Gears of War is heading back to the PC in the form of a remastered edition of the first game in the series, known as Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. The game was initially announced for the Xbox One with early leaks showing off some gameplay from a play test …
Read More »There’s a security issue with SwiftKey on several Galaxy S flagships
It turns out that Samsung's pre-installed version of SwiftKey for the Galaxy S6 has a security flaw, which is putting user data at risk of being snatched up. According to a US security firm, the issue also affects Samsung's last two flagship smartphones as well, meaning Galaxy S5 and Galaxy …
Read More »G.Skill’s DDR4 memory hits 4.43GHz clock-rate
G.Skill this week announced that an overclocker has managed to push its 4GB DDR4 memory module to 4.43GHz, a new world record for this memory type. The overclocker used current-generation high-end desktop platform, so it is possible to expect that later this year this record will be beaten. Nick Shih, …
Read More »Google now offering five figure bounties for Android bugs
Bounties have proved an affective way of tackling security issues with software in the past, since it incentivises the kind of people who hunt out such things to report them, rather than using it to disrupt service or exploit people. Google has clearly been paying attention to that, as it's …
Read More »Automated cars of the future may have app control
Although the development of automated cars is coming on apace, one of the biggest issues is what to do when they don't work. Of course the end goal is to make cars that can drive us around without intervention, but even when we go beyond motorway and traffic jam autonomy, …
Read More »Want to get paid to deliver Amazon packages?
Getting packages to customers faster and faster has been part of Amazon's edict for years now. It's investigated drone delivers, but has hit a few hiccups there, so one solution that may help improve its goods flow is to pay members of the public to deliver them too, rather than …
Read More »Day Z finally nearing completion, beta coming before 2016
If Day Z hadn't been a game that players could enjoy murdering each other in during its development, it would almost be considered vaporware at this point. Started as a mod by Dean Hall in early 2012, and eventually developed solely by Bohemia as an official title after he left …
Read More »Frictional’s SOMA continues to confuse & creep us out
What exactly is going on in Frictional Games upcoming horror game, SOMA, has been rather hard to tell since its very first teasing and unveiling. It seems like it has something to do with the concept of being alive and what that might mean in the context of machines and AI, …
Read More »SK Hynix confirms mass production of first-gen HBM memory
SK Hynix, one of the world’s major producers of memory, on Tuesday said that it had begun volume shipments of its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) designed for bandwidth-demanding applications. The first products to use HBM will be AMD’s Radeon R9 Fury-series graphics cards, but eventually other devices will utilize the new …
Read More »Dual-GPU flagship AMD Radeon R9 Fury X2 graphics card pictured
Even though AMD’s new-generation dual-chip flagship graphics card is only expected to hit the market several months from now, the company already uses such graphics card for demonstrations. The new add-in board does not resemble current-gen dual-chip graphics adapters. The upcoming dual-chip AMD Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card – which may …
Read More »AMD unveils project Quantum: Ultra-small PC with extreme performance
Small form-factor personal computers have gained significant popularity in the recent years. A lot of people want to have tiny PCs that can perform everyday tasks without overheating or causing too much noise. Back in 2012, Intel Corp. introduced NUC [next-unit of computing] PCs that can deliver enough performance for …
Read More »Microsoft is also partnering up with Valve for VR
Last week ahead of E3, Phil Spencer attended the Oculus Rift event to announce a partnership between the two companies. Every consumer Oculus Rift will ship with an Xbox One controller and will also benefit from native support within Windows 10. The Xbox is also going to benefit, with Xbox …
Read More »Shenmue 3 has already surpassed its Kickstarter goal
Shenmue 3 is a game fans of the series have been after for over a decade now but for whatever reason, it never came to be. However, the series is finally getting its revival with Shenmue 3 surpassing its Kickstarter goal in just a matter of hours after the initial …
Read More »AMD officially reveals R9 300-series and Fury GPUs
AMD has finally stopped teasing everyone and has announced its new graphics card lineup for 2015. The expected R7 and R9 300 series graphics cards made an appearance but AMD also has four Fiji powered graphics cards up its sleeve all with HBM memory on-board, which is more than we …
Read More »The Netflix website has been re-designed
Netflix has started rolling out a major redesign to its own website for PC users. Up until now, the Netflix streaming site has stuck to a similar user interface since its launch, which didn't offer a super efficient browsing experience for those using a PC with a mouse or trackpad. …
Read More »Razer has announced the new Razer Mamba gaming mouse
