Back when the Xbox One was first introduced in 2013, Microsoft was very focused on expanding further into the entertainment industry. One of the big announcements was a Halo TV series produced by Steven Spielberg. Things were silent for years but the project finally began making progress again earlier this …
Read More »Valve announces changes to Steam’s revenue cut
For years, Valve has enjoyed its position as the top distributor of PC games thanks to the Steam platform. Go back five years or so and every major publisher was looking to put their games on Steam, even with Valve's 30% sales cut in place. Nowadays though, we are seeing …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 4: Win an AKRacing LX Gaming Chair! (closed)
For day 4 of our December competition run, we have teamed up with AKRacing to give away a brand new LX series gaming chair!
Read More »Nvidia makes the Titan RTX official, launches this month for $2,500
Over the weekend, we began seeing teasers for Nvidia's upcoming Titan RTX graphics card. Now, Nvidia has officially announced the new flagship, complete with specs and a $2,500 price tag. As we expected, the Titan RTX is primarily being aimed at creators, AI researchers and data scientists. According to Nvidia, …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 3: Win an Antec P8 case and an 850W modular power supply! (closed)
For day 3 of our advent calendar, we have teamed up with Antec to kickstart one lucky reader's next PC upgrade. Today, you'll have the chance to win an Antec P8 chassis with Tempered Glass window in addition to a fully modular HCG 850W power supply!
Read More »Star Citizen’s free week brought in an extra $7 million in funding
The end of November was huge for Robert Space Industries, not only did Star Citizen fans get access to a new build of the game, but the game went free for a week, giving anyone a chance to jump in and try things out. That venture seems to have paid …
Read More »Nvidia RTX Titan GPU is on the way
It has been a few months since the initial launch of Nvidia's new RTX graphics card series. The RTX 2080Ti has been in high demand even with its $1,200 price tag. However, the Ti is going to be usurped soon, as an RTX Titan graphics card is now on the …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 2: Win an Edifier M3600D 2.1 speaker system! (closed)
For day 2 of our advent calendar, we have teamed up with Edifier to give TWO KitGuru readers a big audio upgrade. Today, you'll have the chance to one of two Edifier M3600D THX certified 2.1 speaker systems!
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 1: Win a Western Digital 6TB NAS, a 500GB SSD and a 120GB SSD! (closed)
For day one of our advent calendar we have teamed up with Western Digital! Today, you'll all have the chance to win a WD My Cloud Ultra EX2 NAS with a 6TB HDD, a 500GB WD Blue SSD and a 120GB WD Green SSD!
Read More »Announcing the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2018
Last year, we decided to go all out over the Christmas break with our own advent calendar, bringing readers a brand new giveaway each day over the course of December. We are pleased to announce that the advent calendar is returning once again. Starting from tomorrow, KitGuru readers will have a new opportunity to win hardware each day right up until after Christmas!
Read More »Borderlands 2 VR could launch on PC in 2019
The Borderlands series has been on a bit of a hiatus over the last few years. We've known for quite some time that Borderlands 3 is in the works but so far, there has been very little noise on that front. However, Borderlands 2 is making a comeback this year, …
Read More »Bioware teases new Dragon Age announcement coming in December
The Game Awards are coming up in just under one week and as usual, big game reveals are already being teased. Not only is there evidence pointing towards the announcement of Alien: Blackout, but Obsidian is also set to announce its next project. Now, it looks like Bioware might also …
Read More »You can now sign up to take part in Bioware’s closed alpha test for Anthem
Bioware is currently hard at work preparing Anthem for its February launch but as with all ‘live service' games, plenty of player testing needs to take place beforehand in order to squash issues. With that in mind, EA has announced that Anthem will be going through an alpha test phase …
Read More »Artifact brought in over 60,000 players in the first 24-hours
The seemingly impossible happened earlier this week, as Valve finally shipped a brand new game in the form of Artifact. It might not be the project that many Valve fans had hoped to see, but the game appears to be doing incredibly well regardless, with a peak active player count …
Read More »Nintendo is finally loosening its grip on YouTube and Twitch content
Back in early 2015, Nintendo launched its own YouTube Creators Program after much criticism from channels having their Nintendo videos demonetised. The program itself wasn't ideal but it at least allowed certain channels to still earn money while producing Nintendo-focused content. Now several years later, Nintendo is ending the program …
Read More »Bethesda seems to have conned its most invested fans with Fallout 76 Power Armour edition
Bethesda has had to deal with some very unhappy fans lately, not only are many players upset with the state of Fallout 76, but those that shelled out for the Collector's Edition are receiving items of lower quality than initially promised. Bethesda's response to the situation hasn't necessarily helped to …
Read More »Valve’s Artifact launches to mixed reviews on Steam
Late last night, Valve officially launched Artifact and while the servers initially struggled to keep up with the influx in players, connectivity smoothed out fairly quickly. Still, it seems that plenty of players have their share of complaints, as evidenced by the mixed reception on Steam. Currently, Artifact has close …
Read More »Obsidian set to announce its next game at The Game Awards
Geoff Keighley's annual Game Awards ceremony is coming up fast. We already know to expect a handful of game reveals, one of which could be a new Alien game. Now, we also know that Obsidian will also be appearing at the show with an announcement. Obsidian Entertainment has had a …
Read More »Samsung’s new 860 QVO SSDs make 1TB+ capacities cheaper than ever
Samsung is aiming to make high-capacity SATA SSDs cheaper than ever with the new 860 QVO series, which feature new QLC-NAND technology.
