Digital gaming marketplace G2A has faced a lot of scrutiny over the years, as it inadvertently enables the sale of grey market keys. Embracing further controversy, the website is now charging users an inactivity fee if they don’t log in within 180 days. A disgruntled user took to Reddit to …
Read More »PUBG claws its way back to 1 million concurrent players on Steam
Back in February, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds began to fall from grace, unable to maintain its consistent 1 million concurrent player base on Steam. It looks like PUBG has since been given a second chance, passing the barrier once again with 1.08 million players at the time of writing. PUBG capped off …
Read More »Seagate Exos X14 14TB HDD Review
It's a 14TB monster aimed at the data centre market - can it stand out above the competition?
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar Day 23: Win a Thermaltake 20th Anniversary case! (closed)
For day 23 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we are teaming up with Thermaltake to give away a brand new Level 20 GT case- built to commemorate Thermaltake's 20th anniversary this year!
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar Day 22: Win a Fractal Design Define S2 case and Celsius S36 liquid cooler! (closed)
We have reached day 22 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are teaming up with Fractal Design to give away a brand new Define S2 case and a Celsius S36 AIO liquid cooler!
Read More »KitGuru Router Guide 2018 – downloadable PDF format
Even the fastest internet connections can be crippled by a weak router or poor topography. To help guide you through the maze of buying the best products for your needs, KitGuru decided to create a Technology Buyer’s Guide to routers. The advice given has been based around KitGuru reviews this …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 21: Win one of TWO Kingston HyperX prize bundles! (closed)
We have reached day 21 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are teaming up with Kingston HyperX to give away two prize bundles! One featuring a HyperX SSD and RAM and another featuring a brand new gaming keyboard and mouse.
Read More »Street Fighter V ditches the season pass model in favour of individual DLC
Capcom has long relied on the season pass model in Street Fighter V, releasing public roadmaps for fighters ahead of time at a discounted rate. The release of Kage changed this, resulting in many speculating what the future might be for the flagship fighting game. Kage debuted at the start …
Read More »Gigabyte MZ01-CE0 AMD EPYC Workstation Motherboard Review
It's a beast of a board if you're looking to build a server around an EPYC processor
Read More »Valve adds progression, earnable rewards and balance changes to Artifact
After Artifact launched, it became clear that Valve's original vision for the game didn't necessarily line up with what many players wanted. Since then, the Artifact team has been working on updating the game, adding in a free (but rewardless) draft mode, ways to generate extra event tickets by recycling …
Read More »Star Citizen developer aims to Beta test single-player Squadron 42 in 2020
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has had quite the lucrative year, with Star Citizen breaching the $200 million milestone and launching its first planet, Hurston. In an end-of-year letter, CEO Chris Roberts revealed that CIG had secured an addition private investment of $46 million, as well as launched its Squadron 42 …
Read More »Facebook is accused of granting business partners intrusive access to user data
Facebook is capping off the year in the same way that it started it, knee-deep in a controversy surrounding privacy. Although the social network refrained from selling user data directly, it apparently had no qualms in forming special partnerships with major tech companies that granted intrusive access to its users’ …
Read More »The Walking Dead: The Final Season goes back on sale as an Epic Store exclusive
Skybound Games finally managed to solidify a release date for the anticipated third episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season last week, making its way into the hands of players on January 15, 2019. This was great news for returning players, but newcomers were sadly left unable to purchase …
Read More »GRIS (PC) – Gameplay and Walkthrough
GRIS was released on the 13th of December and my goodness let me tell you how positively beautiful and breath taking this game is visually. This indie action-adventure platformer is already garnering extremely positive reviews across the board, today we'll be taking a closer look at it ourselves. GRIS has …
Read More »Qualcomm has been granted a preliminary injunction against the sale of iPhones in Germany
Tension between Qualcomm and Apple escalated last week, after the chipmaker won a preliminary injunction preventing the sale of older iPhones in China. Apple now has to fight the same battle on two fronts as Qualcomm brings the legal proceedings to German court; however the iPhone maker can delay immediate …
Read More »Asus ROG Ryujin 360 Review – an AIO with an OLED screen?
