Thermaltake has just unveiled two new PC chassis at CES today. The View 51 TG ARGB announced a few days ago was showcased and now the company has revealed its first-ever open frame full-tower chassis – the AH T600 TG. The brand-new AH T600 TG chassis from Thermaltake is the company’s …
Read More »CES 2020: Nvidia RTX Studio desktops and laptops to come with free Adobe Creative Cloud
At CES this week, Nvidia's RTX Studio initiative began to expand once again with the introduction of new laptops and desktop systems from top system builders. To sweeten the deal on the latest round of systems, buyers will be getting a free limited-time Adobe Creative Cloud membership. The latest RTX …
Read More »A new Switch model is rumoured to release this year, with production beginning soon
Ever since the Nintendo Switch first released in 2017, fans have been asking for a ‘Switch Pro’, bringing a mid-generation refresh to the handheld-console hybrid in a similar vein to the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Last year, rumours of a Nintendo Switch Pro, alongside a smaller dockless switch, …
Read More »Lost Soul Aside, the Final Fantasy XV inspired Action RPG, is targeting a 2020 release date
Lost Soul Aside was first revealed in 2016. Starting as a one-man project, the Action RPG takes inspiration from games such as Final Fantasy XV and Devil May Cry, to create a game that’s equally as stylish as it is ambitious. The game was originally targeting a 2018 release, although …
Read More »2020 will bring at least two unannounced Wii U ports to the Switch – according to leaker
When the Nintendo Switch released in 2017, a feature missing from the console-handheld hybrid was backwards compatibility. This meant that a number of Wii U titles remained stranded on a console which sold fewer than 14 million units. Since then, Nintendo have slowly been porting these titles to the Switch. …
Read More »CES 2020: Seagate announce Lyve Drive Mobile System and new gaming SSDs
Seagate has announced the launch of a revolutionary modular storage solution at CES 2020 today. The Seagate Lyve Drive Mobile System is an efficient data management solution built to manage the surge of enterprise, cloud and edge data. According to a recent IDC study, global datasphere is expected to grow …
Read More »The next Call of Duty will remain ‘boots on the ground’
Call of Duty’s last several releases have been mired in a number of controversies surrounding the players’ movement abilities. Starting with Advanced Warfare in 2014, players were given ‘enhanced’ movement capabilities in the form of jetpacks – with each following game tweaking the way in which movement worked. After the …
Read More »Crytek moves to temporarily dismiss lawsuit against Star Citizen studio
Back in late 2017, 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. CIG has always maintained that …
Read More »Thermaltake announce the S300 Tempered Glass mid tower chassis
Thermaltake has introduced a new member to its S series PC chassis range. The new S300 Tempered Glass mid-tower is available in a traditional black or an elegant white version and features a minimalist but luxurious design as found in the previous cases from the Thermaltake S series. The S300 …
Read More »Dragon Quest XII is in development, no firm release date yet
The Dragon Quest franchise is 33 years old and contains 11 titles in the main series with countless spinoffs, re-releases, and remakes of its games. Celebrating the franchise's success and achievements in 2019, the series' creator Yuji Horii has revealed what's coming next for Dragon Quest on his Twitter account. The …
Read More »New details emerge about Daedalic’s “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum”
Back in March 2019, Daedalic Entertainment had announced that it was developing a new “The Lord of the Rings” game. Further details of the game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, were unveiled in the latest issue of Edge magazine, and it seems that Gollum won't look like the character …
Read More »Analysts predict NAND Flash price increases for 2020
The NAND flash market has been through plenty of ups and downs over the last few years. Unfortunately for consumers, we are looking at another period of price increases, with analysts predicting flash memory prices to rise by as much as 40 percent. DRAMeXchange, a division of Trendforce, started off …
Read More »Thermaltake will be showing off new TOUGHRAM memory at CES
ThermalTake began showing off its new TOUGHRAM DDR4 modules at Computex last year, with enhanced RGB lighting features, a 10-layer PCB and pre-binned memory ICs to ensure performance. Over the second half of 2019, speeds were consistently improved, with kits now available all the way up to 4400MHz. Each of …
Read More »Square Enix hopes to create games ‘only possible in the cloud’
Square Enix has always had a penchant for new technology and with the rise of mixed reality and cloud streaming, that won't be changing any time soon. This week, Square Enix president, Yosuke Matsuda, issued an open letter on the year ahead, specifically addressing the publisher's ambitions for cloud streaming …
Read More »Riot communications lead talks about how to announce risky or controversial games
Riot Games has announced a lot of new titles recently, rapidly expanding beyond its core game, League of Legends. Some of the titles announced could be considered risky but there was no Artifact or Diablo Immortal level backlash to speak of. It turns out that a lot of thought went …
Read More »KitGuru Folding@Home team ranks in top 200, you can join too!
