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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken PC gaming by storm this year. Since launching on Steam’s early access program earlier this year, the game has racked up more than ten million sales and overtaken the likes of Dota 2 and CS:GO in player count. However, PUBG’s success hasn’t slowed down development or …

The Tiamat 2.2 is back - at £130, is this the perfect headset for bassheads?

It seems that Halloween scares came earlier than expected this year when pay-to-win concerns surrounding Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot crate arose. Luckily, EA is trying to improve its system and, unusually, is being quite forthright about it. During the beta for Star Wars Battlefront 2, progression was almost entirely …

While it’s becoming increasingly unheard of for a live presentation to go off without a hitch, Microsoft’s most recent blunder is a rather confusing and entertaining one. Taking to the stage to promote its Azure cloud service, the company representative had to stop the presentation part way through to download …

Earlier this month, we teamed up with ACER to give KitGuru readers the chance to win a Windows Mixed Reality headset paired with an Acer Aspire 7 laptop. This competition had many entries but unfortunately, there can only be one winner, which we are announcing today. First, a quick rundown …

There has been a lot of mounting tension between Apple and Qualcomm over the course of 2017 thanks to various lawsuits. Apple has already stated that it deems Qualcomm’s business practices to be unfair and now it seems that Cupertino will be moving on entirely. This week sources are claiming …

This week, Heathrow Airport security were thrown into disarray after an unemployed man in London discovered a mysterious USB stick on the street, containing Heathrow security plans and details on the Queen’s travel plans. In all, the files took up 2.5GB of space and all of it was left unencrypted. …

Over the last month or so, there certainly hasn’t been a lack of news surrounding the iPhone X and the various manufacturing issues going on behind the scenes. While initial stocks are expected to be low, a report this week says that Face ID component supply has now stabilised, adding …

When it comes to the Far Cry games, Ubisoft has always tried to include some form of co-op. In Far Cry 3, there was a separate side-story that you could play with a friend. In Far Cry 4, all side quests were accessible in co-op mode but the main story …

MSI makes X299 affordable.

It seems that the Nintendo Switch isn’t the only console that will potentially struggle with stock this holiday season, with Microsoft warning that its Xbox One X is unlikely to meet the overwhelming seasonal demand. The report comes courtesy of Gamesindustry.biz, in which Xbox UK boss Harvey Eagle spoke about …

We went on a trip to ASRock HQ in the Netherlands - and there was plenty to see!

Last week, an early iPhone X hands-on video filmed right at Apple’s campus went viral on YouTube. The impressions were included as part of a vlog filmed by Brooke Amelia Peterson, who was taking a trip to the Apple Campus to visit her father, an engineer at Apple. It turns …

It has been a very busy month for video games but things won't be slowing down as we head into November. Right now, we have  Call of Duty: WWII, Need For Speed Payback and Nioh all on the horizon for PC, so as you would expect, Nvidia has prepared another …

Shortly after Final Fantasy XV was officially announced for the PC at Gamescom, some fake PC system requirements began doing the rounds, claiming that the game would take up 170GB of space while also recommending extremely high-end CPUs and GPUs just to run the game. It painted a worrying picture …

A lot has changed for Nintendo over the last year. During the Summer of 2016, the Wii U was struggling and there were plenty of concerns surrounding the publisher financially. Since then, the Nintendo Switch has launched suddenly, everything is heading back in the right direction. During the first six …

Its a very capable gaming system thanks to the use of GTX 1070- and its only £899.

Its an RGB headset stand with a difference - Corsair have incorporated a sound card!

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Back in 2014, online multiplayer service ‘GameSpy’ announced that it would be shutting down. This had a knock on effect for hundreds of games, which relied on the service for multiplayer. Most notably, a few of the older Battlefield titles would no longer be available to play online. This prompted …

Over the last week or so since the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL launch, Google has faced reports of numerous issues with both devices. While the standard sized Pixel 2 has faced some audio issues, the Pixel 2 XL has faced a different issue entirely, with users reporting screen …

Call of Duty: WWII is launching next week and after rounding up feedback from the beta, Sledgehammer Studios has made a few changes. Not only are the finalised PC system requirements now in place for the game, but the studio has chosen to make some changes to how it handles …

Over the last five years, Apple and Samsung have been going at it in court, arguing over patents that date back to the Galaxy S2 and the iPhone 3GS. At this point, it seems that everyone is sick of hearing about the case- including the judge, who remarked “I would …

Valve has been working on making big changes to Steam throughout 2017, with the goal of squashing asset flippers, making recommendations more useful and giving more options to curators. Yesterday, the company announced another big change making its way down the pipeline, allowing developers to send Steam games directly to …

It's another GTX 1080 Ti from MSI - could it be king of the crop?

Over the last few years, work on the PCIe 4.0 standard has been well under way. Last year, we saw the initial spec sheet that the PCI-SIG was aiming for and now today, the group announced that the PCIe 4.0 specification has been finalised. The new standard will allow devices to …

AMD is wrapping up its 2017 Ryzen line-up this week with the launch of the Ryzen Mobile Processor. Formerly known as ‘Raven Ridge’, these APUs combine Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 5 CPU cores with Radeon Vega graphics, paving the way for ultra-thin AMD powered gaming laptops. There are two Ryzen …

After weeks of rumours and leaks, today Nvidia officially announced the GTX 1070Ti. The reference edition from Nvidia begins shipping today but plenty of add-in board partners have unveiled their custom-cooled variants too. The GTX 1070Ti fills the gap between the GTX 1080 and the GTX 1070. It comes with …

GTX 1070 Ti is here - and we have an unboxing video for you!