Over the last couple of years, we've seen an exodus of writers at Valve, with multiple veterans leaving the studio to work on other projects. This included Half-Life writer, Marc Laidlaw, The duo behind Left 4 Dead and Jay Pinkerton, who worked on Portal 2 and some of the Team …
Read More »Achievement hunters help fund indie studio’s next game
Despite a tiny £1.29 price tag, the collective sales on indie game Little Adventure on the Prairie has managed to fund developer Infinite Madaa Studio’s next title. This is thanks to its shift in target market, aiming to please achievement hunters with an easy-to-unlock Platinum trophy for an accessible price. …
Read More »Samsung’s ‘unbreakable’ flexible OLED display can survive major drops and extreme temperatures
We've known for years now that Samsung is working on fully flexible displays. There have been rumours about this technology landing in smartphones almost every year for the last four years. However, it is starting to look like 2019 might finally be the year, as Samsung Display has announced that …
Read More »Reports claim increased competition will result in DRAM oversupply next year
Since early 2017, we've been hearing about DRAM shortages and strains when it comes to supply and demand. In fact, the situation has been so seemingly odd that China's economic regulator launched an investigation into market collusion. It looks like there might be light at the end of the tunnel …
Read More »Huawei is in talks with VLC developers after being blacklisted due to “ridiculous” policies
VLC media player has received a slew of bad reviews on Google’s Play Store recently, reporting numerous bugs on Huawei devices. Developer VideoLAN has since blocked newer Huawei smartphones from downloading the application, blaming the manufacturer’s “ridiculous” new policy for all of the problems. Taking to Twitter, VideoLAN states that …
Read More »Overclockers UK slashes prices in Red Hot Sale
The Summer season is still in full swing here in the UK and the heat wave isn't slowing down. To celebrate the good weather, Overclockers UK is holding a ‘Red Hot' sale, with graphics cards, peripherals, full systems and other bits of hardware all getting price cuts. While Overclockers UK …
Read More »Microsoft plans to do away with intrusive Windows 10 updates thanks to machine learning
Microsoft has taken a decidedly aggressive approach with Windows 10, with the operating system regularly interrupting users in order to push updates and installations. The introduction of the snooze button last year did little to quell complaints of random reboots, prompting the company to look into machine learning to teach …
Read More »ASRock leak confirms the existence of 8-Core Intel CPUs and H310 motherboard support
There have been a lot of rumours and leaks surrounding Intel’s 9th generation CPUs, which are said to be launching fairly soon. Will there be an eight-core SKU? Will the i7 have hyperthreading? Will it be a new platform? A leak from ASRock has at least answered some of these …
Read More »Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order aiming for 2020 release
Respawn Entertainment has been decidedly quiet since EA placed the studio in charge of a brand new Star Wars title, leaving fans curious as to how the Titanfall developer plans to handle it. Revealing the name to be Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order last month, EA is currently looking ahead …
Read More »Origin Access Premier will launch next week
At E3 this year, EA announced that it would soon be launching Origin Access Premier. Similarly to Microsoft's Game Pass, Premier will give players day-one access to brand new games from EA's library, including the likes of Battlefield V, FIFA and Anthem. At the time, EA didn't announce a launch …
Read More »Microsoft showcases accessible packaging for its Xbox Adaptive Controller
Microsoft’s new Xbox One Adaptive Controller made its debut back in May, designed to make gaming with disabilities significantly easier. Working alongside specialist companies, a lot of thought has been put into every area of the controller, including how users will open its packaging. The Xbox One Adaptive Controller gained …
Read More »Aris Bitziopoulos joins the KitGuru team
At KitGuru, we are always looking to improve our content which often means hiring the best people in the industry. Today, we are pleased to announce that industry veteran, Aris Bitziopoulos, is joining the review team with a focus on power supply reviews. Aris has worked with Tom's Hardware, TechPowerUp …
Read More »Win an awesome Alienware 17 R5 – 120hz 1440p / Core i9 / GTX 1080 oc laptop! (closed)
Fancy winning a new Alienware 17 R5 laptop featuring a 6 core Intel processor, 1440p 120hz G-SYNC panel and overclocked GTX 1080 laptop? There are just two days left to enter for your chance to win!
