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Back in May of this year, famed video game creator Hideo Kojima announced that he was working on a documentary titled ‘HIDEO KOJIMA – CONNECTING WORLDS’ which “takes you on a journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game creator in the world”. While we have yet …

As with all game subscription services nowadays, titles are added and removed on a regular basis – typically monthly. While December’s PlayStation Plus Extra games have yet to even be removed, Sony has given subscribers a heads up on what is set to leave in January. As reported by PSXBrasil, …

Leo goes hands-on with the Thermaltake CTE T500 Air - and a lot of smoke!

For Day 11 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, be quiet! returns with a new PC upgrade bundle for 2023. This year, one lucky winner will walk away with a new Dark Base 701 PC case, a Dark Rock Pro 5 cooler as well as a Straight Power 12 850W PSU, perfect for kickstarting a new gaming PC build. 

The 2023 Game Awards was a big night for video game announcements. Even so, SEGA showed up in a greater way than anyone could have expected, announcing nearly half a dozen new titles all at once – including the return of many iconic franchises. In what they have called a …

The debut trailer for Black Myth: Wukong took many by surprise when it was released back in early 2020, showing off what looked to be a highly-stylised and polished action-RPG from a previously unknown studio. Since then the team has continued to work diligently on the title, and following the …

For Day 10 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we're partnering up with DeepCool to give away a PC upgrade bundle, including a new case, cooler and power supply! Our prizes today include the CH560 chassis, the Assassin IV cooler and the PX-850G power supply. 

As part of Sony’s pivot to adapting its many original video game IPs into other mediums, we have seen the likes of HBO’s The Last of Us, an Uncharted film, and the Gran Turismo movie come to fruition. Despite these massive properties, perhaps the most surprising success comes from Peacock’s …

Following the overwhelming success of 2022’s God of War Ragnarök, there had been rumblings that the team at Sony Santa Monica were cooking up some DLC for the game. Even so, it came as a great surprise when the studio revealed God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, bringing a free rogue-like …

We test a custom-made liquid-cooled RTX 4090 from... Acer!

For Day 9 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar we have teamed up with Overclockers UK to offer one lucky reader a big prize bundle including a new Phanteks NV5 case, a 360D30 AIO liquid cooler and a new Glorious GMMK2 keyboard! 

Spun off from parent company Acer back in 2000, BenQ is most widely known for its gaming monitors and Zowie eSports products. For the holiday season however, BenQ is completing the launch of a range of projectors aimed squarely at console gamers who want to convert entire walls within their …

AMD has just launched its latest AMD Ryzen 8040 series mobile CPUs, with select models coming with integrated Ryzen AI NPUs, boasting up to 1.6 times greater AI processing performance compared to the previous generation. In AMD's own benchmarks, it claims that the Ryzen 9 8945HS is up to 64 …

When Larian first announced Baldur's Gate 3, we all thought it looked impressive but there was no predicting the level of success the final release would see. The game went on to become one of the highest-rated games of the year and now, Larian has capped things off by winning …

Capcom's Monster Hunter series finally obtained global popularity in 2018 with the release of Monster Hunter: World. Now, we have our first look at Capcom's first truly next-gen Monster Hunter game – Monster Hunter Wilds.  At The Game Awards last night, Capcom unveiled the first trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, …

We've already talked about Hellblade 2 and Arkane's Blade but Xbox wasn't stopping there with its Game Awards announcements. Hideo Kojima also appeared on stage, alongside director film Jordan Peele, to discuss his upcoming Xbox game.  Kojima's Xbox exclusive title is officially titled ‘OD', which ties in with previous rumours …

As promised, Xbox Game Studios showed up in force at The Game Awards last night. Not only did we get a new trailer for Ninja Theory's Hellblade 2, but Arkane also made an appearance. The bad news is, we aren't getting Dishonored 3 like rumours claimed. However, they are working …

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 was first revealed at The Game Awards in 2019. We've had a few more teasers since then, but the game has made one final TGAs appearance before its launch next year with a new gameplay trailer.  Ninja Theory earned plenty of praise for Hellblade's visuals but …

We dig into the details of EXPO and talk about the balance between clock speed and latency...

For Day 8 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we've teamed up with Fractal Design to give two lucky winners some new PC gear. Two winners today will walk away with a Fractal Design North PC case and a Lumen AIO RGB liquid cooler. 

Bungie's financial struggles this year have been no secret, with Bungie exploring new ways to monetise Destiny 2 players, while simultaneously attempting to draw players back in after a disappointing release in Lightfall. It turns out, the executives may have good reason to be panicking despite Sony's injection of cash …

Many of us had assumed that CD Projekt Red would move away from Geralt being the lead character with its new trilogy. However, the game director on The Witcher 4 has now teased Geralt's return. In an interview with Italian site Lega Nerd (via insider-gaming), Witcher game director, Sebastian Kalemba …

AMD has released its day-one graphics driver for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Ubisoft's latest open world game has already been available to Ryzen and Radeon hardware buyers through a game bundle, now, you'll get optimisations in time for its launch. AMD has worked with Ubisoft to optimise the Snowdrop Engine …

We're running a lot of competitions this month through our Advent Calendar but we're not the only ones. The folks at be quiet! have launched a huge competition to end the year to give away seven gaming PCs! be quiet! has put together a new PC buyers guide targeting the …

CyberpowerPC had some excellent deals during Black Friday and now, their Christmas deals have arrived. If you are looking to pick up a solid pre-built gaming PC, then we have details on all the deals.  There are three discounted PCs in CyberpowerPC's Christmas sale, each with similar specs but differentiated …

One of Microsoft’s core strategies for the Xbox has been its rapid adoption of cloud streaming as part of the company’s ‘play anywhere’ initiative. With Activision Blizzard now securely under the wings of Microsoft, the console manufacturer has announced that a wave of ABK titles are coming to streaming. Making …

2023 might just be the worst year in the history of gaming – at least when it comes to the health of the development studios themselves. With thousands of devs already having been laid off across dozens of studios, another publisher is now set to drop up to a 3rd …

Last year, in collaboration with Valve, Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards gave away a Steam Deck for every minute that the awards ceremony was live. The two have partnered up once again, this time giving away a total of 100 OLED Steam Decks to viewers. Making the announcement on Twitter, …

For Day 7 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar we have teamed up with Seasonic to give away THREE brand new power supplies, perfect for those looking to futureproof their rigs.

Intel uploaded and swiftly deleted an odd presentation this week. The slides told a story of 'Core Truths', taking aim at AMD's new Ryzen laptop processor naming scheme and accusing AMD of selling 'snake oil'. Leo gives his thoughts...