Long-term KitGuru readers from the early 2010s will remember that we used to have our own forum. While that section of the website is on hiatus for now, the KitGuru Folding@Home team is actually still going. Andrew, otherwise known as ‘LimeyGeorge' reached out to us this week to let us …
Read More »AMD reportedly set to double TSMC 7nm wafer order in 2020
AMD had the jump on the 7nm generation, pushing out several 7nm-based GPUs and CPUs. In 2020, AMD is expected to push its 7nm product line further, with expectations that the company will become TSMC's biggest 7nm customer for the year, edging out the likes of Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia. …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S11 launch event scheduled for February
Earlier this week we took our first look at the recent slate of Samsung Galaxy S11 leaks and rumours doing the rounds. Now, the official launch date for Samsung's next flagship has been revealed thanks to a leaked promotional video for the Samsung Unpacked event. Just as expected, Samsung will …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 concurrent players for the first time
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds… twice. After beating out the game's launch-day peak player count on Steam last week, it seems that even more people became interested, …
Read More »New documentary will showcase Valve’s cancelled game ‘F-STOP’
Over the years, Valve has worked on many unannounced game prototypes, many of which we may never hear about. We will be learning about one particular game soon though, F-Stop, a prequel to Portal that never ended up making its way to the finish line. LunchHouse Software, an indie studio, …
Read More »Samsung announces its first ‘Odyssey’ gaming monitors
While Samsung has been building up a strong line-up of gaming monitors for a while now, none of them have carried the ‘Odyssey' badge. That will start to change this year, with the Samsung Odyssey CTG9, a flagship 240Hz ultra-wide display with a massive 5120×1440 resolution. While pricing has yet …
Read More »Thermaltake announce the View 51 Tempered Glass ARGB Edition full-tower chassis
Thermaltake has announced its first new PC chassis of 2020. The View 51 Tempered Glass ARGB Edition is a full-tower chassis available in black and snow edition white versions, featuring tempered glass panels and pre-installed RGB fans. The new View 51 TGB ARGB features an open layout design, equipped with …
Read More »GameSir announce the VX2 AimSwitch Combo gaming keypad
GameSir already produces a range of innovative and high-quality gaming peripherals for PC and console gaming systems. Just recently the company announced it has launched the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its VX2 AimSwitch Gaming combo device. The GameSir VX2 AimSwitch Combo aims to help users who experience difficulties playing FPS …
Read More »S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will use Unreal Engine but won’t necessarily be an EGS exclusive
Way back in May 2018, GSC Game World announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was back in development after some lengthy downtime. News on the sequel has been pretty quiet since then but this week, the developers gave an update, confirming that the game is being built on the Unreal Engine. This …
Read More »Samsung announces the Galaxy Book Flex Alpha 2-in-1 PC
Samsung is expanding its notebook portfolio with the launch of the new Galaxy Book Flex α (alpha). The new device adds another variant to Samsung’s Galaxy Book Flex range and features improved battery life and an immersive QLED display at a competitive price point. Galaxy Book Flex α is the …
Read More »Zotac to launch a new line of Mini PCs at CES
Zotac is preparing to debut a new product range at CES 2020 next week, along with expanding its line of ZBOX Mini PCs. The company will be at the Caesars Palace Forum Suite in Las Vegas with some interesting new products on show. Attendees at CES will be given a …
Read More »Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella to take leadership of DICE LA
Since leaving Infinity Ward to co-found Respawn Entertainment, Vince Zampella has led his new studio to a string of hits, including the Titanfall series, Apex Legends and most recently, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. All of that success has Zampella climbing up the ranks amongst EA executives, as he will …
Read More »Intel Core i9-10900K processor could be up to 30% faster than the previous generation
Just a few days ago, the potential specification of Intel’s 10th generation Core series desktop processors were leaked online and now an alleged internal Intel document appears to show the performance of the upcoming flagship ten-core Intel Core i9-10900K CPU...
Read More »Apple and Imagination Technologies are back together as new GPU deal is formed
Back in early 2017, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. As they …
Read More »Samsung DRAM and NAND production facility suffers power outage
There has been talk of NAND and DRAM supply getting back on track this year but sometimes, unforeseen circumstances can get in the way. This time around, one of Samsung's fabrication plants has suffered a power outage and while the power was down for only one minute, it will take …
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