Software & Gaming

We're just two days away from the long-awaited return of Age of Empires. Age of Empires 4 releases this Thursday straight to PC via Steam, the Windows Store and Xbox Game Pass, and as you might expect from the return of a classic RTS franchise, the PC system requirements set …

The Horizon franchise has quickly climbed the ranks, becoming one of PlayStation’s biggest franchises. It seems the console manufacturer wants to capitalise on this, as it appears that a number of externally-developed Horizon games are in the works. Guerilla Games – the studio behind Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West …

Microsoft has been slowly phasing out the Xbox 360 and closing down online services. Now with the Xbox Series X/S in the wild, and the older Halo games being replaced by the Master Chief Collection, it is time to take the Xbox 360 Halo titles offline, a process that will …

We're heading towards the last few months of the year, which means there are still a few seasonal Steam sales left on the calendar. Following on from leaks earlier this year, Valve has now publicly confirmed the dates for the Steam Autumn Sale and the Steam Winter Sale.  The final …

Last week, Sony officially announced that God of War (2018) is coming to PC and better yet, the game will be releasing in January 2022, giving us a very short wait between announcement and release. While other PlayStation exclusives have had their PC versions developed in-house by first-party teams, God …

There have been several attempts to capture the magic of Super Smash Bros. and apply that formula to other franchises. Soon, it looks like WB Games will be making its own attempt at a Smash Bros. style fighting game with crossovers with Warner Bros' IP.  The game first appeared in …

There have been a number of leaks regarding third-party partnerships at Xbox recently. Not only is Microsoft teaming up with a studio on the first ‘cloud-native' MMO, and looking to sign a deal with Kojima Productions for another game, but the Xbox team is also seemingly working on an action-RPG …

Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus home Interactive) has spent the past few years solidifying itself as the go-to publisher for AA games with surprisingly high production values. One of the publisher’s biggest partners is development studio Saber Interactive. The publisher has now confirmed that they have renewed their partnership with Saber …

When Sony first announced the PS5 and its tech specs, one of the console’s biggest selling points was that of the SSD, which alongside allowing for virtually no loading times, also benefited from its Kraken compression technology. This seems to have paid off, as on PS5, Guardians of the Galaxy …

Sony’s PS5 reveal event saw the announcement of many new potential IPs. One of the most interesting and visually impressive was Kena: Bridge of Spirits from Ember Lab – the debut title from the animation studio. Kena has officially been confirmed as a success, with Ember Lab now becoming a …

Recently we reported that the leading PS3 emulator – RPCS3 – reached a major milestone when they announced that every single PS3 game is now bootable on the software. The team seemingly have no intentions of slowing down, as the latest update just days later now allows for PlayStation Eye …

It has been well over a year since Microsoft last showed off Halo Infinite's campaign mode. So far in 2021, the Xbox team has exclusively focused on Halo Infinite Multiplayer, side-lining the campaign mode for major events throughout the year. That's finally changing today, with a fresh look at Infinite's …

Last month, Sony held a huge, 40-minute long State of Play stream, with a focus on upcoming first-party PlayStation exclusives. Next week, State of Play will return, this time with a 20-minute show focusing on third-party PS4 and PS5 titles.  The upcoming State of Play will be held on Wednesday, …

CD Projekt just acquired the developer behind the Flame in the Flood, The Molasses Flood. Now under the CD Projekt Group, The Molasses Flood will begin working on a new “ambitious project” based on a CD Projekt franchise – so either Cyberpunk or The Witcher.  The Molasses Flood was created …

The fact that Microsoft is beginning to fund and develop ‘cloud-native' games is an open secret at this point. Not only is the Xbox team targeting Kojima Productions to work on a cloud-based game, but the company has also reportedly teamed up with a new studio, Mainframe, specifically to produce …

Today, Rockstar announced that its upcoming GTA remastered trilogy will be releasing in November, showing off the graphical enhancements in action for the first time with a short teaser trailer. As it turns out, each game in the trilogy will also be available standalone, and two of those standalone titles …

On a monthly basis, Microsoft updates the Xbox Series X|S software with new features, improvements and optimisations. Following an early inclusion as part of the Microsoft Xbox Insider Program, Series X console owners were able to quadruple the resolution of the dashboard from 1080p to 4K. Now, this update is …

It has been a few weeks since Rockstar officially announced Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition. Today, the studio spoke out once again, announcing digital and physical release dates for this remastered collection, while also confirming PC system requirements and pre-order pricing. The GTA trilogy already stirred some …

If there was any doubt in what PlayStation’s plans were, they have all been made crystal clear with the announcement that 2018’s God of War is coming to PC. As Kratos himself said: "Now you are ready for a new beginning..."

While id Software may have wrapped up work on Doom Eternal's campaign some time ago, the team has still been working on overhauling the game's multiplayer. Later this month, Doom Eternal will finally get a horde mode, as well as a revamped ‘Battlemode' for multiplayer.  The new horde mode entered …

Among Us took the world by storm during 2020, with the social deduction game surpassing half a billion players during that year. Despite this popularity, the game has yet to make its way onto the PlayStation and Xbox systems. This will soon change as Among Us comes to both consoles …

One of the most impressive aspects of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X are their SSDs which allow for extremely fast loading speeds, and bigger and more seamless open worlds – to name a few. This does not come cheap however – especially for the Xbox consoles. It has …

Stardew Valley proved to be a massive success, far exceeding the expectations of the game’s single developer, ConcernedApe. With more than 15 million copies sold over the course of 5 years, many fans were waiting to see what the creator had planned next. Now, he has officially announced a brand …

RPCS3 is one of the most impressive video game console emulators. Taking the complicated CELL architecture of the PlayStation 3 and making its games work on PC is no small task. The team has worked hard for years to bring the console’s library to the PC platform, and now a …

God of War’s 2018 soft reboot was created to inject new life into a classic PlayStation franchise which had started to feel stale. Evidently, it did just that, as the game went on to become a massive success, winning Game of the Year, selling millions of copies and putting Kratos …

The Uncharted film has had an extremely troubled development. Announced all the way back in 2008, the film underwent half a dozen director turnovers, complete rewrites and more. Now, we are finally set to see the fruits of all this labour when the Uncharted film releases on the 18th of …

Sony recently announced the latest PlayStation exclusive making its way to PC: God of War. While a technical showpiece on PS4, the game is being pushed much further with this PC release, and the console manufacturer has now announced many of the improvements that PC players can look forward to. …

While Nintendo’s first party games are usually very polished at release, occasionally bugs do pop up. This has been the case with Metroid Dread, as players discovered a late-game crashing error. Nintendo was quick to acknowledge the bug and provide a temporary workaround, but now the problem has been patched …

GeForce Now is about to get its biggest upgrade to date, bringing the power of the RTX 3080 graphics card to the cloud gaming platform. A new subscription tier is also being introduced alongside this hardware upgrade. 

Microsoft Flight Simulator impressed many when it launched last year for PCs and earlier this year for the Xbox Series X|S. The game has seen many major updates over the past year, however on the 18th of November, the game is set to get its biggest upgrade yet. Making the …