Software & Gaming

Earlier this month, Activision put out a statement saying that it does not expect to bring its games to Game Pass until next year. An additional report claimed that we could see some older titles coming to the service earlier. However, Xbox head, Phil Spencer, has now straightened things out, …

Roblox is currently one of the most popular games of all time, with the free-to-play title seeing a total of 65 million daily active users and more than 5 Billion registered accounts. Despite this, Roblox hadn’t found its way on PlayStation platforms until last week. That said, during this short …

Back in August, we reported that the console release of indie hit Phasmophobia was being delayed to October due to an office fire suffered by the team at Kinetic Games. Unfortunately, the effects of the incident are still being felt, with the team now announcing a further delay of Phasmophobia …

Lies of P released last month to a wave of success, with many deeming the Souls-like to be one of the best in the genre (outside of FromSoftware’s own titles of course). Just under one month since its arrival, the game has managed to surpass 1 million copies sold. Making …

Second Extinction is a co-op focused dinosaur-shooting FPS which first released in Early Access back in October of 2020. Unfortunately, despite the team’s best efforts, the game seemingly failed to meet sales expectations – leading to the title being set to permanently go offline. Making the announcement via their blog, …

Payday 3 didn't have the best launch, with matchmaking errors and a few other lingering issues marring the day-one experience. Starbreeze promised a patch with over 200 QoL improvements shortly after launch but the update has unfortunately been pushed back by delays.  Payday 3's problems may run a bit deeper …

Earlier this year, Blizzard announced plans to bring its games over to Steam for the first time, starting off with Overwatch 2. Now today with the launch of Diablo IV's second season, the game is also becoming available on Steam and better yet, it is now officially Steam Deck certified …

AMD's Fluid Motion Frames technology is still in the preview phase. The new Frame Generation technique initially kicked off with support for a handful of titles but the latest Preview Driver expands things greatly, allowing the feature to be enabled for all DX11 and DX12 games.  The most significant change …

Cities Skylines II is exactly one week away, with the sequel to the much-loved city building simulator set to arrive on the 24th of October. While the game was previously delayed for consoles to Spring 2024, the PC version will still launch as intended next week. That said, the team …

Over the last week, there have been rumours that we would start to see the first Activision games hitting Game Pass this month now that the deal has closed. Unfortunately, this week's Game Pass update isn't quite that exciting, but there are some good games included.  There are no Activision …

DLSS 3 is continuing to catch on with developers, with two more games making the jump this week, alongside four other titles getting DLSS 2 updates. Aside from these announcements, Nvidia has also begun rolling out the latest Game Ready driver update. NARAKA: Bladepoint is getting an upgrade to DLSS …

While Epic Games has been doing seemingly all it can in order to cement itself as a viable alternative to Steam on PC, Valve’s platform has had a good 15 years to build up a massive library of titles. In order to entice publishers to bring more of their back …

The latest SteamOS Preview is now live, providing bug fixes for HDR and external display modes, a new HDR analysis tool for developers and a new BIOS function that introduces undervolting to the portable console for those looking to further optimise performance and battery life.  The newly released SteamOS 3.5.1 …

Netflix has been expanding its gaming efforts over the past year, offering everything from casual games to licensed games based on Netflix IP and even full-on console titles ported for mobile. Apparently, Netflix is setting its sights on even bigger properties and is reportedly trying to get the Grand Theft Auto games onto its service. 

MSI has been launching a lot of hardware game bundles recently. Last week, we saw the company offering free Total War: Pharoah codes with select monitors and PC cases. Now, the company is teaming up with SEGA once again to bundle copies of Sonic Superstars with the MAG Coreliquid E360 …

The release of Yakuza: Like a Dragon back in 2020 represented the first game in the series to feature a full set of English voice acting since the launch of the very first title all the way back for the PS2. While future games will continue to offer the option …

While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced some restructuring plans, which impacted many parts of the business. On the gaming side, 343 Industries was hit the hardest with a lot of lay-offs, including most of the campaign team that had worked on Halo Infinite. Now, rumours claim that a new small-scale team …

When we think of Bethesda and past Bethesda game launches, two names immediately spring to mind, Todd Howard and Pete Hines. Just six weeks on from the launch of the studio's latest game, Starfield, Hines has now announced that he is retiring. Pete Hines joined Bethesda back in 1999, working …

We're a few days away from the launch of Insomniac's next big PlayStation exclusive, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The sequel to the 2018 game is set for a big launch, as the game has garnered rave reviews from critics.  Reviews went live for Spider-Man 2 today. Based on over 100 reviews …

Battlefield 2042 seems to be having a resurgence at the moment. While the game initially launched to negative reviews and quickly dropped off, with the game attracting fewer players than older Battlefield titles, a recent free weekend has pushed the game back to the top.  Battlefield 2042 has a new …

Nvidia is set to bump up the price for GeForce Now's subscription tiers throughout Europe and Canada. Prices will rise by as much as 40 percent as of November 1st. Nvidia claims the price hike comes down to increasing operational costs for its cloud gaming service.  While GeForce Now does …

For years, Minecraft has been the best-selling video game of all time, with the creativity-focused sandbox surpassing 200 million copies back in 2020. Its sales trajectory has not slowed down, with the team at Mojang now revealing that the title has officially sold more than 300 million copies. Making the …

After spending the past 15 years working on a variety of Souls and Souls-adjacent titles, FromSoftware finally returned to the Armored Core franchise, releasing Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon in late August of this year. Already, the game has proven to be a sales success, nearing 3 million copies …

The Epic Games Store was a bit late to the party when it came to offering their own PC storefront and platform – coming 15 years after the launch of Steam. That said, in order to stay competitive the store has been offering free games on a weekly basis since …

Following many years of less-than-stellar releases, Sonic the Hedgehog seems to have had a resurgence of sorts – with the likes of Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Superstars and the two theatrical releases putting the Blue Blur back on the map. SEGA seems to have more big plans for Sonic, as detailed …

If you are playing Counter-Strike 2 and use an AMD graphics card, be sure to disable Anti-Lag+, as Valve has now confirmed that the feature is triggering VAC bans. 

Back in 2022, one of the more surprising video game remakes was announced. The James Gunn-written action game, Lollipop Chainsaw, is coming back. While initially, this project was planned as a full remake, it was recently delayed and now, the developers have confirmed that they have scaled back the ambition …

MSI is partnering up with SEGA to bundle digital copies of Total War: Pharaoh with select monitors and PC cases. If you don't have the cash to spend, then MSI is also now running a giveaway for a Special Edition version of the MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow PC case.  With …

As of today, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has completed and as a result, Ubisoft now owns the cloud streaming rights to all Activision Blizzard games, including all previously released games and all new games released over the next 15 years. As a result, Ubisoft announced today that it plans …