Drone delivery is something that many major companies are talking about doing, but nobody is quite there yet. The New Zealand branch of Dominos Pizza though, is looking to be the first, with a completed test delivery earlier this week and the announcement that it plans to roll out that …
Read More »Valve turned 20 yesterday: happy birthday!
In a world where game developers and publishers come and go, folding, founding, merging and being bought out by larger entities, Valve has been a real constant for the past two decades. It's given us a lot of big games and big milestones in gaming, so today we celebrate its …
Read More »The extradition may be televised: Dotcom wants to livestream trial
Kim Dotcom's extradition appeal with the New Zealand High Court isn't far off now, with a planned six weeks set aside for the hearing. Because of international interest in it, Dotcom has requested it be live streamed around the world, but the government wants to stop that and has counter-requested …
Read More »Denovo’s invincible aura is fading: Inside cracked in six weeks
Denuvo has spent the last year and a half standing tall amidst the pirate throngs that would tear it down, protecting games of all kinds from being played illegally. In recent weeks though it has begun to show its cracks and it may be about to tumble, as it's been breached for …
Read More »Facebook/Oculus deny Zenimax copyright claims
In the ongoing legal battle between Facebook owned Oculus VR and id Software parent company, Zenimax, the VR firm has denied all allegations that it breached Zenimax copyright and non-disclosure agreements in creating the Rift headset. It has also called Zenimax's tactics misleading, unjust and lacking in good faith. Oculus …
Read More »Tesla’s new batteries make Model S the fastest production car
Tesla's latest drive has been to bring down the price of electric vehicles, which it will officially do in spectacular fashion when the Model 3 is released at the end of 2017. But it's also working on improving range and performance and it's managed to do that with a new …
Read More »New anime to follow career of Esports gamer
A new anime is set to follow the career of a disgraced esports star, specifically a MOBA player, as he attempts to recapture his emotions, skillset and standing in the leagues. Produced by majority share holder in Riot Games, Tencent, it's based on the 2012 Chinese Manga, Quan Zhi Gao Shou …
Read More »Who’s going to Insomnia 58 this weekend?
Are you heading to the UK's biggest summer LAN party this weekend coming? We are, or rather I am, but I'll be flying the KitGuru flag, so the rest of the team are there in spirit. If you fancy a chat, a game or something in between, I'll be around …
Read More »Anti-prison drone task force, Operation Airborne, set up by police
Forget Amazon deliveries, drug deliveries to jail are one of the hottest uses for drone technology right now and the British police are trying their utmost to stop it. To do so, they've launched “Operation Airborne,” a special task force to tackle drone deliveries into jails around the UK. This …
Read More »India threatens heavy fines and prison sentences for pirates
Although three strike measures, potential fines and even jail sentences aren't that uncommon a fear for Western pirates, those sharing files in India face potentially much stiffer punishments. Stated in a new block warning going up on certain pirate sites, the government is threatening £3,000+ in fines and a three …
Read More »Wolfe enclosure wants to give Macs real gaming power
Gaming on Macs has never been quite as easy as it has been on Windows systems. Part of that is a software issue, but it's also always been harder to get yourself a powerful graphics card at a decent price with Apple hardware. The Wolfe is looking to change that, …
Read More »Allison Road is back in development at brand new studio
Allison Road, the Silent Hills inspired domestic horror title, is back in development, though now at brand new Far From Home, a studio that founder Christian Kesler created with his wife. It's not clear at this time whether Team 17 is still involved, or if it will publish the game …
Read More »These guys won free games in our Steam Group contest
If you have a great screenshot of your favourite game… too late, you missed the boat on this contest. Last week we asked every KitGuru gamer to join our Steam Group and send us their best screenshot of recent months. We were looking for funny, pretty or bizarre screengrabs and …
Read More »PS4 Slim shows up online, probably not a fake
With Sony expected to unveil two new versions of its PlayStation 4 in the coming weeks, we may have our first look at one of them already. Listed on Gumtree before being purchased, unboxed and pictured online, the PS4 Slim – if real – looks like a trimmer, rounded corner …
Read More »PowerColor’s RX 480 ‘unlocked’ BIOS update boosts performance
The RX 480 is already an impressive card, so the fact that PowerColor has released a new BIOS update for its high-end Red Devil version is quite a surprise. However that's exactly what it's done and it unlocks a number of options which should help overclockers and enthusiasts push their …
Read More »What should Mozilla’s new logo be?
