Back at CES in January, we first heard about plans to unleash 4K/144Hz gaming monitors this year. ASUS and Acer are set to be the first monitor makers to market and while we haven't seen much of the ROG monitor, Acer is gearing up for release and showing off the …
Read More »Razer aims for wireless supremacy with all new Razer Lancehead mouse
Razer has made some excellent mice in its time, with standouts like the Mamba and Deathadder remaining popular to this day. Now, the company is launching an all-new addition to its impressive lineup- the Razer Lancehead, featuring all new ‘Adaptive Frequency Technology', the world's most precise laser sensor and hybrid …
Read More »AMD releases tweaked power profile for Ryzen users on Windows 10
Update: Following the release of AMD's improved Ryzen/Windows power plan a few weeks back, the company has now incorporated it directly into its latest chipset drivers for Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7. The driver update brings AMD's improved ‘Ryzen Balanced Power' plan to your system by default, giving the …
Read More »Nintendo profits see huge boost as Switch beats sales expectations
This week, Nintendo revealed its quarterly earnings report, showing a huge boost in profit thanks to the Nintendo Switch console launch. In fact, the Switch is selling so well that Nintendo has boosted its sales forecast for the year, expecting to sell another ten million units before the end of …
Read More »Win an Ironwing Rush Gaming system with your own custom front panel!
This week, we are teaming up with Fierce PC to give KitGuru readers the chance to win a brand new gaming PC. We didn't want to just give you a standard gaming rig though, we want to give you the chance to make this build your own, so not only …
Read More »Atlus apologises over Persona 5 streaming restrictions, eases up the rules
Update: After much criticism from fans and content creators, Atlus this week announced that it would be loosening up a bit on its streaming and YouTube video rules for Persona 5. Initially, Atlus did not want streamers or video makers showing any boss fights, any story spoilers or any content …
Read More »Someone is rebuilding Fallout New Vegas within Fallout 4
Fallout: New Vegas is an excellent game, bringing the older RPG elements that the original Fallout games were known for and combining it with Bethesda's open-world style. Unfortunately at this point, the game is rather dated and could look a lot better. With that in mind, one modder has taken …
Read More »OnePlus 5 leak gives us an early peek at the next flagship killer
It looks like the OnePlus 5 is on the way as this week, details surrounding the upcoming smartphone began to leak out, alongside an image of what the phone should look like. This particular image made its way on to the web via India Today Tech, whose claims to have …
Read More »Call of Duty: WWII’s full worldwide reveal is happening right now
Update: Following last month's extensive leak, Activision made Call of Duty: WWII official last week. This will be the game's official title and SledgeHammer Games is behind its development. Now after a brief wait, the Call of Duty: WWII livestream is taking place right here, during which campaign, multiplayer and …
Read More »Google is bringing Android compatibility to a ton of Chromebooks this year
Back in 2016, Google finally began implementing Android app compatibility into Chrome OS and while the list of supported devices was initially quite small, it has grown a ton so far in 2017. Back in January, we learned that Google wanted all Chromebooks released this year to feature Android app …
Read More »Game Max 1050W PSU, RGB case, Mouse and keyboard competition winner announced
Back in late March, we announced that we were teaming up with Game Max once again to offer our readers a chance to win a PC upgrade bundle. This bundle included a Cobalt Game Max Chassis, a GM1050W PSU and a mouse/keyboard combo. After sifting through the entries, today we …
Read More »Final vote to end mobile roaming charges in EU passes, new law takes effect in June
It looks like the European Union's plan to get rid of mobile data roaming charges is going through once and for all. While the writing has been on the wall for a long time now, this week, the new law passed its final vote, meaning from from mid-June onwards, EU …
Read More »Samsung set to sell limited number of refurbished Galaxy Note 7s in June
Back in March, Samsung officially revealed its future plans for the millions of Galaxy Note 7s it recalled in late 2016. After plenty of pressure from environmental groups, the company agreed to recycle as many parts as it could while also exploring the possibility of reselling refurbished units. Now, it …
Read More »Teen behind Xbox Live and PSN DoS attacks sentenced to two years in prison
It looks like the person behind the infamous Microsoft and Sony DDOS attack back in 2014 has been sentenced to two years in prison. The teen was 16 years old when he began selling access to his network of breached IP addresses, earning around £386,000 in the process. The ‘Titanium …
Read More »Intel’s 3D XPoint Optane SSD and Optane Memory are now available
Following on from last month's announcements, this week Intel's first 3D XPoint products officially became available. For the budget-oriented market, there is Optane Memory, a small M.2 cache drive intended to boost mechanical HDD performance, meanwhile for data-centres, Intel has the Optane DC P4800X, a super speedy PCIe SSD built …
