Gaming

By techradar Our week started sadly with the news that David Bowie has returned to his home planet. In the obituaries, one thing that stood out was how prescient the Brixton Spaceboy was when it came to tech, predicting the mass influence of the internet and even founding his own ISP. And so as one…

By Parker Wilhelm ESPN announced today that it will be covering competitive gaming with the debut of its own eSports vertical. ESPN eSports, complete with a dedicated Twitter account, will bring interviews, behind-the-scenes coverage, and even post-season report cards for gaming’s biggest professional leagues. “Today’s launch is our latest push to reach and connect with…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln No new Assassin’s Creed this year Spend five minutes in my company (you lucky people) and one thing will become clear: I’m the world’s biggest Assassin’s Creed apologist. And proud of it too. I doubt I’m alone in that my love for the series exists in a bizarre duality: one half of…

By Parker Wilhelm Activision Studios, the production company announced this past fall to bring TV and movies based on Activision-Blizzard’s video game properties, has appointed high-profile Hollywood exec Stacey Sher as its co-president. An impressive filmography under her belt, Sher has worked as producer on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight.…

By Dave James Electronic Arts has launched a new PC gaming subscription service, promising ‘endless PC gaming’ for just US$4.99 (£3.99) per month. Origin Access is the PC equivalent to the Xbox One-based EA Access service which has been running on Microsoft’s console for a few years now. If you’re a PC gamer then chances…

By Hugh Langley With the Oculus Rift now on pre-order and the HTC Vive soon to follow, we’re definitely on the ‘eve’ of virtual reality. There’s just one problem: which system do you go for? It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot, but I think a game recently revealed by Neat Corporation is the…

By Stephen Lambrechts If there’s one classic N64 game that people desperately want to see in remastered form, it’s the fantastic licensed movie tie-in, GoldenEye 007. Unfortunately, licensing issues prevented GoldenEye 007 from appearing on the Rare Replay compilation released last year for Xbox One, leaving many fans of the game heartbroken. Though Rare has…

By Stephen Lambrechts Though the Stan app arrived on PlayStation consoles in November last year, Xbox One users have been left waiting for the streaming service to arrive on their consoles with baited breath. Well, they can breathe easy now, as the Stan app has finally arrived on Xbox One consoles today. The Xbox One…

By Farrha Khan Along with all the other benefits your Prime membership gets you, Amazon is now offering members 20% off new video games. The new 20% discount is only offered on physical copies of games, meaning no digital downloads, and is only available for pre-orders all the way up to two weeks after the…

By Nick Pino 2016 is going to be a good year. Today Nintendo announced that it would release a New Nintendo 3DS system to coincide with the re-release of the original Pokemon games on the Nintendo eShop on Feb. 27. The system comes with two faceplates that will sport the franchise’s most iconic characters, Charizard…

By Kane Fulton PC gamers who have spent the past few months honing their trigger finger in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain will be able to put their skills to the test against online competition very soon. Konami used its Twitch channel to announce that a beta version of Metal Gear Online 3…

By Dave James Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra has been teasing a new feature likely coming in the Xbox One February update – the ability to see who’s in a Party before joining it. Now that might seem like a pretty minor update, but it’s a pretty important one from a social point of view and something…

By David Nield Hints from Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann suggest that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End might be the last time we see Nathan Drake in an Uncharted game. Well, there’s that title for starters. “We’ve been with this character for so long,” Druckmann told the Sun. “He’s at the height of his…

By Kate Gray This week, the Oculus Rift pricing was finally revealed, after years of speculation and hopeful estimates. A million op-eds have been written. The word “ballpark” has been said repeatedly. Basically, the issue is this: it’s really bloody expensive. Eye-wateringly so, in fact, although there is a chance this is just a side…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Remember when people said the PC was dead? Judging by the external graphics card enclosures out in force at CES 2016, not only is the PC very much alive – it’s evolving, and growing a few multi-coloured limbs in the process. Alienware’s Amplifier and MSI’s GS30 Shadow felt like futuristic bolt-on…