Software & Gaming

Obsidian has been making headlines quite a bit over the last year. Not only are we all very excited for The Outer Worlds to launch in October, but we're also looking forward to seeing what the famed RPG studio will do next under Microsoft's ownership. Obsidian has already begun staffing …

John Wick Hex is a strategy game based on the fast-paced film franchise starring Keanu Reeves. The game is due to be released on the Epic Games store on the 8th October and features A-list video game voice actor Troy Baker. Keanu Reeves won’t be featuring in the game. However, Ian …

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is Ubisoft’s upcoming co-operative shooter and sequel to the popular Ghost Recon Wildlands. The second Breakpoint beta offers an early hands-on experience of the game and is due to start this coming week, spread over four days. The beta will start on the 26th of September and continue until …

Popular free-to-play tank sim, World of Tanks, is to receive an update which will let anyone with a DirectX 11 graphics card enable ray tracing within the game – so you don't need an RTX 20-series GPU. At World of Tanks' annual ‘Wargaming Fest: Tanker Day' event, it was announced …

Adverts on websites – a lot of people love to block them. Just be careful of how you do that as it would appear that some adblockers are putting cookies into the web browser of millions of users so they can gather ‘affiliate income' from referral schemes. This is one …

Earlier this week the Rockstar Games Launcher appeared on Steam, and with it came an issue which meant players were unable play Grand Theft Auto V in offline mode. Rockstar were quick to announce that it was a bug causing this and not any changes they had made to the …

It has been a long time since Sony or Naughty Dog has said anything official about The Last of Us Part II. This week, that silence was broken, with the game confirmed to be appearing as part of Sony's ‘State of Play' announcement live stream on the 24th of September. …

Back in July, following the success of Valve's open approach to Dota Underworlds development, the Steam team also began trialling a similar early access system. Now, Steam Labs is live and gives Steam users the chance to try out experimental new features and provide feedback before these experiments are rotated …

Divinity Original Sin 2 is one of the best RPGs of the generation, with Larian taking what was learned from the first game and improving in almost all areas. Recently, the game made its way over to the Nintendo Switch, granting the ability to take the game with you on …

Yesterday, we learned that a French judge had ruled that Valve is not allowed to prohibit users from re-selling their digital games, ordering that the clause be removed from the Steam policy and terms of service. Valve hadn't responded at the time, but the company has since confirmed its intent …

Modern Warfare returns this year for the Call of Duty franchise, bringing back classic multiplayer modes and a single-player campaign. The beta has already been live on the PS4 for a few days now but this weekend, the open beta also kicks off for PC and Xbox One players- we …

Sharkoon has been working its way into the gaming chair market for a while now, with several models hitting different price points. This week, Sharkoon is launching two new chairs, the ELBRUS 1 and ELBRUS 2, delivering more affordable options for PC gaming enthusiasts. The ELBRUS 1 is upholstered with …

A French Court has ruled that Valve must not prohibit Steam customers from re-selling digital games, but is a pre-owned market for digital games feasible in today's industry? What would this mean for other digital platforms and digital entertainment mediums?

While there were some issues getting all major platform holders to open up to the idea of cross-platform multiplayer, we have now reached a point where everyone is on board. As a result, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will officially be making the jump, opening up multiplayer matchmaking to include …

Earlier this year, Valve officially launched its own VR headset and hand-tracking controllers. When the headset was initially being shown off to press, Valve did reveal that it would have a ‘flagship’ VR game in 2019 but didn’t offer further details. We are now nearing the final months of the …

BioWare kicked off 2019 with the launch of Anthem, a brand new IP with a promising premise and fun looking gameplay. Unfortunately, Anthem did not live up to expectations and was deemed inferior not only to previous BioWare games, but to other looter-shooter multiplayer games in a number of ways. …

Over the years, we have seen a number of publishers/developers break away from Steam in order to set up their own game launchers and sell games directly to customers. In the case of EA, all games are only available through Origin on PC, while others like Ubisoft and Bethesda are …

For years, we have been hearing that a group at Valve has been working on revamping the Steam interface. Last year, some progress was finally made with an all new chat system. Now this week, the beta version of the new Steam Library page has begun rolling out. The Steam …

Over the course of this year, we've seen many major games announced with ray-tracing support, with this year’s Call of Duty set to be the biggest. The game is currently undergoing beta testing ahead of its October release date, but if you are planning an upgrade to an Nvidia RTX …

Dragon Quest is one of the most influential JRPG franchises of all time, paving the way and serving as inspiration for many Japanese RPGs for years to come. Now, we’ll have an opportunity to go back to where it all started, as the first three Dragon Quest games are being …

Personal cyber security is more important now than ever. A lot of people will use a password manager in order to make this process easier and maintain strong, unique passwords across different sites. Unfortunately, putting all of that information in one place can also have its downsides. This month, LastPass …

After plenty of build-up from last year’s E3 announcement, Microsoft officially launched Gears 5 last week across Xbox One, PC and Game Pass. The game had far fewer physical retail sales compared to Gears 4, but it would seem that Game Pass and digital sales have more than made up …

As exciting as the 2015 announcement of Final Fantasy VII Remake was, some concerns have popped up over the years. We know that Square Enix is looking to drastically shake things up from the original game, leading to a new multi-part release plan and some gameplay changes. Some fans of …

It wasn’t too long ago when Discord was planning to transition from the world’s most popular gaming chat app into a fully-fledged game launcher and store. Unfortunately, those efforts didn’t end up paying off, with the Discord Games Store closing down earlier this year. Now, those who subscribe to Discord …

The ongoing loot box debate continued late last week when the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee announced that it would be recommending that video game loot boxes be regulated under gambling laws. As you might imagine, the Entertainment Software Association isn’t too happy about this. The committee, which …

Borderlands 3 launched just last Friday and despite some shady pre-release tactics and performance issues across platforms, the game is doing very well. As you might imagine, Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, has already been talking up the game’s early success online. We weren’t entirely sure how well Borderlands 3 would …

Last week at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom officially announced Project Resistance. It didn’t end up being a new Outbreak game like many of us thought. Instead, this is a 4v1 game in a similar vein to Dead by Daylight. Some fans were disappointed in the announcement and would prefer …

Just over six months on from launch, Bioware's troubled ‘live service' shooter, Anthem, is joining EA Access and Origin Access Basic. Previously, Anthem could be played on PC via EA's more expensive Origin Access Premier subscription but with the move down to the cheaper plan, the game should be more …

Borderlands 3 is officially launching today across PC, Xbox One and PS4. We've already heard that there were some potentially shady stuff has been going on with the reviews process for the game and now, we can start to make some guesses as to why. Those who have already got …

It's a new 4K60 capture card from Elgato, Andy puts it to the test