Read More »Qualcomm may tap Samsung for Snapdragon 845, may be based on enhanced 10nm
It looks like Qualcomm may be teaming up with Samsung once again for its 2018 flagship system on chip (SoC) as reports this week indicate that the pair have reached a deal to have Samsung co-develop the Snapdragon 845 processor. Samsung has been working with Qualcomm for a while not, …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver preps for Dawn of War 3, Heroes of the Storm 2.0 and more
April might be quieter on blockbuster releases but there are still quite a few interesting games coming out. Dawn of War 3 is launching, Batman: Arkham VR is finally landing on PC, meanwhile games like Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality and Wilson's Heart flesh out April's offerings. As with most …
Read More »AMD reaffirms RX Vega will launch within two months
While the recent release of the Radeon RX 500 series didn't exactly set any new performance records for AMD, things are looking promising for the RX Vega. In fact, things have been looking promising on the Vega front for many months now, so where exactly is it? Well this week, …
Read More »Nvidia turns its attention to VR with new GPU bundle
It looks like Nvidia is turning its attention to promoting virtual reality as today, the GPU maker announced its latest games bundle, giving Pascal GPU buyers three of the best games VR has to offer. Starting from today, anyone buying a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or …
Read More »Apple turns to NASA for help with Augmented Reality glasses
There have been tons of reports surrounding Apple's current augmented reality plans recently. Now it turns out that Apple is bringing in some help from NASA for its augmented reality glasses, hiring up those who also helped Microsoft with the Hololens. According to sources, Apple has has hired Jeff Norris, …
Read More »References to three Google Pixel devices spotted in Android code
Things have been fairly quiet recently on the Google Pixel front recently but we are finally starting to get some new information. Reports this week claim to have found references to three upcoming Pixel devices in the code for the Android Open Source project, all of which will run on …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 free ‘Not A Hero’ DLC delayed over quality concerns
Resident Evil 7 launched back in January to much acclaim from fans and critics alike. Since then though, many fans have been waiting on the ‘Not a Hero' DLC, a free epilogue expansion to the game starring Chris Redfield. This DLC was set to come out sometime this Spring but …
Read More »Blizzard has six new Overwatch maps in development
If you have been playing Overwatch recently and hoping for some fresh scenery then you might be in luck as there are currently plans to release around three new maps ‘standard' maps this year. There are also an additional three ‘non-standard' maps in development, presumably for future events/brawls. According to …
Read More »Rockstar shuts down fan-effort to bring Red Dead Redemption to GTA V engine
Since launching GTA Online, Rockstar has shut down a few fan-made mod projects and this week, it added another one to the list. Over the last few years, some modders have been working on recreating Red Dead Redemption in GTA V but the project came to an unceremonious end this …
Read More »You can now play the original Tomb Raider in your browser
If you can run Doom on a calculator, then there shouldn't be much stopping you from running Tomb Raider within your web browser. This week, modder ‘XProger' revealed that after several months of work, he has managed to mod the original 1996 Tomb Raider to be playable in-browser in both …
Read More »Analysts claim OLED iPhone could be delayed by up to two months
A couple of weeks ago, we first began hearing reports from analysts claiming that Apple's upcoming OLED iPhone would be delayed due to issues with production. Now this week, KGI is claiming that mass production may not happen until as late as October/November, missing the usual September time frame for …
Read More »SK Hynix details plans for GDDR6, will feature on a high-end GPU coming early 2018
It looks like Micron won't be the only company pushing out GDDR6 graphics memory this year as over the weekend, SK Hynix announced its own plans to introduce 8 Gigabit GDDR6 DRAM modules. SK Hynix's GDDR6 modules run at a data rate of 16Gbps, which is currently the fastest in …
Read More »iPhone 8 ‘dummy model’ images appear online
There have been quite a few leaks regarding the next iPhone recently. Last week we saw a leaked design document and this week, images of what appears to be an iPhone 8 ‘dummy model' have appeared online. If accurate, then this could be our first early look at what Apple …
Read More »Huge price cut comes to ASUS ROG G752VY
ASUS went on to become the highest selling gaming laptop maker of 2016 and it looks like the company is making an early bid for 2017 too as the Core i7/GTX980M equipped ROG G752VY has had a huge £250 price cut. Right now, the G752VY is on sale at Laptops …
Read More »Call of Duty: WWII campaign, multiplayer, release date and beta details leak
Following leaks from earlier this month, Activision officially unveiled Call of Duty: WWII alongside plans for a full reveal livestream in two days time. However, the official reveal hasn't deterred leakers from jumping in while they still can, with new leaks this week revealing the game's release date, beta program …
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