Recently there has been reports of an anonymous EA developer admitting that Nintendo became dead to the Publisher “very quickly” following the launch of the Wii U, apparently this didn't sit well with EA COO, Peter Moore, who denies the claim that EA has turned its back on Nintendo despite all …
Read More »Samsung blames profit decline on employee bonuses
Samsung's quarterly results were revealed yesterday which saw an 18 per cent decline in the company's profits from last quarter, so where did the money go? Well Currency exchange rates as well as employee bonuses seem to be the cause. Samsung says that while its marketing budget did increase due …
Read More »Valve is giving away its games to Linux Debian Developers
Valve is really pushing Linux, Gabe Newell see's it as the future of gaming and is trying to bring us closer to that with Steam OS and as a result, Valve is really keen to get some Linux developers on board. How is Valve going to reel in those Linux …
Read More »Net neutrality is out but Netflix won’t let ISP’s bully it’s service
Last week a federal court took a hammer to the FCC's net neutrality laws and demolished them, essentially making it possible for ISP's to impede on network traffic, which is bad news for services like Netflix since now US based providers can throttle the user experience by slowing down video …
Read More »The Witcher 3 wouldn’t have been possible on Previous consoles
The Developer behind The Witcher RPG series, CD Projekt Red, has come out to explain why the latest game in the franchise won't be coming to last generation consoles, why The Witcher 2 didn't come to the playstation 3 as well as why we won't see many differences between the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V PC shows up on Amazon
There has been no shortage of Grand Theft Auto V rumours when it comes to its PC release but as time goes on, the rumours become increasingly believable and with the likes of Amazon already listing the pre-order pages on some of its European sites, it seems an announcement could …
Read More »EA also paid YouTubers to promote its next gen games
In light of Microsoft's recent secretive campaign to get content creators on YouTube to speak positively about the Xbox One, it has been revealed that EA has also done the same to promote its own next gen games. Right now the promotion is aimed at getting producers to be positive …
Read More »HP is bringing Windows 7 back due to popular demand
Over the last couple of years the OEM PC business has been hurting, causing many system manufacturers to move in to the tablet business citing mobile computing as the future. Some will tell you that Windows 8 is to blame as even after the 8.1 update, consumers still don't want to …
Read More »A nasty PS4 error is corrupting save files and making games unplayable
Since the initial launch period, we haven't really heard of any problems on either the Xbox One or Playstation 4 but now a pretty worrying PS4 error has surfaced and it seems to be spreading and affecting a lot of users. Many users are suffering from Error CE-34878-0, if you …
Read More »Disney abandons Star Wars 1313 trademark
What little hope we had left of seeing the Star Wars 1313 project come back to life is now gone as Disney has officially abandoned the trademark,an update on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website has revealed: “No Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice …
Read More »Paramount is reportedly saying goodbye to 35mm film in the US
Paramount Pictures may be the first movie studio to phase out 35 millimeter film for its big theatrical releases, according to The Los Angeles Times, this would make ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street ‘ the first movie to kick off the trend while Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues will be …
Read More »First details for next gen Hitman game revealed
If you played 2012's Hitman Absolution and were wondering when you would get your next chance to jump back in to the suit then you're in luck as Square Enix has officially revealed the next game in the Hitman series, which will launch on the Xbox One and Playstation 4. …
Read More »T-Mobile glitch steals credit from pay as you go customers
T-Mobile is in a bit of trouble with its UK customers today after a glitch wiped the credit off of many pay as you go customer accounts. Upon finding out that their credit had disappeared, an army of angry customers made their way to the EE customer support forums to …
Read More »Nintendo reduces its Wii U sales forecast
It seems Nintendo's optimism has faded as it slashed its end of year sales forecast for the Wii U after the console failed to pick up steam over the holiday season. The company's financial year ends on the 31st of March, originally the heads over at Nintendo were expecting to …
Read More »Giant 3D printer can build a house in 24 hours
3D printing has come along way in recent years and now it has been pushed even further as Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis, from the University of Southern California, claims to have developed a 3D printer capable of constructing a house in just a single day. The machine manages to replace construction …
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine to cost as much as an Xbox One
