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Turtle Beach Atlas Titanfall headset coming to retail stores
Turtle Beach has announced that its Titanfall branded Atlas headsets will be hitting retail stores on the 14th of March, the same day the game releases in the UK. This will also be Turtle Beach's first headset with out of the box cross platform compatibility with the Xbox One, PC, …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 limited edition revealed
Yesterday Nintendo announced the Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition bundle, the announcement was made through a new video on the Nintendo UK YouTube channel which showcases exactly what is included in the £60 collectors edition. The main addition to the bundle is the spiny shell which will arrive on a …
Read More »Getty makes images free amid rampant sharing
Getty images has just taken a step that the media studios and corporations across the globe should take note of. In response to rampant sharing of its images without consent or payment, on personal blogs and even for some commercial ventures, it's made its vast library of images free for …
Read More »Thermaltake launches Luxa 2 Groovy T Boom Box
Thermaltake is continuing to push its Luxa 2 audio division, with the release of a new portable speaker called the GroovyT Magic Boom Box. It's a small form factor, mobile audio device that breaks the chain of cables and wireless connectivity, by requiring none of that to amplify your smartphone's …
Read More »There will be a ‘The Last of Us’ live-action movie
Over the years Hollywood has become increasingly interested in the world of video games with many major franchises being considered for theatrical release and now, The Last of Us is one of them. According to Deadline, Sony subsidiary, Screen Gems, will be creating the film while the game's Creative Director, Neil …
Read More »Serious Sam 4 coming before the end of the year
The last time we saw Sam blowing away headless, bomb wielding psychopaths and giant scorpion centaurs was back in 2012, with Serious Sam 3: BFE, but since then he's been relatively quiet. Sure there's been the odd indie effort and there was that humble bundle that hinted at possible future …
Read More »Microsoft made awesome Xbox One’s for Titanfall devs
If you thought that the limited edition, white Xbox One consoles that Microsoft gave out to those that helped develop the console were pretty, wait till you have a good look at the new Titanfall branded one that the software giant is giving out Respawn developers. It blows the white …
Read More »They really are making a Shaq Fu sequel
Even with the teases and hints that a sequel to Shaq Fu might be in the works, and even after Shaq himself said so in an interview, I still didn't think we'd actually get one, but that's exactly what's happening. Over at Indiegogo right now is Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn and …
Read More »Former chief exec of Apple plans to launch a new smartphone brand
John Sculley, the former chief executive officer of Apple who ousted Steve Jobs from the company back in the eighties, plans to launch a new firm that will sell smartphones. The company will start to operate in India as early as next month. The first device from the yet-unnamed brand …
Read More »Asus preps Ares III graphics card with two AMD ‘Hawaii’ chips
Asustek Computer is known for exotic products that require exceptional engineering skills and which deliver performance and capabilities that are unique for the whole industry. At present the company is busy with a new “world’s first” project: a graphics card based on two AMD Radeon R9 290X “Hawaii” graphics processing …
Read More »First Nvidia Tegra K1 benchmarks: faster than everything which exists
A Chinese web-site has published what it claims to be the first benchmarks of Nvidia Tegra K1 system-on-chips based on 32-bit and 64-bit cores as well as Kepler-class graphics engine. In case the results are correct, then the Tegra K1 is considerably faster than all the other mobile application processors …
Read More »Razer redefines gaming keyboards with new mechanical switches
Razer, a leading maker of PC peripherals designed for gamers, has introduced its new BlackWidow-series keyboards that use the all-new mechanical switches which were designed specifically for gamers. Keyboards with mechanical switches have a number of advantages over mainstream keyboards that use dome switches or buckling spring switches since they …
Read More »COUGAR debuts new peripherals with iF Design awards
PSU and case manufacturer COUGAR has struck up a win for PC peripheral makers the world over, by managing to win the iFdesign award with its new 700M and 700K mouse and keyboard. Considering this prize regularly attracts some 2,000 products from over 35 countries around the world, it's quite …
Read More »AMD readies FirePro graphics card featuring Hawaii graphics chip
In the recent years Advanced Micro Devices has been extraordinary slow with advancements of its professional graphics cards line. To a large degree, this is a result of overall slow progress of discrete GPU performance these days, but for those who need performance now this hardly matters. The situation may …
Read More »Women driving growth of all social media