It's got a built in 1.7" OLED screen - but is the Asus ROG Ryujin 360 worth the £249.95 asking price?
Read More »Razer Blade 15 Base (2018) Review (i7-8750H & GTX1060 Max-Q)
It's a new cut-down version of the Blade 15 - but can it bring anything new to the table?
Read More »Fallout 76 will get more detailed patch notes and unrestricted PvP mode in 2019
Fallout 76 is Bethesda’s first attempt at bringing official player versus player action into its iconic post-apocalyptic wasteland, understandably carrying with it a few caveats. The developer will be changing things up in a newly announced game mode, set to bring unrestricted PvP early next year. As it stands, PvP …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 20: Win a G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal 16GB RAM kit! (closed)
We have reached day 20 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are moving away from peripherals and teaming up with G.Skill to give away a brand new Trident Z Royal 16GB RAM kit!
Read More »Apple tells iPad Pro 2018 users that some bending is normal
Back in 2014, Apple suffered a controversy aptly named ‘Bendgate’, in which iPhone 6 Plus smartphones showed a distinct fragility when it came to bending due to everyday use. Sadly, a similar problem has once again reared its head with the latest iPad Pro, but Apple has justified the seemingly …
Read More »Alpenföhn Brocken 3 Revisited – worth a buy today?
It's not the newest, but the Brocken 3 is now just £43 - how does it compare to newer models?
Read More »Microsoft scrambles to patch an actively exploited critical Internet Explorer flaw
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update on Wednesday, December 19, in an attempt to stop attackers from exploiting a critical vulnerability within Internet Explorer (IE). Despite being replaced by Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, IE is still utilised on previous operating systems as the default browser and comprises the …
Read More »Shawn Levy drops Uncharted to direct another video game-based movie
You’d think that translating Naughty Dog’s Uncharted into film would be easy given its narrative-heavy approach, but the movie adaptation has once again hit a bump in the road. Uncharted’s director has once again dropped the project, with Shawn Levy leaving to direct Fox’s Free Guy, another film taking place …
Read More »DDR4 RAM prices seem to be fairly good right now
RAM prices have been in a constant state of flux over the last few years. Most of the time, picking up a 3000MHz+ 16GB kit will set you back close to, if not more than £200 here in the UK. Fortunately, memory pricing is predicted to be coming down over …
Read More »be quiet! celebrates the holiday season with a huge PC hardware giveaway
We like to run a lot of our own competitions here at KitGuru but sometimes, we'll spot one running elsewhere that would be of interest to regular readers. Today, be quiet! launched its own competition for the holiday season, giving you a chance to win some extra hardware goodies over …
Read More »Sharkoon Pure Steel Midi ATX Case – White or Black with RGB
It's a well priced case, should you be shortlisting it for a new build in 2019 ?
Read More »Voting for the Steam Awards 2018 will kick off at the same time as the Winter Sale
As expected, Steam’s 12th Annual Winter Sale will land tomorrow, December 20, bringing with it some of the best price reductions of 2018’s brightest and best games. Valve will also be opening up the ballot for its Steam Awards 2018, which now has a list comprised of the final nominees. …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 19: Win a full set of Corsair RGB gaming gear! (closed)
For day 19 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, the peripheral theme continues! Today, we have teamed up with CORSAIR to go all out on RGB, with a K70 MK.2 SE keyboard, an M65 gaming mouse accompanied by an MM800C RGB mouse pad and finally, a Corsair VOID Wireless gaming headset with an ST100 RGB stand.
Read More »Miscreated’s version 1.0 is still a beta, according to the developers
Survival horror DayZ gained momentum last month after a lengthy, troubled development, finally hitting full release on December 13th. Miscreated isn’t far behind the game that undoubtedly inspired it, however it seems to break convention by classing its version 1.0 as a beta instead of a full release. “Version 1.0 …
Read More »My Hero Academia’s Izuku Midoriya joins Jump Force
Super Smash Bros Ultimate might be the most talked about brawler at the moment, but that doesn’t mean Jump Force fans are being left behind. Despite a lack of representation during the beta, it turns out My Hero Academia’s main character Izuku Midoriya will be included in the game after …
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