Ubisoft is going through a bit of a shake-up right now, as multiple allegations of misconduct have been levied at executives and other employees. At this point, the publisher has responded by putting “several” staff on admin leave while investigations take place. As reported by Bloomberg and Eurogamer, Tommy Francois and …
Read More »Xbox exec says ‘sorry to get your hopes up’ following social media discovery
Late last night, Xbox fans took notice of two recently created ‘placeholder’ accounts for two big franchises, Fable and Perfect Dark, both of which are rumoured to be getting new entries for next-gen. While the Fable rumour still holds strong, the Perfect Dark account appears to have been a hoax. …
Read More »DOOM Eternal update brings new map and lots of quality of life fixes
If any of you are diving back into DOOM Eternal, then you may want to check out the latest update. The game’s second major patch has now dropped, making changes to Empowered Demons, introducing a new map for Battlemode and also adding quality of life improvements and fixes. In a …
Read More »Dr Disrespect apparently doesn’t know why Twitch banned his account
Just a few months ago, Twitch signed Dr Disrespect to a very lucrative exclusivity deal to keep streaming on the platform. Things took a rather drastic turn this week though, as he was banned, reportedly permanently. There are plenty of rumours around why Dr Disrespect may have been banned but …
Read More »Sea of Thieves will be getting private custom servers
Custom and private game servers aren’t nearly as common nowadays, particularly in games published by larger publishers. Support for modding and community tools is starting to grow once again though, with the most recent example being Sea of Thieves. Custom servers have been something that Rare has been mulling over …
Read More »Tencent preparing to launch streaming service partner program to compete with Twitch
While Microsoft has recently bowed out of the live game streaming race with the shutdown of Mixer, there are other giant corporations still hoping to steal Twitch’s throne. This week, it is being reported that Tencent is preparing to launch a platform of its own, complete with a partnership program. …
Read More »Evidence points to Perfect Dark and Fable announcements
Microsoft’s big first-party games showcase is coming up very soon and eagle-eyed fans are already picking up on some clues for announcements. The most recent information found indicates that Fable and Perfect Dark games will be revealed. In the build-up to big announcements, companies will usually set up placeholder social …
Read More »Former Intel engineer offers insight into Apple’s move to ARM
A former Intel engineer reckons Skylake issues led to Apple's breakup with Intel.
Read More »Halo 3 PC insider testing extended
Halo 3 for PC has been in public testing for a few weeks now, with Halo Insiders giving feedback to the development team. Earlier this week, a patch for the pre-release build was released to fix some known issues and now, the testing period has also been extended. Halo 3 …
Read More »Microsoft set to close down retail stores
Microsoft is officially winding down its physical retail business, with 83 Microsoft Store locations set to close down permanently. Instead of investing in high street locations, Microsoft will instead be focusing the bulk of its efforts on the Microsoft Store website instead. The shift to online shopping has been an …
Read More »The Steam Summer Sale is now live
The Steam Summer Sale has officially kicked off today. This time around, Valve has brought back £5 discount vouchers to save some extra money and a new ‘Point Shop' has been introduced filled with Steam Community goodies. This time around, whenever you spend £30, Steam will automatically knock £5 off …
Read More »Square Enix will announce multiple games across July and August
We've long assumed that many major publishers have been keeping some big announcements under wraps due to the lack of E3 this year. This week, Square Enix confirmed itself as one of them, revealing plans to announce new titles that would have been at E3 this year. This week, Square …
Read More »Microsoft acquires CyberX to bolster IoT security
Microsoft has been making a number of big moves lately. So far this month we've seen the Mixer streaming service begin closing operations and the announcement that Microsoft will be closing down many retail stores. Microsoft isn't just cutting back though, this week the company also announced that it has …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 ray-tracing features and DLSS 2.0 support announced
Cyberpunk 2077 is looking to be the best ray-tracing showcase yet.
Read More »Path of Exile 2 beta will now take place in 2021
The team at Grinding Gear Games has found plenty of success with Path of Exile, which is still one of the most popular free to play games on Steam. We’ve known that a sequel is on the way for a while, with a beta originally planned for late 2020. However, …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 gets new trailer, gameplay and an anime series announcement
A new trailer, new gameplay and even a Netflix series were all revealed today by the Cyberpunk 2077 team.
