Software & Gaming

Not sure whether to use Vulkan or DX12 for RDR2? We investigate which API performs best...

Just the other week, Razer announced the Viper Ultimate wireless version and now the company has added another of its popular mice to its wireless range. The Basilisk Ultimate and Basilisk X HyperSpeed are the latest Razer mice to receive the wireless upgrade. Razer has introduced two new versions to …

While the gaming industry has taken strides over the years to diversify the characters and stories we see, it still lags behind the other two major media industries: films and TV shows. Brass Lion Entertainment has been created by a group of industry veterans to help tackle that exact issue. …

Last week, Halo: Reach went live on PC for one full week, giving beta testers a chance to check out every major game mode and give the online multiplayer servers a good push. A lot of feedback was offered over the course of the week, so instead of ending the …

Earlier today, Nintendo hosted a 49 minute stream focusing on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 6.0 update. The update video brought with it an abundance of new announcements, including the release date for the newest DLC fighter, Terry Bogard, a look at the new stage inspired by The King of Fighters, …

Microsoft have been on an acquisition spree in the last year, preparing itself for next gen. Eagle-eyed people on ResetEra are now speculating that Microsoft might be acquiring Playtonic Games, the studio consisting of ex-Rare devs, who worked on Yooka-Laylee. With the recent resurgence of Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. …

The Epic Games Store is often in the news, primarily due to various store-exclusive deals for big games. This time around, EGS is making headlines for two reasons, the first is criticism over a perceived flaw with the launcher, allowing users to play games they don't own. The other is …

Valve has been working on in-home game streaming for years now, allowing you to stream your Steam games from a gaming PC, to any other compatible device in the house. There is even an option to stream to devices not on the same network, turning your PC into a personal …

Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally made its way to PC this week and while it is visually impressive, a lot of early players have run into bugs and issues at launch...

Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …

As this generation of consoles start to wind down, we’re beginning to see developers transition towards working on games for the next generation of consoles. It appears that Square Enix’s First Development Division, whom are responsible for the Final Fantasy VII Remake, as well as Kingdom Hearts III, are looking …

PlayStation gave the PlayStation Now Streaming service a soft relaunch last month, where it cut the price of the service significantly as well as introduced blockbuster titles such as God of War (2018) and GTA V on a monthly basis. The list of high quality titles continues with November’s lineup: …

It's always been well documented that Hideo Kojima likes films. From his Twitter bio saying “Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies” to his inclusion of TV and film actors into his games, and even to the extreme lengths of some of the cutscenes in his games, …

While there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Horizon Zero Dawn would be getting a sequel (even the game itself teased that there was more to the story), it has seemingly now been confirmed through a job listing that the next project coming from Guerrilla Games will be set …

Rockstar continues to impress with its latest PC release. Here, we dive into Red Dead Redemption 2's vast array of graphics options.

No More Heroes 3 has been long anticipated by its fans. The game was officially announced back in June at E3, but people have been waiting years for news of a numbered sequel. Speaking at a developers’ conference, Suda51 was interviewed by Wccftech, and unveiled new details not only on …

Dataminers have been digging in Modern Warfare's files and uncovered 38 new maps, 23 new game modes and a lot of cosmetics...

Blizzcon came and went over the weekend with three major announcements- Diablo IV, Overwatch 2 and a new WoW expansion. Of course, most details around Overwatch 2 leaked in the week or so prior to the event, so the big reveal wasn’t a huge surprise. Since then, Overwatch director, Jeff …

Nvidia began rolling out its GeForce driver update for Red Dead Redemption 2’s launch this week and AMD has its own prepared too. The latest version of the Radeon Software driver adds day-one optimisations for Rockstar’s cowboy adventure, while also fixing some issues with The Outer Worlds, OBS encoding, Vulkan …

Just last week, the full trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher TV series landed with an accompanying release date. The first season set to debut on the 20th of December but of course, a story as large as the one found in The Witcher novels can’t be told in a single …

Announced at last year’s Adobe Max conference, Photoshop for iPad was intended to bring desktop-class photo editing to Apple’s tablet. After a year of waiting, version 1.0 is finally here, but first impressions aren’t looking very positive. Adobe says “[t]his is just the beginning of our journey.” The iPad is …

The most memorable moment from E3 2019 was undoubtedly Keanu Reeves’ surprise appearance as Johnny Silverhand in the upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves was always confirmed to be playing a pivotal role in the story, guiding the main character ‘V’ throughout the game. It appears that Keanu Reeves enjoyed playing the …

Just one month ago, Rockstar finally broke its silence and officially announced Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, with the game coming to the Rockstar Launcher, Epic Games Store and eventually, Steam. The game is launching tomorrow and as usual, Nvidia already has a Game Ready driver rolling out in …

While EA hasn't really managed to impress fans with its use of the Star Wars license so far, the publisher might make up for that relatively soon thanks to Respawn's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game is coming to PC soon as part of Origin Access Premier and for …

It looks like Luigi might finally be stepping out from under the shadow of his older brother. Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become Nintendo’s fastest selling game of the year in the UK physical charts, outperforming The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and even Super Mario Maker 2. The action-adventure ‘horror’ …

Last month's Humble Monthly bundle was a big one, with subscribers getting Call of Duty: WWII, Spyro Reignited Trilogy and the Crash Brandicoot N.Sane trilogy amongst a few smaller hidden gems. This month's Humble Monthly bundle is looking like a good follow-up so far, with the first three early unlock …

While the game is unlikely to release until 2022, we could hear more info next month

The Aorus Gaming Box from Gigabyte will be getting a big boost in performance since the company announced it is launching a new version with Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti graphics. The Aorus Gaming Box offers users an ultra-quiet, external graphics solution. Gigabyte has unveiled the world’s first water-cooled external graphics. …

The second match of the League of Legends Worlds 2019 semifinals was so impressive that it broke two records: the most-viewed match and the most hours watched across an esports event. The number of unique viewers was close to 4M and the number of hours watched was over 125M. These …

At Blizzcon 2019, Blizzard announced the latest entry to the Diablo franchise, Diablo IV. During the conference, on a panel after the announcement of the game, Blizzard announced that Diablo IV won't be playable offline across all versions of the game.  At a panel after the official Diablo IV announcement …