After withdrawing its search services in China for a number of years, Google has been making effort to re-enter the market with a censored version of Google Search known as Dragonfly. Speaking about the project for the first time, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that tests are going “very …
Read More »Corsair launches Force Series MP510 SSDs, the company’s fastest storage to date
Corsair has a long-standing reputation in the SSD world and while the company has remained quiet on the storage front this year, that is changing today. This week, Corsair announced the new Force Series MP510 M.2 NVMe SSD, delivering more performance in capacities all the way up to 2TB. The …
Read More »Discord launches its Store worldwide and makes changes to its Nitro subscription service
Discord started its journey as a versatile platform, specialising in voice, text and image before expanding into video chat late last year. Having completed its initial beta tests, Discord is now ready to expand into the video game market, launching its store worldwide. The new feature was announced back in …
Read More »Huawei updates its triple-camera setup for the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro
Today in London, Huawei announced its latest smartphones – the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro. These build on the success of Huawei's P20 series that launched last March with bigger and better screens, increased battery capacity and an updated triple-camera setup. We went hands-on with the new phones to tell …
Read More »MSI RTX 2070 Armor 8G Unboxing – GTX 1080 killer?
RTX 2070 is now out in the wild, and here we unbox the MSI RTX 2070 Armor 8G card and give you a quick overview of the features and design
Read More »OnePlus will be stripping back its OxygenOS for a faster experience
While Android continues to flourish as a diverse market, one of the biggest complaints is how manufacturers bloat Google’s base operating system. Although OnePlus has always embraced pure Android, it teased that a more streamlined experience is coming to its proprietary OxygenOS in time for the OnePlus 6T. Based on …
Read More »Facebook readies its banhammer as rules tighten against voting misinformation
Last week, Facebook managed to proudly clamp down on hundreds of accounts geared towards fake news and misinformation ahead of the US midterm elections. Due to growing tensions with Congress, however, the social network isn’t stopping there as Facebook broadens its policies against voter manipulation. While false dates, times, locations …
Read More »Sony reportedly fixes PS4 messaging bug
Over the weekend, a nasty PS4 messaging bug came to light, which would ‘brick' consoles by sending them into a constant crash loop. Some players used this to their advantage by sending a string of characters to PS4 players on opposing teams to force them out of a game. It …
Read More »Valve quells Artifact balance worries by stating cheaper cards will build the metagame
Valve revealed that its upcoming card game, Artifact, would utilise the Steam Marketplace in order to openly buy and sell cards, prompting worries over the game’s balance. Fortunately, the developers behind the game are confident that the price of powerful cards will remain in check thanks to cheaper decks becoming …
Read More »Rockstar touches on Red Dead Redemption 2 length, cuts and development crunch
Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading our way at the end of next week, which means it is all hands on deck at Rockstar as the team prepares for launch. As part of an interview this week, Rockstar did manage to spark some controversy, after talking about 100-hour work weeks …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey Gameplay Part 2
Last week, I posted an hour and a half of gameplay from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, complete with first impressions and a dive into the new RPG elements that Ubisoft has added to the series. Due to how vast this game is, and how many hours it would take to complete, …
Read More »DRAM and NAND prices set to drop this year ahead of steep decline in 2019
Although Intel’s 14nm CPU shortage wasn’t the most welcome news last month, it did enable DRAMeXchange to tease a much-needed price decline within both the DRAM and NAND markets. This is set to steepen throughout 2019, however weak price trends suggest that we could see significant price drops by the …
Read More »Sony posts job listings in preperation for next-generation PlayStation
While there are hopes that the next-generation of consoles could arrive as early as next year, it’s worth remembering that Sony has only just made its tentatively titled PlayStation 5 official. In fact, the company is still getting the ball rolling, actively recruiting for a senior product manager and senior …
Read More »Retested Intel i9-9900K comparisons show just 12 percent increase over AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X
Last week, Intel-commissioned benchmarks from Principled Technologies were heavily chastised for their misleading comparisons to competition. Originally claiming to be up to 50 percent faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X, promised re-tests under fair conditions show that the Intel i9-9900K is actually a much more marginal 12 percent quicker than …
Read More »Paradox is upgrading its strategy game engine to be more friendly to modders, artists and writers
