Gaming

The free upgrade for Samsung’s 2022 Smart TVs now offers streaming videogames, including major PC and Xbox titles without the need for a console.  

The new series includes a 27-inch 4K M9 monitor and the H9 noise-cancelling wireless headset.  

For gamers who remember the pre-t'interweb days, the thrill of opening up a just purchased magazine to catch up on the latest tech developments and brand-new game reviews (only a few months old!) was something to look forward to. What were some of your favourite gaming rags - and have you still got them?  

Custom PC builder Cyberpower showcases its Infinity X127 RTX Gaming PC featuring RTX3070 Ti graphics, i7-12700KF CPU, 16GB RAM and lighting fast 1TB SSD.  

Live out your very own horror story, with this well-polished and immersive survival experience where your choices, rather than your combat skills, will decide who lives and who dies.  

Samsung's 2022 Smart TVs will offer up console-free access to the full Xbox Game Pass library of titles.  

For the heritage gamers among you, what are your best memories of the Atari ST and Amiga machines? Did you use it for more than games? Share your rose-tinted nostalgia in the discussion thread.  

A console update rolls out in the next few days, with 15 titles set for a variable refresh rate patch in the weeks ahead.  

Nintendo is a very successful business, and the gaming world wouldn't be the same without it but the company's had a few wobbles amongst the innovations too, such as choosing to stick with cartridges over CDs. What do gamers think its worst decisions have been?  

Housemarque’s stylish shooter picks up four awards, with It Takes Two, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Unpacking also having a good night.  

The Borderlands spin-off featuring the series’ greatest creation isn’t quite perfect, but it is a gloriously silly blast of shooter-looter action powered by a stellar voice cast.  

For the price of PlayStation Now, you’ll be able to access nearly 750 free games, including new and retro titles.  

Believe the hype. Elden Ring is arguably FromSoftware’s best adventure yet and one that Dark Souls veterans and newcomers alike can get effortlessly lost in.  

An intriguingly twisted story that is just a little too willing to dive into the horrifying darkness rather than embracing its strengths.  

There's been a few successfully remastered video game titles of late, so if you could see a game on any platform from any era that you love remade from the ground up, with game mechanics and play style intact, what would it be? Check out the suggestions here.  

Sony has announced it intends to purchase renowned US video game developer Bungie for a cool $3.6 billion.  

Play as Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer in their own standalone adventures as they are forced to confront their pasts and forge their own legacies in this collection which includes Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, remastered for PS5.  

It may feel a little bite-sized compared to previous R6 titles, but Extraction offers a fresh co-op PvE spin on things that delivers an absorbing risk-reward experience.