Three weeks ago, Epic Games officially announced that Fortnite Battle Royale would be coming to mobile. It kicked off its testing with an invite-only beta test on iOS. Now, the beta period is over and done with, meaning anyone can download the game and jump right in. Since launch, Fortnite …
Read More »Frontier’s Jurassic Park builder is heading out in June
We had a number of good surprises at E3 last year, one of which was Jurassic World Evolution, a new Dinosaur-themed strategy game in the works over at Frontier. We didn’t see much of the game at the time, though we were treated to some new in-game footage in October. …
Read More »Kickstarted System Shock remake back in development after short hiatus
Back in 2016, Nightdive Studios successfully took to Kickstarter to crowdfund a remake of System Shock, with the goal of bringing the classic up to today's graphical standards while maintaining beloved gameplay and story elements. Over time, the studio got more and more ambitious, which transformed the project into something …
Read More »A Way Out releases today, here are the PC system requirements
Last year at E3, A Way Out was one of the most exciting games shown, promising a story-driven co-op adventure as two players break out of prison and go on the run. Today, the game is officially launching for consoles and PC, so lets check out the system requirements. The …
Read More »The Oculus Go VR headset to finally launch in May
It has been almost six months since Facebook first announced the Oculus Go, the company's first standalone VR headset. At the time, it was announced that the headset would launch in 2018 with a $199 price tag. Now, we have a more specific launch date to look forward to, with …
Read More »Arkane’s Prey expansion teases continue, hinting at plot details and the reveal date
It looks like Arkane's Prey expansion is all but confirmed at this point, as the studio continues to tease us. This time around, Arkane Studios posted an image online showing off the Prey development team, in which one employee is holding up a calendar with the date ‘June 10th 2018' …
Read More »Bethesda is bringing Skyrim VR to PC next month
After spending several months as a PlayStation VR exclusive, Skyrim VR is finally heading to the PC and better yet, it will support all headsets, including the VIVE, the Rift and Windows 10 Mixed Reality HMDs. Bethesda made the announcement last night, just as Skyrim VR's listing on Steam went …
Read More »Asus and Acer’s pair of 4K/144Hz gaming monitors may finally arrive in Q3
Early last year, we saw both Asus and Acer announce 4K/144Hz gaming monitors with support for G-Sync and HDR. At the time, we were expecting both displays to launch at some point in 2017 but the months went by and news remained quiet. Now this week, a new report suggests …
Read More »Activision puts an end to the leaks by announcing Black Ops 4
After several weeks of rumours and leaks, Activision has officially announced Black Ops 4 as this year's Call of Duty game. The publisher has even given the game an earlier release date than usual, in an effort to get out before Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, which is expected to …
Read More »State of Decay 2 is launching quite soon and it won’t be a full priced game
It has been almost five years since State of Decay first popped on to the gaming scene and since then, fans have been waiting for the sequel. Last year during its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced State of Decay 2 would be coming in 2018 for both PC and Xbox …
Read More »H1Z1 has officially left Steam Early Access and added a new game mode
After a good long stint on Steam's Early Access program and plenty of changes over the course of development, H1Z1 has officially launched today. The game has hit version 1.0, bringing it out of Early Access, as part of today's big update, Daybreak has also launched a new game mode …
Read More »Samsung officially launches the Galaxy S9, confirms specs, pricing and release date
As promised last month, during the pre-MWC press day on Sunday, Samsung officially launched the Galaxy S9. As expected, the full reveal had little in the way of surprises as many of the details were leaked ahead of time. So what's new with the Galaxy S9? Samsung's 2018 flagship is …
Read More »Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown has launched on Steam Early Access
Crytek may have faced some financial troubles over the last few years, but it looks like the studio has managed to keep things together long enough to finally release a new game. This week, Hunt: Showdown launched on Steam Early Access, Crytek's first game in years, this time with a …
Read More »The Galaxy S9 gets European and US pricing ahead of official MWC reveal
Ever since CES, we've known that Samsung was planning to launch the Galaxy S9 in late February at MWC. Since then, we've had plenty of leaks, including images, specifications, a hands-on AMA and now, we even know how much the phone will cost here in Europe. We had previously heard …
Read More »Elite Dangerous: Beyond goes live next week
Last year, players of Elite Dangerous began noticing some odd encounters. A few players managed to come across huge Thargoid ships and soon after, the alien race began attacking spaceports in the game. This has all been building up to Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a multi-chapter series of updates that will …
Read More »The Asus HC102 Windows 10 Mixed Reality headset is officially here
