Gaming

By James Peckham The portability of the Nintendo Switch is its unique selling point, but you may sometimes be gutted to find it run out of charge so Anker has partnered with the company to make officially licensed power banks. Two new portable chargers from Anker are designed specifically to charge up your Nintendo Switch,…

By Henry St Leger After facing mounting pressure to crack down on controversial content on its Steam gaming platform, Valve has announced that any and all content not deemed to be “illegal, or straight up trolling” will continue to be carried on the platform. This comes days after Valve was pressured to remove first-person-shooter sim…

By Emma Boyle In a somewhat unfortunate turn of events before E3, reports have emerged that the Xbox exclusive Crackdown 3 has been delayed again. This time, until 2019. The reports came first from Kotaku, and have since been corroborated by Eurogamer. Sources close to the project have reportedly said that the game, originally slated…

By Emma Boyle The countdown to E3 2018 is well and truly underway for Sony and PlayStation. As part of its hype-raising strategy for this year, PlayStation has revealed that it will be making an announcement every day in the run up to its press conference on Monday June 11. The first announcement has come…

By Joe Osborne In a bid to get ahead of the rush of E3 news, Dell has announced a brand new version of its Inspiron Gaming Desktop for 2018, this time kitted out with all AMD processing options. Priced at just $849 (about £639, AU$1,109) when it lands on June 12 in the US, the…

By Craig Granell Welcome to our list of the best free games for kids on both tablet and PC. These have all been carefully picked to make sure they are appropriate for boys and girls. We’ve all heard a ton of awful things about kids playing games in the news. Back in the 1980s we…

By Abbas Jaffar Ali Dell has announced a virtual space where it wants gamers from the Middle East to get together and, well, game. The new “Ready to Game ME” portal will list upcoming gaming events in the region and act as a community where gamers can find news about gaming technology and titles. According…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Sony is kicking off the E3 2018 party early as it plans to reveal a new game every day leading up to its big June 11 event. Apparently Sony has so many PlayStation updates to share on Monday, it’s taking the spill over into this week. Starting tomorrow, June 6, Sony will…

By Nick Pino Nintendo started the trend of revitalizing aging franchises with augmented reality-enabled mobile games and it appears as though POGs – those cardboard discs from the ’90s that took over schoolyards and locker rooms – are now following suit. Without a major publisher like Nintendo backing them, though, POGs are turning to IndieGoGo…

By TechRadar The FIFA World Cup is approaching and it’s really getting us into a competitive spirit which is why we’ve decided to host the world cup of sports video games. Like athletes, not all sports games are made equal – some just perform better than others. And sometimes we just have loyalties we can’t…

By Marc Chacksfield It’s sometimes easy to forget that WWDC 2018 is – well, should – be about the developers, especially if you are someone who tunes into the keynote to see what’s going on with iOS 12 and nothing else. But celebrating developers is high on Apple’s list and one of the ways it…

By Emma Boyle When it comes to digital storefronts, Nintendo has always been slightly behind its competitors in terms of looks and usability. Fortunately, a new update has arrived to spruce things up a little. Following the latest Switch firmware update, Version 5.1.0, the Nintendo Switch eShop now has a new ‘Featured’ tab, where players…

By Emma Boyle Between leaks and pre-show announcements, the run up to E3 this year is starting to feel like a real fight for center stage. PlayStation is the latest brand trying to raise the hype before its presentation by revealing that it’s going to be making daily announcements in the run up to its…

By Emma Boyle While many major gaming publishers like Sony and Nintendo are struggling to translate their most popular franchises into successful mobile titles, Square Enix seemed to be doing something right with its series of ‘Go’ games. With these games, fans got the chance to play fully-fledged mobile versions of their favourite franchises, such…

By Abbas Jaffar Ali Etisalat has announced that it will broadcast the FIFA World Cup 2018 to its subscribers on eLife channel 777. The tournament is being held in Russia this time around and starts on the 14th of June. Etisalat is charging AED 555 (VAT not included) for the package after completing negotiations with…