Alienware's Steam Machine has probably been the most exciting one so far, according to Gabe Newell himself, it's the one to watch and could be considered the flagship Steam Machine. Since its announcement people have been sceptical on the price and with good reason, Alienware PC's don't come cheap but …
Read More »Check your inbox- Titanfall trial invitations are being sent out
It seems that Titanfall is ready for testing as Origin account holders are starting to receive invitations for the Xbox One Alpha test, word of the invites began to spread on NeoGAF, where multiple users have received emails and have investigated further to check that these emails aren't part of …
Read More »Spotify to offer free unlimited desktop streaming once again
Spotify has been around for a few years now and like with any service, it's been through some changes in its time. If you were around right at the start you will have enjoyed free and unlimited music streaming with ads, almost as if you were listening to your perfect …
Read More »BBM to come pre-loaded on Android smartphones
As soon as the Blackberry Messenger app went cross platform it became a hit, garnering over ten million downloads in its first 24 hours on both the Play Store and the IOS App Store. Thanks to the massive surge in popularity, you may find BBM coming pre-installed on several Android …
Read More »The Moto X is coming to the UK next month
The Moto X smartphone had a lot of hype surrounding it leading up to its US launch late last year, it was the first Motorola device to be released under Google's ownership and it certainly shows. The phone focuses heavily on software improvements and the user experience rather than the …
Read More »Sony speaks out on Playstation Vita’s shortcomings
It's no secret that the PS Vita hasn't enjoyed the same level of success that the original PSP had, there's very few games for the hand-held and sale figures are often disappointing. So why has this happened? Sony UK Managing Director, Fergal Gara, has an explanation: “In all honesty, higher sales …
Read More »Sim City is finally getting an Offline mode
Almost a year after its painful release, Sim City is finally getting an offline mode in the game's next update, developer Maxis has just announced. While an offline mode is much appreciated, it has raised an important question- How is it suddenly possible to have an offline mode now, when …
Read More »343 Industries hire professional Halo player
Halo 4 developer, 343 Industries, has just hired professional gamer Eric “GH057ayame” Hewitt, a professional Halo player who is best known for his competing as a part of Team Carbon. The studio's latest employee let the news out over the weekend after tweeting “Ready to get back to work?” followed by …
Read More »Steam OS now supports AMD and Intel graphics
Valve recently announced its first wave of pre-built Steam Machines all coming from different manufacturers in different configurations but here at KitGuru we know that most of you prefer to build your own system so if you were interested in building your own ITX PC running Steam OS then you'll …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising PC won’t work offline at the moment
Update: The offline mode issue has now been patched Yesterday we saw the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on Steam, almost a year after the game's release on consoles but unfortunately a lot of buyers are already facing problems getting the single player game to launch in Steam's offline …
Read More »There is a way to disable region locking on the 3DS
The 3DS was the first Nintendo handheld to come region locked, something a lot of fans had an issue with as it limited your choices as far as what games you could play. Sometimes a big game only comes out for one region, Monster Hunter 4 is a good example …
Read More »Steam now comes with parental controls
Late last night the Steam client was updated to bring family options to all Steam accounts, many users and even a couple of news sites misinterpreted the patch notes and thought that the long awaited sharing feature had arrived but this was unfortunately not the case, for now we've just …
Read More »Titanfall to be limited to 6V6 in multiplayer matches
Respawn, the developer behind the upcoming Microsoft exclusive game Titanfall, has just announced that the game's multiplayer mode will only allow for 12 players in 6V6 matches online. Respawn Vice President, Vince Zampella, confirmed this on Twitter: “6v6 is max player count. Turned out to be the best balance with AI …
Read More »Sony officially announces it’s streaming service- Playstation Now
It's no secret that Sony bought the Gaikai streaming service a while back and that we would see the streaming service return some time after the Playstation 4's release but I don't think many people expected an announcement so soon. Sony has just announced its new Playstation Now service which …
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine could be the one to watch
Yesterday Valve began showing off the first wave of Steam Machines due to release throughout the year but out of the lengthy list of manufacturers, it seems that Alienware could be the one to watch. Alienware has always been known for its stylish but arguably overpriced gaming PC's and laptops …
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