If you find yourself spending a lot of the day checking Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest and all sorts of other social networking sites, because there's just so much content on there, you may have women to thank for it, as a new report from FinancesOnline shows that when it comes to …
Read More »Watch Dogs finally has a release date
Watch Dogs is finally coming out after its unexpected and abrupt delay back in October last year. A leaked trailer suggests that Ubisoft is ready to promote pre-orders again while it's confirmed that the game will finally fall in to the hands of gamers on the 27th of May. Originally …
Read More »94% of T-mobile up-graders dump Blackberry
Blackberry is struggling at the moment, it went from being one of the most popular phone brands, thanks to its BBM service, to being on the verge of collapse- so you can imagine how company CEO, John Chen, reacted when T-Mobile started offering its US customers $200 off any other phone …
Read More »Irish pub now accepting bitcoin payments
How much does a pint of Koppaberg cider cost? A few quid? $5? How about 0.0093 bitcoin. At least that's what it'll set you back if you go to the Baggot Inn in Dublin, Ireland, which has just joined the select few drinking establishments around the world that accept bitcoin …
Read More »Twitch TV set to allow users to stream mobile games
Popular game streaming service, Twitch, is set to broaden its horizons as the company announced that it is releasing a mobile software development kit. The SDK will allow mobiles to not only live stream but to archive and capture as well, bringing the service to all current gaming platforms including …
Read More »Intel 730 Jackson Ridge 240GB SSD Review
Today we are looking at the latest Solid State Drive from Intel, the 730. This 2.5 inch drive uses a specially qualified 3rd generation Intel controller, the same 20nm NAND flash memory that was used in the S3500, alongside an optimised firmware. Intel have overclocked the controller by 50% and …
Read More »New sensor tech gives rare view of shark habits
If you've ever watched one of those shark shows where they manage to capture a great white and raise it out of the water and drill a sensor into its dorsal fin, or stab one into it with a long stick, then you'll no doubt have been frustrated with the …
Read More »Morpheus methane moon lander completes eighth free flight
NASA's Morpheus moon lander, which runs on a much cleaner, methane/oxygen mix, has gone through another test flight at the Kennnedy Space Centre and performed brilliantly, making use of its vertical take off and landing (VTOL) system for both ascent and descent. Most impressively of course, it did this in …
Read More »Homeworld HD renamed to Homeworld Remastered
With THQ's scattering to the four winds, its developer studios going one way and IPs another, it seemed unlikely that we'd ever get another Homeworld sequel or reboot. Fortunately though, despite not having anything to do with the creators, Relic Games – now owned by Sega – Gearbox announced soon …
Read More »DirectX 12 confirmed for GDC unveiling
We knew something big was happening with DirectX at the Games Developer Conference this year, since the brief for the event was posted on the official event planner site. However this is the first time we've seen anything about it involving the next version of DirectX. Initially it just sounded …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Thermaltake CEO Kenny Lin
Without doubt, Thermaltake is a Marmite company. Some people absolutely adore it, while others are just as vocal in the opposite direction. Whatever your personal feelings, there is no doubt that 15 years in the technology industry has seen some iconic releases from this Taiwanese manufacturer. KitGuru was fortunate enough …
Read More »Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant described, caught on video
It is not a secret that Microsoft Corp. is preparing to finally roll-out a voice assistant called Cortana along with the upcoming update for Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. While the assistant is supposed to compete with Apple’s Siri as well as Google’s Google Now services, the newly released information …
Read More »Bill Gates, Satya Nadella opposed move to buy Nokia – report
Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Nokia Corp.’s devices and services division is indisputably one of the most important deals in the history of the two companies. Nonetheless, this does not mean that the decision was initially supported by everyone at Microsoft. Apparently, Bill Gates, a co-founder of the software giant, and …
Read More »Apple to axe 13” non-retina MacBook Pro with CD/DVD drive
When Apple introduced its MacBook Pro laptops with retina displays in 2012, it was clear that the company will transit all of its advanced laptops to the new display technology simply because it wants to clearly differentiate from its rivals. Since then, Apple has ceased to sell MacBook Pro with …
Read More »Windows XP users get upgrade encouragement from Gigabyte
As the countdown clock for the end Windows XP's life ticks ever onwards, users who still have old technology have been given encouragement from companies like Gigabyte to re-evaluate their position, but what would it really be like living with an unsupported OS? For over a year, the internet has …
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