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2023 is nearing its end, and with just a few weeks left in the year, Valve has now released their 2023 Steam Year in Review, letting you take a look at all your gaming stats from the past 365 days. Available HERE and also on the Steam client homepage, 2023’s …

Earlier this month, it was reported that Insomniac had been hit by a Ransomware attack, resulting in the theft of lots of data, including details about upcoming games and the personal information of employees. Now, those behind the attack have leaked 1.7TB of the company's internal data.  We won't be …

Game engines are an important tool required for video game development. While many have resorted to using licensed engines such as Epic Games’s Unreal Engine 5, EA is one of the many publishers to have created their own tech in the form of the Frostbite Engine. Being somewhat of a …

Sea of Stars is an indie RPG from Sabotage Studio – the team that brought you 2018’s excellent retro action-platformer The Messenger. Launching to near-universal acclaim, the studio has now revealed that over 4 million people have played Sea of Stars since its launch back in August. Making the announcement …

In the decade since its release, many have deemed Obsidian Entertainment’s Fallout New Vegas to be one of if not the best entry in the Fallout series. Unfortunately, Bethesda deemed the game a failure due to it missing an arbitrary Metacritic score by a single point. Had this not been …

For day 19 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we are teaming up with Noctua to give away THREE prize bundles! Each bundle comes with a Noctua CPU cooler, a set of fans, thermal paste and wipes to keep your hardware clean. 

Intel has recently unveiled a new technology designed to improve picture quality and performance, much like what DLSS and FSR do. Based on frame extrapolation, the framework is described in a research paper presented at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 event in Sydney. The paper (via Wccftech) named “ExtraSS: A Framework …

Sony has been exploring ways to bring in-game help and tips to PlayStation users since the PS5's inception. The console launched with a guide feature that would give players quest-by-quest walkthroughs for supported games. A new patent from Sony reveals a new idea – dynamic difficulty that can be adjusts …

This month, it was confirmed that Embracer Group made the decision to close down Free Radical Design less than three years after reviving the studio to work on a new TimeSplitters game. Now, one of the studio's former developers has shed some light on what the team was working on …

Back in December, the co-founder and face of PlatinumGames, Hideki Kamiya, announced that he had left the studio. Since then, Kamiya has opened up a YouTube channel where he has been rather candid about his current situation. Speaking to IGN, the co-founder has now explained exactly why he departed the …

We check out a budget ultrawide from LC-Power, with a 165Hz refresh rate

Last week, we reported on a statement from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in which he explained why Fortnite is not available on the Steam Deck. Sweeney has since made his position even clearer, suggesting that Steam’s 30% fees are to blame. In response to a Twitter post discussing the …

It has become commonplace for pretty much any and all live-service titles to crossover with other franchises – be it gaming or otherwise. That said, Fortnite’s collabs tend to be a cut above the rest, especially when it comes to the skins they sell. The latest crossover sees the Teenage …

While the Persona series was a historically a relatively popular JRPG franchise, the 2017 release of Persona 5 put ATLUS on the map in a whole new way. Though the studio has been taking its sweet time with the inevitable Persona 6, the most recent entry has become a successful …

For Day 18 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we've teamed up with Inno3D to give one lucky reader a new GPU upgrade! Our prize today is the Inno3D RTX 4060 Ti iCHILL X3 White graphics card, bringing all the benefits of Nvidia's latest generation features.

For Day 17 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we are teaming up with ENERMAX to give TWO readers a new CPU cooler upgrade! Today, one winner will walk away with an ENERMAX LIQMAXFLO 360 AIO liquid cooler and a REVOLUTION D.F. X 850W PSU. A second winner will be getting an AQUAFUSION ADV 240 White AIO liquid cooler.

MSI and ASRock have increased support for up to 192GB of memory capacity on their AMD-based 600-series motherboards earlier this year. However, that limit is about to be pushed even higher. The companies have recently announced that their motherboards can support even larger memory sizes, up to 256GB for 4 …

AMD has made a significant move by releasing the source code for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3). This technology is available for DirectX 12 and Unreal Engine 5, so developers and enthusiasts can now experiment with and incorporate it into their games and applications. This marks the first …

For Day 16 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Arctic to give TWO lucky readers a CPU cooler upgrade. One winner will get an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420mm ARGB AIO liquid cooler and another winner will get a Freezer 35 ARGB air cooler! 

Since the release of The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog has been working away on an expanded multiplayer game to follow up on The Last of Us: Factions. Unfortunately, after several years of development, the studio has now decided to pull the plug.  In a statement published last …

This time last week, we published an article taking a close look at an Acer-branded liquid cooled RTX 4090 graphics card. Although not available standalone as the GPU can only be purchased as part of the Predator Orion X prebuilt, we took at look at the GPU itself and assessed …

Rumours have been circulating about Nvidia's plans to unveil the next generation of GeForce RTX 40 Super graphics cards in a ‘Special Address' on January 8th at CES 2024. According to sources, the company will reportedly release the first RTX 40 Super cards nine days after the announcement. According to …

MSI has recently announced the launch of its new Prestige 16 AI series of laptops. Featuring unique AI-based technologies and the new Intel Core Ultra CPUs, the new MSI laptops come in 16-inch and 13-inch models for you to choose from. The lightweight Prestige 16 AI laptops feature the new …

Back in September – ahead of the game’s launch – Insomniac Games shared a bunch of details surrounding the many accessibility options available within Spider-Man 2. At the time, the team revealed that not all features would be available at launch. Now, we know when these are arriving – and …

The Hyte Y60 is a very popular case with enthusiasts, but can the Y70 Touch better it?

Ahead of the game’s release, back in September NetherRealm revealed to fans that the then-upcoming Mortal Kombat 1 would not include cross play – at least not at launch. With us now being a few months into the game’s lifecycle NetherRealm has revealed when MK1 will be getting the much-requested feature. …

Late last year we reported that a film adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding was in the works – though very few specifics were shared at the time. While the project still remains a relative mystery, Kojima has now announced a surprising partnership. In a press release published to their …

Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions took a big risk when they chose to develop Death Stranding: A delivery simulator with divisive gameplay and ‘frustrating’ mechanics. Despite this, the game managed to find its audience – and while it may have had a relatively slow start – Death Stranding has now …

For Day 15 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Cougar to give one lucky reader a bundle of goodies to kickstart your livestream. If you've been looking to get into gaming content creation, then the Cougar Screamer-X Mic, Envision Capture Card and Cyclops 360-degree camera will serve you well. One runner-up will also get a new power supply!

Ubisoft jumped into the racing games market with The Crew all the way back in 2014. Unfortunately, the game relies on an always-online connection, so with Ubisoft set to pull support next year, the game will no longer be accessible.  Ubisoft has announced that the online servers for The Crew …