We have reached day 22 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are teaming up with Fractal Design to give away a brand new Define S2 case and a Celsius S36 AIO liquid cooler!
Read More »KitGuru Router Guide 2018 – downloadable PDF format
Even the fastest internet connections can be crippled by a weak router or poor topography. To help guide you through the maze of buying the best products for your needs, KitGuru decided to create a Technology Buyer’s Guide to routers. The advice given has been based around KitGuru reviews this …
Read More »Respawn Entertainment job listings certainly suggest Titanfall 3 is in the works
Titanfall 2 certainly had a rough launch, with its commercial downfall attributed to the poor release schedule sandwiching it between Call of Duty and Battlefield. Despite this, the series has seemingly escaped outright cancellation from its trigger happy publisher, with developer Respawn Entertainment still hiring people for a Titanfall project. …
Read More »The standard Huawei P30 “promises to be another imaging powerhouse” according to leak
Update (21/12/18): Earlier this week, Huawei’s tentatively titled P30 Pro made headlines as rumours began swirling around its supposed 4-lens rear camera setup. According to reliable leaker Evan Blass, the standard Huawei P30 sounds an awful lot like the current Mate 20 Pro flagship. Citing inside sources who have reportedly …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 21: Win one of TWO Kingston HyperX prize bundles! (closed)
We have reached day 21 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are teaming up with Kingston HyperX to give away two prize bundles! One featuring a HyperX SSD and RAM and another featuring a brand new gaming keyboard and mouse.
Read More »Street Fighter V ditches the season pass model in favour of individual DLC
Capcom has long relied on the season pass model in Street Fighter V, releasing public roadmaps for fighters ahead of time at a discounted rate. The release of Kage changed this, resulting in many speculating what the future might be for the flagship fighting game. Kage debuted at the start …
Read More »Valve adds progression, earnable rewards and balance changes to Artifact
After Artifact launched, it became clear that Valve's original vision for the game didn't necessarily line up with what many players wanted. Since then, the Artifact team has been working on updating the game, adding in a free (but rewardless) draft mode, ways to generate extra event tickets by recycling …
Read More »Star Citizen developer aims to Beta test single-player Squadron 42 in 2020
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) has had quite the lucrative year, with Star Citizen breaching the $200 million milestone and launching its first planet, Hurston. In an end-of-year letter, CEO Chris Roberts revealed that CIG had secured an addition private investment of $46 million, as well as launched its Squadron 42 …
Read More »Facebook is accused of granting business partners intrusive access to user data
Facebook is capping off the year in the same way that it started it, knee-deep in a controversy surrounding privacy. Although the social network refrained from selling user data directly, it apparently had no qualms in forming special partnerships with major tech companies that granted intrusive access to its users’ …
Read More »The Walking Dead: The Final Season goes back on sale as an Epic Store exclusive
Skybound Games finally managed to solidify a release date for the anticipated third episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season last week, making its way into the hands of players on January 15, 2019. This was great news for returning players, but newcomers were sadly left unable to purchase …
Read More »GRIS (PC) – Gameplay and Walkthrough
GRIS was released on the 13th of December and my goodness let me tell you how positively beautiful and breath taking this game is visually. This indie action-adventure platformer is already garnering extremely positive reviews across the board, today we'll be taking a closer look at it ourselves. GRIS has …
Read More »Qualcomm has been granted a preliminary injunction against the sale of iPhones in Germany
Tension between Qualcomm and Apple escalated last week, after the chipmaker won a preliminary injunction preventing the sale of older iPhones in China. Apple now has to fight the same battle on two fronts as Qualcomm brings the legal proceedings to German court; however the iPhone maker can delay immediate …
Read More »Fallout 76 will get more detailed patch notes and unrestricted PvP mode in 2019
Fallout 76 is Bethesda’s first attempt at bringing official player versus player action into its iconic post-apocalyptic wasteland, understandably carrying with it a few caveats. The developer will be changing things up in a newly announced game mode, set to bring unrestricted PvP early next year. As it stands, PvP …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 20: Win a G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal 16GB RAM kit! (closed)
We have reached day 20 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are moving away from peripherals and teaming up with G.Skill to give away a brand new Trident Z Royal 16GB RAM kit!
