Crucial Micron has ditched plans to release a Ballistix TX3 NVMe SSD later this year, despite only announcing it back in June. Initially shown off alongside some new Ballistix DRAM at Computex, Crucial Micron has killed the idea altogether, leaving everyone wondering what Crucial's plans for solid state storage are. No …
Read More »HyperX Alloy FPS Keyboard Revealed at Gamescom 2016
Following the huge success of the Cloud and Cloud II headsets, HyperX is now moving into the gaming keyboard market. The move toward peripherals makes sense from a branding and marketing point of view when your key products (i.e. DDR and SSD) normally remain hidden from view. At Gamescom 2016, …
Read More »SolarCity to be hit with layoffs, executive pay cuts after merger
Solar panel installer, SolarCity, has not been in a great financial position over the past few months. It's going to become one with other Elon Musk founded company, Tesla, but that won't guarantee smooth sailing for its employees. Once the merger is complete, a number are expected to lose their …
Read More »MSI Pro-Modding competition and GT73 VR at Gamescom 2016
With almost 350,00 visitors expected to tour the vast halls of the Koelnmesse before Gamescom closes its doors on 21st August 2016, KitGuru walked a marathon on your behalf to find the best bits. While the MSI booth did have hands-on opportunities for gamers to try out the latest GT73 …
Read More »Dawn of War III campaign gives you a taste of everyone
Dawn of War III will have three campaigns, but they'll all be bundled into one. Unlike previous games where you could play from various perspectives with the difference races, this time they'll all be bundled into one and you'll switch between. While the first mission might be from the Space …
Read More »AMD shows off how Zen compares to a 6900K in benchmark
Just last week we finally saw some performance numbers for Zen in an unofficial leak from the Ashes of Singularity database. Now this week, AMD has given us our first official look at performance for its 8 Core/16 Thread Zen CPU up against an Intel Core i7 6900k, a similarly …
Read More »Deus Ex: Mankind Divided won’t have DX12 at launch
We have been hearing a lot about the PC specific features of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided since its announcement last year. One of the big announcements for the game is that it would have DirectX 12 support, unfortunately, while we will be getting the DX11 version of the game next …
Read More »New anti-cheat in Rainbow Six: Siege seems to be doing its job
While Rainbow Six: Siege was well-received by fans and critics alike when it launched, as time went on, the game did attract more cheaters and for a long time, Ubisoft was very slow to deal with the issue. Since then, a new anti-cheat method has been implemented and it seems …
Read More »Xbox VR titles will be exclusive to Project Scorpio
Project Scorpio is on the way and while Microsoft has made promises of ‘no gamer being left behind', plenty of people still have concerns over exclusive games depending on which Xbox you own. Today, Xbox's Aaron Greenberg settled the issue, stating that all non-VR titles will play on Scorpio as …
Read More »Nvidia launches the 3GB GTX 1060
Back before the GTX 1060 launched, we did hear whispers of a cheaper, 3GB version of the card and today, Nvidia officially launched it. Going forward, if you don't quite have the budget for a 6GB GTX 1060, then you can pick up the slightly cut down 3GB version for …
Read More »Get ready, here come the VR gun peripherals
As much as the HTC Vive's wand controllers are a good amalgamation of what it's like to hold a gun, thanks to their shape and trigger design, it's not quite the same as peripherals of gaming's past. Looking to change that is The Persuader, a realistic looking M1A1 Thompson that holsters …
Read More »MSI pushes laptop gaming with high end GTX 10 series notebooks
Gaming on the go is set to get a lot more impressive with this generation of mobile chips from Nvidia, and MSI, like many manufacturers, is looking to take advantage of that. It has a new line of gaming notebooks, each sporting new mobile Pascal GPUs, high-end displays and powerful …
Read More »Airlander 10 test flight successful, could usher in new Airship age
Although the airship might be an iconic design of the past, perhaps most thought of as a flight option around the first World War, it's showing a lot of potential for the future too. Having completed the first flight test of the Airlander 10, the largest aircraft in the world, …
Read More »John Mcafee and Kim Dotcom in he-said, she-said Twitter battle
When it comes to pointing fingers and entertaining their fan bases online, Kim Dotcom and John McAfee are two of the best at it, but now there's a problem between them. Whether you are on their side in their respective legal and business ventures or not doesn't matter, in this …
Read More »Mr Robot gets true ‘text’ adventure from NightSchool on mobile
Making a game about hacking is not easy, especially if you want it to go beyond a blinking terminal. NightSchool and Telltale games may have found an innovative solution for a game based on the Mr Robot TV series though, by creating a real-time, text-adventure, where you interact entirely through …
Read More »Nvidia’s Ansel tool is now available in The Witcher 3
