For the first time Insomnia gaming festival comes to Ireland. Irish gamers will get the chance to come together and play some the latest and upcoming games. On the 10th-13th June 2016, INEC Killarney will be hosting Insomnia Gaming Ireland. Day, evening and BYOC  (Bring your own computer) tickets are…

As was previously discovered by internet sleuths on the Hearthstone subreddit earlier this week, the upcoming expansion is called Whispers of the Old Gods and will be launching around the end of April/start of May. Themed around four eldritch deities lurking deep under Azeroth, the expansion will launch at the…

To kick the weekend off, some exciting Rocket League news has arrived. First up is Techland and Psyonix joining forces to bring Rocket League themed dirt buggies to Dying Light: The Following. Everyone has to find some way to have fun during a zombie apocalypse, right? They’ve also confirmed some…

Most games tend to get only a few years of support before they are dropped leaving the community to fix any remaining issue, not Diablo 2 though. Diablo 2 is now a 16 year old title that hasn't seen a new update in 5 years, that is until now. That's…

The indie answer to Harvest Moon is selling pretty well, actually it's selling brilliantly. Despite only being on Steam for two weeks, the title has already sold 425,000 copies. The game has sat in the top half of the best sellers list since it launched on Steam. This probably due to…

Paul and Barry Chuckle, also known as the Chuckle Brothers, are two of the finest entertainers to come out of Britain and will be well recognised by anyone over the age of 10 for their BAFTA winning kids show, ChuckleVision. But they're not particularly known for their blood lust. To…

More news for Killer Instinct fans as a leaker known as no1dead has leaked some very interesting screenshots to Shoryuken, detailing two new fighters and a new online mode for Microsoft's fighting game. The two new characters are Mira, Maya's late twin sister and General RAAM, the Locust general from…

Forget the Oscar season, it's over and had nothing to do with our beloved video games. Now the focus shifts over to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, who have just released the nominations for their upcoming Game Awards. Taking the lead in nominations is The Chinese Room's…

Rejoice PC Dark Souls fans, your prayers have been answered. In a short GIF posted on the official Dark Souls III Facebook page today, it has been confirmed that Dark Souls III will run at 60fps on PC. This news will no doubt please many, as Dark Souls does have…

Rivals of Aether has its final launch character in Etalus, a giant warrior polar bear with command of ice. He is a heavy character like Kragg, using his control of ice to freeze opponents and even grant him frozen armour to help tank hits. He can freeze sections of the…

The development for Dead Island 2 has been taken over by Sumo Digital, the studio behind LittleBigPlanet3. Publisher Deep Silver told MCV today that it had moved the production of the zombie shooter to the studio as “Sumo showed so much understanding of the brand, had creative ideas and an excellent, vision that…

Street Fighter V's launch has been a bit of a mess truth be told, with server problems and the plague of ragequitters putting many people off from purchasing Capcom's latest edition of their storied fighting game franchise. After promising it right back when Street Fighter V launched last month, Capcom…

After the success of their first person puzzle adventure that was Pneuma: Breath of Life, Bulkhead Interactive have set their sights on the stars. Announced earlier today, The Turing Test is set on a research facility on Europa, one of the moons orbiting Jovian, also known as the planet Jupiter.…

Since it's launch day on March 8th, Tom Clancy's The Division from Ubisoft has quickly become the companies fastest selling title to date. It was also revealed that the game has also set new digital sales record for the company across all platforms. There are no numbers thus far as…

Oh my god this looks awesome. Sorry, composure. Seriously though, this latest Doom multiplayer trailer looks freaking sweet. ID Software's montage of pain shows off the suite of weaponry at the player's disposal including shotguns, energy weapons, railguns and rocket launchers. We also get a peak at the kind of…

Sony has kicked off it's series 'Making of Uncharted 4' today with it's premier episode on YouTube. The five-episode-series follows developer Naughty Dog and the voice cast as they describe how the series has evolved since its first release. https://youtu.be/S--iukH2z8E   "The video team at PlayStation was given incredible access…

Good news for fans of old school RPGs and 90s era comics as thanks to a partnership between Nordic Games and Airship Syndicate, the developers of Battle Chasers: Nightwar, all of the campaign stretch goals for this video game revival of Joe Madureira's comic series have now been reached. Nordic…

Adam Johnson has been removed from the active rosters of both Sunderland and England in FIFA 16, however Electronic Arts has said more time will be needed to remove his name and data from all gamemodes. Johnson, the 28 year old ex-professional footballer, was found guilty last week of engaging…

As a whole, point and click adventures are well known for their charming characters, improbable yet plausible plot lines and more puzzles than you could throw a rubber chicken with a pulley at. Funded through Kickstarter in 2014, Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is now available through Steam's Early Access…

It's a great time to be a fan of the Soulslike as Salt and Sanctuary, the 2D Dark Souls inspired action RPG makes its way to the PS4 on March 15th. Designed by Ska Studios, the two person team that brought you Xbox Live Arcade gems like Dishwasher: Vampire Smile…

Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb spoke out about the downtime that Xbox Live has been experiencing over the last two weeks. Reddit user BIGBLOCK22s submitted a thread titled 'Has Microsoft even thought about compensation for the last 2 weeks?' Major Nelson responded "I've taken some of the more thoughtful comments and shared them with…