As much as tracked hands might be one of the major selling points of the HTC Vive, some developers are already looking beyond that. With talk of HTC/Valve releasing standalone tracking pucks at some point, one developer has strapped a pair of ‘old' controllers to his feet and has used …
Read More »Privacy International unveils staggering social surveillance in UK
Privacy International has managed to unearth thousands of documents which details decades of in-depth spying on British citizens by the country's intelligence agencies: GCHQ, MI5 and MI6. With minimum safeguards in place, those organisations have been snooping on British citizen's medical records, work histories and the online petitions they've signed, …
Read More »Pirate Bay founder is concerned no one owns media anymore
The rise of streaming content has been a godsend for heavy media consumers. No longer do they have to faff with pirating content, or even downloading and storing it at all – they can just stream it and move on. But that has its own potential problems, and Peter Sunde, …
Read More »Don’t take to the skies: drones banned during London Obama visit
As much as the commercialisation of manual and autonomous drone technology has gone some way to democratising the skies, that won't be possible during U.S. President Obama's visit to the UK at the end of this week. Beginning today, Thursday 21st April, drones are banned across whole swathes of London, …
Read More »Bretonnians charge into Total War: Warhammer multiplayer
Creative Assembly has been teasing another playable race for its Total War: Warhammer title for a while now. While there are many races people would like to see, Bretonnia seemed like an obvious choice, because of the cross over with the Empire models, and it looks like we weren't wrong. …
Read More »AMD updates GPU roadmap for 2016-2018
AMD has updated its roadmap for Radeon graphics card launches over the next two years, revealing some interesting bits of information. For starters, Polaris is still on track to launch this year, but we apparently won't be seeing HBM2 feature on an AMD GPU until the Vega architecture releases in …
Read More »1080p resolution to be mandatory on PS4 Neo
At this point, it seems like Sony isn't even trying to keep its new PlayStation a secret anymore. Earlier this week, the exact specifications of the upcoming PS4 Neo came to light and now just a few days later, more information surrounding Sony's policies have come to light. For starters, …
Read More »Microsoft officially discontinues the Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is ten years old at this point and while it has served many over the years, it can't stay around forever. Today, Microsoft officially announced that it is discontinuing the Xbox 360, so once the existing hardware stock runs out, there won't be any more left to buy. …
Read More »EU issues formal antitrust complaint against Android
Earlier this week we got news that the European Commission was in the final stages of its Android antitrust investigation, taking on formal complaints from companies that feel that Google has abused its market position with the Android OS. The process went quicker than expected as the commission has notified …
Read More »Win 120mm Limited Edition KitGuru fans!
Today we have a very special competition in place to celebrate KITGURU's partnership with Sharkoon to create a limited edition run of Silent Eagle 2000 fans sporting Kitguru site branding and colours. You could be one of only a handful of people to own these collectors items! The Sharkoon Silent …
Read More »Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC requirements announced
DICE is returning to the Mirror's Edge series this year with an entirely new, open-world approach to the series. The game's closed beta is set to kick off shortly, with the full release scheduled for next month so EA has gone ahead and released the PC system requirements for those …
Read More »Noble brings true leather to OCUK gaming chairs
Gaming chairs are a surprisingly hot product line at the moment, which is why Overclockers UK has continued to expand its offerings with various companies from around the world. Its latest edition however, is a little exciting, as Noble Gaming offers true-leather gaming chairs, a first for the market. The …
Read More »Space X landed Falcon 9 is finally home for testing
Although the big, scary and complex journey for the Space X Falcon 9 rocket was its launch and recovery on the drone barge earlier this month, it still had to take a trip to Space X's facility at the Kennedy Space Centre. After many days of travel on the back …
Read More »Intel to cut workforce by 11 percent, 12,000 staff to be let go
Earlier this week, reports began circulating stating that Intel was planning a huge round of job cuts. At the time, we didn't know how many would be affected but following on from the company's quarterly earnings report, the announcement was made that Intel would be cutting down its workforce by …
Read More »Tencent founder makes $2 billion charity stock pledge
The CEO and co-founder of Tencent, parent company of game developers like Riot, has announced that he will donate 100 million of the company's shares to charity. The move is being hailed as one of the biggest philanthropic gestures in China's history and is estimated to be worth around $2 billion (£1.39 billion). …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program now Turbo Charged with Unity 5 in 1.1 update