When Nvidia first debuted the Pascal architecture, one of the big new feature announcements was Ansel, an in-depth game camera tool that could take unique, professional looking screenshots of games. A whole suite of editing tools are also included, along with the ability to take super-high resolution and 360-degree images. We …
Read More »USB Forum steps in to certify Type-C cables
Over the last year or so, we have heard plenty of horror stories about dodgy USB Type-C cables that don't quite meet the required spec for powering or charging devices properly. These cables have been known to cause damage, one particular cable even killed off a Google engineer's Chromebook but …
Read More »Nitro Concepts brings affordable options to gaming chair range
Back in June, we reviewed the Noble Chairs real leather gaming chair and while we did like it, the £450 price tag put it out of reach for many. Now this week, Nitro Concepts has introduced two newly designed gaming chairs to its line-up, fleshing out its range with some …
Read More »Konami’s first Metal Gear title without Kojima is a survival game
Kojima may not be working at Konami anymore but that doesn't mean we won't be seeing more Metal Gear. Konami has already released an MGS gambling machine in Japan and now the publisher is preparing a new spin-off for the series known as Metal Gear Survive. It's a zombie survival …
Read More »Gears of War 4 has some very detailed PC system requirements
Normally when a publisher releases the PC system requirements for a game, we are presented with a fairly standard, predictable list of hardware that doesn't vary much between triple A titles. However, with Gears of War 4 Microsoft has really done its homework, offering the most detailed list of system requirements I …
Read More »Periscoping Olympics fans hit with takedown notices from IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is forgoing its usual peer to peer attacks this time around and instead is focusing on live streams. It's having particular difficulty with halting those who are rebroadcasting footage from the games via Periscope, but it's sending out hundreds of takedown notices anyway. As much …
Read More »Edward Snowden thinks NSA hacker leak was a warning
Yesterday the news hit that an organisation appeared to have hacked the command and control server for an NSA-tied hacking group, purportedly known as Equation Group. Looking at the information and tools released, Edward Snowden thinks this was a warning from a foreign nation. Equation Group is an NSA-linked hacking …
Read More »Ford plans to release car without steering wheel by 2021
Although current legislation still mandates that all vehicles must have some form of manual control, Ford is planning to mass produce a car without a steering wheel or pedals by the time 2021 rolls around. This is an accelerated development, considering fully autonomous cars have often been slated to arrive …
Read More »Windows Holographic environment coming to your VR headset
Although not expected to show up until next year, Microsoft will introduce its Holographic environment designed for the Hololens, to just about every Windows 10 user with a VR headset. It blends 2D and 3D apps together in a virtual environment, to make Windows efficient in a virtual space. Along …
Read More »Twitch is swallowing up the entire Curse brand
Amazon owned Twitch is looking to expand its reach in the gaming world, with the acquisition of Curse, a brand of websites, multimedia channels and applications. This gives Twitch control of a number of popular websites, which together bring in over 30 million visitors a month – giving it excellent …
Read More »Microsoft to bring Windows Holographic to Windows 10 PCs next year
Microsoft has been working on Augmented Reality technology for a while now but it looks like things are going to pick up again next year with the launch of the WIndows Holographic platform, which aims to make all Windows 10 PCs compatible with devices like the Hololens, or even Intel's …
Read More »Intel shows off Project Alloy, a ‘mixed reality’ wireless headset
It looks like Intel is ready to step into the virtual reality arena as the company has begun showing off Project Alloy, a new, completely wireless VR headset that contains all of the processing and graphical power necessary to have a VR experience, without the need to be hooked up …
Read More »The Oculus Rift hits UK shops next month with £549 price tag
Now that Oculus has officially cleared its backlog of Rift headset pre-orders, the company can begin to expand beyond its online store. From next month, you will be able to pick up the Oculus Rift at various shops in the UK, allowing you to skip the shipping time and take one …
Read More »Here are the changes coming to Overwatch’s Competitive Mode
Overwatch's first competitive season is coming to an end this week, giving Blizzard a chance to implement some changes in time for season 2, which will begin in September. Today, Overwatch Game Director, Jeff Kaplan, put out a video going over the changes competitive mode will be getting for season …
Read More »We won’t be getting a Titanfall 2 beta on PC
If you were hoping to give Titanfall 2 a go before it comes out at the end of October, then you may have to settle for it on console as Respawn Entertainment has confirmed that there will be no beta for the PC version of the game. The multiplayer test, …
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