in production and being readied for shipping when released in November this year. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVuinq4g7A'] …

A new piece of malware has been discovered by the crew over at Malwarebytes, which not only specifically targets important file types for deletion, but once it's complete it doesn't stop harassing you. In-fact it waits for one of the affected programs or files to attempt to start and then …

One of the reasons Microsoft has been so adamant about including the Kinect motion tracking camera in its Xbox One bundles, is that it'll give the console voice recognition right out of the box. However, that's all well and good if you're in Britain, where voice commands will be usable …

Rockstar released the official trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5 yesterday, one of the most anticipated games to hit the consoles this year. PC lovers will have to wait some time for a possible release sadly, but we hope Rockstar will create something to use the additional power of PC …

Amazon France has let loose the details on two launch day bundles for the PlayStation 4, packing either Killzone Shadow fall with the console and optional PS4 camera or a cheaper bundle that will come complete with a next-gen copy of Ubisoft's hacking sandbox, Watch Dogs. These bundles are currently …

Nintendo announced a new console last night, which they hope will target those people who want an inexpensive, portable console. The 2DS will cost £109.99 in the United Kingdom and $130 in America, which is $40 less than the 3D version. The new console will launch in both countries on …

Parallels are a company well known for creating software to run virtual operating systems inside another and their latest package is designed for the iPad. It aims to solve a lot of problems caused by many ‘remote system control' software. Parallels Access is an iPad application that tries to make …

The constant need to share every single aspect of our lives online extends to new born babies. A new poll found that parents are most likely to share a photograph of the new family member within the space of a single hour. The most popular platform for sharing images of …