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With 2023 now officially behind us, Sony has published an interesting post detailing a full breakdown of the most popular games from the past 365 days. Perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, Fortnite and FIFA 23 managed to take the top spots across most countries – followed closely by Call of Duty. Making …

Rumours have been circulating for months about a possible Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU, but up to now, there have been no real leaks about it. Although it's unclear if it's legit and not photoshopped, a picture of what seems to be a sample of the rumoured i9-14900KS has just appeared …

First announced back in 2021, Star Wars Outlaws is an upcoming 3rd person open world action-adventure title which looks to be offering the ultimate Star Wars experience, featuring stealth; open combat; space fights and more. Announced to be coming in 2024, Outlaws has now seemingly had its release window leaked. …

If you're still using a system with Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 to play Steam titles, we have bad news for you. Valve has recently announced that Steam will no longer support those systems. While this decision was already communicated earlier, the company has now officially confirmed it. Although some …

Since forming his own independent studio, Hideo Kojima has been rather busy, successfully launching 2019’s Death Stranding with at least 3 new projects currently in development. Taking to Twitter, the creator offered updates on all of the studio’s current and publicly announced projects. Publishing a rather lengthy post to Twitter, …

The winners of the public-voted 2023 Steam Awards have been revealed. This year's Steam Awards recognise a total of eight categories, such as Game of the Year, Labor of Love, Better With Friends, Outstanding Visual Style, and others. While some of the winners were expected, like Baldur's Gate 3 for GOTY, others were a bit more surprising, with Starfield winning most innovative gameplay and Red Dead Redemption 2 getting the Labour of Love award despite a complete lack of updates. 

Over the years, more and more developers have joined Steam, pushing the number of released titles each year. Over the course of 2023, Valve's PC games platform hit new records, with over 14,500 games releasing over the last 12 months. According to SteamDB, in 2023, 14,531 titles joined Steam, beating …

While Disney has successfully prolonged its copyrights to the original, silent version of Mickey Mouse for decades, that time has finally come to an end. The original version of the character shown in Steamboat Willie is now public domain and film and game makers are already lining up to take …

Ahead of the launch of the Quest 3 last year, Meta went back and raised the prices of the Quest 2 VR headset. Now as we enter 2024, Meta is dropping prices for its previous-gen system back down.  As of the 1st of January 2024, the 128GB Quest 2 has …

While Valve replaced CS:GO with Counter-Strike 2 a few months ago, the previous game has remained accessible through Steam. As of now though, CS:GO's official matchmaking servers are now offline and Valve has warned of future feature degradation, such as access to the inventory in-game.  Counter-Strike 2 has entirely replaced …

Square Enix is gearing up for 2024 with a strategic shift towards AI technologies, following the previous year's investments in blockchain and NFTs. CEO Takashi Kiryu highlighted the company's focus on AI tools for content creation, which shouldn't be too surprising considering how bullish Square Enix usually is when it …

The latest COD entry has been mocked for its seemingly slapdash campaign, it's uninventive multiplayer suite of remade maps and a Zombies mode which eschews the ‘all-important’ round-based gameplay loop, instead taking the new Warzone map and slapping the barest of coatings of zombified paint on top. With all that said, MW3 has introduced a new gameplay function which may have just changed the first person shooter genre forever – akin to the creation of aiming down sight – the tactical stance...

In 2022, multiple sources began reporting that Sony was working on a partnership with MMO publisher NCSoft for future online projects, including a new MMO based in the Horizon universe. Sony confirmed its partnership with NCSoft in late 2023 and now, new job listings do seem to confirm that a …

Dead by Daylight has been a sleeper hit over the years, in part thanks to a constantly rotating batch of licensed horror film and TV characters. While the game is popular, it only really has one game mode. Looking to the future, Behaviour Interactive is now considering new modes for …

While Starfield launched to positive reviews, fan sentiments around the game have soured in the months since launch. The game already had a mixed reception in Steam user reviews but in recent weeks, the game has dropped to a mostly negative rating.

While we're all used to seeing Smart TVs on the market nowadays, Smart Monitors are still a new trend. LG is getting on board with this concept in 2024 with a new round of ‘MyView' 4K Smart Monitors, offering the same webOS functionality we typically see on LG TVs.  The …

AMD's rumoured budget graphics card may have a beefy amount of VRAM...

According to recent reports, the upcoming GeForce RTX 40 Super series is set to include faster memory. The RTX 4080 Super will reportedly feature 23 Gbps memory, boosting the bandwidth to an impressive 736 GB/s. In contrast, the RTX 4070 Ti and 4070 Super GPUs will maintain a 21 Gbps …

We've reached the final day of the KitGuru Advent Calendar. For our 30th competition of the month, we've teamed up with WD to give away THREE WD_Black 2TB SSDs! 

Steam has recently released its “Best of 2023” list, which compiles the best-selling and most-played games on the platform. The list of highest earners this year is quite varied. Despite Destiny 2 losing a lot of players this year, the game still ranks in the top 12 earners on Steam. …

With the year coming to an end, Nvidia shared some of the milestones GeForce Now has hit over the past year. Beyond that, a new wave of games have been announced for the cloud games library.  Currently, there are over 1800 games on GeForce Now, of which 90 are RTX …

Recently, a bunch of Rockstar files leaked, including the source code for Grand Theft Auto V, just weeks on from the announcement of Grand Theft Auto VI. Dataminers have been combing through the code, finding references to the single-player DLCs we never got.   Since Grand Theft Auto 5's launch, there …

Due to political reasons, Nvidia has been forced to launch a new RTX 4090 series SKU in China. This new GPU will be named RTX 4090D and is already available at select Chinese retailers. Pricing remains unchanged compared to the standard RTX 4090. This launch comes after the RTX 4090 …

During the PS4 and PS5 era, Sony's main focus has been on its acclaimed God of War reboot series, which took the game in a very different direction compared to the original trilogy. However, recent buzz hints at a potential revival of the hack-and-slash trilogy, offering enthusiasts a nostalgic journey …

SilverStone has launched a new high-end SFX-L PSU, the Extreme1200R Platinum. The upcoming high-capacity PSU is potentially the highest-wattage power supply in the SFX-L form factor, offering up to 1200W of power. This modern power supply complies with the SFX12V 4.1 standard, equivalent to ATX 3.1, and PCIe CEM 5. …

For Day 29 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we've teamed up with Thermaltake to give away a full gaming peripheral bundle! If your PC gaming setup needs a bit of a refresh, then this prize is for you, offering up a mechanical keyboard, a new mouse plus bungee to eliminate cable drag, and a surround sound headset. 

Over the last couple of months, an incoming wave of RTX 40 Super graphics cards has been heavily rumoured. Now, an EU retailer has put out the first listings for the new cards, with various models of the RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4070 Super.  Thanks …

At IEDM, TSMC shared its plans to provide MCM-based chips with over one trillion transistors and monolithic chips with over 200 billion transistors by 2030. To accomplish that target, the company said it is working on 2nm-class N2 and N2P production nodes, as well as 1.4nm-class A14 and 1nm-class A10 …

Recently, we reported on speculation surrounding the release of the new Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs, including the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Recent rumors now suggest an imminent release on January 24th. According to Benchlife (via VideoCardz), the card will be released in late January, more specifically, January 24th, a …

We're heading towards the new year, which means we're due for a new batch of free games for PS+ subscribers. In January, PS+ users will be able to claim three games, headlined by A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5). The sequel to Plague Tale: Innocence continues the story of Amicia and …