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Gigabyte's latest gaming monitors, the Gigabyte MO34WQC and Gigabyte MO34WQC2 have finally been detailed after making their debut at CES 2024. Boasting impressive specs and features, including the latest-gen QD-OLED technology. While the two monitors are almost identical, there are a few key differences to note. The Gigabyte MO34WQC has …

The RTX 40 GPUs have been in high demand, but the supply has not kept up with the market. One particular model that has been hit the hardest is the RTX 4060 Ti, with availability decreasing significantly in the first two weeks of April for both the 8GB and 16GB …

Battlestate Games recently released the Unheard Edition of Escape From Tarkov, which is part of the newest patch. The edition brings a new PvE mode and other benefits. However, the hefty $250 price tag has left many fans dissatisfied.

Late last week, Bethesda finally released their long-awaited ‘Next-Gen’ update for Fallout 4 – bringing native PS5 and Series X|S support for the 2015 title. Unfortunately, the free update appeared to be unavailable to PlayStation Plus players. Bethesda has now responded and ‘mostly’ rectified the situation. Announced to be a …

Manor Lords, Steam's most wishlisted game in 2024, is already a success. The strategy game sold over one million copies in its launch weekend alone, and during the same period, it reached a peak concurrent player count of over 173,000.  Manor Lords, released on April 26th, was at the top …

Shinji Mikami is a legend in the games industry, Known best for his work on the original Resident Evil and its equally as revolutionary RE4, Mikami has a long and varied history in game development. In 2023, he left his studio Tango Gameworks, with a non-compete clause forcing him to …

Starting development all the way back in 2016 as a one-man project, Lost Soul Aside has been eagerly anticipated by many thanks to its Final Fantasy Versus XIII (later FFXV) inspired visuals and flashy action combat. Over the years, the game’s ambitions grew, and so did the team, sitting at …

DuskGolem is well known within the leaker community, offering a ton of details on future Capcom releases – in particular Resident Evil. Previously claiming that there were 5 separate RE titles in the works, the leaker now revealed that one of these (Resident Evil 9) has been delayed internally, though …

The Epomaker TH80 Pro V2 VIA is a new 75% compact mechanical gaming keyboard with impressive features, making it an excellent choice for gamers and typists. With its retro-themed design and customisable screen, the TH80 Pro V2 VIA aims to set itself apart from the competition.  Equipped with 79 keys, …

While IPS offers excellent colour range, it does not come close to matching the true black levels of an OLED display. However, LG has been working to improve this with its IPS Black technology. Now, LG is launching two new 4K displays with IPS Black implemented, bringing deeper blacks to …

With the rapid rate of technological progress over the decades, many older games no longer hold up to current day TVs and monitors both technically and technologically. In some instances, even modern systems are far behind the curve of video output, with a number of Nintendo Switch titles turning into a bit of a blurry/aliased mess when blown up on a big screen. This is where the mClassic comes in: a HDMI-based hardware upscaler offering “Real-Time Redrawing of Each and Every Pixel.”

We've seen plenty of pre-release CPU benchmarks over the years thanks to public benchmark databases. Most recently, the first Ryzen 9050 APU appeared in one such database, giving us a promising look at its potential.  The Geekbench entry spotted by Benchleaks is from an AMD APU with the OPN (product) …

People Can Fly has been keeping itself busy since the release of Outriders. The studio has had multiple other games in the works, including one known as Project Dagger. While initially planned to be published by Take-Two, this deal was later scrapped, leaving People Can Fly to self-publish. Now, after …

Last week, we reported on the current troublesome state of Cities: Skylines II. Though the devs warned players ahead of launch, the 2023 title has been and continues to be plagued with all manner of performance issues – leading to a recent apology from the devs and publishers. Promising to …

Music can play a major role in elevating video games from being a good game, to a great one. Sadly, access to video game music – especially from Japan – has historically been limited. Fortunately, SEGA has been much more proactive with bringing its OSTs to music streaming services in …

The list of games supporting Intel XeSS keeps growing, with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Remnant II, and Horizon Forbidden West being the latest titles to support Intel's upscaling technology. Previously, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora only supported Nvidia DLSS 2 and AMD FSR 3. However, with Intel XeSS, it's positioning itself …

AMD is reportedly set to expand its EPYC CPU line-up with a new variation, the EPYC 4004. This new family of data-centre processors is expected to join an expanded selection of EPYC Zen 4 CPUs spanning five segments, with up to 128 cores. A report from Hoang Anh Phu (via …

The Gran Turismo series is no stranger to adding odd or unique vehicles to its games. From concept cars to a moon rover, Polyphony Digital manages to show its appreciation to vehicles of all sorts. As part of GT7’s latest update, Sony’s own currently-unreleased Afeela Prototype can now be driven. …

As part of the PlayStation 5’s launch, Sony offered 20 PS4 titles for free to all those with a PlayStation Plus subscription. One of the included games was Fallout 4 (since then also finding its way onto PS Plus Extra). With FO4’s next-gen update finally available to download and play, …

BlizzCon made its grand return in 2023, after a four year hiatus. Unfortunately, it looks like the event is on the ropes once again, with plans for BlizzCon 2024 being scrapped.  BlizzCon is by no means a cheap event to run, but it has been a core part of the …

When KitGuru toured ASUS' main office in Taipei back in December last year, we were given early access to a lot of products that would only be seen by the rest of the world at CES. Alongside the usual array of ROG/TUF components and peripherals, we were also shown many …

While the Apple Vision Pro got off to a hot start with surprisingly positive reviews, many have since commented about not having many reasons to use it since. On top of that, it would seem that sales have fallen flat, leading to reports of a cancelled follow-up headset, as well …

Nintendo has made plenty of headlines recently, having successfully shut down the popular Switch emulator, Yuzu, earlier this year. Now, Nintendo is turning its attention to copyrighted mods, aiming for the removal of hundreds of Steam Workshop items for the game Garry's Mod. Garry's Mod is two decades old at …

Helldivers 2 has been a huge hit over the past couple of months, maintaining a massive playerbase eager to stay up to date on new content across PS5 and PlayStation. Currently, the game is a PS5 console exclusive, but recent rumours suggest that may change.  Xbox Era's Nick Baker has …

For the first time, GeForce Now is getting support for Battle.net titles. This opens the door for many of Blizzard's games to be streamable after years of staying off the cloud. Several Activision titles also joined GeForce Now recently, including Call of Duty. To kick things off, the first wave …

We're still awaiting news on the next major Xbox Games Showcase, which is due to take place this June. Still, the Xbox team does have other announcements to make in the meantime, so there will be an indie-focused showcase next week. The next ID@Xbox Digital Showcase has been announced, scheduled …

Cooler Master is aiming to impress again with its latest case, the MasterBox 600. Offering support for ‘zero cable' motherboards and up to 420mm liquid cooling radiators for a pristine and powerful build.  Several motherboard makers kicked off the year by unveiling their new back-connected motherboard designs, in which the …

After a number of delays, Bethesda is finally rolling out the next-gen update for Fallout 4 today on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles. PC players are also getting an update today, including some new Creation Club content, as well as bug fixes and new features like support for ultrawide …

Sea of Thieves is officially coming to PS5 this month after several years of Xbox console exclusivity. While the game isn't set to roll out to all until the 30th of April, those who pick up the game's Ultimate Edition can start playing this weekend. Those who pre-order the Sea …

Fallout 76 got off to a spectacularly poor start, but after years of updates, the game is in a much better place nowadays. We've already heard extensively about the effect that the Fallout TV series has had on the playercounts for all games in the series. However, it would seem …