Read More »UK Information Commissioner fines Uber over data breach and cover up
Back in late 2017, Uber came under fire for its security practises after a huge data leak was made public. One hacker had managed to obtain the details of millions of Uber drivers and passengers. Rather than take steps to fix the issue and warn customers, a former Uber executive …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2’s multiplayer beta is live, progress resets may occur
Rockstar has officially begun opening up Red Dead Redemption 2 Online to players, with more set to gain access to the beta over the course of this week. There is a caveat though, as Rockstar has now warned players that some progress made during the beta may not carry over. …
Read More »Yakuza Kiwami will be launching on PC very soon
Over the last couple of years, Sega has been doing a fantastic job of bringing the Yakuza series to the west. Not only did we get a brand new prequel game in the form of Yakuza 0, but all of the original games are being remade with modern graphics. For …
Read More »Valve launches SteamVR Motion Smoothing to enable VR gaming on lower-end PCs
Valve has been consistently working on improving its foothold in the virtual reality space over the last few years. High-end PC users are already covered, but over the last 12 months, much of Valve's focus has been placed on lowering the barrier of entry to use VR. That effort continues …
Read More »Bethesda outlines plans for next two Fallout 76 patches
Fallout 76 has been out for a couple of weeks now and while the game has received a mostly negative reception, there are still a good number of players logging in regularly. Unfortunately, many of these players also have to deal with the game's many issues. Bethesda will be taking …
Read More »Samsung reportedly set to team up with Niantic for exclusive mobile game
Niantic has become a big name on the mobile gaming world thanks to the continued success of Pokémon Go. Now, it looks like Samsung wants a piece of that pie, as the smartphone maker is reportedly planning to invest $40 million in Niantic in order to get ‘exclusive' games. Exclusive …
Read More »Rockstar abandons trademark for PlayStation exclusive ‘Agent’
Way back in 2007, Sony proudly announced that Rockstar would be producing an exclusive game for the PlayStation 3. This was set to be a stealth-action game called Agent and rumours surrounding its development have swirled for years. The game was never officially canceled but this week, it looks like …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2’s online mode begins rolling out this week
Red Dead Redemption 2 has been doing incredibly well over the last few weeks but the lengthy, single-player story mode is just one half of the game. Starting from today, Rockstar will begin rolling out Red Dead Online, the multiplayer mode that will carry the game for years to come, …
Read More »Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead
Back in 2014, we received the first announcement for Overkill's The Walking Dead. This announcement came at a great time, as the show was still immensely popular and zombie titles were doing incredibly well in the video game world. Unfortunately, the game was consistently set back by delays and has …
Read More »Nvidia reports lower than expected Q3 earnings as mining market weakens
Nvidia takes a hit as weak crypto demand and excess GPU supply take hold.
Read More »Pokemon Let’s Go is already running fairly well on Switch emulator
While Nintendo has been cracking down on ROM sites lately, emulator creators remain undeterred. This year, two Nintendo Switch emulator projects have been getting off the ground, with the Yuzu emulator seemingly pulling ahead. The most recent update from Yuzu sees Pokémon Let's Go ‘playable' just a week after launch. …
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