The Wii U has been down for a while but it looks like the console is finally picking itself up as this month Wii U sales in the UK have shot up more than 685 per cent thanks to the release of Zelda Wind Waker HD. I've got to admit, …
Read More »Mantle API will not be compatible with Xbox One
A couple of weeks ago AMD hosted the GPU14 even and along with showing off it's new line of graphics cards, it also announced the new Mantle API for developers, aimed at getting console level performance and optimization out of PC hardware. The API's presence on the AMD powered next …
Read More »Argos is jumping on the tablet band wagon too
Earlier this month the supermarket Tesco jumped into the tablet arena with it's budget Android device. At the time I was hopeful that this wouldn't become a trend between UK shops but it seems that Argos is continuing the trend with it's own £99 Android touchscreen device. As far as …
Read More »Good at games? Want to win money? Here’s how
Are you good at games but don't have a team around you to help you get into the big leagues? Maybe you're just a talented amateur who doesn't like the idea of the professional limelight. Either way, there's now a way you can turn your gaming skills into pounds, pounds, …
Read More »GCHQ might be spying on lawyer-client emails
While over in the states, the anti-NSA groups are beginning to find their feet, here in the UK the revelations of government spying are getting worse and worse. It now looks like intelligence agency GCHQ, might be spying on the privileged emails between lawyers and their clients. Alleged as part …
Read More »Disney debuts tactile feedback system for touch screens
One of the biggest drawbacks with touch screen input technology, is the fact that you have to look at it to figure out what you're pressing and for the very sensitive ones, it's hard to tell if you've touched something you didn't want to until it's too late. Disney of …
Read More »Synology introduces high performance DiskStation DS214
Arguably the go-to brand for NAS among the KitGuru faithful, this company never seems to stop innovating and developing its already popular product line-up. Today, we're hearing word of a brand new, high-performance product at a sensible price. KitGuru stands by with a pair of drives. You know. For back …
Read More »Frictional on Machine for Pigs, SOMA and the future
Frictional Games was one of the break out indie stars a few years back, developing its own engine around the Penumbra universe and spearheading the helpless, horror driven story telling that has now become much more common place. So much so in-fact, that Red Barrels released Outlast almost alongside the …
Read More »Ex-Valve devs Kickstarting augmented VR, head tracking glasses
Well the VR scene is certainly heating up. Oculus Rift is winding up towards its commercial release and Avegant is working on its own retinal projection system, but don't think for a second that this is going to be a two horse race. Remember those couple of Valve employees that …
Read More »Win any STEAM game you want this week with Kitguru!
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 over here and place a caption to the image from Watchdogs. It means you can put all …
Read More »The HTC One Max is now official
We usually know everything about a phone before it's announced or released these days so this news isn't all that ‘new' but today the HTC One Max became official. There were various leaks leading up to this, from the chassis and screen to all of the internals, but at least …
Read More »Unu media and gaming station to compete with the Ouya
We all know about the Ouya, the first miniature Android console hoping to take on the living room dominance of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, and we know all about the wide array of Android tablets that are taking over the PC purchasing space. Well now the Unu Media Station is …
Read More »Xbox One and PC may have cross platform play
Gamers on both The Xbox One and the humble Windows PC, may be able to play with and against one another on cross platform games, according to head of Microsoft studios, Phil Spencer, who said in an interview with AusGamers, that the company learned a lot from the cross platform …
Read More »A League of Legends card game? Sure, why not
If the popularity of the WoW Hearthstone trading card game beta is any measure of success, then I'm thinking Riot Games could do quite well with its own take on the genre, by using the plethora of heroes and abilities it has under its intellectual property banner. Unfortunately however, the …
Read More »DICE will support Linux
In recent weeks a lot of companies have been announcing support for Linux. So far we've had: Valve, AMD, Nvidia and now DICE. In an interview with Polygon the company's director, Lars Gustavsson, said it would only need a single “killer” game for the platform to become incredibly popular. In the …
Read More »Smart adverts raise more questions on personal data
