Software & Gaming

Earlier this year, it looked like the studio behind the early access hit game, Ark: Survival Evolved, could be in quite a bit of trouble, as a lawsuit was launched at them over a non-compete contract clause regarding one of the key team members behind the game. A studio known …

Right now, there seems to be an awful lot of talk surrounding a new batch of consoles. Nintendo's NX is rumoured to launch at the end of the year, rumours and leaks surrounding the PS4K have really picked up steam and Microsoft itself has willingly talked about the possibility of …

It looks like fans of the Red Dead series may have a new game to look forward to as Red Dead Redemption 2's map has leaked onto the web. There has been some murmurs about a new Red Dead game in recent months but reports this week claim that the new …

If you're in need of a new multiplayer shooter this weekend then Steam has you covered as Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play for the next few days. The team-focussed tactical shooter originally launched in December to a fairly positive reception. As with other Steam free weekends, the …

Microsoft is set to take on the US Justice Department in court claiming that it is “unconstitutional” to stop a company from informing its customers when their cloud data is being searched by the authorities. Microsoft's stance is that a customer has the right to know when a government obtains …

CD Projekt Red are still tight-lipped on the second expansion for The Witcher 3 but if current rumours are anything to go by, it is set to come out in June. While we are still waiting on some official confirmation, the box art for the physical version of the game …

Just last week, Remedy Games came out with its brand new game, Quantum Break. While the game was initially due to be an Xbox One exclusive, a PC version was announced at the last-minute, based on Microsoft's new UWP platform for cross-platform apps between Xbox and Windows 10. Unfortunately, this …

One of the least tasteful aspects of the launch of commercial virtual reality headsets, was when Oculus VR announced that it would be restricting some of its games to its store, making them Oculus exclusives. However just two weeks after the initial hardware launch, someone has already developed a patch …

If you tried to play a Battle.net game this morning, whether it was Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm of something else, you might have run into a few difficulties. That's because some nefarious individuals launched a DDOS attack on the service. Fortunately Blizzard's response was swift and exact and …

Last night, it was revealed that the former head of Rockstar North, Leslie Benzies, would be suing the studio for $150 million, claiming that Rockstar's founders essentially forced him out of the company and refused to pay for royalties following on from the success of Grand Theft Auto V. Since …

It turns out that Valve does pay attention to what goes on in Greenlight from time to time. This week, the creators of indie game store, ‘Itch.io', were trying to get an app for the store pushed through Steam Greenlight but they were stopped in their tracks last night after …

Although the rhythm method is one that non-religious organisations might mock or deride as ineffective, it turns out that if you take that sort of idea and mix it up with smart tracking, it actually becomes very effective. Natural Cycles is an application that tracks the user's temperature over time …

Despite an active player base of more than 150,000 people, Blizzard forced the final shut down of the Nostalrius, fan-run, vanilla World of Warcraft server this weekend. To mourn this loss and send it off in grand style, several thousand people came together in the hours before the server died, forming …

The Division's Incursions update is out today and being the first of two of the free announced DLC updates, there is quite a bit of buzz surrounding it. Incursions are being added to The Division today, bringing along new end-game content for those that have already ploughed through the main …

Former head of Rockstar North, Leslie Benzies, is suing the developer for $150 million. The lawsuit claims that Take-Two, Rockstar and the Houser brothers engaged in “numerous deceptions”, with Benzies claiming that the official reason Rockstar gave for him leaving the Grand Theft Auto studio was a lie. Back in …

Titanfall was a pretty solid game, it had good mechanics, it had giant mechs but for whatever reason, the game didn't have the staying power of some larger multiplayer franchises. So how can Respawn spruce things up for the sequel? Well the obvious first step would be to give the mechs …

Gears of War is returning this year and while the last few games in the series have centred around Marcus Fenix in humanity's effort to put a stop to the locust threat, we will be getting to know some new characters this time around. Gears of War 4 is coming …

Since the launch of the first expansion for The Witcher 3 back in October last year, CD Projekt Red has been silently working away on its second, larger expansion called ‘Blood and Wine'. While we haven't heard much about the new expansion officially, all signs seem to point to it launching …

World of Warcraft has really left its mark on the MMO world but there are people out there who still prefer the ‘vanilla' experience, back before Blizzard launched any expansions or made major changes to the game. For those people, there have been private servers available to get a nostalgia fix …

Attack on Titan went on to become a hugely popular manga and anime series over the last few years and while we have seen a couple of video games made, they have been mostly console-bound. However, this year, those of us on the PC will be getting an Attack on …

Over the weekend, Bethesda and Id Software held a closed beta test for DOOM, which comes out next month. However, everyone else will get a chance to try the game out for themselves during the open beta, which will take place from the 15th of April until the 18th, with no …

The Obama administration will not be backing legislation that would allow judges to force companies like Apple to weaken the security of their hardware and software in order to facilitate snooping. While President Obama's personal opinion seems to still be in favour of this sort of bill, clearly there is …

Phishing emails are still one of the most effective methods of capturing people's personal details without them realising it. It was how the Fappening came about and countless leaks and hacks have been possible purely because people were tricked. So make sure you're extra vigilant in the future, as a …

While a British team might not have brought home the gold at any of the world's biggest Esports tournaments yet, perhaps they'll be able to do so at the newly announced, eGames. The event, set to run right alongside the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro later this year, will pit …

With Banner Saga 2 finally hitting digital storefronts in just under two weeks' time, developer Stoic has released a new trailer, and boy do the hardships just keep on getting harder. From the looks of our characters, their lives are just as fraught with peril as ever they were and …

A US congressman has found himself under investigation after it was discovered that $1300 of campaign funds were spent on Steam games. Around 70 payments were made to Steam between October and December last year so it sounds like someone had a good time during Steam sale season. Duncan Hunter, …

Over the years, developers have come up with plenty of clever ways to mess with gamers playing pirated copies of titles and Quantum Break is just the latest example as the PC version of the game will give the main character an eye-patch if you did not buy it. The eye-patch …

Although he might have tried to brush it aside as merely a “private matter,” British Prime Minister, David Cameron's involvement in the Panama Papers leak seems unlikely to go away quickly. Adding fuel to the fire is ostracised whistle blower, Edward Snowden, who has now started poking the PM over …

The Whatsapp messaging service has confirmed that as of Tuesday 6th April, all communications on its platform are encrypted from end to end, meaning that even if it was given a court order, it wouldn't be able to read its users' messages or images. Only the sender and receiver will be …

As much as playing games in virtual reality might be wonderfully fun and immersive, VR might actually be a great place to watch games too. In a recent teaser trailer for Valve's theatre mode for the HTC Vive, it also showed off a spectator mode for DotA 2, which has …