Back in 2012, Razer updated the Mamba, its wireless gaming mouse, which is still going strong today. However, that was three years ago and technology is constantly evolving, so today, Razer has revealed two forms of ‘the new Mamba', the most advanced gaming mouse possible today. At E3, Razer revealed a …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan
As the Electronics Entertainment Event (E3) prepares to kick off in the Los Angeles Convention Centre, KitGuru managed to get an exclusive interview with Razer CEO and Founder, Min-Liang Tan. As well as getting a feel for what's coming at E3, we also managed to speak with him about how he …
Read More »Wistron produces £99 media tablet for Tesco
Wistron, a leading contract maker of consumer electronics from Taiwan, has landed orders to produce Hudl 2 media tablets for Tesco, according to a media report. The device is already available in the U.K. The Tesco Hudl 2 media tablet features 8.3” high-definition display, it is based on quad-core Intel …
Read More »A sequel to South Park: The Stick of Truth is on the way
Last year, Obsidian's long-awaited South Park RPG launched to great reception from fans and critics alike. South Park: The Stick of Truth did a great job of capturing the look of the show and it was a great game to boot. Now Matt and Trey have joined back up with …
Read More »LastPass has been hacked, password changes advised
LastPass, a password management service designed to keep your many different passwords secure in one place, has been hacked, so the company is now advising users to go ahead and change all of their passwords. The hack apparently took place some time last week, though it wasn't revealed to users …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 is finally getting a proper remake
Late last year at Sony's PlayStation Experience event, Square Enix got on stage to announce that Final Fantasy 7 would be coming to the PS4, plain old Final Fantasy 7. The crowd was not impressed, which was probably quite embarrassing for the company but now it looks like Square Enix has …
Read More »4K TVs hit new sales milestone: three million units per month
Thanks to decreasing prices of ultra-high-definition TVs, sales of such devices are rapidly increasing. According to DisplaySearch, a leading market tracker, shipments of TV panels with 3840*2160 resolution reached a new milestone in April as they hit three million units for the first time. Shipments of UHD TV panels in …
Read More »HTC: We will not merge with Asustek Computer
As expected, HTC Corp. said that it will not even consider merging with Asustek Computer. Despite losses of market share, HTC is confident that it will be able to recapture lost positions eventually as an independent company. “[HTC] has not made any contact with Asus regarding this matter, and it …
Read More »Plextor readies cost-efficient SSD based on TLC NAND memory
Plextor produces one of the best solid-state drives available today. However, Plextor’s drives are pretty expensive and are designed for premium market segment. Apparently, Plextor is working on an inexpensive SSD based on cost-effective triple-level-cell NAND flash memory, which will be available later this year. Not a lot is known …
Read More »We finally have some Star Wars Battlefront gameplay
The day has finally come, EA has quit it with the cinematic trailers and the developer diaries, bringing us the first gameplay for Star Wars Battlefront. The first video shows off five minutes of PS4 multiplayer footage taking place on Hoth with 40 players in total in the match. The footage …
Read More »It looks like Razer went ahead and bought Ouya
Update: Last week, we got wind of rumours suggesting that Razer might be interested in buying out Ouya, the company behind the Kickstarted Android console that failed to garner commercial success. Now, it seems that Razer may have taken the plunge and quietly acquired the struggling device maker. At this present …
Read More »Fallout 4 PC mods will be playable on the Xbox One
Microsoft's E3 press conference has only been going for about half an hour but they really are killing it. Following the surprise announcement of backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 titles on the Xbox One, Bethesda's Todd Howard took to the stage to talk about Fallout 4. At that moment, many …
Read More »The Xbox One is going to get Xbox 360 backwards compatibility
When the new generation consoles launched back in 2013, both Microsoft and Sony seemingly forgot about backwards compatibility entirely. While we know that Sony is looking to tackle PS3 games with its streaming service, PlayStation Now, Microsoft has taken an arguably better approach, bringing native support for Xbox 360 titles …
Read More »Sony claims Snapdragon 810 is causing Xperia Z3+ heat issues
We have been hearing about the Snapdragon 810's heat issues for a while now. Samsung stopped using Qualcomm's chips in its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 due to heat issues. Thermal images of the HTC One M9 showed the chip running significantly hotter than the Snapdragon 805 but despite …
Read More »A Steam Greenlight dev had a bit of a meltdown
Now we've seen indie developers lash out at the gaming community before, Phil Fish has ‘quit' Twitter several times and cancelled Fez 2, other developers have censored criticism of their own games with DMCA takedown notices on YouTube and now the developer behind Dark Base 01 has decided to use …
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