Gaming

By Gerald Lynch Do you like your demons and blood splatters rendered in the highest possible resolution when gaming? Then Bethesda and iD Software have you covered – they’re updating the gory shooter Doom to take advantage of the power of the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro. On the top tier consoles, it’ll…

By Joe Osborne If you’re currently using a third-party Nintendo Switch dock, particularly ones from Nyko, you should probably stop. Kotaku reports that third-party Nintendo Switch docks are bricking consoles following Nintendo’s recent 5.0 Switch firmware update. Kotaku cites several sources from Reddit and Nintendo’s own forums reporting that since this most recent numbered update,…

By Emma Boyle Getting to grips with the touchscreen controls of PUBG on mobile isn’t easy and it’s being made more difficult by a group of players who are apparently using a mix of emulation and mouse and keyboard controls to gain unfair advantages in mobile-only matches. According to Motherboard, there are a number of…

By Gerald Lynch If you’ve been a hardcore Guardian since the original Destiny came out, Destiny 2 may have felt like a bit of a step backwards in one key way. After a slew of re-balancing updates, everything just felt a little… slower. Looking to answer fans’ fears that the sequel had started to lose…

By Emma Boyle If you’ve been holding off jumping on the virtual reality bandwagon, Sony may have just announced the incentive you need to make the leap: a price cut. On the official PlayStation Blog, Sony confirmed that the PSVR headset will be receiving a permanent price cut in the US and UK from March…

By Emma Boyle Microsoft has unveiled its brand new Code of Conduct and you might be interested to know that using offensive language in Xbox Live, Skype, Office – shared documents – could land you in some sh**. This is all part of the new Microsoft Service Agreement, which comes into action on May 1…

By Sudhanshu Singh Xiaomi’s long awaited Mi Mix 2S smartphone is now officially unveiled, but that’s not the only interesting announcement from today’s event. The announcement was followed by a surprise launch of the Mi Gaming Laptop. Yes, the company has also launched, as they say, a “gaming laptop that can be carried to work”.…

By Marc Chacksfield Anyone who regularly uses Twitch on the PS4 knows that it was in good need of a makeover. While the app did its main job – allowing gamers to watch and stream broadcasts – its was a bit of a nightmare to use. The Twitch 1.21 update means this is no longer…

By Emma Boyle It’s been a while since Pokemon Go has had a significant update but that’s all about to change thanks to a new announcement from Niantic. In a recent blog post, the Pokemon Go developer revealed that over the next week it’ll be bringing mythical Pokemon Mew into the game alongside a new…

By Emma Boyle Following a recent update to the game, GTA Online players are reporting a sharp rise in the number of bans being enforced by Rockstar. The problem appears to only be affecting players in the PC community, with a growing thread of Reddit users reporting that they’ve been banned following the Southern San…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln If you’ve played either of the recent numbered entries in Ubisoft Montreal’s open-world franchise, much of Far Cry 5’s DNA will be familiar right from the off. You’ll use stealth and all out warfare to defeat a seemingly endless army of militant fanatics; you’ll help a homegrown Resistance slowly reclaim their home…

By Emma Boyle After a ratings board leak which suggested Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice would be coming to Xbox One, developer Ninja Theory has now confirmed that to be the case. First released in August 2017, Hellblade was only available on PS4 and PC but from April 11, it’ll also be available on Xbox One. It’s…

By Emma Boyle The Nintendo Switch has now been out for a year and it’s safe to say that it’s taken the world by storm. It’s the fastest selling console ever in the US and Nintendo is reporting its most profitable quarter in a decade on the back of this. The future certainly looks bright…

By Emma Boyle Spring is the season of rebirth. If you really stretch that notion you can use it to justify growing your game collection, and to that end Nintendo has launched its spring sale, with discounts across a range of Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U titles. Nintendo eShop sales aren’t known for…

By Emma Boyle For a while now, the titans of the battle royale sub-genre Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have been vying for our attention and favor. But now that both platforms have launched on mobile, it feels like the fight has reached an entirely new level. Both games have only been available on smartphones for…