Shooters have gotten a lot of love over the past couple of decades. From their initial inception in the 90s, right through to the annual Call of Duty's and Battlefields of today. The first person perspective has been popular for a long time, which is why it's nice when things …

Don't go to the airport thinking you can just charge your phone when you get on your long haul flight, as thanks to a change in policy by the US run Transportation Security Administration (TSA) those unable to prove that their mobile phone is just that – by turning it …

The rest of Europe, including the UK, has been gunning for pirate websites as usual over the past 12 months, though they have used different tactics: blocking the whole site instead of charging downloaders with piracy in a court room. However one country that's seen very little anti-pirate activity is …

Would you believe it? Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload and Mega, has had his New Zealand trial for extradition to the US pushed back once again, this time until 16th February 2015. This represents just one of many times the trial date has been extended, with early plans suggesting …

There's very few CEO's of gaming publishers that ever sound like actual fans of gaming. You might hear them talk at an E3 presser about how they like to shoot some guns using their joysticks or whatever the kids use these days, but very rarely do you hear one that …

Glory to Arstotzka! Lucas Pope, the single developer behind hit indie passport stamper, Paper's Please, has made a fan's day by responding personally to an issue he had after deleting some of his saves. Pope did more than apologise and promise a fix too. He took the recovered game files …

The landscape of peripherals is vast – with many manufacturers all competing in the same space. If you are a regular reader of KitGuru chances are you have seen a few of the same names crop up. Today however we are looking at a product from Gamdias … a Taiwanese …

Got yourself an Oculus Rift development kit? Fan of South Park are you? Great, as you can now explore the snowy Colorado town in all its glory thanks to a new development from production company Tool of North America, which has seen the entire town created in the Unity engine. …

Cliff Blezinski, one of the longest running Epic Games employees that helped craft such games as Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, left the developer back in 2012, entering a self imposed retirement so he could have a bit of a break from the industry. Recently though …

Facebook has been throwing its financial weight around this week once again, announcing the purchase of yet another firm, this one a video advertising company called LiveRail. Costing the social network a reported $500 million (£291 million), it's expected that Facebook will leverage its content matching technology to add relevant adverts …

Circle, a bitcoin financing company that provides wallet functions for online use, as well as new tools for utilising the digital currency, has called on the EU to offer regulatory support for bitcoin, suggesting that the continued growth of its acceptance is an indicator that it could very well be the …

It might have only just released Warface to the world like it's business as usual, but all is not well at Crytek. We heard late last month that many staff at the UK arm of the developer were paid as little as £700 for a month's work and now there's …

Call of Duty isn't a particularly serious game, which is something surprising considering the praise heaped on it by the series' fans for its realistic graphics and effects every time one is released. However it's in the character packs for CoD: Ghosts that the silliness really shines through. Sitting between the …

It looks like Kim Dotcom might get access to some of his seized data after all, as the police are finally going to give it to him. However, one stumbling block on the road to data freedom was that if Dotcom unlocked the encrypted data, those passwords would be sent to …

GCHQ, the British intelligence agency that is responsible for Tempora, the UK's version of the NSA's PRISM spying scheme which hoovers up data on citizens and foreign nationals alike without permission, is going to have to defend itself in court, as a handful of internet service providers from around the …

The Monster Hunter series is like a light-hearted Dark Souls. It features huge enemies to face off against, in long, drawn out battles of attrition where you fight to see which goes down first, the monster's (invisible) health bar, or your number of health potions. Beyond pointing you at the …

If you've been reading this site for longer than a few months, then right now you might be thinking, “but Jon, didn't you do a story on Lindsey Lohan suing Rockstar in December last year?” Yes, yes I did, but it's only now, finally, that she's pulled her finger out …

The world and his dog might be getting ready of the impending availability of DDR4 memory, but Gigabyte is still pushing the boundaries of what you can do with the hardware that's available right now. Making use of its much touted Z97-SOC Force LN2 motherboard, Gigabyte is now proud to let …

Taking a note out of Australia's book, the UK could be soon set to make revenge pornography, the practice of uploading sexually explicit images of someone (usually an ex-partner) to the internet without their consent, illegal. This news comes from the British justice secretary, Chris Grayling, who said that the …

The business of blocking websites relating to The Pirate Bay has become old hat in the past year or so. We've seen the original blocked in countries all over Europe and proxies getting the same treatment every few weeks since, but that hasn't made it much harder to get on …

One of the biggest issues for a company like Facebook when it comes to delivering adverts, is that it needs bandwidth for them to work properly. While the idea of a 30 second video or high resolution image is scoffed at by the internet connections of the Western world, in …

CD Projekt Red is the most Valve like company out there at the moment. It has a well respected, fan-focused digital distribution platform, a history of strong games and is even working on a much-hyped third title in its most popular series. Still not convinced? How about the fact that …

Feeling a bit warm this nice summer's afternoon? Your PC probably is too, which is why it's always important to keep it cool. Don't fret though if your fans are clicking and your wallet is empty, as be quiet! is giving away a bunch of coolers, fans and PSUs once …

Breaking into places and getting caught doesn't usually land you a job, but that's exactly what happened to UN hacker Matthew Beddoes, who last year was sentenced to three years for trying to digitally steal carbon credits from the United Nations. Released late last year however, he was in Liverpool …

Robotics might be something you consider the Japanese good at, or the Americans perhaps, maybe even the Russians, but not necessarily the British. That's something that the Technology Strategy Board wants to change and it has plenty of ideas how. By 2025, it wants the UK to become a hotbed …

If you've ever looked at the hard work we do here and KitGuru and thought, “I could do better,” we'd like to give you the chance to prove yourself. Over on our official Facebook page, we're giving away a brand new MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition graphics card to two lucky …

Goat Simulator might be one of the most surprising hits of the year, but that doesn't mean it's a flash in the pan. Continuing its snowballed success over the past few months, it's now been picked up publisher Deep Silver – of Dead Island fame – and will be getting …

Cliffy B, Cliff Blezinski, or simply that guy the made some of the biggest shooter franchises ever, has announced that his self-imposed retirement has come to an end. The news was posted on his official twitter account, stating that he was ready to make games again. It's not a comeback …

Pretty much every gaming headset maker out there has a surround sound set in their portfolio. Most of these 5.1 and 7.1 offerings are ‘pretenders', they're phony software versions of the real deal. Not so with the X2 Saturn, a true 5.1 surround sound headset with three drivers in each …

Considering most of the world's electronics are manufactured in China, you'd assume that the locals would get the best deals on it. That's not often the case though and it certainly doesn't look like it'll be for the Xbox One either. While it's unconfirmed and “expected” at the moment, rather …