Gaming

By Andrew London At Gamescom, Microsoft came out with a big claim; at launch there will be over 100 games enhanced for the Xbox One X. But with certain games like ReCore: Definitive Edition not being enhanced to full native 4K, it seems that there might be big differences in the quality of enhancements between…

By Andrew London With Sony’s PlayStation VR having launched almost a year ago, questions are being asked about Microsoft’s own console virtual reality solution – but it seems the firm isn’t ready to talk about it just yet. At a recent Xbox One X preview event, we asked Microsoft’s Xbox Marketing Manager, Albert Penello, about…

By Stephen Lambrechts It’s been a long time coming, but the Xbox One X is finally gearing up to launch in Australia on November 7, 2017. Set to be the most powerful console ever seen, the Xbox One X is bound to be in high demand at launch. While third-party retailers have offered pre-orders for…

By Emma Boyle Sony kicked off the 2017 Tokyo Game Show with its press conference on September 19, taking its time in limelight to highlight some of the PlayStation 4 and PSVR titles we can expect over the next year. Like E3 2017, much of Sony’s press conference was taken up by trailers for games…

By Jon Porter Now that Pokemon Go is no longer the biggest thing on the planet, it looks like Niantic is starting to think about what it might do for future games. Apparently a key part of that is allowing people to play their games without them looking like a “doofus”, which could be achieved…

By Emma Boyle And they said it couldn’t be done. Actually, maybe it’s more of a case of wouldn’t be done. Regardless, players of Epic Games’ cooperative survival game, Fortnite, are reporting that cross-platform play between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has been switched on. Taking to Reddit, Fortnite players have posted screenshots of their…

By Andrew London The hugely successful battle royale multiplayer PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken the title of most concurrent players on Steam. It knocked Valve’s own game Dota 2 off the top spot with over 1.3 million players. If you’re interested in specific number crunching, at the peak there were 1,342,857 people all vying for survival…

By Jon Porter Since the Wii, every Nintendo console has included a Virtual Console, which lets you buy and play retro games from old consoles. We know that one is coming to the Switch, but so far Nintendo hasn’t confirmed exactly what form it’s going to take. However, code unearthed by SwitchBrew has produced a…

By Nick Pino The Xbox One X promises to usher in a new age of native 4K Ultra-HD gaming. This is, obviously, an exciting prospect as it means our games are going to look better than ever. “But,” you give voice your concerns, “aren’t games chock-full of 4K assets going to take longer to download?”…

By Emma Boyle Between announcing some brand new Switch and 3DS games, launching a new 2DS XL, and promising renewed stock of the SNES Classic Mini it’s safe to say Nintendo is doing its utmost to keep players happy in 2017. In order to show in more detail exactly how happy it’s going to make…

By Nick Pino Getting a bit tired of cutesie games like Snipperclips, Arms and 1-2 Switch on Nintendo Switch? Is Splatoon just a bit too touchy-feely for your liking? Good news, then: Bethesda is bringing DOOM, one of its best (and possibly bloodiest) games from last year to the Nintendo’s new console, alongside Wolfenstein II:…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Nintendo is throwing a fresh coat of paint on its 2DS XL handhelds, just in time for the end-of-year holiday shopping season. First up is the New Nintendo 2DS XL Poké Ball Edition, announced during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. As the name suggests, this design closely mirrors the classic Poké Ball look,…

By Brendan Griffiths Nintendo Switch deals are slowly coming back into stock in the UK and still selling remarkably well. So well, there’s no reason to discount them whatsoever. But that hasn’t stopped Tesco’s relentless voucher code machine from chomping £25 off the RRP to bring us the cheapest Nintendo Switch price in the UK…

By Jon Porter The sequel, Star Wars Battlefront 2, is just a couple of months away, but if you can’t wait then the the original game’s expansion packs are currently free across all three platforms. On PC you can grab the season pass (which gives access to the four expansions) on EA’s Origin service for…

By Gerald Lynch Apple looks keen to make a big gaming push with its new Apple TV 4K set top box, revealing it’s poached a key studio from core console platform holders Sony at its iPhone 8 launch event. Thatgamecompany, the dev team behind the critically acclaimed Journey, is developing its new title, Sky, exclusively…