Amid many lacklustre releases, delayed launches, and even the odd scammer, Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a shining example of a crowd funded game that delivered on all fronts. And long after its final release, it continues to do so, with the developers making big changes in the new Turbo …
Read More »We tried out Overclockers UK roomscale VR set up, and loved it
Do you want to try out virtual reality but don't have a friend with a headset? Do you know such a person, but don't have enough space to really test it out? Then never fear, we have found a solution. Overclockers UK in Stoke on Trent, is now offering roomscale, …
Read More »Fresh Nvidia GTX 1080 image finds its way online
A couple of weeks back, we got out first look at what could be the new cooler design for Nvidia's upcoming series of Pascal graphics cards. At the time, the image was of a ‘work in progress' model but now a snap of the final product appears to have found …
Read More »Future Apple trackpad to simulate different surfaces and textures
Last year, Apple revealed its new Force Touch technology, which in its current form allows the company to build completely flat, stiff trackpads that don't actually press in for a click. Instead, a little engine under the trackpad uses vibrations to simulate the feeling of clicking a trackpad. However, this …
Read More »Netflix insists its VPN blockade isn’t hurting business
It has been a few months since Netflix officially announced that it would be taking a harder stance against VPN users and those trying to circumvent geographical content restrictions. This has been a fairly controversial move but apparently, it isn't having an effect at all on the company's pocket. During …
Read More »The Overwatch closed beta ends next week
Blizzard is finally on the final steps on the road to the launch of Overwatch. The game was announced way back in 2014 and since then, quite a few people have had a chance to see the game for themselves thanks to the lengthy closed beta, which finally ends next …
Read More »Dark Souls 1 multiplayer has been taken offline and nobody knows why
While a lot of attention has shifted over to Dark Souls III in recent weeks, plenty of people have still noticed that Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition has been taken offline recently. The original Dark Souls is still played and loved by many but the game has been stuck …
Read More »‘Light skin’ could be techy bodypaint of the future
Staple of prank videos, art shows and magazine photoshoots the world over, clothing-feigning bodypaint is always quite an impressive show of how easy it is to trick the human eye. But we may do away with it and perhaps even clothes altogether one day, as a new type of ‘E-Skin' …
Read More »What caused the latest Netflix stock slump?
Netflix might be the world's most popular streaming service, but that doesn't mean that everything is rosy at the company. Indeed after announcing its first quarter earnings, investors have shown their usual level of (in)stability and have sent shares crashing down more than 10 per cent in extended trading. These …
Read More »PS4.5/PS4K codenamed NEO, exact specs leaked, said to arrive in October
It looks like this year's E3 could be quite interesting as not only are we expecting to hear a bit about the Nintendo NX but it is looking more and more likely that Sony will be announcing a more powerful PlayStation 4, with an improved GPU, CPU and higher memory …
Read More »EA misspeak suggests Xbox One still not sold 20 million
It's been clear for a while now, that by the numbers, the PS4 has proved to be the most popular console this generation. In-fact, it might be far and beyond the most popular, as numbers leaked by EA suggest that the PS4 might have sold almost double that of the …
Read More »World of Warcraft’s next expansion has a release date
Blizzard has just announced that it will be launching World of Warcraft's sixth expansion, Legion, on the 30th of August, just over a year after its initial announcement and unveiling at Gamescom. The expansion will raise the existing level cap from 100 to 110 and feature new artefact weapons for …
Read More »Intel is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs
According to reports making the rounds this week, it looks like Intel could be planning to hold a round of mass job cuts shortly, reducing the headcount in some divisions significantly. This will apparently be an even bigger round of job cuts than last year, when 1,100 people were let …
Read More »UK Hosting company error took a bunch of customer websites offline
While some on the internet were trolled last week by a man claiming to have destroyed his entire company with a bad line of code, this week we have a very real story about a hosting company that may have managed to accidentally delete an unspecified number of its customers' …
Read More »Ubisoft to ‘punish’ The Division players using a popular exploit
Last week, Ubisoft introduced quite a few additions to The Division, including new gear sets and an extra-hard end-game activity known as an Incursion. It didn't take long for players to discover an exploit in the Incursion, allowing many to cheese their way to better loot fairly quickly- something that Ubisoft …
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