Want to have an affordable ultra-high-definition TV (UHDTV) despite there not being much to watch on it yet? Get ready to spend big. Or perhaps not, as Polaroid, a brand-name owned by Empire Electronics Corp., is working on one that's actually affordable. The company plans to reveal its first 4K …
Read More »Riot president retorts ‘greed’ accusations
Marc Merill, president of League of Legends developer Riot Games, has hit back in a Reddit post at critics that suggested he and his company are greedy in their business practices, citing many reasons why that's not the case and simply the fact that he and his main partner and …
Read More »This guy made a machine to play Pokemon for him
If you thought it was fun playing Pokemon X and or Y the good old fashioned way – IE. with your hands – then imagine how much fun you can have when you build a device to play it for you! That's right, now you too can continue on with …
Read More »Buffalo AirStation N600 Dual Band Wireless Router (WHR-600D) Review
Today we are going to take a look at the Buffalo AirStation N600 wireless router which is positioned as an affordable dual-band wireless router. This means it operates on both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz frequencies … ideal for those who want to connect multiple devices which consume a lot …
Read More »Minecraft might be coming to the Wii U
It seems like at this point, everyone that's going to play Minecraft, probably owns a copy of it. It's available everywhere from its humble PC beginnings, on consoles and smartphones, but now it might be hitting the Wii U too, with an emphasis on using the Gamepad to construct and …
Read More »Star Citizen breaks $35 million, introduces new ship
It seems like only a month ago that were were talking about how Star Citizen had broken its latest monetary milestone (less than, actually) but today we're doing practically the same story, as the game from Chris Roberts of Wing Commander fame, has now hit its next crowd funded stretch …
Read More »Minecraft multiplayer set up just got a lot easier
Setting up your own multiplayer server on Minecraft is the holy grail of grief avoidance whilst still being able to play with your pals, but it's never been the easiest of things. I'm sure there's Kitguru readers that would scoff at this, but not everyone is as technically proficient as …
Read More »Kingom Come Deliverance is a beautiful looking RPG
The first trailer for the first game to come out of Czech developer Warhorse studios has been released and it's very, very pretty. Known as Kingdom Come Deliverance, it's said to be an open world RPG, action-adventure, with first person combat, stunning visuals and a non-linear story. Sounds like a …
Read More »Taleworlds talks new Mount and Blade II Bannerlord engine
Turkish developer Taleworlds has been hard at work on the true sequel to its seminal Mount and Blade (and Warband) for a while now and details have been very, very thin on the ground. Until recently all we knew is that it existed, was called Bannerlord and that it was …
Read More »DayZ standalone debuts on Steam
It's been a big 24 hours for open world, multiplayer titles. First Just Cause 2 MP landed late yesterday and now the standalone version of DayZ has finally appeared on Steam too. It's still an early access alpha, so don't expect a completely polished experience, but it's certainly got a …
Read More »Synology DiskStation DS214Play review
Today we are taking a look at the latest NAS system from Synology, the DS214 Play. This unit is optimised for multimedia processing and has been designed to handle high quality images, music and video streaming. The DS214Play is a media centric two bay NAS from Synology, with a maximum …
Read More »Frictional debuts another SOMA trailer
Frictional Games, the developer behind the terrifying first person Amnesia and Penumbra series, has released a new in-game trailer for its next project, SOMA, which shows us its deeply creepy atmosphere, as well as a detailed break down of what the team is focusing on during development. nora ephron essays …
Read More »New Riot Games API released
Riot Games has announced the release of its new API in beta form, meaning anyone with a bit of coding knowledge can now make much more interesting apps and tools to help users play the game. In the past this has been limited to simple functions like manual reset timers …
Read More »Creative Assembly’s Alien game artwork leaked
We're all a bit jaded on Alien games at the moment, I understand that. Aliens: Colonial Marines was such a colossal disappointment, it's either stupidity or bravery that has Creative Assembly taking that horse away from Gearbox and clambering back on it this soon after release. Which is perhaps why …
Read More »Procedural, open world space-sim steals show
At the VGX awards ceremony over the weekend, footage was shown from an upcoming game being developed by a small team over at Hello Games and it completely stole the show. It's a procedurally generated, open sandbox title that features hundreds of planets, suns and solar systems, giving the player …
Read More »Microsoft closes down Victoria studio
