Gaming

By TechRadar Staff Nintendo is a company which is famous for swimming against the tide, confounding expectations and doing precisely the opposite of what everyone anticipates. While rivals such as Sony and Microsoft pour millions into developing Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality for applications within the world of gaming, Nintendo seems to delight in pushing…

By Emma Boyle It may require pulling out a Pensieve to remember, but in late 2017 Warner Bros announced a brand-new publishing label, called Portkey Games, which would be dedicated to creating games tied to the Harry Potter universe. The first game to be announced was Harry Potter: Wizards Unite – an AR game from…

By Gerald Lynch Gamers get a bad rap when it comes to stereotypes about their personal fitness, with the reductive assumption being they’re more interested in their headshots than their heart rates. But Microsoft has been trying to shift that perception for years. The Xbox One launched with the now sadly deceased Kinect-enabled Xbox Fitness.…

By Darren Allan Blizzard’s pro gaming Overwatch League finally kicked off a week ago today, and quickly accrued a good deal of viewers – in fact, the first week of play witnessed over 10 million esports fans spectating the matches. Games took place on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week, and the 10 million…

By Jon Porter Hori’s Onyx PS4 controller is the first wireless third-party controller for the console, which means that other manufacturers will finally be able to match the functionality of Sony’s own-branded gamepads. Competition is never a bad thing, and third-party controllers are no exception. They keep console manufacturers like Sony on their toes, and…

By Nick Pino Nintendo has just taken the wraps off a series of cardboard toys that will augment and interact with the Nintendo Switch. It’s part of a program called Nintendo Labo and it’s here to help kids both young and old make, play and discover a whole new universe of experiences. Shown first during…

By Emma Boyle Despite being one of Microsoft’s most beloved exclusive IPs, Fable is a franchise with a very troubled history and we haven’t seen a mainline installment since Fable 3 was released in 2010. After an unsuccessful attempt to pivot to an online games-as-service model with Fable Legends, followed by the eventual closure of…

By Emma Boyle Less than two years after the closure of Lionhead Studios, Eurogamer is reporting that Microsoft is working on a new mainline Fable game. According to sources close to the project, the game will be developed by UK developer Playground, best known for its work on the Forza Horizon series. Working from a…

By Emma Boyle After last week’s surprise Direct, we weren’t expecting any big Nintendo Switch announcements for a while. However, 2018 appears to be the year Nintendo is aiming to defy expectations. Somewhat out of the blue the company has announced that it will reveal a “new interactive experience” for the Nintendo Switch at 10pm…

By Emma Boyle Look out Steam, there’s a new digital storefront coming to town. Called Robot Cache, the service states that its users will be able to purchase games just like on any other digital store. But it sets itself apart by stating that they’ll also be able to sell these games on when they’re…

By Nick Pino Have some holiday gift cards still burning a hole in your pocket? Have we got some good news for you: Sony is releasing two special edition PS4 Pro consoles at the end of the month. One of the new consoles is the limited edition Monster Hunter: World PS4 Pro that comes with…

By Mark Knapp Microsoft’s Xbox Elite wireless controller may be getting a followup if a series of leaked images are indeed what they seem. The leaked photos, spotted by a Reddit user and originally posted by someone on Baidu, show sections of what appears to be an Xbox Elite controller, only it’s not the same…

By Emma Boyle FPS, RPG, MMO – the gaming world is filled with acronyms. Though they’re supposed to be convenient, for the uninitiated they can simply end up more confusing. In this article we’re touching on the genre that already creates enough confusion without any acronymic obfuscation – MMOs, or Massively Multiplayer Online games. If…

By Brendan Griffiths Looking to get a great new Xbox Live Gold deal for the cheapest price of the year so far? Actually, this is equivalent to an ace deal we saw around Black Friday, so don’t expect to find a sub this cheap again for a while. We’ve looked through all the best Xbox…

By Sharmishta Sarkar The Nintendo Switch might be a popular gaming console, but unlike the PS4 and the Xbox One, users of the handheld still can’t stream Netflix as there’s no official app. There is, however, some hope that the situation might change in the future. Gaming website Polygon has reported that Netflix is “exploring…