Gaming

By Emma Boyle In the Nintendo Switch‘s second year on the market, Nintendo apparently intends to focus on releasing new console peripherals rather than launching any kind of upgraded or revised hardware. This information comes from a report in the Wall Street Journal, which states that sources have said Nintendo’s main focus is on better…

By Brendan Griffiths The Nintendo Switch deals and bundles are still selling well long after Christmas, which isn’t usually great news for bargain hunters. However, UK retailers are keen to get an edge over their rivals so we do see the occasional big discount to tempt a purchase. Today’s latest £249.99 offer from SimplyGames goes…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Let’s be honest, PC gaming is the best, but knowing where to start if you’re relatively new to the world of overclocked towers and hyper-cooled CPUs can be a little daunting. Even knowing how to navigate the vast annals of Steam – Valve’s consistently popular delivery platform for digital games – can…

By Emma Boyle There’s some bad news for those who still enjoy receiving free monthly PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita games on PlayStation Plus: Sony has announced the service will no longer include PS3 and Vita games come March 2019. The current six-game offering which has been the norm since the launch of the PlayStation…

By Craig Granell Welcome to our list of the best free games for children on both tablet and PC. These have been carefully picked to make sure they are appropriate for kids. We hear a lot of bad stuff about kids playing games. Back in the 1980s, we were told Pac-Man would herald the end…

By Nick Pino If you had a sinking feeling that you might not get a new special edition Xbox One S in 2018, you can belay your fears. Microsoft has just announced a new Sea of Thieves special edition Xbox One S that will be released on March 20, 2018. The special edition console in…

By Brendan Griffiths The Nintendo Switch deals and bundles are still selling well long after Christmas, which isn’t usually great news for bargain hunters. However, UK retailers are keen to get an edge over their rivals so we do see the occasional big discount to tempt a purchase. Today’s latest offer from Tesco’s eBay outlet…

By Darren Allan Khronos Group has just unleashed MoltenVK, a new implementation of Vulkan for Apple’s Metal graphics framework, allowing developers to build Vulkan-powered games and apps for Mac computers (and also iOS devices) – with major potential benefits in terms of faster frame rates. MoltenVK is essentially a layer that sits on top of…

By Emma Boyle You’ve probably noticed, but Battle Royale games are having something of a moment. One of the biggest of the Battle Royale titles available at the moment is Fortnite Battle Royale from Epic Games. Available for free on PC, Xbox One and PS4, Fortnite Battle Royale supports up to 100 players at a…

By Gerald Lynch Surprise! Warcraft III, the vintage PC strategy game of 16 years, has been given an unexpected update from its developers Blizzard. Focusing on its multiplayer modes, the tweaks see almost every hero getting reworked for balancing issues, as well as a revised map rotation system for competitive bouts. In addition, the player…

By Emma Boyle EA has confirmed that once again it’ll be hosting EA Play, its own dedicated event that takes place just before the official kick-off of E3 2018. Taking place between June 9 and 11 in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium, EA Play is the time when EA fans will get the chance to get…

By Emma Boyle You’ll be able to play a brand new Tomb Raider experience sometime soon, but it’s not the AAA Square Enix title you’re perhaps expecting. While we know there’s another Tomb Raider title coming from Square Enix sometime soon, there’s a movie coming sooner – March 16 to be exact – and that…

By Nick Pino There’s a very good chance that this time next year you’ll be playing games on Google’s new game streaming service – code-named ‘Yeti’ – that’s currently in development. You might even be playing it on a new Made by Google game console, too. The existence of both the game streaming service and…

By Jon Porter Depending on who you ask, the Kindle is either the best or the worst thing to happen to books in the last century. Its proponents point to its sheer convenience. “You can carry hundreds of books around!” they exclaim, “and you can download them at the push of a button!” For others,…

By Emma Boyle E3 2018 is slowly approaching and organiser ESA has confirmed that for the second consecutive year the show will be open to consumers. Tickets for this year’s show at the LA Convention Center will go on sale on Monday, February 12 at 12pm ET/ 5pm GMT/ 9am PT. As was the case…