Software & Gaming

October’s Prime Gaming line-up has been officially announced, including the likes of Fallout: New Vegas; Tormented Souls and more.

Following years of outcry, the Black Ops 7 beta has introduced a new playlist in which “skill consideration is drastically reduced when matchmaking.”

Following its surprise announcement a couple months ago, Ubisoft is set to officially unveil its Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory DLC later today.

SCUF Gaming has unveiled its latest high-performance gamepad for the Xbox and PC ecosystems – the Valor Pro Wireless. This new controller builds on SCUF's legacy of customisation but adds two modern features that competitive gamers have been asking for: anti-drift thumbsticks and a 1000Hz polling rate for PC. Designed …

The World of Warcraft: Midnight closed alpha test kicked off this week, giving a limited number of players the chance to test out features from the new expansion. While Blizzard has not yet announced an official release date for the full expansion, a leak from a very reliable source points …

A major security flaw was recently discovered in the Unity game engine, affecting thousands of games and applications built since Unity version 2017.1. Unity has been quick to address the issue, pushing out a fix but developers will have to take it upon themselves to implement it. The vulnerability, listed …

The past month has been rough for Xbox. Over the past few weeks we've seen console prices go up, studios closed, high-profile projects cancelled and now this week, Game Pass has been restructured, with a 50% price hike for Game Pass Ultimate, which is now the only tier to include day-one games. According to sources, the writing has been on the wall for Game Pass since Call of Duty joined the Game Pass library, as the move apparently cost Microsoft hundreds of millions in lost sales. 

Despite being announced five years ago, we've had no official updates for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake. Originally in development at Aspyr, the game ended up shifting to Saber Interactive, but progress has been painfully slow from the outside looking in. Recently, a previously unseen piece of …

Square Enix is hard at work on the next installment of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. Director, Naoki Hamaguchi has been on a mini press tour in recent weeks, revealing some crucial new details about the game, including confirmation that it is being developed as a multi-platform release.  In …

FIFA has officially thrown its hat back into the video game ring following its high-profile split with EA. The organisation has announced a new arcade-style football game called FIFA Heroes, which is being developed by Enver Studio and is scheduled to launch in 2026.

As part of the “new era” for Amazon Luna, Twitch’s Prime Gaming is being folded into the game streaming service’s ‘Luna’ branding.

As part of the game’s 2nd anniversary stream, PAYDAY 3 studio Starbreeze confirmed that the long-promised offline mode is no longer happening.

Following a surprise patch earlier this year on PC, Remedy has announced that Control on PS5 and Series X|S are set to receive their own update.

For the first time in many years it feels as though Battlefield might truly be back, with the upcoming BF6 seeing tons of excitement only amplified by the recent open beta. With just under a week to go, analysts have started to weigh in on Battlefield 6’s launch potential – believing the game could sell over 5 million copies in its first week.

Back in December 2023, Starbreeze Studios announced their plans for an original D&D game, codenamed Project Baxter. Now almost two years later, the game has been cancelled.

For anyone who misses the simpler days of Team Fortress 2, before the endless stream of hats and the current bot infestation, some great news has just arrived. The development team behind the popular Team Fortress 2 Classic mod has announced that an open beta for its official Steam release …

It is the first Thursday of the month, which means it is time for a full preview of what's coming to GeForce Now over the next few weeks. The headlining game is clearly Battlefield 6, but there are number of other new releases to look forward to as well. First, …

Amazon has announced “a new era” for its Luna game streaming service, introducing more high-profile titles alongside its GameNight party experiences.

10 years on from its launch, Harmonix’s Rock Band 4 is set to be officially delisted from PlayStation and Xbox stores later this week.

Following the success of Silent Hill 2 Remake, Bloober Team have confirmed that one of their two teams is currently working on the original Silent Hill Remake.

Following a surprise update, it seems as though the 2009 Activision classic ‘Prototype’ might be set to receive a remaster.

While The Witcher schools are very prominent in CD Projekt Red's videogame series, they are not really ever referenced in the books. It turns out there is a reason for that – the Witcher schools don't actually exist in the original source material. In a recent Q&A on Reddit, Andrzej …

Microsoft has unveiled the most significant overhaul of Xbox Game Pass since its launch in 2017, introducing a new three-tier structure that reshapes the entire service. The changes, which take effect immediately, redefine the subscription model with fresh names, expanded libraries, and a notable price increase at the top end. …

Earlier this week, we learned that EA has sold to a consortium of investors who intend on taking the company private. Since then, more details have come to light, including the fact that the deal will saddle the company with a ton of debt, and as a result, several studios are bracing for major cuts, including BioWare.

In what appears to be the unfortunate fallout from the cancellation of a major project, Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios has announced a significant restructuring. The company is completely shutting down its Liverpool studio in the UK and will be making staff reductions across its remaining studios in Sweden. This …

After months of player-driven building and feedback in early access, the medieval MMO Pax Dei is ready for its full 1.0 launch. Developer Mainframe Industries has announced that the game will officially release on October 16th. Alongside the announcement, the game was also revealed as a day-one title for Game …

Ahead of its planned launch this November, the team at The Game Bakers announced that their simulation rock climbing game Cairn has been pushed back to Q1 2026.

Microsoft has announced a change to its rewards program, with members no longer able to use points to redeem Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.

Though the team are not yet ready to announce a release date, FuturLab have dropped a surprise demo for PowerWash Simulator 2.

The Halo franchise is in a bit of a limbo right now, with fans of the classic franchise patiently waiting to see what the team have been working on ever since announcing the rebranding of 343 Industries to Halo Studios. Following some teasers earlier this Summer, the team have confirmed that they will host a “deep dive” into the future of Halo at the upcoming Halo World Championships.