Software & Gaming

Back in April 2021, Wolfire Games filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve, claiming that the company abuses its dominance of the PC gaming market and has formed a monopoly with Steam. Valve had initially managed to get the lawsuit dismissed late last year, but after reviewing Wolfire's appeal, a judge …

Last week, Nvidia announced 4K streaming over GeForce Now for PC and Mac, as well as 120Hz streaming for Android devices. Aside from that, we learned that 27 games will be coming to GeForce Now this month, with eight of them arriving today.  With the new games arriving today, GeForce …

We've known for a while now that Activision is developing a new Call of Duty Battle Royale game for mobile in order to better compete with other popular mobile shooters, like Fortnite, PUBG and soon, Apex Legends. Now, the game has a title of sorts – Project Aurora, and the …

Bethesda Game Studios' highly anticipated RPG, and first new IP in decades, Starfield, is no longer releasing in 2022. This afternoon, Bethesda announced that the game has now been pushed to 2023, and Redfall from Arkane Studios has also been pushed out of 2022. 

EA has been making plenty of headlines this week after officially breaking off its partnership with FIFA and then revealing its upcoming games release schedule during an earnings call. One of the games coming this year is a new Need for Speed game, and it seems that Codemasters will be …

With the Radeon RX 6×50 XT series launch, AMD has also released its latest Preview Driver, bringing new optimisations and features, including performance improvements for games using the DX11 API. So far, the improvement seems promising, with some significant performance gains in certain titles.  Although DX12 is slowly becoming the …

EA doesn't have much going on outside of sports titles in the latter half of this year, but early 2023 is looking very crowded. During its recent earnings report, EA revealed plans to release five games between January and March 2023, including a remake and a ‘major IP'.  In the …

At this point, the Nintendo Switch will go down in history as one of the most popular consoles ever made, having recently surpassed the Wii in total sales. Due to the console's success, Nintendo has extended the Switch's lifecycle, and now, ensuring a smooth transition over to the next home …

Sony executives have always shared their doubts around the subscription gaming model and Microsoft's approach to Xbox Game Pass. However, with the recent PlayStation Plus revamp, there have been some calls for Sony to include first-party titles in one of its subscription tiers. As you might expect, that won't be …

BioWare confirmed some time ago that it has begun working on the next Mass Effect game. Many of us have been wondering if BioWare will return to Andromeda, or go back and pick the story up again after the events of Mass Effect 3. As it turns out, we may …

Yesterday as promised, WB showcased new Gotham Knights gameplay, giving us our first look at Red Hood and Nightwing in action. The stream also brought along a few important updates about the game – it is no longer coming to PS4 or Xbox One, and co-op is not being upgraded …

Over the weekend, the Xbox Live network saw repeated outages, leading to outcry from players across all supported platforms over DRM policies. Due to the outage, a lot of players were unable to access their digital games, including offline, single-player titles. Now, we have some clarification over how Xbox DRM …

During GDC, AMD announced FSR 2.0, promising significant upgrades in the upscaling technology. Now, we are just one day away from FSR 2.0 becoming available to gamers for the first time...

Just over one year ago we reported that Call of Duty Mobile had reached a major milestone, surpassing half a billion downloads since its launch in late 2019. Over the course of the past year, the free-to-play game has continued to balloon in popularity, now surpassing 650 million downloads. In …

2021’s Resident Evil Village was intended to release alongside a standalone multiplayer game known as Resident Evil Re:Verse. After a less-than-stellar beta period, the game was delayed to 2022. Now, almost 1 year later, Resident Evil Re:Verse may finally be releasing soon as the game has been re-rated in Europe. …

2017’s The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild certainly rejuvenated a franchise which was beginning to feel somewhat stale at the time. This new and ambitious title paired with a brand new system made for the best selling Zelda game at the time. Now, it has outsold all other …

The recent release and success of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga helped to elevate our thoughts when it comes to what exactly a licensed LEGO video game is – for the better. Despite all this success, the team behind this most recent LEGO game, TT Games, appears to be …

The Pokémon franchise is the biggest media property of all time, bringing in a total of more than $110 Billion since its inception in 1996. Nintendo has now released their latest Quarterly Fiscal figures, revealing that the Pokémon franchise is doing better than ever. Nintendo recently released their latest figures …

Back in March we reported that the relationship between game publisher EA and the FIFA corporation had been deteriorating, with reports late last year suggesting that EA may in fact lose the FIFA license due to the two parties being unable to settle a monetary dispute regarding licensing fees. EA …

Nintendo was the first gaming company to popularise digital game showcases years before the global pandemic forced others to follow suit. One of the console manufacturer’s primary showcases is the Indie World Showcase – the newest entry of which will go live tomorrow. Making the announcement on Twitter, the official …

As fans eagerly await the release of ConcernedApe’s new game – Haunted Chocolatier – many are continuing to purchase and play the indie studio’s previous title: Stardew Valley. Having released back in 2016, the farming game has only continued to get better and better, with this reflecting the game’s commercial …

While addons and UI mods are generally accepted in other MMOs like World of Warcraft or The Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV has always taken a strong stance against modding the game. Still, there are some raiding groups that still use them in an effort to be amongst the …

Star Citizen has been in development for a long time. In fact, when the first playable versions were being made, the GTX 600/700 series of graphics cards were new and Windows 7 was still widely used. PC hardware and software has progressed a ton since then, and with that in …

Unreal Engine 5 has officially released for all developers and there are already a number of exciting AAA titles under development using the new tool set. It'll be a while before we see the first Unreal Engine 5 games in action, but indie developers are already putting together impressive demos …

WB's co-op spin on the Arkham formula is on the way this year, with Gotham Knights set to release in October. Up to this point, the developers have only confirmed 2-player co-op gameplay, but it seems that the developers may have increased this to up to 4-player co-op. On top …

Back in the day, EA made some of the best games based on The Lord of the Rings franchise. The publisher hasn't held the license for quite some time, but that changed this week, with EA announcing a new agreement with Middle-Earth Enterprises.  EA is making Lord of the Rings …

Late last year, it was confirmed that Daybreak Games has begun working on a new Marvel MMO as one of several new projects currently in development. Now, the first concept art for the game has leaked, giving us a glimpse at some of the characters we can expect to appear.  …

Hardcore EVE Online players have long used spreadsheets to calculate profits and battle damage. Up to now, they have had to fill these manually. However, thanks to an unexpected partnership between Microsoft and the game's developer, players will soon be able to export their game data directly into Excel spreadsheets. …

Media Molecule’s Dreams is one of the most interesting games currently, offering a unique way to both develop and play games, films, shows, music and all other forms of media. The team at Media Molecule have been consistently updating the game, with this latest patch bringing a whole host of …

The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s most prestigious franchises. Though the release of 2017’s Breath of the Wild somewhat reinvented the franchise, older entries in the series are still loved by millions. After more than 5 years on the market, the Switch may finally be getting The Legend …