Back when 343 Industries was building up to the launch of Halo 5, one of the big negatives against the game was the lack of split screen. Split screen and couch co-op has been a major part of the main Halo games ever since Combat Evolved so quite a few …
Read More »AMD’s Ryzen 5 Six Core CPUs said to be coming in Q2
This week, AMD officially announced pricing for its high-end Ryzen 7 processors, with three different SKUs set to roll out starting at £319.99 and going up to £489.99 all set to disrupt Intel's Core i7 lineup. However, not everyone has £300+ to spend on processors, so quite a few are …
Read More »European Hardware Association research shows declining interest in VR
This week, the European Hardware Association presented its 2017 buying trends research report, giving us a hint at what Europeans are most interested in tech-wise in 2017. While there has been growth and plenty of buyer intent as far as CPUs and GPUs go, it looks like interest in virtual …
Read More »Cooler Master’s MasterLiquid 240 and 120 support Ryzen and Kaby Lake
Cooler Master is continuing to bolster its lineup in preparation for AMD's Ryzen processors, which are launching on the 2nd of March. If you need a new CPU cooler to go alongside your shiny new CPU, then Cooler Master has two MasterLiquid options available, one with a 120mm radiator and …
Read More »Valve announces Steam Audio, aims for more realistic spatial audio
A while back, Valve acquired Impulsonic, a peculiar move for a company that doesn't delve into sound all that much. However, now we know why as today ‘Steam Audio' was announced, which is intended to usher in a new generation of spatial audio. Steam Audio has been in development for …
Read More »Full specs leak for upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8+
After the initial news that the Galaxy S8 would launch at the end of March and start shipping in late April, it looks like the full specifications for the Galaxy S8 Plus have leaked. This year, Samsung is ditching its Galaxy Edge branding, instead opting to release a standard Galaxy …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S8 said to start shipping on April 21st
We have been hearing a lot about the Samsung Galaxy S8 over the last couple of months and while we have known what the phone looks like for a while, a release date has been up in the air. This week though, reports appear to be showing a 21st of …
Read More »Dead Rising 4 is coming to Steam next month
It looks like Dead Rising 4 is finally making its way over to Steam after a brief stint as a ‘Windows 10' exclusive as part of Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Capcom. Dead Rising 4 initially launched on Xbox One and Windows 10 back on the 6th of December but the …
Read More »AMD RX 580 and RX 560 benchmarks leak
It looks like there is an AMD RX-500 graphics card series on the way as two new benchmarks have appeared from an AMD employee on the Ashes of the Singularity database, showing performance for an upcoming RX 580 and RX 560 GPU. Both benchmarks were run at 1080p using the …
Read More »Samsung denies that it is planning to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7s
Update: Yesterday reports began circulating claiming that Samsung would soon sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 units with smaller batteries in certain territories. At the time, the reports claimed that these Note 7s would be sold at a reduced rate in emerging markets like India as well as Samsung's home country South …
Read More »Apple’s massive ‘spaceship campus’ will open in April, now called ‘Apple Park’
Apple's new spaceship campus has been in the making for years now but the ambitious building project is finally nearing completion, with a grand opening date now set. The campus is set to be named ‘Apple Park' and will be the new workplace for 12,000 of Apple's employees starting in …
Read More »Valve brings SteamVR support to Linux
While things have been a little quiet on the SteamOS front for a while, Valve is still a big supporter of Linux and other open standards, which is why this week the company is releasing the SteamVR for Linux beta, bringing virtual reality support to those outside of the Windows …
Read More »Quite a few countries are facing a Steam price hike
It looks like new tax jurisdictions on digital goods are coming in to play in several countries, forcing Valve to raise Steam prices across the board in ten different countries. Most countries on the list will see Steam game prices rise by well over ten percent, while some others will …
Read More »Digital Homicide’s crazy $15 million lawsuit against Jim Sterling has been dropped
Digital Homicide, the studio perhaps most famous for releasing bad games and then trying to take legal action against those with negative feedback, recently had one of its two massive lawsuits dismissed. Last year, Digital Homicide's James Romine filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against game critic Jim Sterling but this …
Read More »Ryzen UK pricing confirmed, pre-orders go live at 6PM
Today has been a big day for AMD, not only is Ryzen confirmed to begin shipping on the 2nd of March but pre-orders are set to go live later today and pricing appears to be very competitive against Intel's high-end i7 CPUs. While we only got confirmation of US pricing …
Read More »Nvidia will be announcing the GTX 1080Ti in six days
