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Wine hits 4.0, Valve's Proton extends outside Steam

The 10 Best Stealth Games

Rick sneaks through the night to bring you his definitive rundown of the best stealth games ever.

Wine hits 4.0, Valve's Proton extends outside Steam

Things looking good for non-Windows gamers.

Megaquarium Review

Mussel memory.

The 10 Best Stealth Games

Rick sneaks through the night to bring you his definitive rundown of the best stealth games ever.

October 1, 2019 | 18:30

Wine hits 4.0, Valve's Proton extends outside Steam

Things looking good for non-Windows gamers.

January 23, 2019 | 10:49

Megaquarium Review

Mussel memory.

September 24, 2018 | 13:00

Games mags have a tough time of it

Well colour us smug, but our paper based brethren are having a tough old time of it it seems. Not only has EGM been closed, but Hardcore Gamer is for sale.

January 7, 2009 | 10:53

Top Five Most Disappointing Games of 2008

It's facepalm time. After collecting votes from our readers for the best games of 2008, it's time to look back on the year and see which games came out that didn't live up to expectations. Here's our take on the titles that got destroyed by their own hype and how they could have been saved.

December 30, 2008 | 08:30

"I'm Linux" ad competition launched

The Linux Foundation has launched a competition to create an "I'm Linux" advert to answer Microsoft and Apple's prime-time advertising barrages for their respective OSes.

December 22, 2008 | 13:08

The Best Gaming Moments of 2008

The year may well be drawing to a close, but we aren't done yet. There's just enough time left to look back on the specific moments that stood out for us this year, at what we reckon were our best gaming moments of 2008. Read our tales and choices within!

December 16, 2008 | 00:37

Woolworths closure to cost Ubisoft £1.3m

The closure of Woolworths in the UK is set to cost Ubisoft more than £1.3 million apparently.

December 12, 2008 | 13:41

Google launches Dev Phone 1

Google has launched a version of the Android-equipped HTC Dream aimed at developers, with writeable flash and a bootloader which will run unsigned code.

December 11, 2008 | 09:05

EA is 'disappointed' with 2008 sales

Last year was a good year for gaming and hope were high for this year, but EA for one is disappointed about games sales this year.

December 10, 2008 | 11:11

Oracle adds data integrity to Linux

Database specialist Oracle has teamed up with storage specialist Emulex to donate open-source code for detection of "silent data corruption" to Linux.

December 4, 2008 | 09:05

Rumour: Ubisoft, EA to buy out SCi, Eidos?

Rumour on the grapevine is that a 92 percent drop in stock price for SCi has prompted takeover negotiations from EA and Ubisoft.

December 2, 2008 | 11:07

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

The infamous iPhone-Dev team has managed to get a working copy of Linux to boot on an iPhone, although the hack is very much at the proof of concept stage.

December 1, 2008 | 09:12

Clinic admits game addiction isn't an addiction

The head of Europe's first games addiction clinic has admitted that gaming addiction isn't really an addiction per se.

November 26, 2008 | 10:02

SCO loses Linux legal fight

The ailing SCO company has been ordered to cease its vexatious lawsuits and pay Novell over $2.54 million after falsely accusing the company of using its UNIX IP to better Linux.

November 25, 2008 | 08:57

Midway stock faces de-listing

Midway has revealed that the New York Stock Exchange has warned the company that its stock may soon be de-listed.

November 24, 2008 | 10:10

Canonical working on Ubuntu ARM

Canonical has announced that it is to create a special version of its Ubuntu Linux distribution aimed at netbooks using ARM's new Cortex A8 and A9 chips.

November 17, 2008 | 12:28

Blizzard: "We're not milking StarCraft 2"

Since the announcement that StarCraft 2 would become three games, Blizzard has adamantly denied doing it to make more money.

November 13, 2008 | 09:58

Hacker installs Debian onto G1

If you're a G1 owner hoping to get a little more power out of your Android-based device, take a leaf out of Jay Freeman's book and install Debian on it.

November 11, 2008 | 14:07

G1 Android handset jailbroken

The first commercial Android implementation, the T-Mobile G1, has been officially 'jailbroken' with a backdoor discovered that allows users full system access.

November 7, 2008 | 13:48

Google patches Android security hole

Google and T-Mobile have jointly distributed the first patch for the Android mobile platform, as a result of a security flaw in the on-board browser software.

November 3, 2008 | 13:09

11 percent of gamers have unopened games

According to recent survey figures, around 11 percent of gamers have games that they still haven't opened after six months.

October 29, 2008 | 13:45

Netflix uses Silverlight to support Mac, Linux

Video streaming service Netflix has announced that it's extending support to non-Windows OS' via Microsoft's Silverlight software.

October 28, 2008 | 09:09

Boris Johnson decides games are good

Boris Johnson, the semi-hilarious mayor of London, has had a change of opinion and decided that games are a good thing now.

October 16, 2008 | 10:17

EA reveals two new Spore expansion

Electronic Arts has officially unveiled the first two expansion packs for Spore - the Cute and Creepy Parts Pack and a new Adventure Maker.

October 14, 2008 | 13:27

Pay-for-customisation confirmed for WoW

Blizzard has quietly confirmed rumours that the company will be looking to add in paid-for character customisation to World of Warcraft in the future.

October 14, 2008 | 12:07