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We've been getting teased by single images and snippets of information about Valve's Steam Box hardware for a while now, so it's nice to finally see that someone's managed to get one opened up and take a look inside to see what we're really working with and how the hardware …

Invited down to a glamorous hotel in central London by YOYOTech to see ‘The Resurgence of PC Gaming', KitGuru was intrigued. The Centerprise performance PC brand was certainly acting confident, but in the face of recent IDC and Gartner reports, was that confidence mis-placed?  Ignoring the wine and nibbles, we …

We all spend a small fortune on mobile devices. Alongside transport and staple foods, it's one of those omnipresent bills that need to be paid. The only question that remains is ‘How much should we pay?'.  The traditionally strong players here are the providers themselves with their ‘store on every …

We had many thousands of entries for this competition and a lot of people will be unhappy to hear they didn't win. abortion argumentative essay The winner of the 240GB SSD is Harry Jeffries from Merseyside. His Facebook page is HERE. Remember if you didn't win, then be sure to …

As far as exclusive titles go, Dead Rising 3 has been pretty well received on the Xbox One. Of course with a AAA game that does well on a console, it normally doesn't take long for DLC to start showing up and this game is no exception, as details of …

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed IV will receive its first bit of story expanding DLC  next week . It's called Freedom Cry and it's set to come out on the 17th of December and will launch on all platforms at the same time in the US. However, in Europe it …

GOG, the DRM free game store is currently giving away all of the pre Bethesda Fallout games, that includes Fallout 1, 2 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. If you've ever been interested in exploring the background of the series then this is your chance. Be careful though, Steam has …

This week 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 funny Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this photograph. It means you can put all your spare cash …

Frictional Games, the developer behind the terrifying first person Amnesia and Penumbra series, has released a new in-game trailer for its next project, SOMA, which shows us its deeply creepy atmosphere, as well as a detailed break down of what the team is focusing on during development. nora ephron essays …

While it sounds like a punchline for a joke about the worst person alive, Lawfuel has announced its winner of Lawyer of the Year, granting it not to an individual but to the entire legal team of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. While there's a lot of people working in the …

Maker of the world's most talked about virtual reality headset, Oculus, has managed to secure another $75 million worth of funding to help continue development on the consumer version of its Rift headset, set to be released towards the end of next year. This follows on from the initial $2.4 …

One of the longest standing rosters in professional League of Legends, the Evil Geniuses, has effectively been disbanded in Europe, with three of its old members set to now compete under the EG brand in the North American circuit, while too remain in the EU and are now operating under …

In an effort to foster a respect for cyber security within many of the UK's largest businesses, the British government has now introduced a new Kitemark scheme, which will force any companies that want to do business with the government to meet a strict set of digital security guidelines. Understandably, …

If you've never visited a Blockbuster but it was on your list of things to do before you die, you better do it this weekend as by Monday, every single one of the chain's last remaining stores will permanently shut down. For good this time. It's not coming back. This …

EA is in a tricky situation right now, it's already annoyed its customers with the rushed and buggy release of Battlefield 4 but now it seems that law firm Holzer Holzer and Fistel, believes that  EA may have lied about the game's progress to keep investors happy. proposal argument essay …

The long awaited MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online, has now received official release dates for all platforms along with a new trailer. The trailer is titled ‘War in Cyrodiil' and shows off the alliance war in action as Tamriel's three alliances rally their forces: buy college essay [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFxE4AESn4′] It's …

If you've been waiting around to find out when the Steam Machine hardware beta would start then you're in luck, it starts this Friday. However, if you're living outside of the US and were hoping to get in on it, then get ready to make a sad face. Valve's original …

In the wake of the news that Youtube had begun stripping ownership of many Let's Play videos away from video content producers, some developers and publishers have sided with the Youtubers and have been making a real effort to have those videos returned to their original owners. Not all though, …

South Eastern Australian state, Victoria, has become the first to make ‘revenge-porn' illegal, by modifying existing sexting laws, making it against the law to publish nude pictures of someone without their consent. The hope is that this will help stop jilted lovers attempting to humiliate their ex-partners. The new law …

Google has been one of those companies that for a long time seemed to have been fighting the good fight and not cow-towing too much to media lobbyists and pressure from copyright holders to make accessing sites that feature pirated (and legitimate) content harder, however that seems to be changing …

CES is going to see a lot of PC unveiling this year, but not new desktop or notebook systems but Steam boxes, high powered PCs masquerading as consoles so you'll put it in your living room instead of your sweet game room. This one however will be just for the …

If Minecraft is a digital lego alternative that can teach kids how to be creative, how to design and cooperate with others, Kerbal Space Program (KSP) has the potential to improve their mathematics, forward thinking and functional construction skills. Which is why it's so great that an educational version is …

This week 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 funny Facebook comment thread and place a caption to a scene from Battlefield 4 on the PC. It means you can …

YouTube is at it again, the new comment system is still a mess and now gaming channels are being flooded with unfounded copyright claims. This is all down to a new content ID system that is being implemented, starting this week, every uploaded video will go through a series of …

Garry Newman, the man behind the popular sandbox game ‘Garry's Mod' has been working on something new this year. In a departure from his original game which now houses a series of fun game modes and modded mini games, Garry along with his company, ‘Facepunch Studios', is moving on to …

There are a few educational games floating about in the library of Rift enabled experiences at the moment, Titans of Space being perhaps the most awe inspiring of the bunch, but they're few and far between. Looking to add at least one more to that number is Europeana, a cultural …

Redtube, one of the internet's most popular websites, acts as a Youtube like video sharing site for pornography, but despite its tantalising content, many users may be unwilling to revisit now that they've been hit by demands for compensation from a German legal firm representing a Swiss company called The …

NASA's Curiosity rover continues to throw up exciting information about its current home, Mars, where it has found evidence that suggests there was once a fresh water lake in an area known as Yellowknife Bay that was neither too acidic, nor too alkaline to support life. abortion persuasive essay Announced …

The US Patent and Trademark office has just published a newly granted Apple patent, that explicitly describes a head mounted display and headset with a particular focus on gaming, meaning Apple has now joined the hallowed ranks of several companies looking to develop technology that can rival Oculus' Rift headgear. …

As the second weekend of be quiet! and Kitguru's Facebook competition has rolled around, it means everyone has another chance to win one of three great prizes. All you have to do to enter is answer a simple question, so why not take a swing at it? But what's up for …