Earlier this year, during a fan preview event, Microsoft began showing off brand new gameplay for Age of Empires IV and promised a 2021 release date. Now during E3, a late October release date was officially announced. Age of Empires IV is releasing on the 28th of October, complete with …
Read More »Forza Horizon 5 is set in Mexico, releasing this November
Just as leaks predicted, we are getting another Forza Horizon game this year. Playground Games took to the stage at E3 last night to announce Forza Horizon 5, launching on PC and Xbox later this year. While some leaks and rumours suggested that the next Forza Horizon would be set …
Read More »Here is every title coming to Game Pass at launch
Microsoft recently held its E3 showcase, highlighting 30 upcoming games which are set to be coming to Xbox consoles. Of these games, 27 are coming to Game Pass. Here is the full list of games which are set to arrive on the service day-and-date. As expected, Microsoft is continuing to …
Read More »Starfield is launching in November 2022 exclusively for Xbox
Microsoft recently held its Xbox and Bethesda E3 showcase. Opening the event was a much-anticipated trailer for Starfield, the RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, the team behind Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Though not much was shown, the team has confirmed a 2022 release date for the game – launching exactly …
Read More »Stylish melee-focused battle royale Naraka: Bladepoint gets release date
Naraka: Bladepoint is a stylish 60-player melee-focused battle royale which uniquely positions itself in a sea of third-person BR shooters. As part of E3, the game was announced to be getting a worldwide release later this year, with an open beta taking place imminently. Offering a lengthy gameplay trailer, the …
Read More »Control is free on PC
Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a free game or two to all of those with an EGS account. After a week of teasing a mystery title, the storefront has now revealed that this week’s free game is Remedy’s Control – a unique and atmospheric third-person action adventure shooter. …
Read More »Overwatch is getting cross-platform multiplayer on PC and consoles
Overwatch is still going strong and Blizzard is continuing to work on new features alongside Overwatch 2. One of the new features coming to Blizzard's original PvP shooter is Crossplay, allowing those across console and PC to team up and duke it out. In the latest Overwatch developer update, newly …
Read More »Microsoft aiming to release a first-party game onto Game Pass every quarter
Today, just ahead of Microsoft's big Xbox and Bethesda E3 showcase, the software giant has published new details on the future of Xbox and what it means for gaming on console, PC or the cloud. Not only is xCloud coming to more devices than ever before, but Microsoft is doubling …
Read More »Persona 5 Royal may be coming to PC and Xbox soon
Fans have been asking for Persona 5, or its more recent edition, Persona 5 Royal, to come to other console platforms and PC for a long time and now, it looks like Atlus is finally ready to deliver. The Microsoft/Windows Store has become a great source for leaks over the …
Read More »Upcoming PlayStation exclusives won’t come to PC near launch
Ever since Sony announced its plans to bring PlayStation games to PC, we've been wondering when we might start to see newer titles appear on the platform. While more PC ports are planned from Sony, it sounds like we're still a long way from getting release date parity. Over on …
Read More »Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis launching next week
It has been close to a year since SEGA first announced Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. The new version of the MMO is a complete overhaul of the game and it will be playable very soon, with a launch now set for next week. Back in April, the Phantasy …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator download cut in half
As great as the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is, the drawback is a massive 170GB download in order to get the game installed. Fortunately, the download is being chopped in half as part of a new update. As part of the latest patch for Microsoft Flight Simulator, the …
Read More »Sony seemingly confirms that Uncharted 4 is coming to PC
Sony has been slowly but surely showing increasing amounts of support for the PC platform. Following the release of Horizon Zero Dawn, and the most recent launch of Days Gone, it seems as though the next PS4 game to get a PC release will likely be Uncharted 4. During a …
Read More »Days Gone tops the Steam best sellers list
Each week, the best selling games on Steam globally are collected and ranked. For the week ending on the 23rd of May, the previously PlayStation-exclusive Days Gone has topped the charts, dethroning Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and boding well for the future of PlayStation games on PC. The top 10 …
Read More »Starfield to be an Xbox and PC exclusive, “most likely” coming out in March 2022
There have been a lot of rumours surrounding Starfield in recent months, particularly after Bethesda merged with Microsoft in March. With E3 less than a month away, insiders are beginning to settle on a few things – Starfield will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, and will “most likely” be …
Read More »PlayStation Studios Steam page hints at more upcoming games
