Gaming

By Nick Pino Black Friday 2017 is right around the corner, but thanks to an insane deal that just popped up on Amazon you won’t have to wait until November 24 to save big on a brand-new Xbox One S. The deal goes like this: Buy one Xbox One S (500GB) system for the standard…

By Jon Porter Looking for a cheap PlayStation Plus deal? Sony is running a promotion for one day only that will allow you to get 15 months of the service for the price of 12. The deal should be helpful for anyone looking to avoid the upcoming price rise for the service, which will see…

By Jon Porter Last week, AMD announced its newest series of high end graphics cards, RX Vega, which introduce a number of new technologies on the PC platform. However, it’s since emerged that these technologies could lead to massive performance boosts on the PS4 Pro. The PS4 Pro includes a chip manufactured by AMD based…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln From simple sliders and skins to full-on, triple-A-like expansions, ‘modifications’ have become the creative bridge that’s combined developers and fans into one talent-infused organism. Through a set of dedicated amateur programmers and designers, a game can live on when its creators move on to pastures new, or be reborn in a wildly…

By David Nield We’ve already seen artificial intelligence systems trounce human beings at the ancient board game Go, and now computers are winning at multiplayer video games too – the OpenAI engine backed by Elon Musk has been beating the best Dota 2 players in the world championships in the US. The AI took on…

By Darren Allan Blizzard’s Overwatch League has seen the addition of another two teams, with one of them being the first European franchise to enter the competition: an outfit based in London. LA-based esports firm Cloud9 has bought the rights to the London team, and founder Jack Etienne commented: “We are thrilled that Cloud9’s formidable…

By Harry Domanski Nintendo’s handheld tablet-esque console, the Switch, is now the subject of a lawsuit that claims that certain elements of the design are a little too close to a concept patented by gaming accessory manufacturer, Gamevice. In particular, the lawsuit isn’t happy with how closely the concepts of the Switch mimic that of…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Attention, Fallout 4 fans. There’s a new game edition coming to town, plus a little something extra if you live in North America. Bethesda announced on Thursday that it’s releasing a Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition on September 26. This is in celebration of all the best game honors Fallout…

By Parker Wilhelm Getting a game certified for consoles can be a lengthy and expensive process — one that usually stops most independent games at the door unless they get a publisher to foot the bill However, Microsoft is now opening up its Xbox Live Creators Program to the public, allowing indie game makers to…

By Emma Boyle Though we don’t know when exactly it’ll be it is inevitable that there’s going to be a 5.0 firmware update for the PlayStation 4 and details of what changes it’s going to bring have been leaked online. Eurogamer, which claims to have secured a copy of the release notes, reports that 1080p…

By Joe Osborne Part of the reason or inspiration behind this column was the realization of how profoundly technology both motivated and enabled me to get into Dungeons & Dragons in the first place. You could say that this whole endeavor is my attempt to pay it forward. So, it was only an eventuality that…

By Darren Allan There’s another Hearthstone rival marching onto the scene, from a big-name franchise with an already well-established pedigree in competitive gaming: Dota 2. Dota 2 is Valve’s MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game which involves teams of players who level Up characters and attempt to trash the other side’s base while defending their…

By Darren Allan It seems that esports is going from strength to strength of late, and could potentially be included as an official part of the Olympic Games in 2024. The bid team from Paris, which is hosting the games that year – although an official announcement is still to be made (it’s coming in…

By Nick Pino You’re going to need a better sound system: Microsoft just announced that Spotify is coming to Xbox One. The announcement follows weeks of rumors, and a near two-year lag since the PlayStation 4 got access to the music streaming service back in 2015. Spotify will be available to download on Xbox One…

By Emma Boyle A couple of weeks ago I, a woman only a couple of inches over 5 foot, was transformed into a gargantuan hell beast inspired by Viking warriors. No, I wasn’t hungry, it was all thanks to the innovative technology used by indie game developer Ninja Theory. Ninja Theory has worked with big…