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According to reports, vendors are anticipating an average GPU price reduction of 20% in July as crypto demand continues to weaken.

Resident Evil is one of the most loved franchises in gaming, with what is seen by many as one of the best remakes of all time. Colloquially known as REMake, the remake of Resident Evil 1 is often on many top games lists. Resident Evil 2 isn’t going in the …

Two weeks ago, European Parliament sent the media world into a frenzy by pushing legislation that threatened to dismantle the internet as we currently know it. Fortunately, the all-important vote has seen both Article 11 and 13 thrown out, meaning copyright laws are to remain as they are for the …

The battle between Fortnite and PUBG isn’t just happening on PC and consoles, but on mobile too. Both Battle Royale games have been heavily competing for player numbers, and while it looks like PUBG has more downloads than Fortnite on mobile, Epic Games' is making a lot more money. The …

Last week, Chinese smartphone giant, Xiaomi, opened itself up on the Hong Kong stock exchange, raising an eye-watering $4.72 billion. Initially, the company was seeking $6.1 billion, but that isn't stopping the company from looking to make a splash in the US market. Xiaomi's Senior Vice President, Wang Xiang, spoke …

Much to the dismay of its fans, Ubisoft revealed that the future of its titles lies with games-as-a-service, providing players with continues strings of content in the aftermath of release. With the controversial new direction taken by Fallout 76, many feared that Bethesda was heading down the same path. Luckily, …

Introduced in August last year, Android Oreo has just about managed to reach 5.7 percent of devices on the market, a staggeringly low figure in comparison to that of its predecessor. Despite this, Google is pushing forward on its next iteration, rolling out Beta 3 of its impending Android P. …

Stylish is often viewed as a great extension, allowing users to customise a website's look to their liking. It also doubled as one of the top recommended extensions on Chrome and Firefox. Unfortunately, its reputation has been somewhat tarnished this week, as it was discovered that the extension was logging …

The Steam Summer Sale will be coming to a close shortly, but first, Valve is taking the opportunity to reveal the top selling games on Steam so far in 2018. As we saw in the 2017 bestsellers list, games are broken down into platinum, gold, silver and bronze categories. Perhaps …

It seems as though Netflix is keen to shake up its current subscriptions, trialling changes made to its Premium tier and introducing the brand new ‘Ultra’ package. Instead of expanding what its subscriptions offer, however, it seems as though the streaming giant is simply offering all it used to for …

The loot box narrative continues, as French regulator ARJEL released its 2017-18 activity report. While it determined that loot boxes don’t legally pertain to gambling, the practice does warrant a closer look from the board, with ARJEL stating that Europe should form a combined consensus on the matter, rather than …

Seagate is of course well known in the hard drive space thanks to its popular BarraCuda and IronWolf series of storage drives. While HDDs have been Seagate's main focus for years now, the company is beginning to make some moves in the consumer SSD space, starting with the launch of …

Mechanical keyboards are a staple for many serious PC gaming set ups. These switches offer more tactile feedback, faster actuation and longer life spans. However, with so many different kinds of switches floating around, it can be confusing to decide which one to go with. Today we'll be going over the different mechanical switches currently on the market, explaining what each of them do differently.

While Intel's 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors haven't been around for all that long, we've known for a while that something new is right around the corner. This week, a microcode update accidentally leaked a few details on Intel's upcoming 9th Gen processors, which will utilise the Coffee Lake-S architecture. Recently, …

President Trump’s effort to lift the ban on Chinese mobile manufacturer ZTE is beginning to come into effect, as the United States is once again allowing the company to support its existing products. It seems that the US is taking baby steps with the handset maker, however, as ZTE is …

Update (04/07/18): This week, Sega announced that the remasters of Shenmue 1 & 2 were set to launch on August 21st. Following the reveal, the publisher launched a short FAQ on its website that delves into what we can expect, including the unfortunate revelation that the PC version will only …

Upon launching its £799 Vive Pro back in April, HTC made the curious decision to ship the device without controllers or base stations, forcing early adopters to either recycle first-generation hardware or purchase them separately. Although it’s taken three months, the company is now offering a full kit at an …

We’ve all heard the stories of someone talking about cat food and then all sudden getting an adverts on Facebook for it. A group of academics must have had enough of it and decided to put these eavesdropping rumours to the test. Unfortunately for the conspiracy theorists out there, the …

While Nintendo's E3 presentation this year was great for fans of Smash Bros, there wasn't much shown outside of that. This has led to some disappointment amongst Nintendo fans, especially after the console's excellent first year on the market. Nintendo's outgoing president, Tatsumi Kimishima, attempted to quell concerns this week, …

Despite being known for its open world single-player experiences, Ubisoft has found tremendous success in recent years thanks to ongoing games-as-a-service titles that constantly provide smaller chunks of content across the years. Vice president Lionel Raynaud has stated that Ubisoft intends to continue this approach, leaving behind one-shot narratives in …

Last week, publisher Gearbox got another chance to convince the Australian Classification Board to give We Happy Few a rating. Following a successful appeal, the title will now see a release in the country under an R 18+ classification. Australia originally refused We Happy Few a rating back in May, …

The Steam Summer Sale is here once again, so we've put together a list of games that we believe are well worth checking out.

With Facebook being the giant power house that it is, the company has acquired its fair share of competing social media platforms in its time. From Instagram to WhatsApp, and to a lesser extent, Oculus. Now, Facebook has announced that it will actually be trimming some fat, with plans to …

While we run many of our own competitions here at KitGuru, every so often we'll spot one running elsewhere on the web and share it with our readers. This week, we noticed that be quiet! is running a new giveaway for a Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 case this …

Cooler Master’s H-Series has seen a steady release of new models across the past year, with the MasterCase H500P and H500M both receiving glowing reviews here at KitGuru. Expanding its line-up once more, Cooler Master has launched the standard MasterCase H500, streamlining the case by shedding the extras of its …

Samsung first showed off its 8K TVs at CES earlier this year, asserting the company's desire to make the resolution mainstream, despite 4K just starting to break ground. At the recent QLED & Advanced Displays summit in Los Angeles, Samsung once again spoke about its desire to get 8K TVs …

It wasn’t too long ago that Samsung had to recall the Galaxy Note 7 after a huge number of reports surrounding battery failures and explosions. The company had a quiet 2017 free of these issues, but now this year, something new has come to light. Recently, the updated Samsung Messages …

Fortnite is the most popular game in the world right now, there is no denying that. As with any popular game, there is a subset of people that just want to cheat on it. Fortnite is no different, but the number of hack tools available for the game all contain …

A couple of years back as Wii U sales continued to struggle, Nintendo turned to mobile gaming to gain a quick revenue boost. This new mobile game initiative kicked off with Super Mario Run for iOS and Android. However, unlike other games, Super Mario Run landed with a $10 price …

Bethesda has been doing a lot of damage control upon the reveal of Fallout 76’s always-online requirement, stating that it has plans in store to combat griefers and harassment. While it’s still exploring various methods to prevent it from turning out like the chaotic Fallout 4-76 mod, at least one …