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Though it’s only just a few days old, Far Cry 5 is already on track to be the biggest game of the first half of 2018. If its stellar Steam numbers weren’t enough of a sign, we now have details about its performance at retail in the UK. Far Cry 5 not only topped last week’s UK charts, the game is already the biggest launch in 2018. It also beat BioShock: Infinite as the biggest seller in ...read more
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Valve has unceremoniously removed references to the ill-fated Steam Machine project from Steam. Previously, the Hardware tab on the Steam store featured Steam Machines as one of the options, right next to the Steam Controller, HTC Vive, and Steam Link. The big Steam Machines page that listed several models from big manufacturers is now gone. The only mention of Steam Machines in Valve’s ...read more
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Last month, we told you about a new program being introduced to Twitch Prime users, one that offered up several PC games available to download free of charge with your membership. That program has since taken off like a rocket, and, with a new month upon us, there are a slew of new games to choose from. “Starting today, we’re bringing you FIVE more free games to keep forever with April’s ...read more
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Since it launched its “Battle Royale” mode late last year, Fortnite has become an unstoppable phenomenon thanks to its winning strategy of broader console support and being free-to-play, and now the recently-released mobile version of the game is available for anyone to enjoy. Developer Epic Games has announced that Fortnite is now available to all iOS users on either iPhone or iPad, after ...read more
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Capcom kicked off Season 3 of competitive Street Fighter V back in January with the release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, which added several new modes and some of its own balance tweaks. Now, over two months later, the fighting game developer has detailed an upcoming patch that will be a plethora of balance changes. This update brings slights tweaks and changes to almost every ...read more
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Microsoft’s rewards program for Xbox owners called Xbox Live Rewards will be absorbed by the Microsoft Rewards program starting in June, Microsoft announced. This transition from the Xbox program to the Microsoft Rewards system in June currently only applies to the United States, but other regions have already experienced the change or will do so in the future. Taking a trip to the Xbox Live ...read more
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Rocket League is only a few days away from its biggest update this year, but at the moment developer Psyonix has to address the oversized pigeon – literally – in the room. All of game's toppers are huge right now. Like, really huge. That's right. Huge toppers. And here I thought Rocket League couldn't get any better. Many Battle-Car Toppers in the game are currently stuck in what ...read more
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The New Preview Alpha build for the Xbox One’s upcoming system update has now gone live, Microsoft has officially announced (via Reddit).The update isn’t meaty, of course, and doesn’t bring about any major or significant changes, but it does fix some known issues. The new 1804 Alpha build is mostly concerned with audio fixes- it fixes two known issues. One of these sees the system ...read more
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According to games and interactive media intelligence company, SuperData, the behemoth that is Fortnite has passed fellow behemoth, Grand Theft Auto V, in monthly active users. The research company doesn't provide any more information, but what is there leaves room for some speculation about Fortnite's player count. For those that don't know: GTA V is one of the best-selling games of all ...read more
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You’ve got a couple more weeks to pick up Factorio, the game about building massive machine building networks and fighting hordes of alien bugs, before the price goes up permanently. In an update posted Friday, Wube Software say Factorio version 0.16 is now stable, and that 0.17 will likely become the 1.0 version of the game. That means Factorio will be leaving Steam’s Early Access after ...read more
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