In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 shows its surrounds, Bethesda readies for The Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Souls 2 brings nine minutes of torment. FULL STORY >

The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind is dated, new Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 images are revealed and Alien: Isolation is confirmed FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Sony defends microtransactions in Gran Turismo 6, Cut the Rope 2 is dated and new screenshots surface for Dark Souls 2. FULL STORY >

Windows XP users have been warned of a potential and expected flood of malware following Microsoft’s ceasing of support for Windows XP early next year. FULL STORY >

IDC asserts that tablet market growth will be slowing down during the next few years thanks to the growth of phablets and tablet saturation within developed markets. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Batman: Arkham Origins DLC emerges, a Lego The Hobbit game is announced and Ashes Cricket 2013 is cancelled. FULL STORY >

According to Canalys, Android-powered tablets will account for 50% of the worldwide device (desktop PC, notebook PC, and tablets) market in 2014. FULL STORY >

Both the PS4 and Xbox One have been enthusiastically adopted, with Sony and Microsoft reporting that their next-gen consoles had exceeded the one million sales mark in 24 hours. FULL STORY >

Alfa’s Mito 1.4 QV Sport calls on some Irish luck plus a rocker switch to exaggerate its driving appeal against rivals like the Polo GTI. FULL STORY >

Android as a mobile platform and phablets prove to be popular buying factors for smartphone users during Q3 2013, whilst Windows Phone also shows strong growth. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up, Ryse gets a teaser trailer, Dracula is out for vengeance in in Castlevania LoS2, and Battlefield 4 goes over the top today. FULL STORY >

The last couple of weeks have been eventful when it comes to smartphone news and releases. Catch up with it all in our smartphone news round-up. FULL STORY >

With the holiday season fast approaching, both Sony and Microsoft are beginning to beat the battledrums, with each asserting that come the end of the year, theirs is the console to get, both via new commercials. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Call of Duty: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, Titanfall and Killzone Shadow Fall blast forth with trailers, while Assassin’s Creed Liberation wends its way to the PlayStation Network. FULL STORY >

Nokia finally pulls the wraps off its first tablet and newest Windows Phone powered smartphones. FULL STORY >