CES is well under way at this point, we received a ton of new announcements yesterday and it looks like we have even more to look forward to. Today, Vertagear announced its new gaming chair, the Vertagear PL4500, the world's first gaming chair to feature wireless RGB LEDs. The RGB …
Read More »CES: Razer’s Project Linda is an impressive laptop/smartphone hybrid
Every year, Razer brings something unique and interesting to CES and 2018 is no different. This time around, the company announced ‘Project Linda', a new smartphone/laptop hybrid concept that extends the Razer Phone into a laptop. Razer hopes that Project Linda will be a new era for mobile computing, blending …
Read More »CES: NZXT is launching its first motherboard- The N7 Z370
NZXT is jumping in to the motherboard arena for the first time ever. At CES this week, the company launched the N7 Z370, designed with a completely new approach in an effort to make PC building easier than ever before.
Read More »CES: Toshiba aims to bring M.2 NVMe SSDs to the mainstream with RC100 series
At CES this week, Toshiba Memory announced plans to bring NVMe M.2 SSDs to the mainstream market with the RC100 NVMe SSD series. These new drives come with a new cost-effective design, allowing NVMe storage to become more accessible to system builders. The RC100 series SSDs are built using Toshiba's …
Read More »CES: HyperX unleashes world’s first IR Synchronized DDR4 RGB RAM
CES 2018 has kicked off and we are already starting to see some exciting announcements. Today, HyperX launched its new Predator DDR4 RGB Memory, which leverages IR technology to synchronize lighting across all channels. This new HyperX Predator memory has IR communication channels embedded onto each memory module, allowing for …
Read More »Microsoft halts security patch after AMD systems fail to boot
Following on from last week's news of a kernel bug affecting x86 systems, OS makers began preparing patches. Microsoft's Windows 10 patch to mitigate this issue was due to arrive today but it seems that it caused issues with AMD systems. As a result, the patch is being halted on …
Read More »Two EA patents paint a worrying future for online matchmaking
Activision isn't the only publisher patenting worrying new matchmaking systems designed to raise spending on microtransactions. This week, it came to light that EA has filed for two patents that could impact fair competition in multiplayer games, with one pertaining to Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment and another detailing an ‘Engagement Optimized …
Read More »CES: Deepcool launches limited edition ‘Electro’ series and FRYZEN air cooler
CES is kicking off today, so we can expect plenty of announcements across the board over the course of this week. Today, Deepcool kicked things off with the announcement of three limited edition launches for the Quadstellar case, a new ARK 90 case and finally, the Captain 240EX RGB AIO …
Read More »HTC announces the Vive Pro with a higher resolution display, alongside wireless VR adapter
It looks like the next big jump for virtual reality is happening sooner than we expected. This week at CES, HTC announced the HTC VIVE Pro, an upgraded HMD with a higher resolution display, offering 78 percent more pixels compared to the original VIVE headset. The new Vive Pro HMD …
Read More »ASUS shows off the ROG Swift PG65- the first Big Format Gaming Display
Following on from Nvidia's BFGD announcement earlier this morning, Asus has officially announced its ROG Swift PG65 Big Format Gaming Display. When Nvidia announced BFGD, we knew that Asus, Acer and HP would be among the first companies to bring out displays supporting this and now, we know what Asus's …
Read More »Asus is launching its own Windows Mixed Reality headset
Asus is kicking off the 2018 wave of Windows Mixed Reality headsets, bringing its own HMD to CES this week. The Asus Mixed Reality headset will be launching in Q1 of this year and like other headsets built for Windows 10, it features built-in motion tracking and two wireless motion …
Read More »Star Citizen studio files to have Crytek lawsuit dismissed, responds to license dispute complaints
Around a month ago, we learned that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine's impact and used it in two games without permission. Now, CIG has …
Read More »Apparently Spielberg’s Halo TV series is still happening
It has been almost five years since Microsoft brought Steven Spielberg on stage to announce a full-fledged Halo TV series. The announcement was a key part of the Xbox One's initial reveal presentation but in the years since, things have been almost silent. For a long time, we assumed that …
Read More »AMD updates its GPU roadmap with 7nm Vega, Navi and ‘next-gen’ architecture
Earlier today, AMD officially updated its 2018 roadmap with new information on its second generation Ryzen CPUs, APUs and 400-series motherboards. However, CPUs weren't the only focus of AMD's pre-CES festivities, as a small update has also been made to AMD's 2018 to 2020 GPU roadmap. Last year, AMD launched …
Read More »AMD reveals 2018 roadmap, lowers current gen Ryzen prices
We are just 24 hours away from the start of CES, which means we'll be getting plenty of major announcements today ahead of the show. We've already seen some of what Nvidia and Intel are bringing to the table this year, but now it's AMD's turn. Today, AMD announced its …
Read More »Intel unveils full specs for 8th Gen G-series processors with RX Vega M graphics
Intel has unveiled its full lineup of G-series processors sporting Radeon RX Vega M graphics. We have the full spec sheet, alongside some early indications of performance.