Paradox is well-known for some of the best grand strategy games around, including the likes of Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron and Stellaris. In the future, Paradox will be working to make its titles easier to mod, in large part thanks to an upgraded engine. In an interview with VentureBeat …
Read More »Facebook’s ongoing investigation whittles compromised accounts down to 30 million
A new Facebook vulnerability was discovered and stomped out two weeks ago, with the social media site claiming up to 50 million accounts could have had personal information exposed. An ongoing investigation by the social media site has since ruled 20 million of those accounts as safe, with the remaining …
Read More »Messaging bug sees PS4 consoles temporarily bricked
We've seen weird messaging bugs creep into the smartphone space over the last couple of years but it looks like this issue is starting to affect consoles too. Over the weekend, numerous reports surfaced of PlayStation 4 consoles crashing after receiving a malicious message. As HuntStark notes on Reddit, some …
Read More »Star Citizen’s celebrity-clad Squadron 42 trailer boosts crowdfunding by over $1m
Cloud Imperium Games pushed its Alpha 3.3 into Star Citizen’s public test servers last week, alongside debuting the most complete trailer for its celebrity-filled Squadron 42 single-player campaign yet. Over the next few days, the developer saw a steady flow of income as the game received another $1 million in …
Read More »Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is breaking digital sales records
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII launched over the weekend and the game is already breaking records. The lack of single-player campaign this year doesn't seem to be bothering many, physical sales for the game are down but launch day digital sales have gone through the roof. Activision has announced …
Read More »Win an RTX 2080 PC from PC Specialist! (closed)
The KitGuru Community Awards are back again this year! Let us know what you think and feel free to enter the prize draw to win a brand new PC with an RTX 2080!
Read More »Samsung reveals that its foldable smartphone will double up as a tablet
Competition is heating up in the foldable smartphone market, as Microsoft, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung have all expressed prolonged interest in the technology. Samsung mobile head has finally shed some light on its long-in-development device, revealing that the device can be expected to double up as a tablet that …
Read More »id Software and Doom co-creator settles legal fight with ZeniMax
Doom co-creator John Carmack has been in legal conflict with ZeniMax since early last year, claiming that the publisher owed him $22.5 million for their purchase of id Software in 2009. Although Carmack’s role as Oculus’ CTO is still the centre of a separate ongoing lawsuit, he has stated that …
Read More »EA confirms that its Command & Conquer remasters won’t house microtransactions
Electronic Arts producer Jim Vessella teased the return of Command & Conquer to PC earlier this week, asking fans what they thought of a potential remaster for the 25th anniversary. Answering questions on the same Reddit post, Vessella has reassured disgruntled fans that EA has no plans to implement the …
Read More »Fallout 76 mods are “definitely coming” but could take a while
Bethesda’s games are famous for their extensive library of modifications, granting the ability to alter the default user interface to changing Skyrim’s dragons into Thomas the Tank Engine. While the publisher assures fans that Fallout 76 will definitely get mod support, it could take a lot longer due to the …
Read More »Win a STEAM game of your choice this weekend! (closed)
We’re returning this week with another game giveaway. Over the weekend, we are running a caption contest, the winner of which will receive a STEAM game of their choice!
Read More »Microsoft sheds its aggressive patent control to support Linux, making 60,000 open-source
Over the years, Microsoft has been notoriously protective over its patents, engaging in numerous lawsuits against Linux-based technology for infringement. In an unprecedented move, it looks like the firm is now ready to bury the hatchet as it joins the Open Invention Network and makes a whopping 60,000 Microsoft-owned patents …
Read More »ASUS Zenbook Event with KitGuru’s STORM
KitGuru's Storm met up with Nate at ASUS at their Zenbook event in London.
Read More »Brazil demands Valve to remove political game from Steam amid elections
Valve has found itself the subject of a Brazilian investigation, after Steam’s increasingly relaxed approach allowed BS Studios to launch 2D brawler Bolsomito 2K18. Brazil’s Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories alleges that the game’s violent nature is likely to affect the country's presidential election, and has therefore …
Read More »Diablo Reign of Terror teased, Diablo III to get cross-platform multiplayer
Blizzcon is coming up in a month's time but it looks like two pieces of interesting Diablo-related information have made it out ahead of time. For starters, Blizzard is working on something called ‘Diablo: Reign of Terror' and secondly, cross-platform play is officially in the works for Diablo III. Diablo …
Read More »Samsung might wave goodbye to the headphone jack after next year’s Galaxy S10
Much to the displeasure of its fans, OnePlus has given up the 3.5mm headphone jack, supposedly leaving LG, Vivo and Samsung as the final flagships to support the legacy port. Although next year’s Galaxy S10 is rumoured to retain the connector, new reports suggest that it could very well be …
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