Gaming

By Emma Boyle Microsoft has announced a free trial for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds this month as part of its Xbox Live Gold Free Play Days. From April 19 to 22, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able download and play the full Xbox Game Preview version of PUBG completely free. This means they’ll have access to…

By Emma Boyle It’s the most wonderful time of the year for PlayStation Plus members: the Double Discount sale on the PlayStation Store. From now until April 25, PlayStation users will have the chance to save up to 40% on select titles on the PlayStation Store, while PlayStation Plus members will have the chance to…

By Stephen Lambrechts If you’re like us, the upcoming Red Dead Redemption 2 has you extremely eager to get back into the saddle for some gun-slinging cowboy action in the Old West. But if you’re having trouble keeping your spurs from jingling and jangling in the lead up to its October 26, 2018 release date,…

By Joe Osborne We don’t always cover Kickstarters … but, when we do, they’re Kickstarters for the greatest PC games ever made. This time, developer Cyan Worlds took to the crowdfunding service to complete the Myst series of adventure games on Windows 10 in a fancy collector’s edition. While the project has already been fully…

By Kevin Lee Not more than five days after Lawbreakers studio said it was moving onto other projects, Boss Key Productions has released a new ‘80s-infused battle royale-style game called Radical Heights. Available as a free-to-play, Early Access title on Steam, Radical Heights is a cheerier take on the PUBG formula which drops players into…

By Emma Boyle Tro det eller ej, den här månaden är det 10 år sedan lanseringen av Grand Theft Auto 4. Men istället för att fira deras födelsedag kommer Rockstar ta bort en hel bunt med låtar från spelet. Det rapporterades först av Kotaku att några av de 10-åriga licensavtalen för låtarna i spelets soundtrack…

By Emma Boyle As far as launch years go, the Nintendo Switch had a good one, but if a recent hint from the CEO of GameStop is anything to go by its second could be even better. During a recent investment call (via NintendoLife), Michael Mauler was asked whether or not he thinks that the…

By Darren Allan Feral Interactive, the outfit responsible for bringing titles such as Hitman to Linux, has released a new open source tool which is designed to ensure that Linux users get the best performance from its games. GameMode tells your processor to run in Performance Mode whenever you fire up a game, and it…

By Emma Boyle Believe it or not, this month will mark ten years since the release of Grand Theft Auto 4. But rather than celebrating, Rockstar will be removing a bunch of songs from the game. As first reported by Kotaku, a handful of 10 year licensing agreements for songs in the game’s soundtrack will…

By Sharmishta Sarkar Castle Hill RSL in Sydney’s north-west has had to cancel a Call of Duty: World War II tournament after a veteran member complained to NSW Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, David Elliot, that the tournament was “distasteful” and “inappropriate”. The tournament – which was to be held on May 8, two weeks after…

By Emma Boyle Launched almost five year ago, not long after the Xbox One itself, Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program has proven to be a big success for the company and has gone some way to improving its reputation with indie developers. At a recent event, ID@Xbox’s European chief Agostino Simonetta told TechRadar that almost 800 titles…

By Emma Boyle Despite first being released all the way back in 2014, Elder Scrolls Online is a game that has continued to grow, expand and even improve. Having recently sat down with the upcoming expansion Summerset Isles for a couple of hours we were impressed by how much more we enjoyed the game than…

By Joe Osborne Because it’s always fun to stoke the flames of the PS4 vs Xbox One debate, Digital Foundry has analyzed the recent high-resolution patch pushed to Doom, allowing it to take full advantage of the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro. The verdict? Xbox One X barely gets to 4K, while the PS4…

By Mufaddal Fakhruddin BenQ today announced a new addition to its ZOWIE lineup of esports-oriented monitors, the ZOWIE XL2740. As the name suggests, this is a 27” LCD monitor that has all of the bells and whistles that we have come to associate with BenQ monitors. Besides its support for 240hz refresh rate, the monitor…

By Kevin Lee Razer is getting into the business of selling PC games with its very own Razer Game Store. Launching globally today, Razer is kicking off the grand opening of its Game Store with up to 75% off Ubisoft titles including Assassin’s Creed Origins, Watch Dogs 2, Far Cry 4, South Park: The Fractured…