Gaming

By Farrha Khan A new hotel in Amsterdam wants to make sure you get your gaming fix during your stay. But while The Arcade Hotel hopes to attract gamers, it might keep you indoors rather than exploring the historic city. The hotel, which is located in the De Pijp region, opened earlier this month with…

By Farrha Khan A new hotel in Amsterdam wants to make sure you get your gaming fix during your stay. But while The Arcade Hotel hopes to attract gamers, it might keep you indoors rather than exploring the historic city. The hotel, which is located in the De Pijp region, opened earlier this month with…

By Parker Wilhelm Have you ever wanted to relive the glory days of retro gaming without the not-so-glorious days spent scouring for an Atari 2600 on eBay? Enter Atari Vault, an upcoming collection announced for Steam that will contain over 100 classic Atari games, including Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, and Warlords. Not only will…

By Parker Wilhelm Have you ever wanted to relive the glory days of retro gaming without the not-so-glorious days spent scouring for an Atari 2600 on eBay? Enter Atari Vault, an upcoming collection announced for Steam that will contain over 100 classic Atari games, including Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, and Warlords. Not only will…

By Hugh Langley Warning: the article below contains mild spoilers Much has already been written on the brilliant storytelling and heavy themes of Life is Strange, which is unsurprising for a game that tackles loss, suicide and bullying in such a meaningful way. It is, put simply, a game that will provoke a “Holy sh*t”…

By Hugh Langley Warning: the article below contains mild spoilers Much has already been written on the brilliant storytelling and heavy themes of Life is Strange, which is unsurprising for a game that tackles loss, suicide and bullying in such a meaningful way. It is, put simply, a game that will provoke a “Holy sh*t”…

By Dave James Microsoft has announced a significant change to the way it’s going to release its new backwards compatible Xbox One games. No longer will it be releasing them in monthly blocks as it has been doing since it kicked off the project back in November, from now on it will release backwards compatible…

By Kane Fulton Introduction It’s much easier to identify a gaming laptop that matches your requirements these days. Nvidia’s GeForce 900 series of mobile GPUs now includes the GTX 950M at the lower end, followed by the GTX960M, GTX 965M, GTX 970M and GTX 980M. Which one you’ll need depends on your budget, how modern…

By Techradar East London is giving up its status as the go-to destination for imported cereal, beards and gherkin-shaped buildings to become a Mecca for PC gamers on March 5 – 6. Hosted by techradar’s sister publication – you guessed it – PC Gamer, PC Gamer Weekender is set to feature more interactive demos than…

By Hugh Langley Back in 2006, word surfaced that Free Radical Design had been tasked with developing Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Two years later the company announced the game had come to a halt before EA snapped up the rights to the Star Wars franchise – with just a few videos of footage from the…

By Nick Pino 4K video streaming and 900p gameplay may be two of the new features you can expect from the Nintendo NX when it is formally announced this year. At least, if you can believe a survey someone found on the internet. The survey in question was found by Liam Robertson, who promptly posted…

By Nick Pino 4K video streaming and 900p gameplay may be two of the new features you can expect from the Nintendo NX when it’s announced this year. At least, if you believe a survey someone found on the internet. The survey was discovered by Liam Robertson, who promptly posted a screenshot of it on…

By Kane Fulton Introduction The idea that Macs can’t do gaming is an outdated one. Sure, you can’t crack open one of Apple’s computers and slot a Nvidia GTX 980 inside, but today’s iMacs and MacBooks fare much better than they used to thanks to improvements in Intel’s integrated graphics solutions and AMD’s increasingly powerful…

By Kane Fulton Introduction The idea that Macs can’t do gaming is an outdated one. Sure, you can’t crack open one of Apple’s computers and slot a Nvidia GTX 980 inside, but today’s iMacs and MacBooks fare much better than they used to thanks to improvements in Intel’s integrated graphics solutions and AMD’s increasingly powerful…

By Darren Allan Microsoft has snaffled up MinecraftEdu, a modded version of the famous sandbox building game designed specifically for use in the classroom, and will be re-launching it under the name Minecraft Education Edition at some point this summer. MinecraftEdu is the brainchild of education software developer TeacherGaming, and offers various features to help…