Gaming

By Hugh Langley If The Social Network and Steve Jobs have taught us anything, it’s that movies about people building tech things can actually be quite riveting. Next up for the biopic treatment is Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian video game designer who created the iconic puzzler Tetris – and Brett Ratner is going to produce…

By Hugh Langley If The Social Network and Steve Jobs have taught us anything, it’s that movies about people building tech things can actually be quite riveting. Next up for the biopic treatment is Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian video game designer who created the iconic puzzler Tetris – and Brett Ratner is going to produce…

By Hugh Langley Introduction To celebrate the launch of Star Wars Battlefront, Sony has made a special Darth Vader-themed PS4 as part of a limited edition bundle – and we got a bit of time to bask in its presence. If you’re a die hard Star Wars nut who’s considering a PS4, this might be…

By Rob Edwards The video game industry has long promised us that virtual reality will change lives, cause a revolution in gaming, and other such hyperbole. But Electronic Arts won’t be so quick to bring the likes of The video game industry has long promised us that virtual reality will change lives, cause a revolution…

By Rob Edwards The video game industry has long promised us that virtual reality will change lives, cause a revolution in gaming, and other such hyperbole. But Electronic Arts won’t be so quick to bring the likes of The video game industry has long promised us that virtual reality will change lives, cause a revolution…

By Hugh Langley Page 1 If all goes to plan, HTC and Valve could be the first to launch a full end-to-end virtual reality experience for our homes. It’s difficult to overstate how important that moment is going to be when it happens. Over the last couple of years VR has struck back with a…

By Hugh Langley Page 1 If all goes to plan, HTC and Valve could be the first to launch a full end-to-end virtual reality experience for our homes. It’s difficult to overstate how important that moment is going to be when it happens. Over the last couple of years VR has struck back with a…

By Dave James Microsoft has unleashed its biggest, most exciting update for Xbox One since the console’s launch, but it’s not stopping there. Already the engineers and developers are in the process of knocking the next system update into shape. But don’t worry, Microsoft isn’t going to be messing around with anything until after Christmas,…

By Dave James Microsoft has unleashed its biggest, most exciting update for Xbox One since the console’s launch, but it’s not stopping there. Already the engineers and developers are in the process of knocking the next system update into shape. But don’t worry, Microsoft isn’t going to be messing around with anything until after Christmas,…

By Rob Edwards With The Force Awakens‘ imminent arrival sending everyone Star Wars mad, it almost goes without saying that EA plans to follow up Star Wars: Battlefront with another expedition to a galaxy far far away. Speaking at the UBS Global Tech Conference today, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that EA has grand plans…

By Parker Wilhelm Star Wars fans on the PlayStation 4 lamenting the lack of single-player in Star Wars Battlefront are in for a treat. Sony made a surprise announcement via the PlayStation blog that the old-school classic Super Star Wars is heading to the PlayStation 4 and Vita tomorrow. Releasing the same day as Battlefront,…

By Parker Wilhelm Star Wars fans on the PS4 lamenting the lack of single-player in Star Wars: Battlefront are in for a treat. Sony made a surprise announcement via the PlayStation blog that the old-school classic Super Star Wars is heading to the PlayStation 4 and Vita tomorrow. Releasing the same day as Battlefront, the…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Street Fighter V’s lost the crotch shots It turns out people really are getting annoyed that a bunch of creepy camera angles have been cut from a game that’s not even out yet. No, really, this is actually a thing. If you happened to be correctly unaffected by this obviously world-altering issue,…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Street Fighter V’s lost the crotch shots It turns out people really are getting annoyed that a bunch of creepy camera angles have been cut from a game that’s not even out yet. No, really, this is actually a thing. If you happened to be correctly unaffected by this obviously world-altering issue,…

By Parker Wilhelm Bethesda announced today that the launch of Fallout 4 was a rousing success, with approximately 12 million copies shipped around the globe, amounting to over $750 million in sales, (which comes out to around £493m and AU$1.05b.) “Major retailers have informed Bethesda of the tremendous consumer interest in Fallout 4, with some…