During CES in January, we learned that Asus would be taking its first step into the virtual reality market with the launch of its first HMD. At the time, we heard that the first Windows 10 Mixed Reality headset would be available in Q1 and now it seems that time …
Read More »Burnout Paradise Remastered is real and is launching next month
It has been many years since Criterion moved on from the Burnout series. Since then, the franchise has been dormant, with the last entry coming in 2011 in the form of Burnout Crash. Now in 2018, Burnout is making a small comeback, with Burnout Paradise now being officially announced. We …
Read More »Stardew Valley will finally get its multiplayer beta this year
Fans of Stardew Valley have been waiting for the game's coveted multiplayer mode for quite some time now. The multiplayer update was pushed back last year, planting it in a ‘Q1 2018' release window. Now, we finally have an update on that front, with Stardew Valley creator, Eric Barone, announcing …
Read More »Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has a PC release date, new gameplay and beta details
Back in 2015, Games Workshop found a hit on its hands with the launch of Warhammer: Vermintide. The left 4 Dead style co-op title ended up selling very well and even eventually spread to consoles. A sequel has been in the works for some time now, helmed by developer ‘Fatshark'. …
Read More »Rust has left Early Access with a visual overhaul and a few other changes
This month, we saw Rust finally leave Steam Early Access after four years inside the program. Garry Newman announced that this would be happening a few weeks back and now that the big day has arrived, we get to look at the patch notes for Rust version 1.0, with the …
Read More »Rumors claim that Nvidia’s new ‘Ampere’ GeForce GPUs are just around the corner
At this point, Nvidia has surely reached the end of the Pascal life-cycle with no additional launches planned. While many of us were expecting Volta to feature in the next generation of GeForce graphics cards, a report back in November said otherwise, claiming that ‘Ampere' would be Nvidia's next generation …
Read More »Take-Two is confident that Red Dead Redemption 2 won’t be delayed again
Last week, we learned that Red Dead Redemption 2 would be getting a second delay, pushing the game back from ‘Spring 2018' to October 2018. Since then, Take-Two, Rockstar's publisher, has held its first earnings call of the year, with CEO Stauss Zelnick stating that he is “confident” that the …
Read More »The Sea of Thieves closed beta attracted over 330K players
Microsoft's first big exclusive game for 2018 is already off to a good start. The Sea of Thieves beta ended last week and while we don't know how popular the game will end up being when it launches in March, the closed beta caught plenty of attention. In total, 332,052 …
Read More »The Forest will leave Early Access in April
The Forest, one of the earliest Steam Early Access games to reach prominence, is finally getting its full release this year. After four years in open development on Steam, the team behind The Forest will be launching version 1.0 in April. In an announcement this week, studio Endlight Games announced …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 has been delayed again
It has been a good while since we last heard any new information on Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2. Back when the game was first announced, it was due out in ‘Fall 2017', it was later pushed to ‘Spring 2018', which would have meant a release in the first half …
Read More »Anthem might not release until 2019
At E3 last year, EA proudly brought Bioware out on stage to talk about the studio's brand new IP- Anthem. At the time, Anthem was shown with a good chunk of gameplay and announced with a Fall 2018 release date. However, it seems that the studio may be struggling to …
Read More »The Galaxy S9 will officially launch on the 25th of February
There has been plenty of Samsung Galaxy S9 news over the last couple of weeks. At CES two weeks ago, Samsung's head confirmed that the smartphone would be launching at MWC and since then, we've had a spec leak, and another leak detailing the release timetable. Now, Samsung has started …
Read More »Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will finally begin shipping in February
At last year's WWDC event, Apple officially announced the HomePod, otherwise known as the ‘Siri Speaker’ in rumors leading up to the announcement. The speaker is designed as a competitor to the Amazon Echo, which has been dominating Smart Home sales lately. Originally, the HomePod was supposed to hit shelves …
Read More »Age of Empires Definitive Edition has a new release date and a multiplayer beta date
Last year at Gamescom, Microsoft announced that it would be completely reviving Age of Empires, starting with ‘Definitive Editions' for the first three games, followed by Age of Empires IV. Initially this was set to kick off in October with the release of Age of Empires Definitive Edition. Unfortunately, the …
Read More »Overwatch will be getting a new map and new skins next week
Blizzard has announced the date for the next big Overwatch patch, bringing in a new map to the game and revamping the base, non-event loot boxes with new goodies. The Blizzard World map will be heading to Overwatch on the 23rd of January across all platforms, in addition to new …
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