Gaming

By Leif Johnson The continued success of Nintendo’s hybrid console-and-handheld Switch device has taken almost everyone by surprise. So strong is the appeal, in fact, that some formerly naysaying competitors and developers are rethinking their strategies. But Sony Interactive Entertainment president Andrew House just isn’t buying into the hype. Speaking with Bloomberg (via IGN), House…

By Emma Boyle It’s been 5 years since Gearbox released Borderlands 2 and given that the game was beloved by critics and players alike, we wouldn’t be at all surprised if a third proper entry was in the words (and no, the Pre-Sequel doesn’t count). Borderlands 3 may not have been officially confirmed but at…

By Emma Boyle It’s an exciting time for those who managed to secure one of the early SNES Classic Mini pre-orders – dispatch emails have started to appear in inboxes and we’re only a few more working days away from that September 29 release date. Though at this point it’s probably hard to imagine a…

By David Nield If you’re still playing Super Mario Run on iOS or Android, or you’ve got an inkling that you’d quite like to get back into the groove of playing it, you’ll want to know that Nintendo is planning a significant update for the mobile game which lands on September 29 (that’s next Friday).…

By Patrick Goss FIFA 18 is here, dragging us away from our Call of Dutys and Destinys and back to a world where the shooting is slightly less lethal and quite possibly slightly more accurate. You know the drill by now – every year EA Sports will tinker with the gameplay but try to avoid…

By Emma Boyle Given that it’s bringing Doom, Skyrim and Wolfenstein to the Nintendo Switch it’s safe to say that Bethesda has more fondness for, and faith in, the Switch than any other Nintendo console. In a recent interview with Venturebeat, Bethesda’s vice president of marketing and communication, Pete Hines, suggested the relationship between the…

By Jon Porter No VR system is perfect. PC VR relies upon you buying an expensive headset to sit alongside your already expensive computer, while mobile VR makes use of the hardware you already have in your phone while being limited by that same hardware. Intel’s new system wants to combine the benefits of the…

By Emma Boyle Earlier this week I received some startling news – this month The Simpsons: Hit and Run turned 14 years old. For anyone that somehow managed to miss this game when it was released in 2003, it was intended to be a parody of Grand Theft Auto 3 and it allowed you to…

By Andrew London The “biggest publicly-voted video game awards ceremony on the planet” is back for its 35th year. The venue has been confirmed as the Bloomsbury Big Top in London. The date, November 17. The host, the brilliant Danny Wallace. But the most important element of the night is yet to be decided, and…

By Brendan Griffiths The original batch of Xbox One X pre-orders sold out in a few days back in September, but retailers have finally managed to get a fresh batch online for anyone who missed out first time around. We’ve included links to all the Xbox One X pre-order links we can find with multiple…

By Jon Porter When Yoshiaki Koizumi took to Nintendo’s stage at Gamescom earlier this year, he proudly announced that the theme of Super Mario Odyssey was ‘travel’. To a certain extent that’s true. The game is made up of a number of different kingdoms, each loosely based on a European country (New Donk City’s New…

By Andrew London When Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor was first released back in 2014, it introduced the world to the ‘Nemesis System’, a gameplay mechanic that has Modor’s hoards of Orcs responding dynamically to how you play the game. It will come as no surprise that its sequel, Shadow of War, features some big…

By Andrew London Rare’s Sea Of Thieves is one of the most exciting games on the horizon for Xbox. It’s a massively multiplayer online game that is pirate-y to its scurvy ridden core. But it turns out it wasn’t always definitely going to be an adventure of the swashbuckling variety. Speaking at a recent Xbox…

By Brendan Griffiths The original batch of Xbox One X pre-orders sold out in a few days back in September, but we’ve had word from a few retailers around the world that fresh stock is coming in today ahead of the November 7 release date. We’ve included links to all the previous Xbox One X…

By Jamie Carter The new Xbox One X can deal in 4K and HDR video and produce Dolby Atmos and DTS:X sound. It’s a potential AV powerhouse, but only if you set it up properly. Here’s how to maximise its audio and video to help you create the best-ever gaming experience at home – and…