Gaming

By Emma Boyle With its DIY cardboard models Nintendo Labo is a toy that undoubtedly encourages creativity and curiosity in those that use it. But it’s the the Toy-Con Garage that shows the true range of the product (and perhaps justifies those relatively expensive bits of kit). Toy-Con Garage is a section within Nintendo Labo…

By Emma Boyle Long-rumored but still not confirmed, a Spyro the Dragon trilogy remaster has appeared on Amazon for the PlayStation 4. The product page can be found on Amazon Mexico where the game is listed as Spyro Reignited Trilogy with a release date of September 21 2018 (around the time of the series’ 20th…

By Nick Pino Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go, has just announced that it will dish out rewards on Earth Day 2018 all in an effort to encourage its 20 million active users to get out and clean up their communities. Attend a local event, and you could net yourself two or three times the…

By Darren Allan Those who play Assassin’s Creed Origins on the PC are getting a major bonus in the form of a massive raft of customization options that allow for various parameters to be tweaked, including adding multiple animal companions and switching on ‘God Mode’. All this will be implemented via the Animus Control Panel…

By Harry Domanski If you hurry, you’ll be able to save yourself some serious cash on the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox One X. Check out the links below and be sure to enter PLAYER1 at checkout to get 20% off the asking price. Nintendo Switch (Neon) for $375.20 Nintendo Switch (Grey) for $375.20 Xbox…

By Emma Boyle If you have a powerful PC, an interest in virtual reality and cash to burn, you’ve probably been looking at the brand new HTC Vive Pro with no small amount of interest. It may be more expensive than the standard (and still excellent) HTC Vive, but it also improves on it. With…

By Sudhanshu Singh MSI has launched three new gaming laptops — the GS65 Stealth Thin, GE RGB Edition, and the GT75 Titan priced at Rs 1,69,990, Rs 1,64,990 and Rs 2,99,990 respectively. The three laptops feature high-end hardware dedicated to graphics with one of them having the latest Core i9 processor. The laptops will be…

By Joe Osborne You whined, and Square Enix listened. The games publisher behind the PC release of the seminal, cult classic Super Nintendo (SNES) role-playing game Chrono Trigger has promised to address many of its issues through a Steam forums update. Square Enix promises to accomplish this through a series of patches to the version…

By Emma Boyle Between Fortnite and PUBG, battle royale games are thriving at the moment, so it’s not entirely surprising that developers of other online games are looking on the genre with interest as fans clamor to see battle royale modes crammed into all of their favorite titles. One game that receives a particularly large…

By Emma Boyle When it was first released back in September 2017, Middle-earth: Shadow of War was one of a handful of games involved in a growing furore over microtransactions. But now, more than six months after its release, they’re going to be removed. The news was announced by the game’s developer, Monolith, on a…

By Cameron Faulkner Fortnite is now available for all on the iOS App Store, well, to those with at least with an iPhone that’s no older than the iPhone SE or iPhone 6S. The popular battle royale multiplayer shooter was previously in beta, and available to download via an invitation. But now, all you have…

By Nick Pino VR headsets have had a shaky start despite their obviously awesome nature: PlayStation VR has sold only about 2 million units since its launch last year, while the golden standard of VR, the HTC Vive, has shipped even less. One of the reasons that sales might not be rocketing through the roof…

By Brendan Griffiths Looking for the best Far Cry 5 PS4, Xbox One and PC prices? We don’t blame you as it’s easily the biggest game of the year so far and the reviews have been pretty darn good since its release earlier this week. Far Cry 5 is Ubisoft’s newest entry to the much-loved…

By Kevin Lee No Man’s Sky has been a PS4 console exclusive up until now, but this summer it’s final coming to the Xbox One. On top of the base game, the port will include all the existing expansions including Foundation, Pathfinder, and Atlas Rises updates. Speaking to The Verge, game founder Sean Murray says…

By Brendan Griffiths Fancy getting stuck into Assassin’s Creed: Origins today for an incredibly low price? Well, if you have an Xbox One or Xbox One X, you’re in luck as we’ve spotted some deals that smash anything else out there. We’ve shopped around for the best PS4 price too. First up we have a…