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When Sony first showed off the PlayStation 5, it did so by choosing to focus on a select number of features which – when combined – informed the next generation of console gaming in the eyes of Sony. These features included the SSD; haptic feedback; adaptive triggers; 3D audio and …

The Ascent had quite a bit of hype behind it earlier this year, as the game showed a lot of promise as a Cyberpunk RPG. The game initially released as an Xbox console exclusive, arriving on Xbox consoles and PC. Now, the game appears to be heading to PlayStation platforms.  …

Back in October 2013, developer ‘Galactic Café’ burst onto the scene with The Stanley Parable- a wonderfully humorous and intriguing game built on the source engine. At this point, all of the game’s original secrets and surprises have been uncovered, so Galactic Café announced a huge update back in 2018. …

AOC is now making peripherals - let's check out a couple of their headsets

Just one week ago, we learned that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had raised some concerns and began investigating Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm. Things have escalated since then, with the FTC suing Nvidia to block the acquisition. The FTC announced this move yesterday, with the commission's Bureau of …

For day 3 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2021, we are teaming up with AOC to give one lucky KitGuru reader an incredible monitor upgrade. Today, we are giving away an AOC AGON Pro AG254FG, sporting a whopping 360Hz refresh rate.  

On the 9th of December, the 2021 Game Awards will be going live, celebrating the past year in gaming as well as the industry’s future. Speaking on this, Geoff Keighley gave fans information on what they can expect from the upcoming show, including the reveal that “More than half the …

The 2021 Game Awards is just one week away, and ahead of the ceremony/game showcase, the event’s official Twitter page has been teasing some of the announcements. It has now been confirmed that the much-anticipated story-driven action adventure game ‘The Lord of the Rings: Gollum' will be shown off at …

Recently, it was announced that PlayStation Plus subscribers would be getting their hands on Godfall: Challenger Edition for free. Fortunately, even if you do not have a PlayStation console, you can still acquire the game for free, as the looter-slasher will be free on the Epic Games Store next week. …

Humble Bundle is one of the most well-known third-party game key sellers. The service’s most popular feature is its Humble Bundles: bundles of games being sold for much cheaper than usual. Fans of the Dark Knight can currently get their hands on all of the best Batman games for less …

While we wait for Intel to announce 12th Gen Core non-K desktop CPUs, some people are getting their hands on early samples. The latest unreleased Intel processor to fall into the hands of a reviewer was the Core i3-12100, and looking at the benchmarks, it seems to offer better performance …

We are deep in the era of SSDs, but in scenarios where storage space is more important than performance, HDDs still make sense. With that in mind, we still see companies like Seagate pushing the boundaries of mass HDD storage. The company's latest launch includes two 20TB hard drives, one …

One of the biggest challenges with launching a free to play multiplayer shooter is keeping on top of cheaters. The problem only gets worse when a game features cross-platform matchmaking, as it introduces the problem of cheating to consoles, which are usually safe from such practices. With Halo Infinite Multiplayer …

While Cyberpunk 2077 may have let us down a little at launch, there were other cyberpunk games releasing in 2020 that surpassed expectations. One of those games was none other than Ghostrunner, which is now getting a major expansion one year after release.  Ghostrunner released in Autumn 2020, putting players …

It is no secret that Battlefield 2042 had a rough launch, but fortunately, DICE has been quick with patches. We've already had two patches since launch and this week, the game will get its biggest update yet, packing in over 300 fixes, in addition to balance and quality of life …

After months of rumours and speculation, Nvidia has now confirmed the RTX 2060 12GB. This new SKU includes extra CUDA cores and more memory compared to the original RTX 2060, which should bring a small bump in performance.  With the rollout of the new GeForce 497.09 graphics driver, Nvidia confirmed …

It's Seagate's latest PCIe Gen4 SSD - but is it much of an improvement over the FireCuda 520?

For day 2 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2021, we are teaming up with PALIT to give one lucky KitGuru reader an RTX 3060 Ti graphics card! Better yet, this is Palit's ColorPOP model, which is the first colour-shifting graphics card in the industry. 

As mobile chipsets get more and more powerful, and bigger – more expansive – games come to mobile phones, there has started to become a need for a gaming handheld to represent the Android community. In response, Razer is collaborating with Qualcomm to create just that. Videocardz.com managed to get …

Sony has recently struggled to keep its PlayStation Plus line-ups a secret, with some months having their games list leak days or even weeks ahead of time. Such was the case with December 2021’s line-up, and now Sony have officially come out and announced the games. Making the announcement on …

Recently we reported that Valve were shifting their focus from VR to the Steam Deck, with one VR title – Project Citadel – being moved to the handheld. Valve have now officially responded to these rumours. Following the report by Tyler McVicker, which claimed that a Half-Life game tentatively called …

It has been over seven years since Respawn burst onto the scene with its original IP, Titanfall. The original game focused exclusively on multiplayer and still has a dedicated fan base, but soon, it will be disappearing from storefronts and subscription services.  Today, Respawn announced that as of the 1st …

Take-Two Interactive as a video game holdings company owns many best-selling and well-received IPs including GTA, Borderlands, BioShock and more. It seems the company is trying to protect these properties, but in doing so is trying to trademark basic words such as ‘Rockstar’ and ‘Bully’. As discovered by Twitter user …

December has officially begun and the first wave of additions to the Xbox Game Pass library for the month have been announced. Obviously, this month's biggest game is Halo Infinite, but there are other notable games coming over the next few weeks , including Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Stardew Valley, Among …

After cancelling plans for a dedicated multiplayer game set in the Cyberpunk universe, CD Projekt Red pivoted to working on multiplayer modes for its single-player franchises, rather than creating new spin-offs. This week, the studio confirmed that it is working on multiplayer functionalities for both Cyberpunk and The Witcher. During …

ViewSonic has just introduced a new portable monitor packing gaming-grade specs for taking your setup on the go. The new VX1755 is a portable 17-inch monitor with an excellent 144Hz refresh rate, making it a great pairing when travelling with next-gen consoles, or a gaming laptop/PC.  Using a 17.2-inch IPS …

Qualcomm has recently stated it would change the Snapdragon branding and naming scheme, starting with its new flagship SoC. That time has now come, with Qualcomm announcing the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, based on the 4nm process node and using the ARMv9 instruction set.  Like many of its predecessors, …

It's ultra-lightweight as just 59g, plus it's wireless - but is it worth £90?

Following the launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition, Rockstar has had to shuffle some resources around to start patching the games and squashing the many bugs present at release. As work on updates is still underway, Rockstar has delayed the physical release of the trilogy for …

Just as promised, today we are kicking off the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2021. As I teased in our announcement post yesterday, for the very first competition this month, we have teamed up with AMD to give one lucky KitGuru reader a CPU upgrade. Our prize today is none other than the Ryzen 7 5800X!