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It seems that Microsoft is generating excitement for its exclusive deal to launch PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on its Xbox One next week. The publisher has plans to mimic PUBG’s iconic supply drops by placing three real-life crates across the cities of Australia. One crate will each be placed in Sydney, Melbourne …

Earlier this week, Qualcomm officially announced its Snapdragon 845 chip that will presumably power the majority of flagship smartphones throughout 2018. Details were originally scarce, but the company has since given a full rundown of what to expect from the new mobile processor. Upgrading from the Snapdragon 835’s Kryo 280, …

Despite Rockstar’s push on Grand Theft Auto Online, Heists haven’t been seen since it released back in early 2015. Fans need fear not, though, as The Doomsday Heist breaks that near-three-year dry spell, coming in with an outlandish trailer before its December 12th release date. This comes as a surprising …

If you happen to be an Oculus Rift owner, then you've likely gotten used to UI at this point. Previously when putting on a Rift headset, you'd find yourself staring at a floating screen, with quick access to the store, your list of installed games/apps and your friends list. Now, …

Its an action packed week - Leo ponders some of the latest news and presents his own unique take on it all.

While pricing across the board may be somewhat questionable, there may be a good number of you out there looking for a GTX 1070Ti with a beefy cooler to offer quieter operation. This week, EVGA has launched the GTX 1070Ti FTW Ultra Silent Edition, featuring a new 2.5 slot cooler …

Discord has grown exponentially over the course of 2017, nearing 90 million users in total and projected 100 million by early next year. This is all thanks to the company’s attitude to improving the service, adding new features and addressing the constant security concerns of what is an accessible platform …

This time last year, Sony revealed that it had managed to sell over 50 million PS4s so far this generation. This announcement closely followed the launches of the PS4 Pro and PSVR, so how has Sony's hardware been doing since then? Well unsurprisingly, it is still selling at an incredibly …

A couple of weeks ago we learned that Uber suffered from a hack affecting 57 million users worldwide. The company only came clean about the hack 13 months after it took place, as Uber's former chief of security paid the hacker $100,000 under the guise of a bug bounty to …

Earlier this week, we saw Bitcoin managing to hit the $10,000 value landmark. In the days following, it has shot up well past that number, with the cryptocurrency now sitting at $15,000 in value per coin. Bitcoin crossed the $15,000 mark for the first time earlier today, marking another major …

It looks like the rumors surrounding Apple's 2018 iPhone plans are already beginning to swirl. In November, an analyst predicted that Apple would release a bigger 6.1-inch iPhone next year but with a traditional LCD display, rather than the OLED tech used on the iPhone X. Now, another source has …

The Game Awards is set to kick off later today at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. We already know that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro will be making an appearance, but it also looks like the folks at 4A Games will also be showing up. Earlier this week, …

Taking selfies with a gesture, automatically augmenting male and female faces in photos and the ability to match over 30 faces a second are just some of the claims made by George Zhao, President of Honor – a brand of Huawei that specialises in low to mid-range smartphones. KitGuru was at …

Destiny players are no stranger to overpowered weapons making their way into the game, as the first title brought in the infamous Vex Mythoclast. Destiny 2’s The Curse of Osiris expansion brings with it something much worse, the Prometheus Lens. That’s not to say that The Curse of Osiris is …

Due to the fanfare surrounding digital currencies last year, Steam began accepting Bitcoin as an official method of payment for its games and services. Since then, the Bitcoin network has been charging more for transaction fees despite rapid changes in its valuation, causing Valve’s gaming platform to drop the method …

If you haven’t heard of Dynamic Pixels’ upcoming survival horror Hello Neighbor, then you’re missing out as it takes a contemporary look into the over-saturated genre using artificial intelligence. A new trailer has dropped in preparation for its release later this week, showing more of its sneaky, creepy action in …

Google and Amazon have been embroiled in a tit for tat dispute for quite some time now, with each company taking pot shots at the other’s source of revenue. Now, it seems that Google will go as far as to remove its YouTube from all Amazon products by the end …

As we approach 2018, many are wondering what new features phones will possess, including what will power them. Many devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S9 have already been rumoured to include Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 SoC, which seems all the more likely now the processor has been confirmed to appear …

Update (06/12/17): AMD has released a brief statement regarding the recent RX 560 mix up. Earlier this week it came to light that an updated version of the RX 560 had hit the market with fewer Compute Units and Stream Processors. There was no clear separation of the two versions …

It looks like Yahoo and Mozilla are getting into a legal scuffle. Back in 2014, Mozilla and Yahoo struck a deal, ensuring that Yahoo would be the default search engine on Firefox through to 2019. However, Mozilla has pulled the plug on the deal ahead of schedule, claiming that it …

After plenty of teases and screenshot reveals, today Bluehole finally named PUBG's upcoming desert map and revealed key details about its various locations. The desert map is now called ‘Miramar' and it contains two major city locations ‘Los Leones' and ‘El Pozo'. In Los Leones, players will encounter the largest …

It looks like there is a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were expecting. Rather than a Valve-made sequel to Portal 1 and 2, today ‘Headup Games' announced that they would be releasing ‘Bridge Constructor Portal', a spin-off of the Bridge Constructor series. Headup …

Back in November, Hawaii representative, Chris Lee, rose to prominence in the gaming scene after he called out Star Wars Battlefront II's loot box system, blasting EA's microtransaction scheme as a ‘predatory practice'. He also branded the game as a ‘Star Wars-themed online casino' in a video announcing his plans …

While Qualcomm might be losing Apple's business next year while their legal quarrel rages on, the chip maker has found a new customer to sell its LTE modems to. This week, AMD announced that it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to get Snapdragon LTE modems working with AMD Ryzen mobile …

It looks like AMD's next generation graphics cards will be getting a memory boost, as the company has begun work on a GDDR6 memory controller. We already know that companies like Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix have begun work on GDDR6. Now we know that AMD has its hands on …

This week, Nvidia has expanded the pool of GPUs that can take advantage of the Nvidia GPU Cloud, allowing developers and data scientists to build and test machine learning systems on their own PCs before moving on to something more powerful. The software tool released this week means that TITAN …

Cooler Master is bolstering its RGB efforts this week with the launch of two new all-in-one liquid coolers. Today, the MasterLiquid ML240L RGB and MasterLiquid ML120L RGB hit the market, both featuring a dual chamber pump for increased reliability and a low resistance radiator. Of course the big takeaway here …

Since AMD launched its Vega line of graphics cards, many have speculated about a potential budget card. This became known as Vega 11, which might actually be here sooner than you think, but not in the way you would imagine. AMD’s business development manager, as well as product manager for …

Following on from its sizeable expansion this year, the developers behind indie hit Darkest Dungeon have revealed what’s in store next year. Beyond celebration of its 2-year anniversary, The Color of Madness DLC is set to launch during Spring 2018. Continuing the macabre, Lovecraftian adventures set in the village of …

Samsung is back in the labs, this time producing the industry’s first 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS). According to the firm, this new chip boasts incredible speed and is being developed for “next generation” smartphones, which could include the tentatively titled Samsung Galaxy S9. While consumers won’t care too …