Gaming

By Jon Porter Some customers have found video games on Amazon are now “exclusively for Prime Members”. Customers are clicking through to buy items in both the UK and US and finding certain titles to only be available for those who pay for Amazon’s Prime service. The PlayStation 4 version of Grand Theft Auto 5…

By Jon Porter It seems early to be talking about life “beyond” the Xbox One, but that’s exactly what Xbox head Phil Spencer has done now that Microsoft is ceasing production of the Xbox 360 console. In a post on the Xbox Wire blog Spencer spent most of his time detailing how the end of…

By Lewis Leong SEGA is releasing its official Genesis (or Mega Drive, for UK folks) emulator next week, and with it you’ll be able to play your favorite games in a faithfully recreated early ’90s bedroom, complete with CRT TV and SEGA memorabilia. You can even navigate a virtual shelf stocked with virtual boxes of…

By Jon Porter What we want from Nintendo and Sony E3 2015 was easily the most most ground-breaking E3s we’ve seen in recent memory. From end to end, it was jam-packed with some truly impressive title announcements and reveals, including The Last Guardian, Fallout 4, Shenmue 3 and the Final Fantasy 7 remake, bringing to…

By Darren Allan John Romero is back in the game, quite literally, with the announcement that he’ll be revealing a new PC shooter at the start of next week. Romero, who co-founded id Software and co-created the original Doom and Quake among other titles, has stuck a video on YouTube entitled ‘The Return’, which ends…

By Hugh Langley Acer has announced a seriously powerful lineup of gaming products at its annual April “next” event, which includes the Predator G1 gaming desktop, Predator 17X gaming notebook, and the Predator Z1 series monitor. The Predator G1 PC is the biggest thing here, a desktop that runs on 6th generation Intel Core processors,…

By techradar Deals Sony’s PS4 is leading the way so far this gen and there are some fantastic offers hidden around the net. We’re here to track down the best of them for you. First up, we’ll show you the best prices for standalone consoles. Although, you can often get better value by opting for…

By Jon Porter In an interview on Game Informer’s video podcast, Lorne Lanning (the mind behind Oddworld) revealed that a senior executive at Sony had indicated that a PlayStation 5 was a question of ‘if’ rather than ‘when’. The chief executive in question was Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, who indicated that he…

By Duncan Geere Fighter, mage or rogue? The holy trinity of RPG archetypes is etched into the soul of most gamers. So much so that they’ll pick one and stick with it, even when it’s not demanded of them. That’s according to human-computer interaction researchers from North Carolina State University, who built an entire RPG…

By Parker Wilhelm PlayStation Network is adding two-factor authentication – a move that will no doubt cause players to both sigh in relief and groan, “what took so long?” The news was confirmed by a Sony representative to Polygon after some users noticed the groundwork for the feature in the PS3’s latest 4.80 firmware update.…

By Parker Wilhelm Rocket League is about to literally change the game, as the breakout hit soccer/racing hybrid will have its all-new basketball mode storm the court next week. Debuting Tuesday, April 26, Rocket League’s Hoops update will add a new twist on the soc-car game as well as a new arena dubbed the Dunk…

By Kevin Lee The Xbox 360 has had a long storied history of establishing Microsoft as a household name in the game console world, overheating units and a ton of redesigns. However, that story is finally coming to a close. In a blog post, Microsoft’s head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced announced it is ending…

By Darren Allan Asus has unveiled a new gaming PC that can be configured as a mammoth powerhouse of a desktop and comes with some very smart (and usual) features. Called the ROG GT51CA, it comes with a wearable ROG Band that uses Near-Field Communication (or NFC) to trigger certain features. The first is access…

By Kevin Parrish Games that only a PC can provide Strategy games make you think. They’re not like most shooters that offer mindless gameplay, or the adventure game that has you leaping off cliffs and driving boats. Strategy games require your brain juices at all times to plan each move carefully and analyze what the…

By SJ Azar I’m sure many of you Fallout 4 fans have already got your teeth stuck into the second DLC instalment, Wasteland. For those who haven’t yet tried it, Wasteland lets you capture creatures that you can then use to fight in an Arena scenario, keeping your settlers entertained, or terrified, depending on your…