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The latest version of Steam brought about new features, but the compromise is you can no longer update Steam on Windows 7 or 8.

Valve has rolled out the SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta: Megafixer update, which brings many improvements and new features. Among the key enhancements are fixes for hardware and software issues. However, the highlight would be Valve's inclusion of “support for extra ROG Ally keys”, hinting at future compatibility with gaming handhelds beyond …

Intel released its first Core 14th Gen “Raptor Lake Refresh” desktop CPUs earlier this week. Initially, Intel announced that these CPUs would support Thunderbolt 5, the most recent version of the protocol. However, Intel has recently said that although certain 14th-generation processors will support Thunderbolt 5, this is not the …

The Intel LGA-1851 socket is expected to debut on the market with the Arrow Lake-S platform. However, it won't be a one-time use, as recent reports claim it should last for two years. The new platform may also drop DDR4 support entirely, moving users entirely over to DDR5 memory. The …

Recently, Asus has received a lot of negative feedback due to concerns about the warranty for AM5 motherboards. Due to the BIOS overvolting certain AMD processors, customers ended up with damaged hardware and an updated BIOS containing the fix for this issue carried a warning that installing it would void …

Asus has built a name for itself over the years, delivering some of the best products in the PC hardware market. The company is beginning to find itself in a string of controversies, with YouTubers like Jayz Two Cents and Gamers Nexus calling the company out over unsavoury practices. Unfortunately, there are signs of wider problems at the company too, including a seemingly hostile attitude towards independent media. 

Windows 7 is still alive and kicking, with current marketshare stats showing that 33.37 percent of desktop users are still running the ageing OS. However, with the Windows 7 ‘extended support' window soon coming to an end, Microsoft is getting antsy, adding full screen pop-up warnings for Windows 7 users.   This isn't …

At the end of last year, cyber security specialists at Sixgill told KitGuru that Epic Games’ lack of security was allowing criminals to pinch Fortnite accounts and effectively launder money. Despite catering to an entire store now, it seems as though the company is still lacking in this area as …

Windows 7 is still alive and kicking, with current marketshare stats showing that 36.9 percent of desktop users are still running ageing OS. It will be time to upgrade soon though, as Microsoft's ‘extended support' program for Windows 7 will be coming to an end in just under one year. …

After years of talking about the idea, mouse and keyboard support is finally rolling out on the Xbox One tomorrow. The update brings support for 15 games to start off with, Beyond that, Razer has also been named as the ‘official partner' for mouse and keyboard support for the Xbox …

Valve CEO and founder Gabe Newell took to Reddit in the early hours of this morning to take part in an Ask Me Anything (AMA), where he answered questions about his love of the Portal games, a movie set in that universe, Steam's support system, virtual reality and more. He …

The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) platform is now supported officially by Steam, which means you can use the alternative headset to play all sorts of games and experiences there. It also gives OSVR its own category, so if you're looking to buy compatible titles, you can search for them alone. The …

Playing board games with friends all over the world while feeling like you're in the same room as them is about to get a whole lot easier: Tabletop Simulator now supports the HTC Vive. Although currently in beta, the new trailer shows it working exceedingly well. This isn't the first look …

As much as companies have made great strides in improving customer service over the past few years, offering social media responses, live-chats on websites and more localised call centres, they're still far from perfect. To help improve that, Facebook is looking to recruit chat bots to answer more people's questions, …

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would not be supporting Intel's Skylake processors on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 after July 2017. As you might imagine, this was seen as a very controversial announcement that was put in place to try and force those building a system using Intel's …

More than a million people have signed a petition calling on Yahoo and its executives, to ban the sale of ivory on its online auction platforms in Japan. It points out that with Google and Yahoo refusing to allow ivory to be sold on their services, Yahoo is one of …

Frontier, the studio behind the space sim, Elite: Dangerous, has confirmed that the game won't include official Oculus Rift support. However, the team will be focussing on supporting Steam VR and the HTC Vive headset. In a statement sent out to Eurogamer, Frontier said: “we've supported VR for years now …

As much as the modern world is all about doing things as instantaneously as possible, there are always a few who ruin it for the rest of us. That's why Valve is soon set to instigate a mandatory three day wait for trades made on Steam, to help prevent those that …

Google is going ahead with its plans to end support for the NPAPI protocol in the Chrome browser which will in turn end support for the Microsoft Silverlight plugin. Business critical apps will have until the Autumn of next year to migrate. The Microsoft runtime depends on an ageing protocol …

Games for Windows Live is shutting down and as a result, many publishers have had to find new services to keep games online. So far Namco Bandai has been pretty quiet on the subject of future Dark Souls support as its multiplayer runs on GFWL and since Dark Souls II …

Following on from its recent post about changes to vision items and map control in League of Legends season 4 and its preseason, Riot has posted up another break down of changes it's going to be making to the game, this time affecting supports and the items they usually take, …

A while back the Iconsole TV was announced, and it attracted attention with its rather powerful developer kits that used Ivy-bridge CPU's, 8GB RAM and dual 500GB hybrid drives. These specs make up the most powerful Android device out there and now it will come with Steam OS too. According …

In recent weeks a lot of companies have been announcing support for Linux. So far we've had: Valve, AMD, Nvidia and now DICE. In an interview with Polygon the company's director, Lars Gustavsson, said it would only need a single “killer” game for the platform to become incredibly popular. In the …

The PS4 is coming out next month but thats not to say the Playstation 3 doesn't have life left in it, although it might not be as long as you think. Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, in an interview with Games Industry, said that while the PS3 won't get the 5 …