Despite the fact that it only announced an expansion of the Canadian based Victoria development studio last year, Microsoft has announced that it'll be shuttering it. While a large expansion was announced and planned in 2012, ultimately growth wasn't quite as high as expected, though this will still leave around …
Read More »You can now apply for the Project Spark beta
Project Spark is Microsoft's upcoming game creation suite for Windows 8, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It lets you create your game while playing it by allowing users to customise everything as they go along. You can create custom worlds, characters and animations, sort of like Little Big Planet but better …
Read More »This pixelised space roguelike looks amazing
FTL was a great, great game. Honestly, I put 50+ hours into that little indie roguelike. I even wrote thousands and thousands of words of extra content for a mod called Infinite Space. But that doesn't matter because I don't play that any more. What I do want to play …
Read More »Buffalo LinkStation LS421DE Enclosure Review
Buffalo are a leading Network brand, and today we are reviewing a new release of their popular LinkStation series. The LS421DE is a high performance two-bay network attached storage device, which even features Raid 0 and Raid 1 configurations. The LS421 offers many features, including Gigabit Ethernet, Cloud Storage, a …
Read More »Adobe still leads the way in Rip Off Britain scores
After running this morning's story about Crucial's inexplicable $50 bump for an SSD drive price when it gets sold to Brits, we got a timely reminder that there is one company that rips hard and faster than anyone else in this industry. KitGuru checks the sums before declaring Adobe the …
Read More »Star Citizen continues to rake in millions
Anyone with more than a fraction of a bitcoin sitting in a wallet at the moment, is no doubt starting their day by popping up MtGox or a similar site and checking the current value. It's understandable, that currency's individual cost is flying up day after day. But if you're …
Read More »Can an Oculus Rift game fix a lazy eye?
A new game has popped up asking for funding on Kickstarter shadow dweller, IndieGogo, which purports to be able to help fix eye related disorders like strabismus (crossed eye) and amblyopia (lazy eye), by using the Oculus Rift and a game designed specifically with this treatment in mind. As the …
Read More »Skyrim mod maker lands job at Bungie
Skyrim's main game was impressive when it was released, sure, but it will perhaps be better remembered for its sheer number of mods, conversions, tweaks and content packs. Now it's that latter category of work that has landed Alexander J. Velicky a job at Bungie, a year after he released the …
Read More »Sky Fibre Optic Broadband solution date is a long way off
As reported on KitGuru late last night, Sky's fibre optic network is struggling badly. Now it appears that one smart customer has managed to work out when a solution will appear – but without being told by Sky. Hmmm. Different ISPs post notifications about the various parts of the internet. …
Read More »Oculus Rift gets new, commercial, non-combat MMO
Only on something like the Oculus Rift, could you pitch the idea of playing as a tree, a lizard and a person with other players in a single world and you aren't allowed to kill any of them. No in Wander, you do just that, you walk, swim and fly …
Read More »Gigabyte BRIX i7-4500 Barebones Mini-PC Review (w/ G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 16GB)
With modern computer components continuing the trend of shrinking in size while also increasing in performance, the small form-factor (SFF) market is big business. Taking size reductions to the extreme, can Gigabyte's BRIX prove its worth to downsizing system builders? Housed in a chassis measuring 10.5cm by 11cm, the biggest …
Read More »Sky Fibre Network drowning, sub-broadband speeds reported
The vast majority of KitGuru readers access the internet through broadband and many of you have the fortune (cash and luck) to be fibred-up-baby. In fact, during our last major survey, more than 40% of you reported accessing KitGuru with fibre. Based on what we're hearing, we will have to …
Read More »Telltale might be working on a Game of Thrones game
Its early morning rumour time everybody, but this one's worth paying attention to, since the potential for an awesome game is there. Telltale Games, the developer behind the emotional point and click title, Walking Dead and the recently released Wolf Among Us, might have teamed up with George R.R. Martin …
Read More »Infinity Ward update fixes CoD 4k issues
While Call of Duty Ghosts has sold incredibly well, its launch has been anything pain free. There was the whole resolution-gate scandal on the next-gen systems, struggling to break contemporary resolutions at a decent frame rate and then there was the fact that reviewers felt the developers had just gone …
Read More »Black Mesa mod to go on sale on Steam officially
Mods are one of the best selling points of PC gaming. Not only can they add elements to gameplay that weren't there before, but they can improve the graphics and fix problems that the original developers never saw coming; or in the case of Black Mesa, it can completely remake …
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