Mozilla, the foundation behind Firefox, not the browser itself, is looking to revamp its logo. That means ditching the red T-Rex head of yesteryear in favour of something new and it wants its community of users from around the world to help it decide. What's your preference? The redesign idea …
Read More »Fez just had a speedrun update, three years after release
Indie platforming puzzler, Fez, has received its first update in a long time. It brings the game to version 1.12 and has added an official speedrun mode, giving those who loved the game back when it was released three years ago, a chance to go back and relive that fun, but …
Read More »Hulk Hogan leg drop lawsuit kills Gawker, site to shut down
Hulk Hogan's $140 (£106) million lawsuit against Gawker Media, has forced the company to accept a buyout during its bankruptcy negotiations and now the site that ran the story which started this whole mess, Gawker.com, is shutting down for good. All staff will be moved over to other publications in …
Read More »Crucial cans planned Ballistix TX3 NVMe SSD
Crucial Micron has ditched plans to release a Ballistix TX3 NVMe SSD later this year, despite only announcing it back in June. Initially shown off alongside some new Ballistix DRAM at Computex, Crucial Micron has killed the idea altogether, leaving everyone wondering what Crucial's plans for solid state storage are. No …
Read More »SolarCity to be hit with layoffs, executive pay cuts after merger
Solar panel installer, SolarCity, has not been in a great financial position over the past few months. It's going to become one with other Elon Musk founded company, Tesla, but that won't guarantee smooth sailing for its employees. Once the merger is complete, a number are expected to lose their …
Read More »Dawn of War III campaign gives you a taste of everyone
Dawn of War III will have three campaigns, but they'll all be bundled into one. Unlike previous games where you could play from various perspectives with the difference races, this time they'll all be bundled into one and you'll switch between. While the first mission might be from the Space …
Read More »Get ready, here come the VR gun peripherals
As much as the HTC Vive's wand controllers are a good amalgamation of what it's like to hold a gun, thanks to their shape and trigger design, it's not quite the same as peripherals of gaming's past. Looking to change that is The Persuader, a realistic looking M1A1 Thompson that holsters …
Read More »MSI pushes laptop gaming with high end GTX 10 series notebooks
Gaming on the go is set to get a lot more impressive with this generation of mobile chips from Nvidia, and MSI, like many manufacturers, is looking to take advantage of that. It has a new line of gaming notebooks, each sporting new mobile Pascal GPUs, high-end displays and powerful …
Read More »Airlander 10 test flight successful, could usher in new Airship age
Although the airship might be an iconic design of the past, perhaps most thought of as a flight option around the first World War, it's showing a lot of potential for the future too. Having completed the first flight test of the Airlander 10, the largest aircraft in the world, …
Read More »John Mcafee and Kim Dotcom in he-said, she-said Twitter battle
When it comes to pointing fingers and entertaining their fan bases online, Kim Dotcom and John McAfee are two of the best at it, but now there's a problem between them. Whether you are on their side in their respective legal and business ventures or not doesn't matter, in this …
Read More »Mr Robot gets true ‘text’ adventure from NightSchool on mobile
Making a game about hacking is not easy, especially if you want it to go beyond a blinking terminal. NightSchool and Telltale games may have found an innovative solution for a game based on the Mr Robot TV series though, by creating a real-time, text-adventure, where you interact entirely through …
Read More »Periscoping Olympics fans hit with takedown notices from IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is forgoing its usual peer to peer attacks this time around and instead is focusing on live streams. It's having particular difficulty with halting those who are rebroadcasting footage from the games via Periscope, but it's sending out hundreds of takedown notices anyway. As much …
Read More »Edward Snowden thinks NSA hacker leak was a warning
Yesterday the news hit that an organisation appeared to have hacked the command and control server for an NSA-tied hacking group, purportedly known as Equation Group. Looking at the information and tools released, Edward Snowden thinks this was a warning from a foreign nation. Equation Group is an NSA-linked hacking …
Read More »Ford plans to release car without steering wheel by 2021
Although current legislation still mandates that all vehicles must have some form of manual control, Ford is planning to mass produce a car without a steering wheel or pedals by the time 2021 rolls around. This is an accelerated development, considering fully autonomous cars have often been slated to arrive …
Read More »Windows Holographic environment coming to your VR headset
Although not expected to show up until next year, Microsoft will introduce its Holographic environment designed for the Hololens, to just about every Windows 10 user with a VR headset. It blends 2D and 3D apps together in a virtual environment, to make Windows efficient in a virtual space. Along …
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