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For Day 13 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Corsair to give one lucky reader a fresh new set of gaming peripherals. Today's winner will walk away with a new MS80 MAX gaming headset, a K70 Core mechanical gaming keyboard and a Night Saber mouse! 

Asus recently announced the release of a new BIOS for AM5-based motherboards featuring the AGESA 1.1.0.1 microcode. The beta BIOS has been issued to 19 boards based on X670 and B650 chipsets. Although this is a minor update, it's necessary if you're planning to pair these motherboards with one of …

Sony recently suffered a Ransomware attack but it looks like hackers have been targeting smaller companies under its umbrella as well. This week, it has been reported that Insomniac Games were hit by Ransomware this year, leading to the theft of information, including personal employee information, as well as details …

Nvidia's latest driver has arrived and it sure does have an interesting list of newly optimised games. Obvious entries like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and multiplayer hit ‘The Finals' can be found here, listed alongside The Day Before – a game that has since been removed from sale, with the …

We haven't had an E3 event for several years at this point, although the ESA has made several attempts to bring it back since the pandemic. Unfortunately, none of those attempts were successful and most of the industry has moved on, so E3 is now officially scrapped for good.  Today, …

2023 has undoubtedly been a massive year for gaming, in particular when it comes to the sheer number of high quality titles published on a constant basis. With the year coming to a close, Google has released its search statistics, showing the most popular games of the year. Published to …

2022’s Uncharted film represented one of the first projects to come out of Sony’s PlayStation Productions subsidiary. Despite receiving middling critic reviews, it seems as though the film made enough money to warrant a sequel. While the Uncharted film was clearly developed with future entries in mind, the relative success …

A video game’s soundtrack is just as important as the game itself in many instances. Despite this, developers rarely give it the flowers it deserves – with many publishers just now beginning to release their game soundtracks to music services. It therefore comes as a massive yet welcome surprise to …

Back in November, it was reported that the Embracer Group-owned studio Free Radical would likely be shutting down, with a consultation said to be taking place ahead of the supposed closure. Unfortunately, it seems as though the TimeSplitters studio will indeed be closed, with the Free Radical now confirming this fact. …

For Day 12 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, AOC is taking the spotlight to give away a new AOC AGON AG275QXL gaming monitor! This is their special edition League of Legends monitor, with an RGB-lit base stand, 170Hz refresh rate, QHD resolution and HDR. 

The Day Before has had quite the year. The game, which was advertised as an MMO Zombie-Survival title, finally launched last week and players swiftly discovered that the game was nothing like what was previously promised. Now just days later, Fntastic is shutting down.  The studio behind The Day Before, …

Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, is expected to deliver a keynote speech on January 9th as a part of Intel's participation at CES 2024. The discussion will focus on the intersection of silicon and software and improving the accessibility of artificial intelligence. CNBC journalist Kristina Partsinevelos will join Gelsinger in this …

With Intel's Meteor Lake (Core Ultra 100) processors just days away from their official launch, benchmark leaks have begun appearing as tests get underway. In the latest, we see the new Xe-powered iGPU for the Core Ultra 7 155H processor outperforming the Radeon 780M in 3DMark TimeSpy.  According to the …

TCL recently unveiled various new display panels at DTC 2023 in Wuhan, China. From OLEDs to LCDs, the Chinese company showed what's coming to TVs, monitors, and smartphones in the next few years. The highlight is probably the dome-shaped 31-inch OLED panel. As noted by ITHome, this 31-inch gaming display …

A Radeon RX 6600 LE graphics card has recently been discovered in the Lenovo Geek Pro 2023 prebuilt system. These systems are currently available in China and are equipped with an Intel Core i5-13400F CPU series and an AMD RX 6600 LE GPU. The meaning of “LE” is still unclear. …

As technology advances, the demand for faster computation is increasing, leading chip designers to seek ways to integrate more components into processors. At IEDM 2023, during a technical session, Intel researchers demonstrated their latest technological breakthrough that will allow just that: 3D-stacked CMOS transistors with backside power and direct backside …

Skull and Bones has had an incredibly turbulent development. After being delayed over half a dozen times and pushed back years beyond its initial release date, the multiplayer Ubisoft pirate game looks to finally, FINALLY be arriving early next year – with an official launch date having been announced at …

During the 2023 Game Awards, Sony Santa Monica and Kratos made a surprising appearance, announcing a free rogue-like DLC in the form of God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla. Alongside the announcement, SSM revealed that the 2022 game has sold an impressive 15 million copies. Taking to the PlayStation blog to …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Sharkoon is unveiling a new Rebel series PC case with the C60. Featuring attractive aesthetics due to the front and side tempered glass panels, the C60 could be a good option for those who want to showcase their system's components without breaking the bank. The Rebel C60 RGB has an …

Nvidia is reportedly working on a new variant of the RTX 3050. According to users of the Board Channel forum, the 8GB RTX 3050 is eating away sales from the RTX 4060, so a new 6GB RTX 3050 replacement is apparently in the works.  Board channel sources (via VideoCardz), claim …