It looks like Nvidia is planning a GTX 1080Ti reveal for GDC after all. Last week we learned that Nvidia was planning on holding a ‘fan event' on the 28th of February but we were unsure whether or not there would be a livestream, calling into question the likelihood of …
Read More »First traces of Volta spotted in new Nvidia driver
It looks like the first signs of Nvidia's upcoming Volta architecture are starting to appear as recently the team behind AIDA64 spotted references to Nvidia's next generation flagship GPU in a new driver. It seems that the AIDA64 team were digging around Nvidia's latest driver looking for traces of the …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 1700x benchmark leak shows strong performance against Intel
With the Ryzen launch now imminent, we are starting to see more and more leaks. We have had quite a bit of early information over the last few weeks, from pricing information to retail packaging and new stock coolers. However, today, something a bit more juicy appeared on the web- …
Read More »Bill Gates proposes a tax on the robots set to take over human jobs
The robot revolution isn't quite here yet but it looks like Bill Gates is thinking ahead by proposing a ‘robot tax' to offset the job losses that will occur as machines start carrying out more tasks and replacing humans. The idea seems to be, since we tax human workers on their …
Read More »Microsoft will be releasing two major Windows 10 updates this year
Microsoft has been drip feeding us details about the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update for a few months now and while it is set to be a major update, Microsoft does have more planned for the rest of 2017. The Creators Update will bring along native Windows support for things …
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout VR is ‘going great’ but there is still no set release date
Last year, Bethesda announced that it would be reworking Fallout 4 and DOOM for virtual reality and while things have been fairly quiet on that front since, this week, Todd Howard opened up a bit more about it. It turns out that right now, the entirety of Fallout 4 is …
Read More »Apple to refresh iPad in March with new iPad Pros and iPad Mini
It looks like we can expect a new batch of iPads this Spring as this week sources have come forward with details of Apple's plans for an iPad refresh following an event in March. Apparently, we are set to see a new iPad Mini, iPad Air and two new iPad …
Read More »Samsung reportedly planning to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7s
It looks like Samsung may still be able to recover some money from the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco after all as reports this week are claiming that the company will soon start selling refurbished versions of the Note 7. These refurbished Note 7s would come with a smaller battery than …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s 60 frames per second patch isn’t very good
Yesterday, the long awaited 60 frames per second patch for the PS4 Pro version of Final Fantasy XV launched. The patch changes the ‘lite mode' within the game options, which previously gave 1080p visuals at 30 frames per second. Now, the visuals remain at 1080p in lite mode but the …
Read More »NETGEAR competition: five prizes, five winners
We like to give back to our readers as much as possible here at KitGuru, so this week we are teaming up with NETGEAR to give away five prizes, giving you guys five chances to win something and upgrade your networking gear! Here is the full prize list: 2x Nighthawk …
Read More »Microsoft reportedly scraps Hololens 2 in favour of skipping to Gen 3
Microsoft first revealed its Hololens augmented reality headset around two years ago during the build-up to Windows 10 and since then, most of us have been waiting on some form of upgraded version. Now, it seems that while a second gen Hololens was in the works, Microsoft may be scrapping its development …
Read More »Ryzen CPU images leak, new stock coolers shown off
It looks like the final pieces of Ryzen are starting to leak. We have seen lineup and pricing leaks, performance leaks and now with the processors starting to go out to retailers, press and others, we are starting to see a bit more of what's in store for us at …
Read More »YouTube will get rid of unskippable 30 second adverts
It looks like Google is going to be doing away with one of the less enjoyable aspects about YouTube- the unskippable 30 second ads. Google announced this week that pre-roll advertisements would be skippable going forward, making it less of a hassle while streaming YouTube to a TV, console or …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands’ PC requirements are nicely detailed
Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming out in just a few weeks but before you head into the desert to take down the drug cartel, you may want to check you have the right tools for the job. Ubisoft has revealed Ghost Recon Wildland's full PC system requirements, giving you recommended …
Read More »The EU is still concerned about user privacy on Windows 10
The European Union's data protection watchdog appears to still be concerned about Windows 10 and Microsoft's privacy settings. Several countries within the EU have taken issue with Windows 10's privacy policies over the last year and while some changes have been made, it appears that the union isn't satisfied just …
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