The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S upgrade for Fallout 4 is here, with updates rolling out for Xbox and PC players and a new PS5 version of the game available as a free upgrade for owners on Sony’s console – sadly not for PS Plus subscribers. The current gen upgrade brings a number of enhancements with some dedicated graphics and performance modes. Performance mode gives a 60 FPS target with 4K managed via upscaling and the game running at ‘standard’ settings. Meanwhile the Quality mode runs at 30 FPS with 4K and ultra settings, and should manage this without scaling – there is a hidden 40 FPS mode ..read more

Bethesda has officially dropped its hotly anticipated Fallout 4 PS5 upgrade, coinciding with the recent launch of Amazon’s superb TV adaptation. Also available on Xbox Series X|S as well as PC, this beefy free update comes loaded with new features and improvements almost a decade after Fallout 4 was first released. Topping this list is the ability to play Fallout 4 on newer home consoles at 60FPS and an increased resolution. However, some PlayStation fans have aired their disappointment after rushing to their consoles and discovering one particularly frustrating caveat. It appears that those ..read more

As popular as big multiplayer games are, there’s nothing quite like the solo escapism and wish fulfilment of playing single-player, is there? And when it comes to sports games, that wish fulfilment comes in the form of stepping into the shoes of a professional athlete and rising to glory, whether it’s becoming the world number 1 tennis player, leading an underdog football team to win the Premier League, or bringing your favourite F1 team both kinds of championship glory. F1 24 is bringing a bunch of great new options to the career mode, which will add just a few more variable and fun twists in ..read more

Gameloft has officially launched Disney Speedstorm season 7 “Sugar Rush” which introduces a wealth of new kart racing content based on Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph series. Now available in-game, there are 5 new playable racers to unlock, 6 new circuits to race on, and a whole host of auxiliary Wreck-It Ralph characters waiting to be recruited into your pit crew. Disney Speedstorm season 7 marks a significant milestone for the Mario Kart competitor. Not only has Gameloft just celebrated its first anniversary since launch, the developers have also reworked a number of core game systems. Chief among ..read more

It wouldn’t be a classic Mario game if he didn’t blindly follow the instructions of a letter or invitation and end up going on yet another adventure. That’s exactly what happens at the start of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though in this rare instance, it’s actually a genuine invitation from Princess Peach to come and hunt down a mystical treasure, and not a dastardly ruse. With the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake coming to Nintendo Switch in May, we’ve jumped at the chance to play the opening hours of what is, to many, the best game in the RPG series. There’s plenty of rea ..read more

The gaming tech universe is incredibly competitive these days, but there’s always room for new and innovative entries from creators around the world. Hong Kong-based PB Tails are entering the controller arena with the Crush, a Bluetooth 5.0 enabled pad compatible with PC, Switch, iOS and Android. Fully customisable, it boasts Hall Effect sticks and triggers which will last you well into the next generation. First impressions of the Crush are very good. Our review unit arrived in China White, and its glossy plastic face is matched by a matt finish rear. The PB Tails logo acts as your home butto ..read more

You’ve heard of the Lands Between, but have you ever considered the Sands Between? That’s not a joke, that’s a genuine area in Another Crab’s Treasure, and I don’t think anything sums up the exact vibe that this game is going for better than the name of that one area. This is a love letter to and a sendup of so much of what FromSoftware has done, all wrapped up in a very cute crab protagonist just trying to get their home back, and a deeply unsettling message about pollution that we all already know, but don’t often get to play through. Another Crab’s Treasure is the second game from Aggro Cr ..read more

Ubisoft has release Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora update 3.2, bringing with it a 40 FPS performance mode for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. A potential downside to the update on PC is the removal of AMD FSR 3 support, while Ubisoft work to fix artifacting issues with FSR 3 Frame Generation. Generally only seen in PS5 exclusive games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, 40 FPS modes are a great halfway house between 30 FPS quality modes and 60 FPS performance modes. However, using them requires having a TV or monitor that supports 120Hz gaming and/or VRR, to ensure that frames can be delivered at regular inter ..read more

CI Games and Hexworks have released Lords of the Fallen update 1.5 – Master of Fate. This free update for the Soulslike action RPG is the last in a sequence of rapid updates after a troubled initial launch, but also a new Advance Game Modifier System that can twist the game into being more of a Roguelike, even. This is the culmination of 30 updates since Lords of the Fallen launched in October last year, with CI Games working to bring significant stability, performance and balance improvements to the game. There have also been new questions, including Season of the Bleak, Trial of the Three S ..read more

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a gaming Trojan Horse. I don’t mean to suggest that, instead of the beloved heroes in a half-shell, this 2D side-scrolling beat ‘em up stars a squad of teenage mutant wooden horses. Rather, Wrath of the Mutants has used a cunning disguise to sneak past the discerning gamer’s ‘bad game’ sonar, just as the Greeks cunningly snuck into Troy all those centuries ago. This console release rides on the coattails of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, but while the two games share many similarities, Wrath of the Mutants pal ..read more