Gaming software

When Google Stadia (opens in new tab) works as advertised or as otherwise intended, it feels like I’m bearing witness to some kind of minor miracle. I’ve had Stadia in my life for five days now, and I haven’t once had an evening derailed by an untimely “It’s time to …

With roughly a month left in Destiny 2’s current season, the Season of the Undying, Bungie recently announced (opens in new tab) several significant balance changes coming next season. The notorious One-Eyed Mask Titan Exotic is getting another nerf, as is the ever-absurd Recluse pinnacle submachine gun. It’s not all …

Right up there in the list of life’s greatest pleasures, next to meeting your infant child for the first time and winning an Olympic medal, is clearing out a zone in an RPG. I mean filling out that map with every point of interest, emptying that quest log, making every …

As we said in our review of The Outer Worlds (opens in new tab), this is Obsidian operating at the top of its game, and as you’d expect from the makers of Pillars of Eternity, a lot of that comes down to its writing and humor. The Outer Worlds manages …

Call of Duty: Ghosts is rooted in a military fairy tale – a spec ops Battle of Thermopylae in which 14 men stay behind to defend a civilian hospital against overwhelming odds. They win, of course, and the victors become the Ghosts, unseen and unstoppable. I wonder if that’s how …

Death Stranding (opens in new tab), the new PS4 exclusive from famed Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, is finally out in players’ hands, and the reaction so far has been unsurprisingly mixed.  That varied response won’t be a shock to anyone who read up on the wide range of press …

1. Celebrate the games you love with the 37th Golden Joystick Awards The winners of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards (opens in new tab) will all be revealed at the event on 15 November 2019 in London, with comedian and Assassin’s Creed star Danny Wallace presenting the coveted shiny sticks. …

If you’re burning rubber and racing out on the streets of Palm City, then having a handy set of Need For Speed Heat tips in your glove box can help you take first place in races and keep your nose clean with the police. There’s been plenty of changes made …

Some Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) players who subscribed to the controversial Fallout 1st paid subscription service have formed ‘The Apocalyptic Aristocracy,’ seemingly in response to perceived hostility from some in the Fallout 76 community. GamesRadar (opens in new tab) reported recently that some Fallout 76 players were griefing …

Death Stranding (opens in new tab) never would have existed if Silent Hills had made it past P.T. (opens in new tab), and Norman Reedus is happy with the way everything worked out in the end. The actor, who plays Death Stranding protagonist Sam Porter Bridges in Death Stranding and …