Gaming

By Mark Pickess E3 is gaming nirvana – the biggest video game conference in the world, it’s a veritable feast of polygons and pixels. Unsurprisingly then there have been some historic E3 moments, from console and game unveilings, to famously awkward demo fails. But alongside all these golden gaming goodies there have also been moments…

By Joe Osborne Just ahead of E3 2017, Samsung has issued three brand new gaming monitors for the year, and they’re all curved, QLED displays with HDR10 technology. Being curved screens, Samsung’s focus here is on speedy refresh rates and response times for heavy-action online gaming. The monitors run the gamut of the pricey-but-pretty-badass, 27-inch…

By Brendan Griffiths Black Friday comparisons? It’s no exaggeration, there are loads of action-packed PS4 deals today, priced from just £199.99 in the Days of Play sale. We’re also seeing the best PlayStation VR bundles yet, with multiple games and the camera thrown in for free in some cases. There’s an unmissable PS4 Pro deal…

By Brendan Griffiths If you’ve been holding out for a great PS4 deal, then you’ll want to take a look at the new ‘Days of Play’ sale from Sony to celebrate this year’s E3 expo. The ‘nine days of epic deals’ has begun, lasting until June 17th, and we’re liking what we’ve seen so far.…

By Harry Domanski UPDATED: There are currently two amazing in-store bundle deals at Target and Big W, scroll down for further details. Sony has officially announced the new 4K PlayStation 4, it’s called the PS4 Pro, it’s awesome and it’s out now. We imagine you’re on the lookout for a cheap PS4 Pro deal then.…

By Parker Wilhelm With just under three days left until Microsoft’s big E3 2017 presentation, the company has filed for a mysterious trademark that could possibly change up its gaming repertoire. Microsoft has applied for a trademark patent for what it calls “Direct Reality,” which is described as “computer software for holographic applications,” according to…

By Emma Boyle God of War and Kratos are coming to PlayStation 4 and they’re set to make a very big impression at this year’s E3 conference. After being revealed at Sony’s press conference at the show last year, mammoth posters appearing across LA this year suggest not-so-subtly to us that Sony is preparing to…

By Matt Hanson HTC’s Viveport subscription service launched in April, and HTC has now announced that it has doubled the number of virtual reality titles on offer. For a monthly fee of £6.99/$6.99/AU$9.99 you can choose five virtual reality apps or games from a curated list to download and install, which is a handy way…

By Gerald Lynch It hasn’t got a release date, it hasn’t got a price, and it hasn’t even got an official name yet. But if you’ve already set your heart on buying Microsoft’s Xbox Project Scorpio when it becomes available, you’ve now got a headset you can pre-order alongside it. Turtle Beach has lifted the…

By Jon Porter Games based on superheros have had a pretty patchy history. Before Rocksteady blew us all away with the Batman Arkham games, superhero titles usually felt like cheap experiences rushed out to cash in on fan excitement surrounding an accompanying movie. The exception was Spider-Man 2, a Treyarch-developed tie in to the movie…

By Emma Boyle ‘Come on’ I mutter, watching Pikachu amble slowly towards the bait I’ve thrown for it through the viewfinder. My finger hovers impatiently over the trigger as he moves tantalizingly close to the central position I need. ‘Just a bit closer’ I coax barely above a whisper, afraid that anything louder will send…

By Jon Porter Evil Controller, the modding company whose gamepads have previously added extra buttons and even software macros to, has announced a pair of new controllers for the Xbox One and PS4 controller called the Evil Shift. But the big change for its newest controllers is that although they support the extra buttons that…

By Parker Wilhelm With less than a week before E3 2017 kicks off, Microsoft has taken to posting a series of vignettes on its UK Facebook page teasing its upcoming superconsole, Project Scorpio. While the teasers seem like standard hype fodder at first, fans via Twitter have noticed hidden messages that may let on more…

By Gerald Lynch Ready for round three of PC gaming goodness at this year’s E3? The third annual PC Gaming Show, run by our pals over at PC Gamer and sponsored by Intel, is hitting the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday, June 12 at 10am PDT, and promises to show off…

By Henry St Leger It’s been a bumper year for Nintendo. While its major competitors bickered over performance upgrades with the PS4 Pro and Xbox Scorpio, the Japanese gaming juggernaut sailed into uncharted waters and proved there was life on other shores. The future looks bright for their hybrid home-portable console, the Switch, which sold…