Read More »Nvidia is bringing high refresh rates, G-Sync and HDR to 65-inch 4K displays
PC gaming is great but more often than not, if you want low latency, high refresh rates and G-Sync, then you are going to have to settle for a 27-inch monitor over something like a large living room TV. Nvidia is looking to change that this year with the announcement …
Read More »Intel updates its kernel flaw statement with performance findings from Microsoft, Apple and others
Earlier this week a security flaw with x86 CPUs went public, which reportedly impacted Intel CPUs the most. The major concern going around was that in order to fix this, OS makers would have to change how Windows, macOS and Linux manage the kernel, which would lead to a performance …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) received a new patch this week
The original Star Wars Battlefront 2 from Pandemic Studios might be 12 years old, but the game is still getting patches to keep it alive. Over the last four months, the game has received two patches, showing that while LucasArts and Disney Interactive might not be making video games anymore, …
Read More »LG unveils its top of the range 4K HDR projector ahead of CES
With CES coming up next week, we are expecting a lot of announcements from many companies throughout the tech world. This year though, LG has decided to sneak a couple in early, first we saw the largest 8K OLED TV unveiled and today, LG has begun showing off its new …
Read More »VESA launches new 8KDP cable spec with High Bit Rate 3 support
Ultra-HD and 4K displays are finally starting to come to the forefront for PC gamers but 8K seems to be just around the corner. This week, VESA published its new DP8K cable specification, with support for DisplayPort High Bit Rate 3. HBR3 is the highest bit rate supported by DisplayPort …
Read More »FCC filing shows 32GB and 64GB versions of the Oculus Go headset are on the way
A few months ago, Facebook officially announced the Oculus Go, a brand new standalone virtual reality headset with all the necessary hardware built in. At the time, just one Oculus Go headset model was announced but according to a recent FCC filing, we might see a second one launch as …
Read More »It looks like a Burnout Paradise HD remaster might be arriving in March
It has been many years since Criterion moved on from the Burnout series. Since then, the franchise has been dormant, with the last entry coming in 2011 in the form of Burnout Crash. Now in 2018, it looks like Burnout might be making a comeback, with Burnout Paradise reportedly set …
Read More »Reader review: Nitro Concepts S300 gaming chair
Throughout December and early January, we ran a series of daily giveaways for the holiday season. These were all ‘reviewer’ giveaways, in hopes that readers would come back and share their thoughts on what they won with us and other KitGuru visitors. We've had a couple of submissions so far …
Read More »Publish a review and get money back for your MSI motherboard
For the next three months here in the UK, MSI is encouraging users to share reviews of their Z370 or X299 motherboards on qualifying retailer product pages, including Amazon, OCUK, SCAN etc.
Read More »Lenovo agrees to middle-ground solution following FTC ‘Superfish’ investigation
Back in 2015, Lenovo caught a lot of flack for shipping laptops with ‘Superfish' installed on them. This bloatware installer resulted in adware and spyware being installed on store-bought systems and as you would expect, customers weren't happy. Following this, the US Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation and now, …
Read More »Nexon believes PUBG’s launch hampered Lawbreakers’ chances of success
Given the sheer amount of good games that released over the last 12 months, it can be easy to forget that Cliff Bleszinski's ‘Lawbreakers' was one of them. The game had a rather unceremonious launch and promptly dropped off the map. This obviously became a talking point when it came …
Read More »The Nintendo Switch has become the fastest selling home console in the US
The Nintendo Switch hasn't been out for a full year just yet but it has already broken several milestones. The console is well on its way to surpassing the Wii U's lifetime sales in its first year but beyond that, Nintendo has declared the Switch as the fastest selling home …
Read More »Intel responds to CPU kernel access security flaw
Yesterday, Intel found itself in a bit of a bind after a security flaw went public. The flaw allowed users with modern CPUs on modern operating systems to gain access to the kernel, which opens PCs up to a range of cyber attacks. At the time, it was believed that …
Read More »Mad Catz is officially back
Two weeks ago, a mysterious teaser hit the web claiming that a certain peripheral maker was ‘back in the game'. At the time, we assumed that this had meant that Mad Catz had managed to claw its way back from bankruptcy and now it seems that those assumptions were indeed …
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