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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was supposed to release a few years ago at this point but due to development issues, the project had to shift studios and be rebooted. Paradox Interactive hadn't confirmed the new studio working on the game over the last couple of years but that …

Rockstar's next major game will be none other than Grand Theft Auto 6. However, that doesn't mean the studio's other esteemed franchises will be left behind. A recent leak claims that Red Dead Redemption 3 will be coming up.  Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick already confirmed that he believes Red Dead …

Despite controversy around the launch, Hogwarts Legacy released earlier this year to huge success. The game sold more than 12 million copies in its first two weeks and the numbers have only grown in the months since thanks to the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One versions, with a …

Last week we reported on the unfortunate news that Volition – the studio behind the Red Faction and Saints Row franchises – was being shut down by parent company Embracer Group. Despite the poor reception of 2022’s Saints Row reboot, the ex-studio’s publisher has now confirmed that Volition’s franchises will …

We've known for a while now that Square Enix is planning to bring Final Fantasy 16 to PC but we've had little news on the progress of this new version. That is finally changing this week, with the studio confirming that Final Fantasy 16 is now in development for PC, and the game is set to get a couple of DLCs too. 

After many rumours regarding the specifications of AMD's upcoming Strix Point APU, we may finally have confirmation of its CPU and GPU core configuration. A recent leak with various screenshots of HWiNFO64 claim the Strix Point APU will feature a hybrid architecture with 4+8 CPU cores and 16 RDNA 3.5 …

Many assumed that LGA1700-compatible coolers would also work with the LGA1851 socket, despite having a slightly different Z-height. Previous reports about the LGA-1851 socket hinted at this, but now we have some kind of confirmation thanks to Noctua. According to Akiba-PC (via VideoCardz), Noctua has verified that their LGA-1700 mounting …

KitGuru was a founder member of the European Hardware Association and, across Europe, the member publications of the EHA reach an audience of more then 20 million readers. Those readers are enthusiasts, gamers, early adopters and influencers – and they are always looking to get the best performance and quality possible – at an affordable price. Once a year we ask you, our readers, to vote for the brands that you love best. All of those local results are fed into the EHA awards and now we have the winners!

A few weeks ago, we started to hear that Lenovo was preparing its own Windows-based handheld gaming device, similar to the ROG Ally. Today, Lenovo made this official, announcing the Legion Go, equipped with a Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor for $699.  The Legion Go will ship with Windows 11, enabling …

Leo took a recent trip to Malaysia to find out how Meteor Lake is being made

With less than a week until the release of the Radeon RX 7700 XT, it looks like there are already a few with these cards in hand. That would explain why there are already screenshots of GPU-Z detailing one of these graphics cards, as well as benchmark scores. According to …

A few months ago, Valve officially announced Counter-Strike 2 and sent out a wave of invites to a beta version of the game. Many CS:GO players have been waiting for the next wave of invites to try CS2 and now, that day has finally arrived.  In an update posted in …

Borderlands 3 is the latest mainline entry in the fun and frantic first-person looter shooter franchise. Originally released back in 2019, the game was added to pretty much every platform available (even Google Stadia) – every platform except for the Nintendo Switch. In a surprise announcement, Borderlands 3 and all …

Starfield has only been live for a few hours but modders are already hard at work. There are already dozens of mods for the game live, including a tool to replace FSR2 with DLSS or Intel Xe Super Sampling. 

A couple weeks ago Capcom announced their plans for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, revealing that they would host a “special online program”. Few details were shared at the time, however we now know at least one of the games which will be present both during the showcase and in-person: …

Nintendo recently hosted a Direct dedicated to the upcoming 2D platformer Super Mario Bros. Wonder, showing off all manner of new and creative ideas set to be unleashed upon its arrival late next month. The game’s director has now weighed in on all that was shown, revealing that the game …

Last week, Sony officially announced the PlayStation Portal, its new Remote Play handheld companion device for the PS5, priced at £199.99. While Sony unveiled most of the details then, it kept quiet on the release date, simply stating it was coming this year. Now, that has changed, with a November …

Embracer Group has announced plans to shut down Volition Games, the studio behind Saints Row. The company had been around for 30 years but following a big miss with the Saints Row reboot, Embracer is pulling the plug.  Volition has gone through plenty of changes over the years. In the …

The review embargo has lifted and the Starfield reviews have begun flooding in. At this point, there are 26 reviews recorded on Metacritic, with the game earning an 89 overall score.  While some outlets have offered glowing praise for Starfield, others have been more measured. IGN for instance gave it …

Months ago, AMD revealed itself as the official PC partner for Starfield. In keeping with that partnership, AMD has rolled out new Radeon graphics drivers with optimisations in place for the game's launch, promising up to 16 percent extra performance.  With AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.8.2, Radeon GPU users will …

Unfortunately, Starfield isn't heading to GeForce Now this week, but 13 other games are. On top of that, Nvidia has announced the line-up of games for September, with plans to add 25 more games.  Nvidia has been doing a good job of surprise game additions for GeForce Now. While at …

MSI is revamping its RTX 40 series graphics card portfolio with the launch of the Gaming Slim line. The new cards take inspiration from the Suprim and Gaming X designs. There will be Slim versions of the RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, and RTX 4060 Ti.

With each passing generation the file sizes for games have increased time and time again, with the peak seeing titles such as Call of Duty Warzone take up to 250GB during the PS4 / Xbox One generation. Thankfully, due to the introduction of SSDs and compression technologies, game sizes have deflated to much more reasonable figures. Even so, the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will take up almost twice as much space as the first game...

Late last year the side scrolling beat ‘em up River City Girls 2 finally released after much anticipation. Following a few technical and performance issues at launch, the game was updated with over 100 different fixes and changes. The team at WayForward were not done however, as a new update …

Over the decades we have seen many franchises move away from pixel art aesthetics – due both to the effort required, as well as the overall technical evolution in the video game space. While many indie games still take advantage of 8/16-bit art styles, it seems as though Sonic the …

The video game industry has – particularly in the past – been notorious for its toxicity when it comes to online gaming and voice chats. Being one of the biggest franchises in gaming, Call of Duty has always struggled to get some of its users to reign in such behaviour. …

Intel has recently organised a Tech Tour to give attendees some insights into how they develop, test, and manufacture chips. As such, those who participated in the event had direct access to the company's most secure locations, which are actively working on next-generation client and enterprise product development. During the …

The Elder Scrolls 6 was originally announced all the way back in 2018 but we've had no updates on the game since then. The Elder Scrolls 6 has been in pre-production while the bulk of Bethesda focuses on Starfield. Now with the company's space RPG just days away from release, …

A high end gaming case for £350, can MSI pull it off?

We struggled to wrap our heads around the initial £480 price tag for the RTX 4060 Ti but price cuts are starting to appear. This week, a few different RTX 4060 Ti 16GB models are now selling below MSRP in the UK.  A quick look at Scan UK reveals three …