Gaming

By James Rivington With the Xbox One X launching earlier this month at £450, Sony was always going to march in with its one year old PS4 Pro and ruin Microsoft’s party with some barnstorming Black Friday deals. As it turns out, this has happened a week early – a whole range of PS4 Pro…

By Leif Johnson It’s a good day to be an Xbox fan, as Microsoft just slashed the prices on a whole pile of Xbox games through its online store well in advance of many other Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. You can take advantage of the deals right now if you’re an Xbox Live…

By James Rivington With the Xbox One X launching earlier this month at £450, Sony was always going to march in with its one year old PS4 Pro and ruin Microsoft’s party with some barnstorming Black Friday deals. As it turns out, this has happened a week early – a whole range of PS4 Pro…

By TechRadar After months of voting, the Golden Joystick Awards presented with OMEN by HP took place in London today. The winners have been revealed and appropriately revered, and now they’re going to dance the night away. So, who walked away victorious this year? We can help you there. Below you’ll find out which games…

By Darren Allan Forget Game of Thrones, how about a gaming throne? That would come courtesy of Secretlab, which has just launched updated versions of its sporty Throne and flagship Omega lines of PC gaming chairs. Both new versions of the Throne and Omega (pictured above) have better inner cushioning, to allow for a more…

By Dave Rudden With an Xbox One console and a few good games, you’re already looking at a pretty good gaming situation. But, add in a few optional extras and you could create an experience that’s on an entirely new level. While the Kinect failed to connect, the Xbox One isn’t short of excellent accessories…

By Brendan Griffiths Wow! That’s what we said when we saw these amazingly cheap PlayStation VR bundles. Then we mumbled something about getting screwed for being early adopters. But if you’ve not bought into PS VR yet, this is an incredible opportunity as Game and Amazon kick off Black Friday a week early. The scamps.…

By Emma Boyle Following fan outrage over the way loot boxes have been implemented in Star Wars Battlefront 2, EA has pulled them from the game entirely just hours ahead of its release. Overnight, the ability to purchase loot boxes using real-world currency was removed from all platforms and a statement was released from EA…

By TechRadar The Golden Joystick Awards are fast approaching, with the big night taking place on Friday November 17 in London. Presented with OMEN by HP, these awards will be hosted by Danny Wallace (whose voice you may recognize from games such as Assassin’s Creed and Thomas Was Not Alone) while Ellie Gibson (Go 8Bit)…

By Emma Boyle When we first played The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim in 2011, we certainly wouldn’t have imagined that it would be a game we’d be able to play on any portable console, never mind a Nintendo console. It was so far from likely, it actually wasn’t something we even considered wanting. Yet six years…

By Emma Boyle For as long as I can remember, The Sims has made me feel bad about my computer. When the original game was released and I had that first unbeatable taste of controlling another human being (I totally get the appeal, non-specified deity) I begged for it as a gift. When it was…

By Andrew London If you are the proud owner of a Windows Mixed Reality headset, do we have some good news for you. Valve has announced that you can now use the virtual reality headsets to play VR games in Steam. What’s even better news is that at the moment, the software that is needed…

By Emma Boyle While many of us are happy with our Nintendo consoles as they are, and content with the apps and games that are officially released for them, there are enthusiasts out there who like to be slightly more experimental. Using in-game exploits, these hackers have been able to create emulators and unofficial apps…

By Leif Johnson Image credit: Sony We were already impressed with the Skyrim bundle for the PlayStation VR, but Sony clearly knows that some of us prefer to blast away demons with big guns in our games rather than swatting dragons with big swords. To that end, just in time for the holiday rush, the…

By Darren Allan StarCraft II might be getting on a bit now – it’s seven years old, in fact – but it’s still a cracking game (indeed, it’s one of our eight best strategy games for the PC), and you can now bag the title for free on Windows and Mac. As Blizzard announced back…