Personal data, personal privacy, freedom of thought and expression, these are all big topics at the moment thanks to the Edward Snowden leaks and the ever evolving landscape of the cloud and big data. Public opinion tends to split down the middle, with some suggesting they have nothing to hide, …
Read More »The world is taking the internet back from the US
Like a dog shaking away the clinging pond water it just emerged from, ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and many other organisations, have all pledged to end the United States' strong arming of the world's interenet and to push forward the globalisation of …
Read More »The Oculus Rift has a challenger
When Oculus first began showing us that virtual reality gaming – or at least, head tracking, heavily immersive gaming – was a big future tech that could potentially make a lot of money, we would have been naive to think that no one else would give it a shot. It's …
Read More »CM Storm Reaper Gaming Mouse Review
Today we are going to look at the last product in CM Storm's new range of aluminium gaming products, the Reaper mouse. This has been designed to compliment the Mech keyboard and Pulse-R headset that we have already looked at. We look forward to seeing how the Reaper compares and …
Read More »Rockstar to give in-game money to apologize for rocky GTA Online launch
Rockstar warned us of a rocky launch for the new Grand Theft Auto Online game mode and it wasn't wrong. A lot of players were left frustrated last week after experiencing a bunch of problems including: characters and cars disappearing, money going missing, being unable to take part in or …
Read More »Frictional debuts SOMA trailer
We talked about the creepy goings on of the guys over at Frictional this morning, where they've been releasing strange ARG like videos related to an upcoming game from the Amnesia developer. Finally today, the big growing per centage gauge on the game's site has reached its limit and now …
Read More »US Congressman wants to shackle NSA spying
Maybe it's time we put our scepticism aside for a second and considered that maybe not all politicians are liars and charlatans. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, one of the original authors of the US' Patriot Act, has called for the NSA's ability to survey its own citizens to be severely curtailed …
Read More »Win any STEAM game you want this weekend with Kitguru!
Over the weekend 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 over here and place a caption to the image from Grand Theft Auto 5. It means …
Read More »Ofcom wants to quadruple 4G license fees
If you thought 4G data prices were bad now, wait until you hear this: Ofcom, the UK communications regulator wants to quadruple the price of licensing 4G signal bands for networks. If the network is going to be paying 4 times more, it'd be safe to assume customers would also …
Read More »Frictional’s SCP like SOMA keeps getting weirder
Frictional games didn't have much to do with A Machine For Pigs, despite it being based in the Amnesia universe, it just published the thing. Obviously in the mean time it's been up to something and if you've been keeping up with the AR game like leaks it's been giving …
Read More »Could the Xbox One outsell the PS4? One retailer says so
Recently we've been hearing a lot about the PS4. Whether it be about possible stock shortages or Chinese students building the console at Foxconn, we're usually talking about the PS4 but today one retailer is expressing it's belief that the Xbox One will outsell the Sony console this Christmas. Johnathan Marsh, …
Read More »Acer release C720 Chromebook
Acer have announced the release of their third generation Chromebook featuring Haswell. The new C720 will be quicker than the older model and will have longer battery life due to improvements with the Haswell architecture. The C720 ships with an anti glare screen which should popular for those people who …
Read More »Dead Rising 3 release blocked in Germany
The next instalment in the Dead Rising franchise, set to debut alongside the Xbox One console, has been denied a rating in Germany, meaning it won't be available for purchase on release day. While a modified version might be released further down the line, considering neither Dead Rising 1 or …
Read More »Race Top Gear’s Stig in Forza 5
If you've ever wanted to have a go in the reasonably priced car, or just sit behind the wheel of one of Top Gear's test cars and set a lap that would make The Stig quiver in fear, soon you'll get a chance to do so – of sorts – …
Read More »Tablets are still stealing PC market share
While PC gaming might be going through somewhat of a renaissance at the moment, with Valve gunning hard to create a more contemporary interpretation of it and developers creating some brilliant titles exclusive to the platform, the average PC gamer is doing pretty good. However, it seems everyone that isn't …
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