Software & Gaming

It has been eight long years since Metroid Prime 4 was first announced. The game is finally coming out this year, but Nintendo has been quiet on the release timing for months. That finally changed during today's Nintendo Direct showcase, with a new trailer for the game dropping, alongside an …

With Metroid Prime 4 finally coming out, many Nintendo fans have been wondering what the company has in store for us in 2026. At the end of today's hour-long Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed exactly that, with a teaser for the next mainline Fire Emblem game.  Fire Emblem is Nintendo's long-running …

While VR headsets are quite common nowadays, back in the 90s, VR tech seemed like a distant idea. That didn't stop Nintendo from releasing the Virtual Boy in 1995. While the peripheral has largely been lost to time, Nintendo is reviving it soon, with the release of the new Virtual …

Dragon Quest 7 stands out as one of the most interesting games in the franchise, in large part due to its unique structure and worldbuilding. Next year, fans will be able to re-experience the game, with Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined now announced for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Dragon Quest …

Just as promised, Nintendo went live this afternoon with the longest Direct showcase ever. This time around, Nintendo opened up the show new announcements for the Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary, which kicks off tomorrow, September 13th.  The Mario 40th Anniversary segment began with announcements for the Nintendo Museum in …

This week’s free Epic Games Store titles feature 3 games in total, including the excellent first-person parkour slasher Ghostrunner 2.

Asus GPU Tweak III's Power Detector+ feature is being introduced to BTF motherboards, allowing users with such boards to be warned in case of any anomalies in the power distribution of the 12V-2×6 power connectors. Up to now, Power Detector+ has only been compatible with Asus high-end graphics cards. However, that's …

According to one insider, Resident Evil 2 and 3 Remakes are coming to Switch 2 and will include “feature parity” with the current-gen PlayStation and Xbox.

While we’ve yet to see any more footage from Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Naughty Dog have offered some details on the title’s development and gameplay.

As more critic reviews pile in, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now sitting at the top of 2025’s highest-rated games list alongside Clair Obscur and Split Fiction.

Sony has a new mobile app designed to help parents manage their children's gaming habits more easily. The new ‘PlayStation Family' app, available now for iOS and Android, acts as a dedicated remote-control centre for all the parental control features available on the PS4 and PS5, without needing to touch …

For years, there have been leaks surrounding multiplayer Far Cry spin-offs. So far, none have come to market, but Ubisoft did recently confirm that moving forward, the Far Cry IP will be moving in a multiplayer direction.  GameFile and VGC report that Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, recently spoke at a …

After several weeks of rumours, Nintendo officially confirmed plans for its next Direct showcase this week. Fans have plenty to be excited for too, as this is set to be the longest Nintendo Direct ever.  As announced yesterday, the next Nintendo Direct broadcast will take place tomorrow, September 12th, at …

Battlefield 6 is due out in less than a month, but EA is still hard at work testing big parts of the game. In a recent playtest, the game's custom Portal mode and server browser were put to the test. Now this month, EA is looking to put the finishing …

Years after it was first announced, we’ve gotten an update on the long-awaited Bioshock film adaptation coming from from Netflix.

Originally announced to be coming to the Switch 1, the co-op puzzler LEGO Voyagers is getting a surprise day-one Switch 2 release as well.

Labs testers will be able to check out BF6’s Battle Royale mode starting this week, with EA confirming map details; total players; objectives and more.

Sony has now announced its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium line-ups for September, including WWE 2K25, Crow Country, Green Hell and more.

In recent weeks, there have been rumours of a new Nintendo Direct showcase brewing. Today, Nintendo officially confirmed its plans, with the next Nintendo Direct now scheduled for the 12th of September. 

Following its console launch back in July, the tactical FPS Ready or Not has managed to sell over 3 million copies – pushing total sales past 13 million.

I first started using GeForce Now back when it first became available for Nvidia Shield tablets over a decade ago. Back then, we were limited to 30FPS gameplay, with choppy controls and low resolutions. Since then, the service has come a very long way, offering RTX powered servers to bring features like ray-tracing and DLSS directly to you, no matter what device you are using. I've had early access to the new RTX 5080-powered servers for about a week now, so let's jump back in and see if cloud gaming has reached a point where it could comfortably replace a traditional gaming PC. 

With Marvel’s Wolverine rumoured to be at the next State of Play, insiders have claimed that impressions for the upcoming Insomniac title have been “fantastic.”

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in the US, the top 20 best-selling PlayStation games of all time have now been revealed.

Following its successful launch in 2024, the indie hit Pacific Drive is set to receive an expansion later this year: 'Whispers in the Woods'.

Celebrating 20 million players and the franchise's 14th birthday, Dambuster Studios have teased that another Dead Island game is in the works.

Microsoft’s semi-regular ID@Xbox game fest has once again gone live – letting you check our dozens of new and upcoming indie demos.

Prior to Nintendo's official announcement of the Switch 2 console, a company known as Genki caused quite a stir when it showed up to CES armed with dummy units of the console, dummy units that ended up being very accurate to the final product. As a result, Nintendo filed a …

AMD's latest Radeon graphics drivers have arrived. The latest update brings optimisations for the upcoming release of Borderlands 4, as well as optimisations for Hell is Us, which launched recently. This driver also brings the total number of FSR 4 supported games up to 85. AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.9.1 …

Two former Xbox executives have revealed their thoughts on Game Pass this week. While Game Pass has been a successful service for ensuring a broad number of games find an audience, there are an increasing number of people sounding warning alarms over the impact on overall sales.  As spotted by …

Back in December 2022, just weeks after the release of God of War Ragnarök for PS5, Amazon announced that it had signed a deal to produce a God of War TV series for the Prime Video service. Now several years on, production is finally set to begin.