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Digital Homicide, the studio perhaps most famous for releasing bad games and then trying to take legal action against those with negative feedback, recently had one of its two massive lawsuits dismissed. Last year, Digital Homicide's James Romine filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against game critic Jim Sterling but this …

Today has been a big day for AMD, not only is Ryzen confirmed to begin shipping on the 2nd of March but pre-orders are set to go live later today and pricing appears to be very competitive against Intel's high-end i7 CPUs. While we only got confirmation of US pricing …

It looks like Nvidia is planning a GTX 1080Ti reveal for GDC after all. Last week we learned that Nvidia was planning on holding a ‘fan event' on the 28th of February but we were unsure whether or not there would be a livestream, calling into question the likelihood of …

Not too much is known about Samsung's upcoming flagship device, the Galaxy S8, but as we edge closer to its expected March unveiling, leaks are giving us a good look. The latest one is a picture of the Galaxy S8 with the screen on, which shows us just how much …

Toymail, the company that makes plushies which feature smartphone connectivity so that kids can stay in touch with their parents without staring at a screen, has now introduced an app store for its fuzzy little smart-toys. The Toymail Cloud store features audio-exclusive apps, which can help kids sleep, or alter …

Valve has announced that it is ditching the requirement of a $3,000 training course to become a SteamVR tracking partner, meaning just about anyone can make SteamVR enabled hardware. While the course and in-person training will still be available for those who want it, Valve is also making much of …

Following lengthy debates and much fall out at the news that Yahoo had suffered a number of breaches over the past few years, a deal has been reached for the planned Verizon buyout. It won't be quite the near $5 billion initially offered, but neither has Yahoo lost a billion …

Although gaming isn't as harmful for you as the tabloids would suggest, marathon sessions do seem to have some potential for health concerns. In the case of one Twitch streamer, fatally so, as 22 hours into a 25 hour gaming marathon, he died from what are currently considered unknown causes. …

It looks like the first signs of Nvidia's upcoming Volta architecture are starting to appear as recently the team behind AIDA64 spotted references to Nvidia's next generation flagship GPU in a new driver. It seems that the AIDA64 team were digging around Nvidia's latest driver looking for traces of the …

With the Ryzen launch now imminent, we are starting to see more and more leaks. We have had quite a bit of early information over the last few weeks, from pricing information to retail packaging and new stock coolers. However, today, something a bit more juicy appeared on the web- …

The robot revolution isn't quite here yet but it looks like Bill Gates is thinking ahead by proposing a ‘robot tax' to offset the job losses that will occur as machines start carrying out more tasks and replacing humans. The idea seems to be, since we tax human workers on their …

Microsoft has been drip feeding us details about the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update for a few months now and while it is set to be a major update, Microsoft does have more planned for the rest of 2017. The Creators Update will bring along native Windows support for things …

Last year, Bethesda announced that it would be reworking Fallout 4 and DOOM for virtual reality and while things have been fairly quiet on that front since, this week, Todd Howard opened up a bit more about it. It turns out that right now, the entirety of Fallout 4 is …

It looks like we can expect a new batch of iPads this Spring as this week sources have come forward with details of Apple's plans for an iPad refresh following an event in March. Apparently, we are set to see a new iPad Mini, iPad Air and two new iPad …

It looks like Samsung may still be able to recover some money from the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco after all as reports this week are claiming that the company will soon start selling refurbished versions of the Note 7. These refurbished Note 7s would come with a smaller battery than …

Yesterday, the long awaited 60 frames per second patch for the PS4 Pro version of Final Fantasy XV launched. The patch changes the ‘lite mode' within the game options, which previously gave 1080p visuals at 30 frames per second. Now, the visuals remain at 1080p in lite mode but the …

The Humble Freedom Bundle has proved to be the second most popular in the history of the platform, generating more than $6.5 million for charity and selling 200,000+ bundles. The only bundle to have a better showing was the Humble Origin bundle, which generated more than $10 million in 2013. …

We like to give back to our readers as much as possible here at KitGuru, so this week we are teaming up with NETGEAR to give away five prizes, giving you guys five chances to win something and upgrade your networking gear! Here is the full prize list: 2x Nighthawk …

Completed manga comic series fare far better with piracy than those series which are ongoing, according to a new study. Research suggests that manga readers will more readily pirate content if a series is still ongoing, but if it's completed, they might not know it existed without a pirated version. The relationship …

Taking advantage of the fact that the cartridges for the Nintendo Switch are some of the smallest of any console to date, Nintendo has printed some beautiful artwork inside the cases. However, it does seem like rather a lot of plastic for something that occupies barely one per cent of …

The port of Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ for the upcoming Nintendo Switch, will not be a launch title as originally intended. Although the game's publisher, Nicalis, still claims the game will debut on the new-gen system in March, it won't quite be ready for the originally planned release date of …

Voice commands for televisions are now smarter than ever and hardly expensive, with Amazon debuting the first of its Fire TV sticks to support its Alexa vocal assistive service. Priced at just £40, the sticks are now available to pre-order, with the first ones set to ship out in April …

Ryzen – its been impossible to avoid and its clearly one of AMD's most important hardware releases within the last decade. Leaks, slides, pre release benchmarks and expected pricing have all hit the internet but there is no doubt that AMD are driving forward to put the hurt on Intel …

Microsoft first revealed its Hololens augmented reality headset around two years ago during the build-up to Windows 10 and since then, most of us have been waiting on some form of upgraded version. Now, it seems that while a second gen Hololens was in the works, Microsoft may be scrapping its development …

It looks like the final pieces of Ryzen are starting to leak. We have seen lineup and pricing leaks, performance leaks and now with the processors starting to go out to retailers, press and others, we are starting to see a bit more of what's in store for us at …

It looks like Google is going to be doing away with one of the less enjoyable aspects about YouTube- the unskippable 30 second ads. Google announced this week that pre-roll advertisements would be skippable going forward, making it less of a hassle while streaming YouTube to a TV, console or …

Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming out in just a few weeks but before you head into the desert to take down the drug cartel, you may want to check you have the right tools for the job. Ubisoft has revealed Ghost Recon Wildland's full PC system requirements, giving you recommended …

The European Union's data protection watchdog appears to still be concerned about Windows 10 and Microsoft's privacy settings. Several countries within the EU have taken issue with Windows 10's privacy policies over the last year and while some changes have been made, it appears that the union isn't satisfied just …

Ever wanted to be a tech reviewer? Well, if you happen to be good on camera then we would like to give you that opportunity! Right now, we are looking to bring a fresh face on board to help us expand our YouTube channel.  You would need to be comfortable …

If you are a bigger fan of frame rates than you are visual fidelity, the new patch for Final Fantasy XV will give you a chance to hit something a little smoother than the 30 FPS you've been used to. On PS4 Pro consoles, gamers can now expect to hit …