Software & Gaming

While Avowed has had a mostly positive reception, one of the criticisms of the game was the simple fact that character builds are quite restricted by the game's skill point cap. Obsidian is making up for that with its latest patch. 

Despite being announced five years ago, we have still yet to see the release of Ark 2. Studio Wildcard is now bridging the gap for fans once again, this time with the first new content expansion for Ark: Survival Ascended.

Half-Life 2 RTX is now available in demo form and a new GeForce Game Ready driver is available for those looking to get the most out of their time with the game.

Jason Blundell, former co-head of Treyarch and director of Call of Duty: Zombies, has announced the formation of Dark Outlaw Games, a new studio helmed under the PlayStation Studios flag. Following the ill-fated Deviation Games, this marks Blundell's second venture under Sony's leadership.

The handheld gaming landscape is undergoing a significant shift, with Valve poised to expand SteamOS's reach beyond the Steam Deck. While Windows 11 handhelds have enjoyed a period of relative stability, bolstered by SteamOS's limited availability, Valve has consistently expressed its intention to open the platform to third-party devices. Now, …

Following multiple issues, the God of War TV show from Amazon seems to be on track once again – with two seasons currently being written and planned.

Acer has been building up its position in the custom graphics card market for a few years now. This week, Acer is introducing a new range of BiFrost and Nitro series cards for AMD's new-generation RX 9000 GPUs.

Naughty Dog’s next game ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ looks to be taking inspiration from the excellent and much-loved Elden Ring.

Though yet to be officially announced, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will reportedly be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch.

For well over a year now, we’ve heard an increasing number of details surrounding Capcom’s next mainline RE title Resident Evil 9. While we’ve yet to get any official announcement, one known insider has claimed that the next game will reinvent the franchise – similar to RE4 and RE7.

Xbox is set to integrate AI-powered features directly into the gaming experience, aiming to streamline gameplay, enhance discovery, and facilitate re-engagement with titles. During The Official Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar, Xbox Corporate Vice President of Gaming AI, and Jason Ronald, Vice President of Next Generation, unveiled this and other upcoming updates.

Those looking to push the memory overclocking limits of their RTX 50 series GPUs can now do so by extending the memory clock range. As the creator of MSI Afterburner explained, this can be done by replacing the software's database file.

Zynga's attempt at a long-running multiplayer Star Wars game is coming to an unceremonious end. Star Wars Hunters, which was originally supposed to release on mobile, PC and Nintendo Switch back in 2021, suffered numerous delays and now after less than a year on the market, the game is shutting down. 

While Counter-Strike has never been more popular than in its current form, there are still a lot of fans who long for the old days of Counter-Strike 1.6. Luckily for those fans, classic Counter-Strike is back on the menu this year thanks to the impending release of CS Legacy. 

After a lengthy wait, PlayStation fans can soon jump into Bethesda Game Studios' latest RPG, Starfield, which is due to land on PS5 later this year.

Aside from the Star Wars Jedi games, Respawn has been hard at work on a few other Star Wars-related projects. Unfortunately, Respawn's planned Star Wars shooter, reportedly based on The Mandalorian, has been cancelled. However, the company's Star Wars strategy game is still on the way. 

In a recent interview, ex-Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price offered his thoughts on the ever-increasing costs of game development.

Counter-Strike 2 has managed to outdo itself once again, having now reached a new peak concurrent player count of over 1.82 million.

Celebrating the franchise’s 20th anniversary, Sony Santa Monica have announced an update coming to God of War Ragnarök, as well as a bunch of new merchandise.

Ahead of the launch of Powerwash Simulator 2 later this year, the team at FuturLab have announced a couple final updates planned for the first game.

In a surprise announcement, People Can Fly has entered into an agreement with Sony – set to work on one of the console maker’s existing IPs.

Since its announcement many years ago, the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has been mired with delays among other issues. Once again, following a long bout of silence the team have spoken out to confirm that work on KOTOR is still ongoing.

As Ubisoft struggles to improve its share price, the company has been quietly evaluating all options behind the scenes, from selling off IP to a potential full company buyout. According to the latest reports, the current idea being floated behind the scenes is a spin-off move that will see Ubisoft …

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has already made a strong case for itself as one of the best games of 2025, but the team at Warhorse Studios is far from finished with the game. This week, a massive patch for the game began rolling out across all platforms, bringing the first …

After first releasing on PC and mobile platforms, the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection has now spread to all platforms, including Nintendo and PlayStation consoles. With the games being more widely available, sales have picked up too, surpassing the five million milestone. 

We're still waiting for Nintendo to share more details about its launch plans for the Switch 2. However, analysts are already laying the groundwork for what to expect. Based on the latest reports, the Switch 2 will be landing this summer, with a price tag in the $400 range. 

Minority Ubisoft stakeholder, AJ Investments, has made headlines a few times over the past few years due to their willingness to protest the decisions of Ubisoft management., Most recently, the investment firm once again lambasted current leadership and went as far as to claim that Ubisoft has been hiding important development from investors, such as recent negotiations around IP acquisition. 

Disco Elysium is being reimagined for Android. Coming this Summer, the much-loved RPG is taking the original game’s story while shaking up the gameplay formula.

In a surprise announcement, FuturLab announced and showed off Powerwash Simulator 2 – set to launch some time later this year.

Just one week since launch, Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction has already sold over 2 million copies - translating to 4 million total players.