Rocksteady's finale to the Batman: Arkham series is due to launch in two weeks and just like the past titles in the series, this one is backed by Nvidia and the Gameworks program. Not only will buyers of certain Nvidia graphics cards get Arkham Knight for free, but Nvidia users will …
Read More »Sony seems to be crippling its own smartphone storage
Sony has gone ahead and crippled the storage capabilities of one of its budget smartphones, the Xperia M4 Aqua, as owners of the 8GB device can only actually access 1.26GB of it. This seems to be largely down to the inclusion of Android 5.0 Lollipop, which apparently takes up 4GB of …
Read More »The GTA: Vice City map is being remade in the GTA V engine
Rockstar finally launched Grand Theft Auto V on the PC back in April and we have already seen a number of impressive mods launch for the game. However, now some pretty ambitious projects are starting to pop up, with GTA: Vice City being rebuilt inside the Grand Theft Auto V …
Read More »XFX shows off its own R9 390X ahead of official announcement
It looks like AMD is giving its board partners clearance to continue teasing us with the upcoming 300-series of graphics cards. XFX has updated its R9 290X Double Dissipation product page, with images of the upcoming Hawaii-based R9 390X with the double dissipation cooler attached. Images show off the card …
Read More »Sony CEO says we we will see Apple Music at WWDC
We have been expecting an Apple Music streaming service announcement for some time now and even though negotiations with certain record labels slowed things down a bit, all signs still pointed towards a reveal at Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference this month. Now, it seems that Sony's CEO has …
Read More »The latest Witcher patch protects the cows, ends infinite money glitch
If you have been following The Witcher past its launch two weeks ago, then you may have heard of the infinite money glitch. This involved killing cows, collecting their skins, selling them, meditating and doing it all over again. However, CD Projekt Red has finally given the cows the protection …
Read More »Android facing more anti-trust complaints
Google is facing more anti-trust complaints regarding Android. The European Commission is already investigating Google over its mobile operating system due to concerns that it promotes its own apps over its competitors and now, complaints have arisen suggesting that Google is abusing its dominance in the market. This particular complaint …
Read More »Valve is sending off SteamVR dev kits
At the Game Developer Conference this year, Valve revealed its step in to the virtual reality headset market with The Vive, built in collaboration with HTC. Shortly after, Valve began accepting sign ups from developers to get early editions of the headset in order to start working on VR projects, …
Read More »Upgrading to Windows 10? Here’s which version you will get for free
So Windows 10 is on the way and those of you who own a genuine license for either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be getting the free upgrade on the 29th of July. However, Microsoft had not fully detailed exactly which version of the operating system you would be …
Read More »Amazon is working on a PC game with some pretty good developers
Amazon has been making a push for gaming, not only did it acquire Double Helix last year, the developer behind Killer Instinct, but it also bought Twitch, the largest video game streaming platform on the planet. Now with all of this in mind, it may not come as such a …
Read More »Valve shows off Steam controller with new video
The Steam controller, various Steam Machines and Valve's own Steam Link streaming box are all now available for pre-order with release dates set for between October and November. While we have seen the Steam controller evolve through many iterations since its reveal in 2013, only those attending specific trade shows …
Read More »Desura has gone bankrupt
The online game marketplace, Desura, has filed for bankruptcy shortly after reports that developers had not been paid for their sales on the platform. The lack of payment for small indie developers has apparently been going on for months, similarly to when Crytek UK were having issues and could not …
Read More »It looks like 1TB models of the Xbox One and PS4 will be at E3
E3 is coming up in just less than two weeks so now is the time for retailers to accidentally leak upcoming reveals, whether they be from Sony, Microsoft or other game developers. If you have one of the new consoles currently and own more than five games, then you have …
Read More »Dota 2 ‘The International’ tournament gets biggest prize pool yet
The 2015 International Dota 2 tournament is set to kick off this summer and now it has the biggest prize pool yet, breaking more eSports records. This year, $11.4 million was raised for the tournament's prize pool, the largest ever for an eSports event. The previous record was $10.9 million, …
Read More »People are now trying to sell fake Amiibo figures
Nintendo seems to have found success with the launch of its Amiibo figures. The little collectibles bring new functionality to a couple of games unfortunately, Nintendo can't seem to make enough of them, which has caused quite the scalper problem. Not only are scalpers buying Amiibos in bulk and selling …
Read More »Apple has had to recall a bunch of Beats Pill speakers
