Software & Gaming

This week, Kojima Productions held its ‘Beyond the Strand' event, celebrating the studio's 10-year anniversary and surprising fans with new announcements as the team looks to expand Death Stranding and introduce new IP. One of the surprise announcements was a new game Kojima is working on in collaboration with Niantic. …

While The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced back in 2018, Bethesda has been very quiet on the subject since. The studio has been ramping up work on the game since shipping Starfield in 2023. Now, one leaker claims that we still have another couple of years to wait. 

Embark Studios, the developer behind the shooter The Finals, has just made its upcoming game available to pre-order. The new multiplayer extraction shooter, Arc Raiders, is set to launch on October 30th, but those who are already eager to get it can do so now and receive a bundle in …

Following its release on Switch 2 earlier this Summer, it appears as though Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut is slated to come to more platforms.

Ahead of its release next month, Sucker Punch have teased the ‘PS5 Features’ coming to Ghost of Yotei, including 3D Audio support and more.

Silent Hill f is officially the highest rated entry in the horror franchise since the original trilogy over two decades ago.

While sentiment surrounding Call of Duty is far from the greatest it’s been, the teams at Activision and Treyarch are trucking along with their reveal plans for the upcoming Black Ops 7. Ahead of the game’s big blowout COD NEXT event, Treyarch have now offered a deep-dive look into BO7’s multiplayer.

Borderlands 4 has been out for over a week now and despite some performance issues, the game achieved high critic review scores and has gone on to become a top seller. Since launching ten days ago, the game has now surpassed 2.5 million copies sold.  GI.biz, a news outlet focused …

Recently, a number of former Xbox employees spoke out against Game Pass, claiming that Microsoft's handling of the service unfairly punishes studios. That hasn't stopped the Game Pass train though, with Microsoft making its largest investment into the service yet. 

It is officially the 25th anniversary of the HITMAN series. To mark the occasion, IO Interactive is releasing a new limited-edition 25th Anniversary version of HITMAN World of Assassination, the full package that combines Hitman (2016), Hitman 2 and Hitman 3 into one set. The HITMAN World of Assassination 25th …

Earlier this year, Microsoft shut down The Initiative, the first-party studio responsible for the Perfect Dark reboot. The game was scrapped just one year after the ‘gameplay reveal', which is now believed to have been a very small vertical slice and not representative of the actual state of the product. …

Lenovo appears to be having some issues keeping up with demand for its new Legion Go Gen 2 handheld system. The new handheld, which offers the same improvements as the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally, has been available for pre-order, but some customers have had their orders cancelled due to demand.

Warner Bros shut down the studio responsible for the FEAR series earlier this year but shortly after, GOG picked up the games as part of its Game Preservation Program, ensuring they remain accessible for years to come. Now, modders are also getting in on the action, with a new mod that makes sweeping upgrades to UI, amongst other upgrades like controller support. 

While PC is often seen as the wild west of online gaming, cheaters using hardware devices like the Cronus Zen have become an increasing plague on the console ecosystem. Now, it appears that the developers of Battlefield 6 are taking the issue seriously, outlining their plans to directly tackle cheaters …

Bandai Namco has filed a trademark for the name ‘World Fighters’ suggesting that a follow-up to Jump Force could be in the works.

Following the success of 2023's excellent 3D collectathon platformer Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Team Reptile has announced their next game: HYPERFUNK.

Humble Bundles are a great way to get your hands on a thematically-linked number of games for a relatively low price. While slightly more costly than your average bundle, Humble is now offering pretty much all of Remedy Entertainment’s output for less than £25.

Back in May of this year, shortly before cancelling a number of projects and shutting down studios, Microsoft had raised prices on Xbox Series X/S consoles. Now just a few months later, Microsoft is hiking up prices once again, meaning an Xbox Series X will soon cost $650 as standard.  …

Microsoft has begun the public rollout of its AI-powered Gaming Copilot for Windows PC. The feature, which acts as a personal gaming assistant, is being integrated directly into the Xbox Game Bar and will be rolling out to users over the next few weeks, with a mobile version to follow …

Valve has officially announced that it will end support for 32-bit versions of the Windows operating system in its Steam client. The change, scheduled to take effect on January 1st, 2026, marks the final step in the platform's transition to exclusively supporting 64-bit systems. The decision is a practical one, …

While Randy Pitchford was quick to speak out against claims of performance problems in Borderlands 4, the actual development team has not had its head in the sand. In a new patch this week, Gearbox aims to address some of the more common crashing issues appearing for PC players.  The …

Ahead of its official launch next week, Sonic Racing Crossworlds’ final DLC crossover has seemingly leaked, with Mega Man set to jump into the drivers’ seat.

Following the likes of Forza and Gears of War, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is reportedly coming to PS5 before the end of the year.

Techland’s 3rd game in the Dying Light series appears to be its best yet, with critic reviews for The Beast putting it as the highest rated entry so far.

Contrary to prior months, Sony is set to remove just 4 titles from its PlayStation Plus Extra subscription service in October.

Proving that true classics never die, the developers behind Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition have just announced another DLC for the legendary RTS. More than 26 years after the original game's launch, players will soon be able to take command of one of history's greatest conquerors in a new …

When it comes to competitive gaming, every advantage matters and for many, that means getting as light a mouse as possible. Corsair is launching its lightest mouse ever this week with the new Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight, which weighs in at just 36g. The CORSAIR SABRE V2 PRO Ultralight Wireless …

Following on from last week's massive RTX 5080 upgrade for GeForce Now Ultimate, it is back to business as usual with the weekly game announcements. This week, 13 more titles join the GeForce Now library, including new releases like Dying Light: The Beast.  Dying Light: The Beast is a new …

Following its release back in April, the indie puzzler Blue Prince has reached a new milestone, surpassing 2 million total players.

Following fan backlash, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will now include all 6 playable clans in the base game, instead of being relegated to DLC.