Gaming

By Cat Ellis GameSessions is a service that lets you try PC games free before deciding whether to buy them. Today, it launched GameSessions Giveaways – a new service that gives away games to download, play and keep for free. The first freebie is third-person action adventure title Ryse: Son of Rome. The game is…

By Emma Boyle Gamers will soon be able to buy games as gifts for their friends through the Xbox One store according to Xbox Vice President, Mike Ybarra. On Twitter a fan asked Ybarra when we could expect to see the gift purchases feature added to the store and he replied that it’s “not far”…

By Emma Boyle Samsung Smart TV owners can now stream Steam games straight to their TVs thanks to the new Steam Link app. Currently in its beta mode, the Steam Link app can be found in the Samsung app store and currently supports 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second, with Steam Controller and wired…

By Parker Wilhelm During today’s Nintendo Direct livestream, Nintendo revealed that its companion app for online play debuts July 21 — just in time for the launch of its upcoming ink-’em-up multiplayer sequel, Splatoon 2. Simply titled Nintendo Switch Online, the app is a hub for communicating online with other Nintendo Switch players. The app’s…

By Emma Boyle Good news for subscribers to Sony’s Netflix-inspired game streaming service PlayStation Now: you can now access a number of PlayStation 4 titles. Before this, the streaming service which makes it possible to play PlayStation games on a Windows PC only gave access to PS3 titles. The number of PS4 games you’ll see…

By Emma Boyle You may remember a thrilling period around a year ago when you and your friends turned into spotted hyenas. I don’t mean literally, of course, more behaviorally. Thanks to the launch of Pokémon Go last summer, huge numbers of us started stalking the streets in fission-fusion groups, whooping, shrieking and laughing as…

By Emma Boyle The Rayman series has appeared on most major consoles since its first release in 1995 but one console it never made it to was the SNES. There had been plans to bring Rayman to the beloved Nintendo console, but they never came to be. Now we all have the chance to play…

By Gerald Lynch Nintendo is finally making moves into the smartphone space with its Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes apps, which has lead some to believe it may spread its wings onto even more platforms. But, if you were hoping to see some Nintendo IP eventually make its way to PC, you’re out…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Gaming on a PC is a wonderful thing. Should you both have the money and the time to spend, you can play the very best games on the very best tech and sit back while you face, heart and soul gently weep. However, investing in all that hardware can leave the ol’…

By Gerald Lynch PC gamers may have been having all the fun with the Steam Summer Sale recently, but Sony doesn’t want its diehard fans left out of the deal-hunting fun. It’s today kicking off its ‘Big in Japan’ sale, slashing the prices of plenty of PlayStation 4, PS3 and PS Vita titles. As the…

By Darren Allan The OpenIV modding tool is now officially back in action for Grand Theft Auto V following the recent legal fracas which concluded at the close of last month, but the downside here is that the OpenIV team has cancelled a big project – namely ‘Liberty City in GTA V’. OpenIV – a…

By Gerald Lynch Arizona Sunshine is a great game. And Arizona Sunshine is also a shoddy game. Both of the above statements are true, but, depending on which virtual reality platform you’ve invested in, only one of them will apply to your experience. After making a barnstorming room scale debut on the HTC Vive, followed…

By Sudhanshu Singh We all know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Amazon Prime Day? If you’re not familiar with Prime Day, it’s when Amazon goes mad for 24 hours and offers big discounts on things you might actually want to buy. The event has garnered a lot of attention in the…

By Damien McFerran It’s fair to say that the announcement of the SNES Classic (or Super NES Mini, or Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or whatever Nintendo is choosing to call it this week) caused quite a stir. The incredible appeal of this legendary games console – combined with the almost feverish desire…

By Darren Allan Blizzard’s remastered version of StarCraft will go on sale on Monday 14 August, for Windows and Mac machines priced at £13 or $15 over in the US (around AU$20). The classic RTS is up for pre-order now via Blizzard’s online store, and you get the original game plus the Brood War expansion,…