Apple has gone ahead and issued a recall for the Beats Pill XL bluetooth speaker due to fire risk concerns. Earlier this week, Apple announced its “voluntary recall” on the Beats Pill speakers, which were first brought to market in November 2013. Customers affected by the recall will get a …
Read More »Destiny’s big third expansion may have been revealed by Red Bull
Bungie has been working on expansions for Destiny ever since the base game released. So far, we've seen two, The Dark Below and House of Wolves, however, the third expansion is due to be the largest and judging by a previously leaked roadmap, the most exciting. Now it looks like …
Read More »We Happy Few hits Kickstarter, raises $25K in first few hours
Today Compulsion Games, the studio behind the 2013 title, Contrast, launched a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a new game focusing on paranoia and survival in a dystopian British city in 1964. While with most Kickstarter games, you would have to wait months before trying it out, early backers …
Read More »The Steam Link and controller now have a release date
Valve's Steam Machine dream may have died down a bit but that doesn't mean that it has given up on the idea of bringing PC gaming to the living room entirely. We've been following the Steam controller throughout its development for some time now and a while back, Valve also …
Read More »Mojang staff were offered $300k to stay after Microsoft buyout
Microsoft acquired Minecraft development company, Mojang, quite a while back and at the time, the Minecraft community was shocked. As you would expect, some of the Mojang staff probably had some concerns of their own so in order to keep people from leaving, Microsoft offered all Mojang employees the currency equivalent …
Read More »PS4 owners are getting an Uncharted collection
After months of rumors and question dodging, Naughty Dog and Sony have revealed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, due for release this October, in place of Uncharted 4, which was pushed back until 2016. The game was due to be revealed at another time but the PlayStation website accidentally put …
Read More »Antec shows off new PC cases at Computex 2015
Our coverage of Computex 2015 continues, today our own attendee, Leo Waldock, swung by to visit Antec, who have been showing off some new desktop PC cases- one of which we saw teased last week, just ahead of the event. First up, we got a look at the upcoming signature …
Read More »Zotac reveals AMP! Omega GTX 980Ti at Computex
Nvidia launched its new flagship gaming GPU on Sunday evening, the GTX 980Ti. We have already reviewed the reference model directly from Nvidia and now we are starting to see custom cooled solutions from board partners pop up. At Computex 2015, Zotac is showing off a couple of new GTX …
Read More »GOG kicks off its DRM-free summer sale
GOG has kicked off its big summer sale event today, featuring heavy discounts, free games, daily bundles and giveaways, just ahead of next week's Steam sale, which is due to begin on the 11th of June. The GOG sale officially kicked off at midday GMT. The way GOG's sale works …
Read More »Extreme overclockers break records with new MSI X99 motherboard
At Computex yesterday, MSI revealed its latest X99 motherboard, the ‘X99A Godlike Gaming' and it is already off to a great start as overclockers have already managed to break records with the board. Renowned overclockers, Benchbros, Wizerty, Vivi and Zzolio, broke seven top global scores and hardware records in total …
Read More »The KitGuru Community Forum is down for maintenance
This is just a quick public service announcement. We have had a few messages from KitGuru regulars asking about the forum- it is in-fact down for maintenance! Nothing to worry about, just performing a software update on the backend. The KitGuru Community Forum shall be back up shortly. The main …
Read More »Skype users experiencing continuous crashing thanks to message bug
Just last week, Apple iPhone users were experiencing messenger app issues thanks to a bug caused by a specific string of text. Now, it looks like Skype is having the same problem. Microsoft's messaging app has become prone to continuous crashing on iOS, Android and Windows PC thanks to a …
Read More »Fallout 4 has been announced! Heading to PC and new consoles
Fallout 4 is finally happening, after a couple of years of leaks, Bethesda has officially revealed the next game in the series. As previously suggested, the game is in-fact set in Boston and will be heading to the PC, Xbox One and PS4. The countdown timer, which launched yesterday, ended …
Read More »AMD to reveal new GPUs at E3
If you have been following the recent rumours surrounding AMD's next batch of graphics cards, then you may have been expecting to see them appear at Computex this week. However, it looks like AMD's 300-series will be skipping the event, with an announcement due to take place at E3 on …
Read More »Microsoft is officially acquiring the Wunderlist app
Earlier this week, we reported on Microsoft's next potential acquisition, the popular app, Wunderlist. Now it seems that the move is official, with Wunderlist joining the ranks alongside Microsoft's growing selection of other apps and services on multiple platforms. Wunderlist is one of the more successful ‘to-do' apps on smartphones, …
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