Gaming

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:47 GMT Warner Bros. Games was set to host its first E3 conference this year, according to a report. It appears Warner Bros. Games was going to host its first-ever E3 conference this year, but since the event has been cancelled, it may – like Microsoft – look

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Electronic Arts has done plenty of things to draw the ire of gamers over the years, but remastering the original 1990s Command & Conquer games hopefully won’t be one of them. Some of the original developers got together in 2018

Call of Duty: Warzone is finally here and we have a number of essential tips to get your started. Call of Duty: Warzone’s battle royale mode is not a strictly battle royale game mode. Though elements like dropping out of a plane at the start, scavenging for weapons, and an ever encroaching circle of death

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia has been working on its cloud gaming service for years — the free “GRID” test was one of the selling points of the Shield Portable Android handheld back in 2013. The service was eventually rebranded as GeForce Now and

By Sherif Saed, Monday, 9 March 2020 15:43 GMT The Classified tile in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has sprung back to life. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players just noticed an update to the Classified tab in the game’s menu. The Classified tile, of course, was added at the start of Season 2. The

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 7 March 2020 19:09 GMT Overwatch competitive Season 21 kicked off earlier this week, and with it came Hero Pools. Overwatch Season 21 has started, and with it is the implementation of Hero Pools. As previously detailed, Blizzard will disable a few heroes from Competitive Play for a given week, and

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:53 GMT Looks like Apex Legends developers had a bit of fun at the expense of data miners. Data miners thought they had the next character for Apex Legends figured out earlier this year, but it turns out, Forge was a misdirect created by Respawn Entertainment. According to

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD made several GPU-themed announcements at its Analyst Day today. While we’ll have coverage of the wider event, we wanted to focus specifically on the GPU announcements the company has made. AMD announced a pair of new architectures: CDNA and

Paul Jackson, the CEO of Dovetail Games, developer of a range of train and fishing simulators, has previous with targeting seemingly niche audiences. Back in 2000, video games were predominantly seen as a male pastime. All the magazines were geared towards men, all the writing about games was men writing for men, and all the

It was recently announced that there should be a Valve Index restock just in time for Half-Life Alyx, which launches later this month.The Valve Index VR headset sold a remarkable 103,000 units after the announcement of Half-Life Alyx, but catastrophe soon struck. Valve’s production schedule for the pricey headset was thrown completely off of its

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When Google launched Stadia last year, it tried to put a brave face on a deeply uncertain debut. The Stadia launch was barebones, even for what was a relatively barebones service. Five months after launch, things haven’t improved much, with

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:54 GMT Spend the first weekend of March playing Rainbow Six Siege for nada. Starting March 5, you will be able to play Rainbow Six Siege for free until March 8. This covers PS4, Xbox One, and PC through the Epic Games Store and Steam. The free weekend

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Doom Eternal has taken a bit longer to materialize than we’d hoped it would, but developer id says the new game engine is a major leap forward. The new shooter will have more effects and crisper textures, and you’ll be

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced, fan enthusiasm and interest have run high. We’ve seen teasers and leaks for the game — impressive trailers and an entire suite of leaked demo music — but there’s always been the

With just three weeks to go until launch, a batch of brand new Half-Life Alyx gameplay videos have surfaced online, featuring hostile drones, terrifying Headcrabs, and, of course, loads of pew-pew bang-bang guns.Three videos were recently posted over on the official Valve YouTube channel, simply named Half-Life Alyx gameplay videos 1, 2, and 3. You

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A few weeks back, we discussed ongoing reports of a new black screen bug that was hitting AMD GPU owners. While there were scattered reports going back some time, the situation appeared to have gotten worse with the release of

Google Stadia was the tech giant’s ambitious attempt to conquer the games space, but it’s mostly been a flop so far – largely because Google isn’t offering devs enough money.A recent report from Business Insider analyzed the issue. Despite launching back in November, Google Stadia’s library is still wanting. Developers have largely attributed this two

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:00 GMT If you’re having trouble with the Mount Tenno stage in the Nioh 2 demo, the producer has some tips for you. The Nioh 2 Last Chance demo is currently available on PS4 until March 1, and producer Fumihiko Yasuda has some tips to help you survive

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Back in the day, we all used to get our games on discs to install with an old-fashioned optical drive. The move to digital downloads offered some clear convenience advantages, but there are also more restrictions without that physical copy.

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 28 February 2020 16:00 GMT Frictional Games continues to tease its newest game. Frictional Games, the studio which brought us Amnesia: The Dark Descent, has dropped another teaser for its new game in the works. Like the last two teasers, this video is unlisted on the studio’s YouTube channel. Called “I

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As we hurtle toward the next generation of game consoles, both Sony and Microsoft have started teasing the features they hope will encourage gamers to upgrade. In a recent podcast, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb talked about how the Xbox Series X

By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:58 GMT Platinum Games is expanding, and it has its eye on live service-style games. The third announcement in Platinum Games‘ big Platinum 4 campaign was made this morning. The Osaka-based studio is opening a new branch in Tokyo specifically focused on live operations. In a blog post,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Up until the launch of the Epic Game Store, there was only one real competitor to Steam: GOG. The digital distribution platform (formerly Good Old Games) began life as a shop for older titles explicitly shipped without DRM. The platform

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD fans have been curious about Big Navi since the company teased its arrival last year, but AMD hasn’t officially said much about the GPU since, beyond confirming that it’ll launch this year and that the same technology is used

By Sherif Saed, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 11:20 GMT In what’s becoming a fairly regular occurrence, the line-up for next month’s PlayStation Plus has leaked. The last week of each month is typically when Sony officially reveals the free games coming to PlayStation Plus the following month. It’s also when the line-up tends to leak.

By Emily Gera, Monday, 24 February 2020 23:04 GMT The current season of Fortnite Chapter 2 could come to an end on April 30. The end date for this season, which was initially spotted by PCGamesN, appears in an in-game message when you purchase the Battle Pass. The message refers to a refund policy for

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Each new console generation takes controllers to new places. Over the years we’ve gotten analog sticks, rumble, and wireless connectivity. With the PS5, Sony is reportedly looking to completely overhaul the controller experience. In a newly unearthed patent, we see

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, has published a new blog post on the company website with fresh details on the Xbox Series X. Most of the high-level specs are things we’ve already covered — 12 TFLOPs of GPU

By Emily Gera, Sunday, 23 February 2020 23:01 GMT “Pretending I’m a Superman,” a documentary about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game series, will premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival in California next week. As reported by Mic, Pretending I’m a Superman follows the broader skateboarding industry and the perilous place it was in during the

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:59 GMT In the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator feature discovery diary, Asobo Studio’s lead game designer Sven Mestas talks about Airports and Airport features. According to Mestas, the previous Flight Simulator title simulated more than 24,000 airports. The new Flight Simulator features “all the airports in the world,” including 37,000