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Epic vs. Apple hasn't gone away - indeed, tech and gaming's latest rivalry is just hotting up, with Apple now accusing Epic Games' lawsuit of being nothing more than a 'marketing' stunt. The accusation appeared in Apple's September 16th's counter-filing against Epic, who are looking to get Fortnite reinstated to the iOS app store before the hearing to determ...

Microsoft dropped a huge bombshell today when it confirmed it had acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda, for a cool $7.5 billion. The purchase means a catalogue of huge IP's now live exclusively under the Microsoft umbrella, including the aforementioned Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, along with Doom...

I recently completed both Life is Strange games and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised at just how engaging and moving the storytelling is in both of these titles. The second game stood out however as a remarkable social commentary on modern America, and if you've never had the chance to pick it up, now's your chance, as the first episode is now comp...

With the news that Google's Stadia Pro service has launched to the mainstream, and GeForce Now providing some, albeit suffering, competition, it begs the question; what would the long term future of game streaming services hold for the game modding and preservation scenes?It's a genuine question, given the sheer proliferation and research going into the tech...

Good news for those of you expecting to have to upgrade your hardware to play Cyberpunk 2077, as CD Projekt Red has now released the official minimum and recommended specs, and on the whole, they're surprisingly light, given how spectacular the game is visually.The specs were released as part of the Night City Wire presentation, where some new trailers were...

If there's one object on your desk you'll interact with more than anything else, perhaps apart from the mouse, it's the keyboard. It's the fundamental way of you getting input into the computer, and for gamers, a decent keyboard is critical.As such, we've rounded up what we feel are the five best choices for gaming keyboards available right now. We'll be cov...

The team behind the upcoming Fallout: Miami mod has released a brand new trailer which shows off a "day in Miami," your next holiday destination for sun, sand, sea, and a few feral ghouls, among other "friendly" locals. The mod, developed by Milan Brajkovic (creator of Shard of Oblivion for Skyrim) and a small team, is set in the areas of New England through...

The iconic opening of Half-Life 2 finds you heading to City 17 for the first time aboard an old soviet-style train, following what I can only describe as a wild hallucination where a man with a briefcase told me to 'rise and shine' - and never before will it have felt so real, as one mod group are porting the whole sequence over to Half-Life: Alyx.Project 17...

Developer Romero Games have confirmed that their upcoming art-deco gangster-em-up, Empire of Sin, will release on the 1st of December, with the game now available to pre-order. The game is set during the prohibition era and is a unique mix of turn-based combat and management sim combined with RPG aspects, which some have described as a mix between the Mafia...

I really like the idea of this one - Baldur's Gate 3, the latest in the series of role-playing games, will allow Twitch and YouTube audiences to decide what happens next during a livestream, thanks to special integration features for those platforms.The feature will be known as Crowd Choice and will allow the audience to affect the next dialogue choice a str...

Star Citizen, the space trading and combat MMO is now free to play for the next two weeks, with 16 of the game's top tier ships available to try out during the event.The 16 ships on offer have been chosen by the community itself, and are "prime representatives of the best and most iconic" ships available. Members of the community will also be able to vote fo...

There was some surprising news surrounding Watch Dogs: Legion during Ubisoft Forward this past week, and that's the return of the series' original protagonist, Aiden Pearce, who's now fighting crime and hacking servers across the pond.He'll be appearing as part of a new DLC story that will be released post-launch, along with new heroes, missions, and car ski...