Gaming

By Hugh Langley Microsoft has announced that it is enabling cross-network play for developers, which would allow Xbox One owners to play against people on PC networks and other consoles. ID@Xbox Director Chris Charla announced on Xbox Wire that Microsoft is offering up a bunch of new tools for developers, chief of which could open…

By Hugh Langley Automatron, the first Fallout 4 DLC, will launch on March 22, Bethesda has confirmed. The expansion, first announced in February, has you hunting down a horde of evil robots that have been unleashed into the Commonwealth. Once caught, you’ll be able to harvest their parts to create your own mech companion. There’s…

By Darren Allan Microsoft has revealed Project AIX, an open source platform designed to test out and help hone artificial intelligence (AI) using Minecraft. It’s currently in closed beta but should be made broadly available this summer. When Microsoft bought up Mojang, you probably wondered what Redmond was going to do with Minecraft – and…

By Darren Allan Wouldn’t it be great to mix and match any video cards you fancied and have them run together in your PC? Apparently this possibility is just around the corner thanks to an incoming piece of DirectX 12-leveraging software from Stardock. Stardock is a firm famous for its Windows customization software – such…

By Duncan Geere Those new to watching competitive eSports games like Dota 2 and League of Legends often complain that the action is hard to follow. Sometimes, it’s hard to follow even for people who been playing it for years. But a team of researchers from Sweden, Denmark and Germany has developed an analytical model…

By Nick Broughall Virtual Reality is the next big thing for PC gaming, with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift both hitting consumers hands (or faces) this year. But as with any new hardware platform, software is always going to be the real selling point. Which is why Valve’s confirmation over the weekend that it…

By Kate Gray Paper Mario I once ran for the position of Video Games Editor at my university newspaper. I was young, with little experience of editing, but with plenty of experience in video games and writing already under my belt. When it came to the election speech though, I choked. They asked us to…

By Kate Gray Paper Mario I once ran for the position of Video Games Editor at my university newspaper. I was young, with little experience of editing, but with plenty of experience in video games and writing already under my belt. When it came to the election speech though, I choked. They asked us to…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln When you stop and think about it, every game is a love affair of sorts, a testament to the individual or collective who poured countless hours into its creation. Even the very worst interactive experiences were, for a time, the focus of someone’s passions and ambitions. When it comes to the games…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln When you stop and think about it, every game is a love affair of sorts, a testament to the individual or collective who poured countless hours into its creation. Even the very worst interactive experiences were, for a time, the focus of someone’s passions and ambitions. When it comes to the games…

By Farrha Khan Nintendo has announced its first smartphone app, Miitomo, will be available in Japan starting March 17. Unfortunately, there’s still no release date for the rest of the world. Nintendo made the announcement on its Japan Twitter account, however its UK, US and Europe accounts haven’t uttered a peep about a Miitomo release…

By Farrha Khan Nintendo has announced its first smartphone app, Miitomo, will be available in Japan starting March 17. Unfortunately, there’s still no release date for the rest of the world. Nintendo made the announcement on its Japan Twitter account, however its UK, US and Europe accounts haven’t uttered a peep about a Miitomo release…

By Kane Fulton Introduction The PC Gamer Weekender recently played host to the latest in cutting-edge hardware at London’s Old Truman Brewery. Techradar went behind the scenes to bring you a series of highlights direct from the show floor. It’s often said that PC gamers are greens (for Nvidia) or reds (for AMD), but as…

By Nick Pino GDC 2016 Update: GDC 2016 is almost here – and the show is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. Recently, AMD tweeted that it had big plans on the first day of the show, “HTC. Oculus. Crytek. AMD. You won’t want to miss our #GDC16 webcast on…

By Nick Pino Turtle Beach HyperSound Clear When the gaming audio gurus at Turtle Beach set out to design the HyperSound Clear Stereo System, they had to acknowledge some hard truths. The first? As much as we hate to admit it, we’re all getting older. We’re not the same kids we were 20, 30 or…