As we've known for a while, Sony is expanding its reach by bringing some of its first-party games to PC, alongside some third-party exclusives that Sony Interactive Entertainment has the publishing rights for. Now, we have a small look at the scope of Sony's PC plans, as the PlayStation Studios …
Read More »Bungie accidentally enables Destiny 2 cross-play, will disable again later this week
If you've logged into Destiny 2 within the last 24 hours, then you may have noticed that Bungie went live with PC and console cross-play. Unfortunately, the feature wasn't supposed to go live yet and as a result, it is being disabled. After seeing social media buzz about cross-play being …
Read More »Oddworld: Soulstorm, World War Z and more confirmed to be lifetime EGS exclusives
Being the new challenger in the PC gaming marketplace, the Epic Games Store has had to entice players to its storefront via a number of methods. One of these is through exclusivity agreements. While most of these have been timed-exclusives, it would appear that some will remain exclusive to the …
Read More »Sony Bend releases FAQ for Days Gone on PC
Days Gone is the latest first-party PlayStation title to make its way to PC. Ahead of its release on the 18th of May, Sony Bend has released an FAQ, answering many PC specific questions, such as the extent of its ultrawide support, which controllers it supports, and more. On its …
Read More »Epic offered $200 million for first-party PlayStation games on Epic Games Store
As the Epic Games v Apple trial continues, we are learning more information about some of Epic's business proposals. So far, we've learned that Epic has spent over $1 billion on EGS exclusives, including over $100 million for Borderlands 3. As it turns out, Epic also made an effort to …
Read More »PC players can already reset Resident Evil Village demo timer for infinite playthroughs
Just as promised, the Resident Evil Village demo is now live across all platforms and in a predictable turn of events, PC players have already figured out how to get past the 1 hour time limit. On the Steam forums for the demo, a user asked if anyone had found …
Read More »Halo Infinite will support crossplay and cross-save on PC and Xbox
Yesterday, Microsoft made some new announcements about its commitment to PC gaming. Aside from new Microsoft Store changes, there were also some new announcements for Halo Infinite, including confirmation of cross-play and cross-save functionality, all in an effort to “build communities around games, not devices”. “We know many of you …
Read More »Predator: Hunting Grounds launches on Steam with crossplay
It has been a full year since Predator: Hunting Grounds first released on PS4 and PC. The Sony-published title has been exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC since launch, but that changed today, with the game finally landing on Steam. Predator: Hunting Grounds is an asymmetrical multiplayer shooter, …
Read More »The Nioh series has surpassed 5 million copies sold
When the soulsborne genre was first introduced in 2009 with Demon’s Souls, it was nothing more than a niche interpretation of the action-RPG genre. Since then, not only has the gameplay stylings expanded outwards into its own genre, but souls-like games are competing on a commercial front too. Such is …
Read More »Microsoft follows Epic’s lead, reduces Windows Store revenue cut to 12%
Earlier this week, we heard that Microsoft was due to make some announcements about its PC gaming store. Now, we know what changes are coming, as Microsoft is reducing its revenue cut for PC games sold through its store from 30 percent to 12 percent. This is the same strategy …
Read More »Xbox to reportedly update its commitments to PC gaming tomorrow
With Microsoft’s renewed brand focus for Xbox revolving around making games as accessible to players as possible, the console manufacturer has been putting more effort into the PC market than ever before. According to industry insider Jeff Grubb, Xbox is set to provide an update on its commitments to the …
Read More »Windows 10 now has 1.3 billion active users
Back when Microsoft first introduced Windows 10, it had a lofty goal of reaching 1 billion active users within its first three years. That milestone ended up taking five years to reach, with Windows 10 being found on 1 billion active devices by March 2020. Now a year later, Microsoft …
Read More »MSI launches Modern AM241 and AM271 all-in-one PCs
MSI has been dabbling in the world of all-in-one PCs for a while now and this week, we're getting some brand new models. Today, MSI announced the Modern AM241 and Modern AM271 series of all-in-one PCs, featuring Intel 11th Gen processors. The new Modern 24 and 27 series PCs are …
Read More »Microsoft addresses PC gaming issues introduced in latest Windows 10 update
Last week, a lot of PC gamers ran into issues after updating Windows 10. The update seemed to diminish performance and introduced errors with V-Sync and BSOD crashes. If you've been experiencing these issues then we have some good news for you, a new update is now available to fix …
Read More »Alien: Isolation is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a number of titles for free to all those with an Epic Games Account. While the scope of the games offered vary from week to week, currently players can get their hands on the much-loved survival horror game Alien: Isolation. From Now until …
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