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Mortal Kombat X is launching soon and the character roster keeps on getting better. Now Warner Bros has announced that the Predator will be a playable character, although it will only be available to those who buy the premium edition of the game at first. Premium edition buyers will also …

SK Hynix, the world’s second largest producer of dynamic random access memory, said this week that it would begin to mass-produce DRAM using 20nm fabrication process in the second half of the year. The new manufacturing technology will help the company to better address the needs of the high-end memory …

The chatter about Apple’s TV-set has been around for years, but the company still has not reveal any plans about such product. This does not mean that Apple has completely abandoned the project. Apparently, the company is still working on it, albeit, in a very stealth mode. “Based on talking to people …

Rory Read, a former chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices, will join Dell next week, a media report claims. Mr. Read, who used to be a high-ranking executive of IBM’s and Lenovo Group’s PC divisions many years ago, will once again work at a computer hardware company. His future …

It seems like developers just can't stop launching ‘remastered' versions of last generation games for the new consoles. Sony has officially announced that God of War 3 will be coming to the PlayStation 4 this year in remastered form. The game will launch on the 17th of July in the …

Lenovo's CEO may have inadvertently shown off the successor to Motorola's smartwatch, the Moto 360. Yang Yuanqing posted in image to social network, Weibo, showing off a briefcase of Motorola smartwatches, although the units differed from the Moto 360 we all currently know. The aim was to show off the …

Microsoft has already announced that those who own Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be getting a free upgrade to Windows 10, even the non-genuine copies. However, this free upgrade path won't be available to all customers and has further clarified the situation. In a document released yesterday at WinHec …

Eve Valkyrie, CCP's upcoming space dogfighter built for virtual reality will remain exclusive to the Oculus Rift headset on the PC for now, meaning that it isn't being built to work with Valve's upcoming VR headset, the Vive. This news came from Owen O'Brien, speaking with PC Gamer. When asked …

Rumors began flaring up yesterday suggesting that Metal Gear series creator, Hideo Kojima, would be leaving Konami following the release of Metal Gear Solid V. Kojima also recently said that this would be his last Metal Gear game but it looks like Konami wants to continue the franchise without him. …

Apple is apparently cracking down on the use of anti-virus apps on iOS and has started removing them from the App Store. According to Apple, these apps are ‘misleading’ as it doesn’t want customers to think that iOS devices are at great risk of viruses or malware. This report follows …

Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX Titan X graphics card is currently the most powerful single-chip graphics solution for gaming on the planet. But what if you want something else, something even more powerful? The folks over at Overclockers UK know exactly what you need. OcUK advertises a mythical BFG GeForce Titan …

Activision and Sledgehammer Games have announced the next DLC for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, ‘Ascendance’, will be launching on the 31st of March, bringing four new maps and a new chapter for the Exo Zombies mode. The 31st of March release date is for the Xbox One and Xbox …

A new update to the Android Wear operating system has now added in a ‘find my phone’ feature, allowing you to track your device’s whereabouts should you find yourself missing it. Google initially launched the Android Device Manager back in 2013, allowing Android users to locate their devices. This functionality …

Nvidia Corp. and Samsung Electronics have quietly signed an agreement under which the latter will produce computer chips for the former. At present, it is unknown whether Samsung will manufacture graphics processors or application processors for the chip designer, but it is obvious that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is no …

Despite the massive growth of online grocery shopping in the UK, German discount supermarket chain Aldi, has said that it won't be pushing into the field in any large way. Despite reports released earlier this week that it would be looking to expand online in the UK, it has now …

Although the tactics of media lobby groups that claim to be protecting the rights of movie makers have been dubious in the past, one of the more deplorable practices some take part in is the sending of extortive letters to households, threatening a court room if a fine isn't paid. …

It looks like the bottom might have finally fallen out of perhaps the most successful gaming franchise ever: Angry Birds. While the game series may have been the first to break through the billion and two billion downloads mark, profits at its developer Rovio fell dramatically last year. Off of …

When the FAA gave permission for different commercial uses of drones in the US earlier this year, it seemed like Amazon was going to be left out in the cold when it came to its plans for drone deliveries. However, that may now have changed, as the same federal organisation …

As the AMD PR machine ramps up to full speed on its G-Sync alternative, FreeSync, KitGuru spoke with Bill Donnelly from Sapphire Technology about this new option for gamers.  Traditionally, the refresh rates for screens were fixed, while the frame rate output from a graphics card would vary under load. …

Evolve was a game that I was pretty pumped about before release and despite some niggling bugs left over from the alpha and beta period, when launched it was a lot of fun – for a time. Looking at the Steam statistics for the game suggests that I'm not the …

Despite of early rumours, Nvidia Corp. decided not to increase recommended price of its top-of-the-range GeForce GTX Titan X graphics card from $999 to $1349 in the U.S. However, at current exchange rates and with value added taxes in Europe, the graphics adapter will be considerably more expensive in this part …

Even though Microsoft Corp. will let owners of PCs running pirated versions of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, it will not grant them a free license. As a result, users of such operating systems will not get support and will face other …

Update: EA has confirmed that it will be debuting footage of Star Wars Battlefront next month at the Star Wars Celebration event. “We’re thrilled to share that Star Wars Battlefront will be taking part in Star Wars™ Celebration next month in Anaheim, CA from April 16-19. We could not think of …

You can now place a bet on the name of Microsoft’s next browser, thanks to Australian gambling site, Sportsbet. The browser is currently named ‘Project Spartan’ but Microsoft has said that it will be changing the name for its final release. The bets range from safe picks like Spartan, or …

Last year, it was announced that Payday creator, Overkill, had begun working on a new Walking Dead game set in the comic book universe. Since then, the studio has been quiet on any specific details but this week at South by Southwest, series creator, Robert Kirkman shed some light on …

Apparently Apple is planning to have its potential customers sign up for 15 minute appointments if they are thinking about grabbing an Apple Watch at launch next month, starting from the 10th of April. According to sources speaking with 9to5Mac, Apple will have its retail stores set up ‘try on …

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD launched this week, with early copies coming with a code for the demo of Final Fantasy XV. As you would expect, these limited codes are now on sale on eBay and are going for around half the price of the game it came with. If you …

Tonight we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from Assassins Creed Rogue. We announce the winner in the …

Google is starting to crack down on dodgy apps in the Play Store by manually reviewing applications submitted by developers. From now on, when a developer submits an app, it will have to be checked out by somebody before it gets put on the Play Store. This is the way …

Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest wireless routers from TP-Link, the AC1900.  This particular model is TP-Link's top-of-the-range Wireless AC router and is priced very competitively. We were impressed by the TP-Link AV500 powerline networking kit which we reviewed recently, and TP-Link have …