Read More »Bethesda announces QuakeCon at Home
Back in April, Bethesda cancelled its usual QuakeCon event due to COVID-19 and the on-going pandemic. At the time, it seemed that the event would be cancelled entirely for this year, but today, a digital version called ‘QuakeCon At Home' was officially announced. QuakeCon at Home is taking place digitally …
Read More »Microsoft reveals list of ‘Optimised for Xbox Series X’ games
Xbox 20/20 has continued this month, although it has been a bit easier to miss. Rather than a big video presentation, this month Microsoft has been publishing deep-dive editorials explaining various platform features and initiatives for Xbox Series X. Last week, we learned more about Smart Delivery and today, Microsoft …
Read More »Philips Momentum 55″ and 27″ gaming monitors announced
Over this console generation, Microsoft made a push to support higher refresh rates and technologies like FreeSync on Xbox. As we approach next-gen, both the Xbox Series X and PS5 will support these features, which are traditionally found mainly in gaming monitors. To cater to the console gaming market, Philips …
Read More »Disco Elysium, Just Cause 4 and more come to GeForce Now this week
Thursday has officially become GeForce Now’s library update day, with new games added to the service every week. This week’s update includes 16 more games coming to the library, in addition to a few returning titles that were previously removed. Torchlight II, GhostRunner demo and The Hunter: Call of the …
Read More »Tokyo Game Show Online announced for September
Back in May, the physical, in-person version of the Tokyo Game Show was officially called off due to COVID-19 concerns, much like other major gaming events in 2020. Since then, the organisers behind TGS have been working on putting together a digital version of the show, which has now been …
Read More »Win one of THREE Kioxia Exceria 960GB SSDs! (closed)
For June, we are teaming up with KIOXIA to give away THREE 960GB SSDs. We'll be picking three lucky KitGuru readers to get their hands on one of these, so don't miss out!
Read More »GOG releases limited-time Cyberpunk 2077 goodie pack and brings back Ultimate RED Bundle
This is a big week for CD Projekt Red, as the first press previews for Cyberpunk 2077 are set to go live from many outlets, giving us our first set of proper gameplay impressions. Night City Wire is also set to go live, which will present new footage of the …
Read More »Nvidia driver update brings support for DX12 Ultimate features and more
Nvidia’s latest GPU driver update is a pretty major one, bringing full support for the Microsoft DirectX 12 Ultimate feature stack, as well as hardware accelerated GPU scheduling on Windows 10. This week, Nvidia began rolling out its latest ‘Game Ready’ and ‘Studio’ graphics, both containing DirectX 12 Ultimate feature …
Read More »Oculus gives a ‘fond farewell’ to the Oculus Go headset
It has been over two years since the Oculus Go first launched, aiming to deliver a media-focused, mass-market VR headset. Since then, Oculus has put more time into the Quest, a more successful but more expensive standalone VR gaming headset. As Oculus looks towards the future of its platform, it …
Read More »Stadia reveals next month’s free games for Pro subscribers
If you are still using your Stadia Pro trial, or have decided to stay subscribed, then there is some good news for you this week. Today, the Stadia team announced the free games that will be available for Pro subscribers in July. Crayta is perhaps the big one on this …
Read More »Developer reveals $1 million demo for cancelled game based on The Hobbit
For many years now, British studio ‘Traveller's Tales' has specialised in Lego video games based on movies and other IP. Once upon a time though, the studio pursued non-Lego versions of The Hobbit, spending $1 million on the demo that would be pitched to Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. Traveller's Tales …
Read More »Epic Games Store has 61 million active monthly users
Steam has been around for 15 years now, with over 1 billion registered accounts and an estimated 95 million active monthly users throughout 2019. The Epic Games Store has been looking to supply some competition and it looks like the strategy is working, with EGS rising to an average of …
Read More »Apple is officially moving to ARM processors in Macs
While there wasn't much hardware news from Apple at WWDC last night, one particularly big announcement was made. Apple is indeed moving over to ARM processors, referred to as ‘Apple Silicon', for future Mac computers. The change will occur over the next two years, giving developers a ‘transition period' for …
Read More »Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
Despite years of heavy investment and even bringing in some huge streamers on multi-million dollar contracts, Microsoft's streaming platform, Mixer, has been unable to catch up and compete with the bigger sites like Twitch, YouTube and even Facebook gaming. Now, Mixer will be shutting down, with the service set to …
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