Software & Gaming

As we continue to push into an age plagued with controversial loot boxes and DLC, Rage 2 promises to shine as a beacon to those that miss earning bonuses in the game rather than opening their wallet. To that end, players will be able to purchase old-school-style cheats with the …

For years, professional players across many different games have utilised abstract aspect ratios to stretch the resolution, claiming that it helps them to perform despite the obvious trade-offs. Epic Games sees this as an advantage that unbalances competitive play and has decided to make alterations to the aspect ratio within …

Way back in 2017, we first began hearing about BioWare's plans for the next Dragon Age game. In fact, the company had plans set and had begun hiring up for full production, with series veteran, Mike Laidlaw, set to lead the way. What we didn't know at the time was …

Over the last few months, we have seen more and more games jump from Steam over to the Epic Games Store with timed-exclusivity attached. This tends to cause quite a bit of controversy, especially if a Steam version of a game has already been announced. At GDC this year, Epic …

Despite the fair annual price of Nintendo’s Switch Online service, the company has repeatedly been criticised for omitting integrated voice chat in favour of a smartphone application. Vivox is looking to end this by handing developers the tools to implement voice chat in the summer, while Performance Designed Products (PDP) …

Last week, Gearbox Studios announced that not only would Borderlands 1, 2 and the Pre-Sequel be getting upgrades this year, but Borderlands 3 is also on the way. A leak earlier this week revealed that the game would be launching in September and that it would be an Epic Games …

Over the last eight years, BioWare has released three games- Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem. Each launch has been followed by stories from developers talking about how difficult the development process was, in large part due to changing over to the Frostbite engine. On paper, having all …

The State Administration of Press and Publications (SAPP) has continued its efforts to clear the backlog of video game approvals since China began handing out licences again last December, with its latest batch approving 97 new games. 30 of those titles were foreign IPs for the first time since the …

Lately, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming to PC and while we don't have any firm release dates yet, we do know that beta tests are planned. Last month, we were told that the first test would happen ‘sooner than we expect' …

In an effort to bolster viewer/streamer interaction, Streamlabs has partnered with Twitch to debut its brand new Face Masks extension. The simple-to-use plugin makes use of augmented reality, allowing viewers to apply animated 3D masks onto the content creator’s face in real-time as a part of their channel subscription or …

Since it was established in 2010, Humble Bundle has made a name for itself with its unique ability to give back to both the developer and various charities worldwide when purchasing games. After nine successful years, founders Jeffrey Rosen and John Graham will be parting ways with the company, making …

Over the last couple of years, Google has been pushing its Android partners to do a better job of keeping on top of security updates. As one of the largest Android phone makers around, Samsung has been one of the focus points here. This week, Samsung updated its security patch …

Persona fans are getting impatient with the endless teasing from developer Atlus, but there isn’t too much longer to wait for all to be revealed. Persona 5: The Royal finally be unveiled on the first day of its game-themed concert, while the second and final day will debut the mysterious …

A few weeks ago, we learned that Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown' Greene would be moving away from PUBG development after five years on the project. The game will continue to be supported but in the meantime, PlayerUnknown himself will be heading up a new division called ‘PUBG Special Projects'. This week, Greene …

This week, the Assassin's Creed 3 remaster began rolling out as a standalone game, in addition to being part of the Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass. This game makes a number of graphical changes to the game, some of which will divide opinion. If you wanted to pick up the …

Last week, Gearbox Studios announced that not only would Borderlands 1, 2 and the Pre-Sequel be getting upgrades this year, but Borderlands 3 is also on the way. However, while the rest of the series has launched on Steam, Borderlands 3 will instead be heading to the Epic Games Store, …

Many of you will remember the massive 2014 leak that saw private photos of various celebrities plastered all over the internet. Through a huge phishing scam, a group of people were able to gain access to the iCloud accounts of a bunch of celebrities and steal their private information. Most …

Over the weekend, Epic Games was accused of plagiarism by a DeviantArt user who claimed that their images were used in the creation of the Fortnite skin, Taro. It turns out that these assertions have been confirmed as bogus, with the original artist disappearing into the wind. An artist by …

This console generation has seen a resurgence in popularity for the Yakuza series. Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza 6 all launched on the PS4 to great reception. Last year, SEGA announced that it would be bringing the series to PC as well. So far, we've seen Yakuza 0 and …

Over the last few years, there has been a number of occasions where we have seen publishers deactivating batches of game keys after being sold on ‘grey market' selling sites. The most recent example now comes to us from Deep Silver, which has deactivated a batch of Metro Exodus Steam …

Bethesda announced that it would be holding its own E3 conference again this year. We already know that we can expect more information on DOOM Eternal. Unfortunately, those hoping for updates on The Elder Scrolls VI or Starfield will be left waiting. Now that Fallout 76 is out the door, …

Since launch, Artifact has slowly been dwindling and Valve has been suspiciously quiet when it comes to future plans and updates. Over the weekend, Valve finally spoke up, admitting that there are “deep-rooted issues” that need resolving. On launch day, Artifact brought in around 60,000 players but that quickly began …

Set to launch on July 26, developer Machine Games is giving Wolfenstein: Youngblood a nice co-op-based twist with its “buddy pass” feature. There’s no need to panic as this is not another season pass, but instead allows owners of the Deluxe version of the game to invite one friend at …

Star Citizen has already led quite a lengthy 8-year-long development, with a number of features still yet to arrive to the ambitious space simulator. Alpha 3.5 is set to land this weekend and while the team at Cloud Imperium Games will be dropping a number of new ships, weapons and …

Back in January 2018, the gaming world was hit by tragedy as a fatal swatting incident ensued. After pleading guilty to various charges last year, Barriss, the person behind the hoax swat call, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Swatting wasn't a new phenomenon when this story initially …

Credit where it’s due, Twitter was one of the first companies to push the ever-popular dark mode way back in 2016, but it wasn’t the most effective at saving smartphone batteries with its signature blue-ish hue. AMOLED users can now rejoice, as Twitter has implemented a pitch black “lights out” …

Last night, Gearbox took over the stage at PAX East to announce all things Borderlands. While Borderlands 3 was the highlight of the show, there were several other announcements made. For starters, Borderlands 1 is getting a remastered ‘Game of the Year' addition and beyond that, the Borderlands Pre-Sequel and …

In an effort to strengthen its relationship with content creators, Nintendo ditched its controversial Creators Program at the end of last year hoping to “make it easier” to monetise videos based on the publisher’s games. Now, Nintendo has partnered up with Twitch to offer Prime members a free year of …

Not even a presentation riddled with technical difficulties could stop the crowd from roaring when Gearbox officially lifted the lid on Borderlands 3 today at PAX East. Although we have no idea just how long we will have to wait for the game to launch, the publisher has left us …

Update (28.03.19): Earlier this month, GOG announced that it had teamed up with Blizzard to re-release DRM free versions of Diablo 1 as well as Warcraft 1 & 2. Diablo 1 was made available immediately after the announcement but no date was given for the Warcraft games. That changed this …