Gaming

By Nick Pino It’s fair to say that Atari caused quite a stir last year when it announced its first console in over 20 years, the Atari VCS – or, as it was known back then, simply the Ataribox. It was a bold move and not something you’d expect to see from a company that…

By Emma Boyle Like any holiday period these days, Easter means sales and discounts. It also means fun themed chocolate, but discounts are our focus for now. Game fans will be glad to know that the PlayStation Store is offering some pretty deep discounts on a range of titles this year. From today, the PlayStation…

By Emma Boyle Welcome to the TechRadar Sea of Thieves review. Sea of Thieves is a brand new online multiplayer game from Rare studios which has launched on Xbox One and Windows PC. It sees you take up the role of a pirate and sail the Sea of Thieves by your lonesome or with a…

By Kevin Lee Sea of Thieves launches March 20 and, while it’s an Xbox One console exclusive, you can also run it on practically any Windows 10 PC you’d like. Whether you have MacBook Pro or even a simple basic budget laptop for college, you can run the game on just integrated graphics. All you…

By Emma Boyle Reports have emerged that Nintendo is working on new and improved Switch hardware. Though the console’s recent 5.0 firmware update wasn’t up to much on the surface, hackers on Switchbrew (via Resetera) have been digging into to the upgrade and found evidence which suggests a hardware refresh is in the works. Switchbrew…

By Emma Boyle Will Wright, the designer behind games such as SimCity and The Sims, has announced at GDC in San Francisco that he’s working on a brand-new mobile game called Proxi. Wright is working with developer Gallium Artists to create Proxi in the Unity engine and, as you’d expect from Wright, it’s a simulation…

By Harry Domanski Hot on the heels of Fortnite launching its iOS beta last week, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (the other hot battle-royale game) has gone one better and made its official debut on both iOS and Android. Late last year, there was talk of a port of the popular PC and Xbox One title making its…

By Mark Knapp Facebook is already connected to games in a lot of ways, especially on mobile where users can log in using their Facebook accounts. Now, Facebook is looking to get even more mixed in with a new Software Development Kit (SDK) that puts a strong emphasis on game streaming, especially on the popular…

By Nick Pino With each passing day, Amazon becomes more and more of a video game company. Two years ago that trip into the world of pixels and cell shaders took the world’s largest retailer into the game development space with a game called Breakaway, and last year’s big play included the acquisition of game…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Ever wanted to play a mobile game, but were on the fence about downloading it? Or, maybe you did want to install a game, but there were too many steps involved, so you lost interest? Google Play Instant hopes to solve this conundrum. Just like Android Instant Apps, which Google launched in…

By Emma Boyle The online multiplayer gaming sensation that is Fortnite Battle Royale has come to mobile (well, some of them) taking it one step closer to what seems to be its almost certain world domination. If you’ve not played Fortnite Battle Royale, we imagine you’ve probably come across its name at some point, whether…

By Joe Osborne Surprise, surprise: the starting HTC Vive Pro price is mighty expensive – in fact, it’s equally as pricey as when the original HTC Vive first launched. Yes, HTC Vive Pro pre-orders have been opened for $799 or £799 (about AU$1,015) for the device to arrive by April 5, the headset maker has…

By Emma Boyle Part of the fun of the Assassin’s Creed series is guessing where and when the next title may be set. If recent rumors are anything to go by the next installment could take players to ancient Greece in 2019. In a report on Comicbook, Liam Robertson has said that several sources close…

By Emma Boyle First teased all the way back in 2017, Bandai Namco’s My Tamagotchi Forever has now landed on iOS and Android devices. Seizing on the current nostalgia for all things 90s, My Tamagotchi Forever brings back the tiny digital pets that were once so popular, but this time breaks them out of their…

By Emma Boyle After the huge success of Battlefield 1 in 2016 and a break in 2017, the Battlefield franchise will return in 2018 with a brand-new game. Now that this has been confirmed, the rumor mill is spinning like an overactive hamster’s wheel, and we’re seeing all kinds of snippets about EA’s next wartime…