Gaming

By Samuel Horti My villager hacks away at a tree trunk with his axe. Again and again he strikes it, piling up as many logs as his wheelbarrow can carry before carting it off to the lumber camp a short distance away, which I’ve placed on the edge of a dense forest. Then it’s back…

By Andrew London Long gone are the days of a simple screenshot that only shows what your screen was displaying the moment that you took it. Originally announced alongside the GTX 1080, Ansel allows you to adjust your capture after you’ve taken it, changing the angle of the shot, how zoomed in or out you…

By Rounak Jain Games for modern smartphones have been growing in size for a few years now. With the advent of modern smartphones with high resolution displays and powerful processors, game developers want to use high resolution graphics to make their games look good, which is understandable. However, there are numerous games that are challenging…

By Brendan Griffiths With the Xbox One X pre-orders finally going live, we can expect to see some seriously hot PS4 deals appearing in the run-up to Black Friday. Tesco is off to a flyer today though as a fresh voucher code knocks £20 off a selection of PS4 bundles and even the PS4 Pro.…

By Andrew London Nvidia’s presentation at Gamescom was packed full of little gifts, but one that’s particularly exciting is that ShadowPlay Highlights is now available in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. ShadowPlay Highlights is Nvidia’s technology that’s designed to capture your most exciting in-game achievements so that you can share that killer headshot with the hater who doesn’t…

By Jon Porter HTC has announced that its HTC Vive virtual reality headset is getting a price cut. The exact percentage varies across regions, but the average is around 25%. The fact that this has happened isn’t surprising. The price of consumer electronics inevitably drops over time. It’s usual that a company, after it spends…

By Brendan Griffiths The Nintendo Switch was suddenly back in stock at multiple UK retailers last week after a long absence. Tesco may have missed out then, but it’s back with a vengeance this week with a new voucher code offer that knocks £20 off Nintendo’s console for the best Nintendo Switch deal in the…

By Andrew London The European gaming bonanza that is Gamescom has got off to a roaring start with the announcement that Final Fantasy XV is coming to PC. It’s been available for a little while now as a title on PS4 and Xbox, but for PC gamers there’s been no way to throw yourself into…

By Brendan Griffiths Microsoft finally opened up Xbox One X pre-orders last night at Gamescom 2017. Unsurprisingly, demand has been seriously high already, and if you’re in the market for one at launch, you’ll want to get your pre-order sorted as soon as possible. Let us save you the time going through all the usual…

By Jon Porter HTC has announced that it’s dropping the price of its HTC Vive headset worldwide. The headset will now retail for $599 (£599 / AU$999) as opposed to its previous price of $799 (£759 / AU$1399). In the UK that amounts to a 20% price cut, in Australia it’s closer to 30%, and…

By Andrew London Techradar has landed! In Germany that is. We’ve arrived in Cologne for what is arguably Europe’s biggest annual gaming event, Gamescom. We’re very excited to be here, and not just because Cologne has a chocolate museum. Mmmmmm, chocolate. Gamescom officially opens its doors to the public on August 23, but the doors…

By Emma Boyle In a move that was anticipated by many, Microsoft has started strong at this year’s Gamescom by launching pre-orders for the upcoming Xbox One X. If you want to be sure that you get the 4K console when it’s released on November 7, you can place your order right now on the…

By Gerald Lynch My first games console was a bookshelf. Long before I felt the call of Skyrim’s icy tundras, tackled the complex dungeons of Zelda or battled the undead foes of Dark Souls, I was exploring vast fantasy worlds through the pages of books. The Fighting Fantasy novel series had it all – epic…

By Nick Pino August is almost over and September is already upon us – that means schools will be back in session, the temperature will drop back to optimal TV-watching weather and, thankfully, football will be back on TV. There’s a lot of hype around the winter months (and even a few songs to that…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Microsoft might be readying a special Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition, if leaks on two German retail websites are to be believed. The listings, which appear to have been taken down, seemingly reveal a unique version of the 4K-capable console is on the way. Project Scorpio, you may remember, was the…