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It has only been a few months since Square Enix announced that it was selling off multiple western studios and their IP to Embracer Group in a deal worth $300M. While some larger deals take a year or more to complete, this one was wrapped up pretty quickly, with Embracer …

Please see the updates at the bottom of the page. EA has been in and out of acquisition rumours for a long time now. Recently, the company responded to those rumours and seemed to deny that there was anything going on, but a new report suggests otherwise. According to sources, …

Battlefield 2042's second season is starting next week, bringing new content alongside it. This season won't contain the big multiplayer class revision – that is being reserved for season 3. In the meantime, this season players can expect a new map, a new Specialist, and new unlockables to collect by …

Back in 2018, Insomniac Games impressed us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4. Even then in its graphically limited, 30FPS form, the game was something special. Now, Sony has brought the game over to PC, unlocking higher graphical settings, ray-tracing, and unlocked frame rates, allowing us to get the smoothest, high-fidelity gameplay possible. In today's KitGuru Games, we're going to be looking at the PC version to see if it delivers where it counts. 

We're days away from AMD properly unveiling its new Ryzen 7000 series processors. Some samples already seem to be out in the wild, leading to benchmark leaks. In a recent leak, we get Cinebench R23 results for the Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 5 7600X, showing significant gains over …

Cemu is the definitive Wii U emulator, breathing a new life to the largely under-appreciated 2012 Nintendo home console. Following years of work, the emulator’s lead developer and founder has announced Cemu 2.0, while finally offering a Linux version. Making the announcement via Reddit, Exzap, the lead developer and founder …

Masahiro Sakurai is one of the best known names in gaming, having been responsible for some of Nintendo’s biggest IP, including Kirby and Super Smash Bros. Following the conclusion of Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC, it seems Sakurai is expanding his horizons; creating a YouTube channel where he discusses game creation. …

Finnish studio Housemarque saw its latest and greatest success with the release of the roguelite third-person bullet-hell Returnal back in 2021. A new job listing by the studio has offered some interesting details on the team’s “next big game.” Following the success of Returnal, Sony-owned studio Housemarque has already teased …

Recently, a retailer leaked what looked to be the full launch line-up for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Now, two retailers have leaked Intel's launch line-up for its 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” processors.  The listings found by @momomo_us (1, 2) on two different Canadian store websites suggest the …

Rumours have pointed to an October launch for the first RTX 40 series graphics cards and today, Nvidia announced plans to unveil its next-gen GPU architecture at GTC in September. Previous rumours have indicated that the RTX 4090 will launch first, and according to new sources, production has already begun.  …

Valve finally started shipping Steam Decks earlier this year following a nearly year’s long wait from its initial reveal. Alongside the announcement that Valve are upping the rate of production of the much-desired handheld, they revealed that demand has also never been higher. Making the announcement on Twitter, the official …

A leaker has recently shared what may well be the first Cinebench R20 results for the Ryzen 7 7700X. As expected, the upcoming CPU was considerably faster than its predecessors, scoring 20% higher than the Ryzen 5000 series flagship in the single-core test. The CB R20 results shared by Extreme …

It's Thursday, which means it is time for another GeForce Now update. Last week's update brought 1440p and 120FPS streaming to Chrome browsers. This week, GFN has surpassed 20 million users, and 13 new titles will be added to the service.  Guild Wars 2 is now officially available on Steam, …

Gamescom’s Opening Night Live game showcase has come and gone, offering fans a new look at many of the most exciting upcoming games. With its conclusion, we now know which games caught the eyes of fans the most, with Genshin Impact coming out on top as the most watched trailer …

Obsidian Entertainment has a lot on its plate from The Outer Worlds 2, to Avowed and Pentiment – a narrative focused adventure title with a highly interesting art style. Players will be able to get their hands on the title soon, as Microsoft has now announced the game’s release date. …

Dying Light 2 recently made its presence at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase, where the developers announced the title’s first piece of story DLC – Bloody Ties, Alongside the announcement of Dying Light 2’s first paid DLC, the team at Techland also announced the free ‘Community Update #1’, adding a …

While Denuvo was once very effective at stopping PC games piracy, the DRM has also faced plenty of controversy for being overly heavy and harming performance. Soon, Denuvo will be used on consoles too, with Irdeto making its DRM available to Nintendo Switch developers.  The Nintendo Switch has been a …

Crypto-mining, and more specifically, Ethereum mining, has been the source of plenty of controversy in recent years, in part due to the colossal amount of energy mining farms use up, and in part due to the fact that the mining craze drove up the prices of graphics cards to astronomical …

Back in January, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform due to a major security bug. Last month, we learned that the team was close to bringing multiplayer back online, but things went quiet again. …

The PS5 is nearing two years old and unfortunately, due to supply issues, we've yet to see any real deals for the new console at retail. Soon, the situation will get a little worse, as Sony is increasing the price of the PS5 in several markets across the world due …

We've been hearing about Nvidia's next-gen graphics architecture for months, but as usual, Nvidia has remained quiet and has not responded to any rumours or leaks. That is finally starting to change, with Nvidia announcing a new GTC keynote for September, during which we'll see what's next.  Earlier this month, …

Corsair has been making a name for itself in the monitor market recently with its Xeneon line of gaming displays. Today, Corsair revealed its most impressive display yet - the Corsair Xeneon Flex, a flexible OLED monitor that you can keep flat or bend into a curved display. 

Last week, an Amazon leak confirmed that Dead Island 2 is finally releasing in early 2023, indicating that a re-reveal would not be far off. Now this week at Gamescom, Dead Island 2 has been re-announced, complete with a new trailer, gameplay, and a release date. Dead Island 2 was …

There has been growing concern around Sonic Frontiers, in part due to a poor gameplay showing earlier this summer, followed by a lack of updates. Fortunately, this week at Gamescom, Sega finally showed us what it has been working on.  Sonic Frontiers is officially releasing on the 8th of November …

Activision announced a while back that it was planning a new version of Warzone to launch later this year, following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. We still haven't seen Warzone 2.0 in action, nor do we have an official launch date. However, that should change very soon, as the …

A week ago, a PCI-SIG listing showed that Samsung is working on a new 990 Pro PCIe 5.0 SSD. As it turns out, the Samsung 990 Pro is actually a PCIe 4.0 SSD, but the new combination of V-NAND and Samsung's new controller tech enable the company to get as …

After Resident Evil 6, there was a lot of concern around the next game in the series. The franchise was at a low point and Capcom needed to shake things up. Eventually, Resident Evil 7 turned out to be an excellent game and a fresh starting point for newcomers to …

Last night, Bungie held its annual Destiny showcase to properly unveil the upcoming Lightfall expansion. The next major chapter in Destiny will be arriving in February, complete with a new area, new enemies and a whole new subclass. Better yet, Bungie has also announced that it will no longer be …

The Razer Basilisk mouse is back, with a new V3 Pro version. Promised to be Razer's ‘most advanced gaming mouse' to date, the Basilisk V3 Pro delivers a decent number of programmable buttons, a new sensor, wireless charging and more.  The Basilisk Pro packs a Razer Focus Pro 30K Optical …

While the rumoured specifications of the RTX 4090 seem more or less set in stone, that has not been the case with the RTX 4070 and 4080, both of which appear to have had several revisions already. The RTX 4080 specs were recently updated again, and this time, it looks …