Read More »Insomniac’s Spider-Man gets Sam Raimi’s movie suit as a special, free holiday gift
Insomniac’s Spider-Man is chock-full of interesting costume choices, however fans have been clamouring for one in particular – Sam Raimi’s iconic Hollywood incarnation from 2002. It increasingly looked unlikely that this would appear given that the game’s three-part DLC concludes on December 21st, however PlayStation 4 fans can now rejoice …
Read More »Apple tells iPad Pro 2018 users that some bending is normal
Back in 2014, Apple suffered a controversy aptly named ‘Bendgate’, in which iPhone 6 Plus smartphones showed a distinct fragility when it came to bending due to everyday use. Sadly, a similar problem has once again reared its head with the latest iPad Pro, but Apple has justified the seemingly …
Read More »Microsoft scrambles to patch an actively exploited critical Internet Explorer flaw
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update on Wednesday, December 19, in an attempt to stop attackers from exploiting a critical vulnerability within Internet Explorer (IE). Despite being replaced by Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, IE is still utilised on previous operating systems as the default browser and comprises the …
Read More »Shawn Levy drops Uncharted to direct another video game-based movie
You’d think that translating Naughty Dog’s Uncharted into film would be easy given its narrative-heavy approach, but the movie adaptation has once again hit a bump in the road. Uncharted’s director has once again dropped the project, with Shawn Levy leaving to direct Fox’s Free Guy, another film taking place …
Read More »DDR4 RAM prices seem to be fairly good right now
RAM prices have been in a constant state of flux over the last few years. Most of the time, picking up a 3000MHz+ 16GB kit will set you back close to, if not more than £200 here in the UK. Fortunately, memory pricing is predicted to be coming down over …
Read More »be quiet! celebrates the holiday season with a huge PC hardware giveaway
We like to run a lot of our own competitions here at KitGuru but sometimes, we'll spot one running elsewhere that would be of interest to regular readers. Today, be quiet! launched its own competition for the holiday season, giving you a chance to win some extra hardware goodies over …
Read More »Epic Games is being sued by 2 Milly, Alfonso Ribeiro and Backpack Kid over Fortnite dances
Aside from its outlandish art style and build-mode gameplay, Fortnite is known for its use of iconic dances as emotes. The creators of these dances aren’t happy that Epic Games is profiting in the millions from their hard work without compensation, resulting in multiple lawsuits from rapper 2 Milly, Backpack …
Read More »Voting for the Steam Awards 2018 will kick off at the same time as the Winter Sale
As expected, Steam’s 12th Annual Winter Sale will land tomorrow, December 20, bringing with it some of the best price reductions of 2018’s brightest and best games. Valve will also be opening up the ballot for its Steam Awards 2018, which now has a list comprised of the final nominees. …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 19: Win a full set of Corsair RGB gaming gear! (closed)
For day 19 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, the peripheral theme continues! Today, we have teamed up with CORSAIR to go all out on RGB, with a K70 MK.2 SE keyboard, an M65 gaming mouse accompanied by an MM800C RGB mouse pad and finally, a Corsair VOID Wireless gaming headset with an ST100 RGB stand.
Read More »Miscreated’s version 1.0 is still a beta, according to the developers
Survival horror DayZ gained momentum last month after a lengthy, troubled development, finally hitting full release on December 13th. Miscreated isn’t far behind the game that undoubtedly inspired it, however it seems to break convention by classing its version 1.0 as a beta instead of a full release. “Version 1.0 …
Read More »My Hero Academia’s Izuku Midoriya joins Jump Force
Super Smash Bros Ultimate might be the most talked about brawler at the moment, but that doesn’t mean Jump Force fans are being left behind. Despite a lack of representation during the beta, it turns out My Hero Academia’s main character Izuku Midoriya will be included in the game after …
Read More »Netflix files a complaint with newly opened Thai anti-piracy organization
In order to better protect copyright from rampant piracy within the country, Thailand opened up a new anti-piracy agency called COPTICS earlier this week. With millions spent on its own content, Netflix has been quick to utilise the new department, becoming one of the first to file a copyright complaint. …
Read More »Former Telltale lead writer finds a home at Insomniac Games
Many former Telltale staff are still seeking new jobs after the collapse of the studio back in September, with some temporarily flocking to Skybound Games to finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Lead writer Mary Kenney has since secured a position at Insomniac Games, the developer most recently known …
Read More »Germany plans to take Nintendo to court over no-refund policy on eShop
Usually Nintendo is the one dishing out legal action, but this time the Japanese company has come under fire from German regulators. The German Consumer Protection Authority (VZBV) has highlighted Nintendo’s lack of cancellation methods when pre-ordering games on the eShope as a violation of consumer law. At the beginning …
Read More »Razer’s mouse and keyboard for Xbox One shown off ahead of CES reveal
After three and a half years of waiting, Microsoft has finally delivered on its promise to bring mouse and keyboard support to the Xbox One, with a number of games already supported. As part of the launch, Razer has been poised to release its own wireless mouse/keyboard combo targeted at …
Read More »David Hayter returns as Solid Snake in The Night Before Metal Gear holiday reading
Voice actor Cam Clarke celebrated the 20th anniversary of Metal Gear Solid back in October, by reviving Liquid Snake for a special Halloween poem. With Christmas just around the corner, Clarke continued his newfound holiday tradition by bringing David Hayter’s Solid Snake along for the ride, reading “The Night Before …
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