Read More »QNAP TVS-1282-i7-64G 12-bay NAS Review
If you've got nearly 3 grand for a top of the line NAS, this could be for you
Read More »AMD reports highest second-quarter net income in seven years
AMD has had a lot of success over the last 18 months, in large part thanks to the launch of Ryzen, Threadripper and EPYC CPUs. AMD kept the pressure on with Ryzen 2nd Gen and new APUs earlier this year and all of that work is paying off nicely, as …
Read More »Following successful staff security key trials, Google introduces the Titan Key
Google recently made it known that its security key trial for 85,000 members of staff was a resounding success, with no account compromises since the introduction of the YubiKey. Google has now announced its own security key for the public- the Titan Key, which will be available in both USB …
Read More »Wooting ONE – Gradual movement on a keyboard, just like a controller joystick!
Is this the future of mechanical keyboards? keys that are pressure sensitive? Imagine playing a first person shooter and being able to crawl, walk and run forward - all with the same key. Like an analogue stick on a console controller.
Read More »Nvidia bundling GPUs with Kingston SSDs
GPU prices are returning to normal and new bundles are coming into play. Nvidia is now bundling GTX 1050TI and GTX 1060 graphics cards with 120GB and 240GB SSDs.
Read More »Denuvo cracker ‘Voksi’ has been caught by police
Over the last couple of years, a cracker known as Voksi has been tearing down Denuvo's anti-tamper protection one game at a time. Voksi became renowned for getting through the protection pretty quickly over the course of 2017, but it looks like the police have managed to track him down. …
Read More »ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming Motherboard Review
ASUS ROG delivers a mid-range marvel for AMD's new X470 chipset.
Read More »Fake cracked Switch OS release bricks Nintendo Switch consoles
SX OS is colloquially known as a “piracy-enabling” custom firmware that stole code from open-source projects and sold it back to the community. Various groups have been working on a crack for SX OS since its release, but this has led to someone exploiting that and packaging brick code as …
Read More »Amazon aims to make hardware more affordable with interest-free payments
The cost of PC components is often in flux, with graphics cards, RAM and storage in particular soaring in price throughout the past two years. While prices are beginning to come down, it looks like Amazon could have you covered in future as it launches a trial for interest-free finance …
Read More »European Commission fines Asus, Philips and more for antitrust violations
Back in early 2017, the European Commission began investigating several hardware companies for price fixing, including ASUS, Philips, Pioneer and Denon & Marantz. Now that investigation has come to a close, with €111 million in fines being handed down. The European Commission announced today that it has issued fines in …
Read More »Google is supposedly slowing down YouTube on rival browsers, as Mozilla outlines a fix
Mozilla has pointed the finger at Google for slowing YouTube down on browsers other than Chrome, while providing a fix for Firefox, Edge and Safari.
Read More »Iiyama Red Eagle G-MASTER GB2560HSU 24.5in 144Hz Monitor Review
It's a 24.5in 144Hz monitor, with FreeSync, priced at £220. Is iiyama onto a winner?
Read More »Valve’s Steam Chat overhaul has left beta and is now rolling out to everyone
Last month, Valve began rolling out the revamped Steam Chat client in an effort to better compete with the likes of Discord. The UI received a complete overhaul and a few features were improved, including group chats, inline multimedia support, better voice chat etc. The new client has been in …
Read More »Apple has pushed out its own fix for Core i9 MacBook Pro throttling
Late last week, it became known that Apple's latest 2018 MacBook Pros were throttling, which hurt Core i9 performance in particular. Yesterday we learned that this was actually due to voltage settings with the VRMs, and a user-generated fix was pushed out. Now, Apple has made things easier with a …
Read More »Sean Murray reveals future plans for No Man’s Sky in an effort to improve communication
No Man’s Sky garnered a significant amount of backlash during its 2016 launch, with many features discussed in interviews noticeably missing from the final launch. This caused Hello Games to fall silent on its communication with fans as the team worked hard to get the game in a state that …
Read More »Intel Core i9-9900K, i7-9700K, and i5-9600K specs leaked
AMD’s Ryzen has forced Intel’s hand when it comes to the core and thread counts of their new CPUs. With the Ryzen 7 packing eight cores and 16 threads, Intel was in danger of lagging behind, but leaked specifications of its 9XXX series of CPUs shows it is willing to …
Read More »Google’s introduction of Security Keys for its staff killed employee phishing
Multifactor authentication is an important part of keeping your accounts secure online. Often a second factor is the only thing protecting your accounts should a service suffer a data breach. Google has taken a similar approach for its employees but with U2F or Universal 2nd Factor, using a security key …
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