Back in October, California-based hardware supplier Super Micro Computer was accused of distributing components compromised with Chinese microchips developed for spy purposes. Concluding its investigations earlier this week, Supermicro has deemed these reports “wrongful,” finding no malicious hardware within its supply. Bloomberg’s report alleges that as many as 30 US …

Riot has been under a lot of scrutiny throughout 2018, following an exposé that highlighted discrimination in the workplace. Despite promising a “zero tolerance policy” against such behaviour, it wasn’t until dozens more victims came forward and a lawsuit reared its head that internal investigations began to produce results, now …

We've known for a few weeks now that Activision has started to take a bigger role in Blizzard's operations, with plans to cut costs and ship more games to boost profits. The first casualty appears to be Heroes of the Storm, which is having its development team downsized and future …

Metro fans haven’t had it easy lately, from reports of the movie adaptation failing to the upcoming video game sequel being delayed. Finally, in what seems like a turn of good fortune, publisher Deep Silver has revealed that Metro Exodus has now gone gold, bringing its release date forward by …

Scum aims to evolve the MMO survival scene with insane levels of customisation, where your knowledge of the environment and efficiency with survival will be the difference between life and death. So how long will you survive? Gamepires and Croteam are the studios behind Scum, released on 29th August 2018 …

Is a 4-phase VCore VRM enough for an ROG motherboard?

Looking for a new 2.0 speaker system? Edifier could have just the thing with the S2000 Pro

Software support for Windows XP and Vista has been dwindling in recent years, with Microsoft dropping security updates in 2014 and 2017 respectively. Now, Riot has announced that League of Legends will no longer support the two aging operating systems come May 14, 2019. The decision follows Valve’s decision to …

The now Amazon-owned Twitch acquired Curse back in 2016, and with it a plethora of websites, multimedia channels and applications housed within. Two years later, it seems as though Twitch is ditching the brand, selling Curse Media to information host Fandom. Fandom is a Wiki hosting service that currently provides …

Pokémon Go launched on mobile devices back in 2016, with developer Niantic shaking up the traditional formula in a relatively controversial way. Gone was the need to whittle a Pokémon’s health down before capture, the ability to trade your companions over and the battle-based levelling system. Niantic has since managed …

Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who entered, our winner today is Steven Cannon. If you missed out this time around, then keep an eye out. We have a new competition going live each day throughout December. Today's giveaway features a full CPU custom water cooling kit …

Leo has a lot to say this week, and he bought an iPAD PRO, Gen 3. His first Apple product, ever !

Over the last few months, we've had a rather big list of games set to support Nvidia's new RTX 20-series features, including DLSS and real-time ray-tracing. One of the flagship titles for DLSS has been Final Fantasy XV, support for the technology has been available in benchmark form for a …

Nintendo has packed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to the brim, featuring every single fighter from the series' past and more. With the surprise reveal of Persona 5's Joker being the first DLC challenger to join the roster, all bets are off as to who the remaining four could be – …

Nintendo might be taking a more relaxed approach when it comes to content creators, but that doesn’t mean the company shies away from legal action when it needs to protect its intellectual properties. The Japanese video game firm is cracking down on hacked consoles that allow for pirated versions of …

Last year, Crytek launched a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games, claiming that the Star Citizen studio misused the CryEngine and breached a licensing agreement. This all came to light after Star Citizen switched from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Now almost a year later, it looks like the legal situation …

Before the release of Street Fighter V, Capcom divided its fans by announcing that microtransactions would appear in the series despite being a fully-priced game. Now, optional in-game advertisements have made their way to the title and fans are not pleased. Capcom’s new “Sponsored Content” has enveloped the game in …

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 range has received a series of leaks in the run-up to its reveal early next year, but it seems as though the South Korean firm has managed to keep a lid on some details. That is until inside sources have revealed the rest in a …

Before advocating a leading revenue split for developers on its newly launched store, Epic Games strongly voiced its support for cross-platform play within video games. This is evident with Fortnite: Battle Royale becoming the first game to bridge the gap across all console and PC platforms. Now, Epic is looking …

ZeniMax might have settled its legal conflict with Doom co-creator John Carmack in October, but its battle with Oculus has raged on since. Fortunately, the feud with the Facebook-owned company has finally come to an end as ZeniMax and Oculus settle out of court. Way back in 2014, ZeniMax opened …

For day 12 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar we are teaming up with Iiyama to give away a fantastic monitor. The winner of this one will be recieving a Iiyama G-Master monitor with a 27-inch 1440p panel, 144Hz refresh rate and FreeSync support!

Ultrawide users that engaged in Fallout 76’s beta were sorely disappointed at the lack of native support, with Bethesda promising to rectify the situation after release. The game’s latest patch finally made good on that promise, but it seems as though Bethesda has cut corners, leaving players unimpressed. Beta players …

Google found itself probed by members of the House Judiciary committee yesterday, as the US government attempted to understand reported efforts to re-enter the Chinese market. CEO Sundar Pichai told the panel that the company had “no plans” at this time to relaunch its search engine after its removal in …

It's Huawei's latest flagship, now priced at £899. Is it the real deal?

Reports of a new Nintendo Switch have been rampant as of late, with research firms suggesting it to be one of the only ways the company will get back on track to meet its lofty sales targets. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé disagrees with this analysis, stating that the …

It seems that almost every memory manufacturer has its own RGB offering these days, although prices set a pretty high barrier for entry if users want to spruce up their rig. Corsair has now come up with a temporary solution for those with extra DIMM slots spare, putting dummy RAM …

Fans expressed disappointment when Sony revealed the 20 games included on its PlayStation Classic, from the absence of popular titles to the inclusion of more obscure ones. Just one week after its launch, hackers have managed to break the encryption built to prevent users loading whatever they wanted onto the …

Rumours surrounding Microsoft’s second generation HoloLens peaked in July, suggesting that the company was switching from Intel to an ARM coprocessor in order improve battery life. A new report corroborates these rumblings, suggesting that the mixed-reality headset will feature Qualcomm's ‘Always Connected' Snapdragon 850 SoC. The current HoloLens seen on …

As part of KitGuru's visit to Edifier's speaker factory in Dongguan, China, we were treated to some early previews of products not yet available in the UK. Three of these were actually headphones – an area where Edifier is increasing its global presence at a rapid rate – as well …

After a decade working at Activision, Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield has announced that his time with the company is coming to an end. Schofield will be parting ways at the end of December, hoping to purse something “exciting” on the horizon. Schofield took to Twitter to break the news, …