Software & Gaming

Microsoft Corp. has just released Windows 8.1 update 1, but the work in Redmond, Washington, continues. Based on a new leak allegedly made by Wzor, a well-known source of Microsoft-related news with a good track record, the software giant may release a new Windows 8 update this year. The general …

Although Nvidia Corp.’s first-generation Shield video game console has not managed to become popular, the company is not giving up and is already working on the second-generation system. One of the first prototypes of the new Shield based on Tegra K1 system-on-chip has even been spotted in AnTuTu benchmark database, …

An Ubisoft employee went ahead and teased a new Prince of Persia game on Twitter yesterday, however, following on from the tweet, Drew James, an Ubisoft Reflections Engineer, had his Twitter feed pulled offline. The Twitter profile for @UbiDrew, now redirects to a 404 page. The take-down of the account was …

Sony Online Entertainment recently announced its free to play title, H1Z1, another zombie survival game. Like with any free to play game, monetisation will play a huge part in the title's success so trying to keep things fair and balanced is key. SOE had its first monetisation planning meeting this …

It's easy to forget more than six months on from the launch of the Xbox One that it isn't available everywhere yet. One of those territories is quite a big one for gaming too – though not a big one for Microsoft – Japan. The Xbox One won't be landing …

Broadcom last week introduced the industry's first six stream 802.11ac MIMO platform for home networks. Broadcom claims that its 5G WiFi XStream is up to 50 per cent faster than MU-MIMO routers and gateways. What is important is that the company’s technology can boost network performance of existing devices. Broadcom's …

GRID Autosport will be the next installment in the racing series, Developer, Codemasters, revealed today. The game will be coming to the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, leaving out Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony's new consoles. Codemasters said on its blog that GRID Autosport is an attempt to fix the …

Often the easiest way to introduce more traditional board gamers or non-gamers to more in-depth tabletop experiences like RPGs, is through “lite” versions, like Heroquest, or Castle Ravenloft, but these games can still be overly complicated for younger players, with a lot of options and counters to keep track of. …

Epic Games upcoming builder, horde-defense, shooter title, Fortnite, has a cartoony theme to it despite its use of the impressively detailed Unreal Engine 4.0 behind the scenes. However, you'd be forgiven for thinking its enemies, the “monsters,” could have come from another, similarly anti-undead game, now that we know a …

The Elder Scrolls Online faced its first major bug over the weekend which allowed guild members to infinitely duplicate items through the guild banking system. Zenimax has had to shutdown the feature for now while it fixes the error. Since TESO is an MMO, keeping the economy balanced is very …

There's always a lot of hardware and AAA gaming on show at megaLANs like Multiplay's iSeries, but if you're in the mood for something a little different, visiting the indie zone is certainly worth your visit and there's even a wargaming booth giving you a chance to coo over awesome …

This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a copy of TitanFall on the PC. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from TitanFall. It means you can put all …

CCP Games, the company behind EVE Online has announced that it suffered a $21 million loss during its 2013 fiscal year. CCP also recently had to cancel its upcoming MMO: World of Darkness, which was based on the role playing board game series. The loss was quite a big hit …

Microsoft Corp. early on Friday said that total life-to-date sales of its Xbox One video game consoles have totaled five million units. The company is about two million units behind its arch-rival Sony Computer Entertainment, which has managed to sell over seven million PlayStation 4 consoles to date. It appears …

Nintendo was only just recently cleared of a 3DS patent infringement case but the company won't be out of the court room for long as another company is trying to sue Nintendo, this time over the Wii U and its gamepad. Secure Axcess is suing Nintendo of America as well …

Nintendo hasn't been doing all that well this generation but maybe the Wii U would have done better if the company didn't turn down a Skylanders exclusivity deal. Skylanders has been a huge seller for kids, they buy the game, they buy the toys and it makes Activision a ton …

Titanfall actually has quite a bit of history behind it, the game wasn't always planned for the Xbox or even next gen, it originally ran on the Ratchet and Clank engine and Sony was pushing for a Vita version of the game. A recently released app called “The Final Hours …

Hearthstone has finished its soft-launch and is now available on the iPad worldwide. Blizzard's free to play card game currently has over 10 million registered players, a number that is likely to grow now that it is available on more platforms. Hearthstone spent quite a long time in closed beta …

Candy Crush might be the name we all associate with that game our aunts play, and abuse of the trademark system, but China doesn't know the wonders of its Candy Swipe rip-off gameplay just yet. However that's about to change, as King has now teamed up with publishing giant Tencent …

Spotify is ending its usage of peer to peer networking technology, after many years of successful usage. Why? It's not clear, but the extremely popular music streaming service is gradually phasing out its P2P roots and transferring everything over to central servers. It seems like a strange move for the …

The Heartbleed bug has been around for a couple of years but it caused quite a stir when it was publicly revealed last week. However, there had been no reports of people abusing the bug until now, a Canadian hacker has become the first person to get arrested for abusing …

Even if performance on them might not be remotely as good as a  mid-range gaming PC, the new-gen consoles are continuing to fly off the shelves, specifically from the PlayStation camp, with Sony reporting that so far, since its release, the PS4 has sold over seven million units. Chances are …

Twitch might have solidified itself as a solid way for pro-gamers to make money, by simply streaming their practice sessions, but the service itself is looking to diversify its income beyond advertising. It's now begun selling games and is looking to help fund future projects. Indie title Nuclear Throne is …

DRM is a controversial topic in gaming. Our console cousins don't tend to be too bothered by it, since it's rare it ever causes problems on those closed systems, but on the PC, where supposedly the master-race does their gaming, DRM is abound. Some companies like Ubisoft have stopped the …

Many fans of the series admired the soundtrack to Halo, Martin O'Donnell's work was so good that he was kept on at Bungie for ten years, working on the Halo series as well as the studio's upcoming game, Destiny. Unfortunately though, the board of directors at Bungie, for some unknown reason, …

I promise you I didn't wake up this morning looking to crush dreams, but if you find yourself blowing candles out on your 25th birthday and you haven't made it as a pro gamer yet, chances are you aren't going to, because your reaction times are already starting to decline. …

More than half of all the games ever bought on Steam have only been played for an hour or less. That's according to new stats unearthed by Ars Technica when it did some digging into player profiles, also discovering some other surprising facts about our Steam buying (and playing) habits. …

Speed running team, ‘Quadrazoid' has set a new world record by beating Half-Life in just 20 minutes and 41 seconds, comfortably beating the previous record of 29 minutes and 41 seconds by about a the third of the time. This wasn't just a stroke of luck though, the speed run …

“Toxic” players is a term thrown around a lot in the League of Legends community, often aimed at the worst of a small group of players that make a habit of belittling others and harassing their gameplay at every turn. However sometimes that attitudes pervades the professional leagues as well …

Age of Empires, the history based RTS game is now coming to mobile devices, the last main instalment to the series was Age of Empires III which came out in 2005. An online focused game came out in 2011 but failed to take off and as a result, it will …