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The DOOM closed alpha takes place this weekend

Last year with the launch of Wolfenstein: The New Order, Bethesda promised those who pre-ordered access to the DOOM Alpha and beta phases. Now development has progressed a bit and a closed alpha weekend event is taking place this weekend, on the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. If you …

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Seagate Xbox One 2TB Game Drive Review

We are all primarily PC gamers here at KitGuru, but that doesn't mean we shy away from consoles. Today, we are taking a look at Seagate's new 2TB ‘Game Drive', made in partnership with Microsoft exclusively for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. While you can freely switch out the …

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HGST launches new 10TB helium drive

HGST has launched its first 10TB helium filled hard drive for general purpose use. The Ultrastar HE10 is more power efficient than an air-filled drive, using 56-watts less per terabyte. This is the company's third-generation helium drive, offering two additional terabytes of storage, and is aimed at enterprise or data …

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HTC One M8 to get Android Marshmallow update

HTC has announced that it is bringing Google's latest version of Android to the HTC One M8. The M8 launched back in 2014 and went on to be a pretty popular device, having followed on from the HTC One M7. While the latter may not be getting the latest Android …

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Witcher 3 Blood and Wine expansion teased

CD Projekt Red has been winning plenty of awards over the last few weeks thanks to the launch of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, which has been received and praised as one of the best games of the year. However, the development team isn't done with Geralt just yet, …

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EA is giving away Jade Empire on Origin

One of Bioware's lesser known RPGs, Jade Empire, is currently free on Origin for PC players. The kung-fu based game launched back in 2005 on the original Xbox and was Bioware's next game following on from the much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. The game is being given away as …

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New video shows off Halo 5 on the Hololens

So far, most of the demos we have seen for the Hololens have been gaming oriented, with Minecraft being a pretty big focus at E3. This trend isn't changing any time soon as a new video posted online by Microsoft project manager, Varun Mani, shows off Halo 5 on the …

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Microsoft confirms 60 job cuts in Hololens team

Microsoft has confirmed that it has cut 60 jobs from the Hololens team as part of a shift in priorities in the development of the augmented reality headset. The team based in Israel was affected, with 30 full-time workers and 30 third-party contractors affected, the development of the Hololens will …

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Google may bring back Nexus 7 in 2016

Last year, Google tried to change the way it approached the Nexus line-up, ditching the Nexus 7 in favour of a Nexus 9, built to compete with the iPad Mini. It also switched from the Nexus 5 to the Nexus 6- neither decision turned out to be all that popular, …

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Cooler Master announces Sentinel III Gaming Mouse

Today, Cooler Master has announced its latest peripheral, the Sentinel III gaming mouse, featuring an ergonomic palm-grip style design, targeted at FPS gamers, along with an improved tracking sensor, a customisable OLED display, support for 16.8 million colour lighting and on-board memory for profile storing. Given that this is a …

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Lenovo and Razer partner up for new gaming desktops

Razer first revealed its intention to break in to the desktop gaming PC market at CES 2014, with its modular PC concept. However, that project didn't quite pan out and has since been dropped. Now, Razer is doing something a little more traditional, by partnering up with Lenovo to bring …

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Microsoft may be making huge changes to Hololens

Microsoft might be making huge changes to the development of the Hololens behind the scenes, as new reports are suggesting that the company recently fired as many as 60 engineers working on the project, based on technology that Microsoft acquired six years ago. Apparently the project change has been quite …

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Arkham Origins developer is working on two DC games

Rocksteady officially wrapped up its time with Batman earlier this year with the release of Arkham Knight. However, that doesn't mean Warner Bros is done developing games based on DC Comics characters, as it looks like WB Montreal, the team behind Arkham Origins, is currently working on two unannounced DC …

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AMD responds to Crimson driver causing fan issues

AMD recently changed the way it approaches its drivers, with the launch of Radeon Software: Crimson Edition. Unfortunately, some users with the update have found that the driver has been causing low fan speeds on some GPUs, which also causes abnormally high load temperatures. Fortunately, AMD is aware of the …

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Apple may announce new Macbook Air at WWDC

We are quite a few months away from Apple's next big event, known as the Worldwide Developer Conference, which takes place in June. However, we are already hearing some rumours surrounding Apple's plans, which may include a new line of Macbook Air laptops. The Air has been a big part …

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Sony unlocks PS4’s 7th CPU core for developers

Sony has gone ahead and unlocked more of the PS4's power for developers, by giving them the opportunity to make use of the console's 7th CPU core. This change came in the latest SDK for the console and may help Sony keep its performance lead on Microsoft's Xbox One, which …

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Apple’s iPhone 7 may ditch the headphone jack

Apple is on a constant mission to make its devices thinner than before. We saw this with the iPhone 6, which has the camera sticking out of the back of the phone slightly and now, Apple is apparently also thinking about ditching the headphone jack in order to make the …

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Gears of War 4 might be coming to PC too

Back at E3, Microsoft announced that it would be bringing Gears of War back to the PC with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Since then, not much else has been said about it, though the studio behind it says they are still working on it and getting it running with …

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The Razer Blade laptop is finally coming to Europe

It has been a few years since Razer first announced its gaming laptop, the Razer Blade. It quickly became a success and spawned two models, the Razer Blade 14 and the Razer Blade Pro, which uses a 17 inch screen. However, the laptop had been difficult to get in the …

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