If you follow KitGuru's news on a regular basis, you know I like to slip out of the world of tech now and again and don my wizard robes to tell you about a new board game that's being released, or just one of my favourites. But I like card …

Electronics maker – and perpetrator of illegal labour practices – Foxconn, has announced that it has sold patents and technologies to Google that are linked with the creation of a head mounted display. The display technology is said to be related to the superimposing of computer generated effects and virtual images …

The Humble Origin Bundle is not only the fastest selling bundle ever, the most popular ever, and the highest earning, but it looks set to double all previous monetary records – making it even more impressive that every penny of this thing goes to charity. At the time of writing …

Evil Genius is the type of game that they don't make much anymore. It belonged to that generation of God-like sim builders, like Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital. Despite the time lapse though, for years the fans of the original have been clamouring for a sequel, so it was with …

Microsoft's Xbox one reveal wasn't the most celebrated event around, even if there were a few head turning moments. Much of the focus was on the DRM, daily activation, potential privacy concerns, and all the other issues we talked about for weeks after. However with regards to the games themselves, …

Don't talk about censorship, don't talk about child pornography or the problems with current laws relating to it – especially not in Finland. It's much better to pretend none of it exists, because if you don't, you could find yourself on the same block list as paedophiles. At least that's …

Microsoft employees working as part of the Interactive Entertainment side of the business, look set to be given a free, limited edition, white and silver Xbox One console on release day, if a new leaked promotional image is to be believed. It surfaced originally on NeoGAF and Reddit and suggests …

According to a leaked pamphlet, StreumOn Studios, the developer behind E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy, is working on a new Space Hulk game, but it's nothing like the turn based, digital remake of the board game. This one will be an FPS built in the Unreal Engine 4 and it's set to …

According to a few unnamed sources over at Jessicalessin, Google is fed up with traditional car manufacturers not wanting to get onboard with its self-driving vehicle scheme and is now pushing to get its own development deal and design the cars itself – much in the same way that it …

*Just to clarify, I don't know any spoilers and therefore this news piece doesn't contain any.* Sony has apologised to Rockstar and fans of the Grand Theft Auto series, since the preload for the upcoming game, downloaded from the European PlayStation store, allowed for the extraction of certain audio files, …

We've already told you how MSI has made a big splash at i49 with its all-in-one systems and of course with its handsome Dutch PR man, Joran, but that's not all it had on show. There was also a couple of newly released motherboards that drew my attention – one …

We've talked a lot about Multiplay's i49 festival over the past few days. Whether it's zombies, new hardware from MSI, OCUK's hardware delivery or the fact that I forgot my laptop, there's been a lot on. Of course though, if you aren't just one of the visitors and actually brought …

Club3D, the AMD graphics card partner that has been looking to get even more competitive on its GPU pricing with the 13Series of cut-price graphics cards, was at i49 this weekend with the Kitguru team, showing off not only those simple boxed cards, but a new bit of in-case bling …

If you take out the fact that you can bring your PC along and play with and against thousands of other like-minded PC gamers, the biggest attraction at Multiplay’s i49 is the main stage. This is where you’ll get the sneak peaks at upcoming releases and where the finals of …

It's not all about the latest and greatest hardware, or the big tournaments at events like Multiplay's Insomnia  49 gaming festival, sometimes it's about the smaller ones; and sometimes, it's about the stranger ones. Everyone knows that gaming can be a strenuous activity. Hunched over the screen for hours on …

“We need someone Jon. Someone that can cover events like a professional, a true journalist. Can you be that man?” “Yes I can Zardon. Yes I can.” This is the (paraphrased) conversation that took place just a week ago, in the build up to Multiplay's i49 epic LAN, gaming festival. …

If you saw our story on the first UK stock of 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SATA III SSDs and thought to yourself, “those are way too expensive!” even if they are approaching 50p per gigabyte, then don't fret, as Aria has your back once again. This weekend, which is a …

If (like my brother) you're a big fan of the Blitz Ball mini-gaming Final Fantasy X, then you'll be pleased to hear that the remastered HD version is coming on apace and looks very clean compared to the original. The music and sound has seen some real improvement too. Have …

The last DLC expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, is set to debut on the Xbox 360 in just four days time, with the premiere for the new content being shown on both Major League Gaming's website and on its official Twitch TV channel, with eight professionals playing …

Copyright lobby groups have changed their strategy for preventing illegal downloads of movies and music over the past decade. For a while it was all about suing the humble downloader/uploader, leveraging fines over tens if not hundreds of thousands of [insert any Western currency here] for sharing a few bits …

American stock exchange, NASDAQ, saw trading halt for several hours yesterday, in the wake of what has been described as a “technical glitch,” with the system. It saw some orders cancelled and even the New York Stock Exchange ceased trading temporarily. According to the Wired breakdown, NASDAQ officials announced the …

Spire, best known among enthusiasts for its above average coolers and power supplies, is now entering the highly competitive tablet game, with its new nine-inch Bliss touch screen device. Described as having “powerful features,” and set to cost £100, this one will be going head to head with the more …

As you might expect, Crytek, the makers of all the Cry franchises (Far Cry and Crysis), has announced a new version of its CryEngine back-end development tool and game engine, though this time around it's not numbering it: simply calling it, CryEngine. We can call it CryEngine 4 all we …

I'm sure at this point we're all quite certain that Watchdogs is going to be badass. It's been hyped and teased well enough that it's going to be an early purchase for anyone that's a fan of open world games like GTA and similar. Ubisoft is pretty sure of this …

Self described “Leading publisher in the world,” Tencent, has announced its financial backing of Smite, a MOBA with a different take on the genre, combining fixed viewpoints with a third person perspective. This might not sound like the smartest move, considering how saturated the MOBA market is becoming, but it …

Drowning isn't a hazard I've ever considered when the thought of going into the great black beyond springs to mind, but it is possible. We know about this thanks to Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano, who recently posted a terrifying blog entry about how he nearly did just that. “Space is …

Nvidia and Ubisoft have announced a new partnership, bringing together the GPU and publishing giants in order to incorporate new Nvidia graphics technology in certain titles and in turn bundle upcoming and recently released games with the latest range of graphics cards. According to both companies, this partnership has allowed …

Dungeon Keeper is one of the PC's most beloved franchises of old, combining base building, with tower defence, RTS unit management and a twisted sense of humour that is fondly remembered by all who played it. But since Bullfrog was merged with EA UK back in the early 2000s, there's …

Free to play is pretty much the model everyone who's not making a unique indie title or the next sequel in an established franchise is doing. You go free to play, add some aesthetic upgrades for micro-transactions and voila, your MMO, MOBA, Shooter, thing will make a decent amount of …

Gigabyte has today announced a new series of motherboards known as the A88X line, all of which will support both current-generation FM2 Trinity and Richland AMD APUs and the newer FM2+ form factor Keveri chips. This range will expand upon the already debuted, AMD G-1 Sniper board which we showed …