Software & Gaming

Microsoft has released the first public preview build of the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), expanding its availability beyond handheld devices. The feature, previously limited to sub-10-inch displays like the ROG Xbox Ally X, is now officially accessible for testing on traditional desktops, laptops, and tablets via the Xbox Insider …

Google and Nvidia have teamed up to introduce the GeForce Now Fast Pass, a new cloud gaming subscription tier built exclusively for Chromebook owners. The service offers access to over 2,000 “Ready-to-Play” titles from users' existing game libraries (Steam, Epic, Xbox, etc.), and every new Chromebook purchase now includes a …

The slow performance of the Windows 11 File Explorer has been a complaint since the operating system's debut. Microsoft has finally addressed this fundamental shortcoming, though the solution is less an architectural fix and more a clever workaround. Microsoft (via Windows Central) has officially acknowledged the performance problems and is …

Last month, IO Interactive made headlines with its latest HITMAN elusive target mission, bringing legendary martial artist Bruce Lee into the game. Now, IO Interactive has a new target for Agents to take out, the one and only Slim Shady. Eminem vs Slim Shady is the latest elusive target contract …

While Valve has still not announced exact prices for its upcoming hardware launches, members of the hardware team have been dropping some hints. After confirming that the Steam Machine will not be priced ‘like a console', two Valve workers have now added that PC gamers should expect pricing in line …

Treyarch have officially confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 1 will launch in just over a week on the 4th of December.

Ubisoft’s long-rumoured Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake could be arriving in just a few months’ time in March of 2026.

Street Fighter 6 has now officially sold over 6 million copies since its launch in 2023, closing in on SFV’s 7.9 million.

If Bethesda is known for one thing, it’s featuring a ton of bugs in its games. Luckily, dedicated modders have for years kept the likes of Fallout 4 stable with countless mods, bug fixes and other optimisations – a majority of which were recently broken thanks to Fallout 4’s controversial Anniversary update. Just a few weeks later and a double-edged sword of an announcement has been made, with Fallout 4 set to receive yet another update which many fans have not been asking for.

Krafton and PUBG Studios have officially revealed PUBG: Black Budget, a new tactical extraction shooter that is moving the franchise beyond the classic battle royale format. The game will be a PvPvE extraction shooter built around tension, survival, and a unique supernatural premise. Players will take on the role of …

Sony has been selling its games on PC for a few years now and at this point, many are expecting more and more PlayStation-published titles to release day-one on PC alongside consoles. How much money has Sony made by opening up its games to the PC market? Well according to new analysis, the number should be over $1.5 billion. 

Despite debuting with a $499 price tag in 2020, an Xbox Series X now costs as much as $650 when bought new at retail thanks to multiple price hikes. It turns out, there could be another major price increase coming, as Microsoft didn't plan ahead for the current RAM shortage.  …

Just ahead of this weekend, a rumour began doing the rounds claiming that Naughty Dog's next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, would release in 2026. As is often the case, a quote was taken out of context, causing many insiders to jump in and state that the game definitely won't …

Dispatch consistently garnered more and more hype as each episode dropped over the past few weeks. Now with all eight episodes out, the game has hit a new sales milestone, achieving over two million players.  The milestone, shared on BlueSky, is particularly notable given the developer's pedigree. AdHoc Studio was …

Poncle, the developer behind the breakout hit Vampire Survivors, has unveiled a spin-off game called Vampire Crawlers. The announcement, teased with a satirical trailer promising high-fidelity graphics before revealing more 2D pixel art, shows the studio is applying its unique chaos engine to an entirely new genre. Set for a …

Almost a year on from its initial announcement, game gifting to friends has finally gone live on the Epic Games Store for PC.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 continues to slowly but surely reach a wider audience, with the sequel having now exceeded 4 million copies sold.

A decade on from its initial release, Tales of Berseria Remastered has now been announced for the PS5, PC – and for the first time – Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

Following a mixed bag of a launch, Gearbox have revealed that they are giving away Borderlands 4’s first paid Bounty Pack DLC to all players for free.

Despite being powerful enough to run many current-generation games, Nintendo opted to keep the internal storage for the Switch 2 relatively small to keep costs down. The console ships with just 256GB of storage, which is already presenting an issue, as big games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade will …

In a surprising move, former rivals Unity and Epic Games have announced a major collaboration that will expand opportunities for game developers across both ecosystems. The partnership, revealed today at Unity's annual developer conference, signals a significant step towards a more open platform philosophy. The core of the collaboration is …

We may need to brace ourselves for an unexpectedly high price for Valve's upcoming Steam Machine. While the system is marketed as a PC-based console alternative, Valve has said that it intends to price it "like a PC" rather than a console. 

Avalanche Studios has officially shut down its UK office in Liverpool. The news follows on from the cancellation of a publishing agreement between Avalanche and Xbox Game Studios for the long in-development game, Contraband.  Shortly after the cancellation of the publishing deal, Avalanche Studios said that it was pausing development …

GeForce Now has nine more games joining the cloud gaming library this week. Following on from last week's addition of Black Ops 7, there are actually seven more day-one games dropping on the service.  One of the big highlights for this week is Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, a follow …

Mafia: The Old Country’s long-promised Free Ride Update is finally here, adding first-person driving, new challenges and a ton more.

Following the disappointment that was Battlefield 2042, EA / DICE came back bigger and stronger than ever with the recent release of Battlefield 6. While the game is already a certified success, EA themselves have now claimed Battlefield 6 to be “the best selling shooter game of the year.”

Following in the footsteps of PUBG and Genshin Impact, Embark Studios will no longer support the last-gen version of The Finals come March of next year.

Ghost of Yotei is getting its first big post-launch patch, with next week’s update adding a NewGame+ mode, additional cosmetics, charms and much more.

AMD's GM and SVP, Jack Huynh, has posted a video teaser confirming the imminent release of the company's newest iteration of FSR, dubbed Redstone. The Redstone update represents the most significant architectural shift in FSR history, fully leaning into machine learning and AI acceleration.

ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSoft, has announced Guild Wars Reforged, an update and modernisation of the classic 2005 MMORPG. The update will be free for all existing owners and will launch on December 3rd for Steam and Windows PC. The project is a co-development venture between ArenaNet and the small …