Star Citizen backers can finally play the game's dog fighting module after a couple of delays. The playable segment is called Arena Commander and has launched today as version 0.8, Chris Roberts has announced. Arena Commander was originally due to launch last week but the developers came across a critical …

Valve recently showed off the latest version if its Virtual Reality headset at a VR event in Boston. We've heard plenty of good things about Valve's prototype so naturally, people at the event went ahead and took pictures and went straight to Reddit to share what they saw. Reddit user, jonomf, …

One of the biggest concerns people have had with Turtle Rock's upcoming monster hunting epic, Evolve, is the same one they had with Titanfall: it forces you to play with other people. Fortunately it turns out, that's simply not true. Evolve won't go the same way as Respawn's game, and …

UK and European PS3 owners are missing out on a pretty good sale right now over on the Playstation Store as Sony has launched a three day long “flash sale” bringing the price down on more than 15 decent RPG titles for its US customers including South Park The Stick …

Apple has changed its tune on the subject of bitcoin, updating its iOS App Store terms of use, by stating that it's ok for apps to “facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies, provided that they do so in compliance with all state and federal laws.” This is a marked change …

Last week we reviewed two new cost effective Ultra HD 4K monitors from ASUS and AOC. No longer do you need to pay £2,000+ to land a 60hz 4K monitor for gaming –  these new models have hit retail for less than £600. Buying the monitor is only part of …

If like many millions around the world, you're gearing up to watch the world cup with fevered excitement, then why not join in with be quiet!'s tipster competition and be in with a chance of winning some brand new be quiet! gear? Beginning on 12th June and open to those …

If anyone thinks Esports aren't a force to be reckoned with or are a flash in the pan, perhaps some raw numbers will convince you otherwise. In 2013 alone, fans around the world tuned in to Twitch and other sources to watch over 2.4 billion hours of Starcraft II, League …

E3 is likely going to show us something new and fresh with Turttle Rock's Evolve. Maybe a new monster, likely some new maps and perhaps a new mode or two, but in the build up to the show, the Nerdist crew has been going head to head against one another …

Working with HP, Lenovo and Acer, AMD has unveiled a new line up of mobile processors at Computex 2014 in Taipei. KitGuru was on hand as the brand new systems were unboxed and secured to the tables on the AMD stand. Pricing is to be confirmed, according to AMD folks …

SanDisk Corp. on Tuesday introduced its new Extreme Pro family of solid-state drives designed for gamers, PC enthusiasts and media professionals. The new drives offer unbeatable performance on par with other high-end SSDs as well as a 10-year warranty, an unprecedented thing for consumer-class solid-state drives. SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs …

Western Digital on Tuesday demonstrated the industry’s first solid-state hybrid drives (SSHDs) with the SATA Express interface (SATAe) at the Computex trade-show in Taipei, Taiwan. The new drives are not going to show up on the market for some time, but it looks like WD is ready to adopt the …

The DDR4 memory era is set to begin in several months from now. It is expected that the DDR4 standard will bring the world new performance heights thanks to increased memory frequencies and chip densities. But who said that the DDR3 cannot run faster? Hicookie, a well-known overclocker, this week …

Although it was initially believed that Intel Corp.’s Core i-series processors code-named “Devil’s Canyon” (DC) would exclusively work on mainboards based on the Intel 9-series chipsets, it is now evident that the chips are compatible with numerous previous-generation motherboards that are powered by the 8-series core-logic sets. However, a BIOS …

Intel Corp. on Tuesday officially introduced the Core i5 and the Core i7 central processing units code-named “Devil’s Canyon” as well as the Pentium anniversary edition product. While a lot of information about the new processors has been reported already, today Intel unveiled the official specifications and details about the …

Despite the efforts of the media and government officials to tout online drugs marketplaces as the new frontier in the “war on drugs,” fraught with hackers, scammers and other dangerous individuals, it looks like switching trading cash for drugs in a car park to doing so from the comfort of …

It turns out that Rocksteady's finale to its Batman Arkham series won't be coming out this October as it has been delayed until 2015 alongside a few other highly anticipated next generation titles that were due out this year. Like other developers, Rocksteady needs more time to make the best …

Out of the top ten most valuable brands in the world, the top four are all tech companies with Google leading the pack after overtaking Apple as the world's most valuable brand by $11 billion. Following on from Apple and Google in the two top spots, are IBM and Microsoft …

Sony's Playstation Portable handheld console was hugely popular, in-fact until the release of the Playstation 4, it was the fastest selling console in the UK on release. However, all good things come to an end and with Sony's recent focus on the PS Vita, it's time to put the old …

There are a lot of household names in the PC peripheral industry, especially when it comes to gaming. However, like the games themselves, there are brands that are more dominant in certain parts of the world – it is often only after much time and growth that they start showing up outside …

Asus has just revealed two of its own Steam Machines at Computex, the new systems will release under the company's ‘Republic of Gamers' brand. One of the upcoming Steam OS powered PC's will be a tiny, console like system while the other has more in common with a regular desktop. …

As you might expect, E3 this year is going to be the platform that a lot of game developer use to debut their new games, but I don't think anyone expected there to be quite so many unannounced ones. Thanks to the new official streaming parter Twitch, we now know …

As you might expect at Antec's booth at Computex, there's a lot of cases on show, including its new P380. What you might not have expected though, is a bunch of mobile products being promoted by a fully Antec stickered Ferrari. Going for an incredibly clean look, the P380 has …

In a surprising change to copyright law in the UK, it's actually now legal for anyone with a disability to copy a CD, DVD, or MP3 file that they've purchased, as long as they have no intention of exploiting the copying for the purpose of commercial ventures. This news comes …

A video showing some leaked beta footage of Battlefield Hardline has appeared online, giving us a much better idea of what gameplay will be like, what sort of equipment and vehicles we'll have access too and how the game plays without a load of jump cuts. Update: Thanks to Facebook …

Phanteks is set to upgrade its Enthoo series with two new Mini-ITX/ Micro ATX  cases: The Enthoo EVOLV and the Enthoo Mini XL. Both cases have been built to maximise cooling capability with mounts for a pump and reservoir for those who want to build a tiny system with a …

The webOS operating system from Palm and Hewlett-Packard has not managed to become popular on media tablets and smartphones. However, it looks like it will be rather successful on TVs. LG Electronics on Monday said that it has sold over one million of TVs featuring the webOS since the launch …

Application processors based on technologies developed by ARM Holdings power the vast majority of smartphones and media tablets thanks to their high performance amid relatively low power consumption. While existing chips and technologies from ARM can also power wearable computing devices, to make the latter last longer on battery life …

The adoption rate of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 4 video game console continues to set records, if the unofficial information about its sell-through numbers is to be believed. As of mid-May life-to-date sales of the PS4 were eight million units. Apparently, the PlayStation 4 continues to sell very well seven months …

Samsung Electronics on Monday introduced the world’s first smartphone based on the Tizen operating system. The new Samsung Z smartphone will help the company to lower its dependence on Google Android platform that powers the majority of Samsung’s handsets and tablets. The Tizen will also aid Samsung to offer unique …