Over the last few months, Valve has been preparing for the death of Steam Greenlight, with plans to replace it with a new service known as Steam Direct. Just a few days ago, Valve announced the new fee for Steam Direct submissions and now, the company has confirmed that Greenlight …
Read More »Mass Effect Andromeda’s latest patch improves character creation
While there is talk of Bioware placing the Mass Effect series on ice for a few years, Andromeda is still receiving patches to improve overall quality. This week, Mass Effect Andromeda patch 1.08 released, which focusses on improving the game's character creation and making some additions/changes to certain dialogue options. …
Read More »Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice gets a fiery new trailer, release date confirmed
Ever since the launch of the Devil May Cry reboot, Ninja Theory has been working away on a brand new IP- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. This game has been floating around for several years and was initially supposed to release back in 2015 but was followed by a series of delays. …
Read More »The Nintendo Switch is getting a Pokemon game this year but the 3DS is still the main focus
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Pokemon Company would be holding a surprise 8-minute Nintendo Direct stream. Well, the stream just concluded and in total, we got three announcements. For starters, yes a Pokemon game is coming to Nintendo Switch this year but it isn't the rumoured Pokemon Stars. Instead, Switch …
Read More »A successor to the PlayStation Vita sounds increasingly unlikely
With the launch of the Nintendo Switch, we are starting to see a resurgence of interest in handheld gaming. This has given hope to some of Sony's dedicated Vita fans but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Sony is planning on getting back into the handheld arena any time soon. At …
Read More »Bethesda Game Studios is working on an AAA ‘freemium’ game
Back in early 2016, Bethesda Game Studios head, Todd Howard let the word out that the publisher's in-house studio teams were working on three “huge” unannounced projects. We have heard very little about what Bethesda's internal team has been up to since then but it looks like at least one …
Read More »Denuvo accused of using unlicensed protection software to secure its own anti-tamper tool
Over the last few months, Denuvo has been consistently making headlines for one reason or another. First Resident Evil VII was cracked in record time, then the software was accused of impacting the performance of recently released indie game ‘RIME', which was also cracked in record time, causing the developer …
Read More »Valve will charge $100 for Steam Direct submissions
It has been several months since we first heard about Valve's plans to phase out Steam Greenlight and replace it with a new service known as ‘Steam Direct'. One of the key changes with Steam Direct was originally going to be the price of submitting a game to Steam, which …
Read More »OneLogin suffers security breach, warns customers of stolen data
As convenient as it can be to have a password manager to help keep track of unique passwords, that convenience is swiftly stripped away when the password database gets hacked. This week, OneLogin users will want to double check their accounts as the service has warned that it has suffered a …
Read More »Nintendo announces some big changes to its Switch online service subscription
It looks like the Nintendo Switch's much debated online service subscription is going through some much needed changes. Initially, the service was set to launch later this year and would offer one NES game rental each month. Now, the Nintendo Switch's online subscription will launch in 2018 and will come …
Read More »Shadow of War has been delayed but it will still come out this year
A few months back we received the surprise announcement for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, a follow-up to the highly praised Shadow of Mordor. At the time, the game was poised for an August release but since then, the developers behind the project have had to revise their plans a bit, …
Read More »Square Enix is willing to let Hitman rights go when it sells IO Interactive
It has been several weeks since Square Enix first made the surprise announcement that it would be dropping Hitman developer IO Interactive from its roster. This impromptu decision has meant that IO Interactive needs to secure new investors so that it can continue to develop, though it also threw the …
Read More »Take-Two acquire spaceflight simulator Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program developers, Squad have made headlines recently, from large change-ups in its team to several of the former-Squad developers being hired by Valve for a currently unannounced title. The most recent change comes from Rockstar and 2K’s parent company, Take-Two, purchasing the publishing rights to Kerbal Space Program. …
Read More »ASUS announces return of ROG Masters, $500,000 prize pool up for grabs
ASUS Republic of Gamers this week has announced its very first esports tournament, featuring some top professional teams and some aspiring competitors. The tournament is known as ROG Masters 2017 and will consist of four continental qualifier rounds and 30 qualifying national rounds all capped off by a grand finals …
Read More »Square Enix and I Am Setsuna developer team up for Lost Sphear
Last year, a small but charming JRPG by the name of I Am Setsuna launched on PC and PS4 to positive reviews. This particular game was made by the small team at Tokyo RPG Factory and given the success of its first game, the team will now be releasing Lost …
Read More »Square Enix brings Final Fantasy VII Remake development in-house, Lightning Returns director is a project lead
Last week, we got our first update on the status of Final Fantasy VII Remake in quite some time. Square Enix has begun hiring new designers and planners to begin working on the project but this week, a bigger change occurred as the publisher brought all of the game's development …
Read More »10% of KitGuru gamers play at 4k/5k resolution
10% of KitGuru readers game on a 4k and 5k panel. Do you?
Read More »Nintendo set to boost Switch production once again as demand continues to grow
Ever since the Nintendo Switch first launched back in March, demand has been high, making the console pretty difficult to find at retail in some areas. Nintendo has already boosted production once in an effort to keep on top of things but now it is being reported that things have escalated further, …
Read More »Far Cry 5’s official trailer is here, game launches in February
Update: Following on from last week's teasing, Ubisoft has released the official announcement trailer for Far Cry 5. This is a cinematic trailer that sets up the story. This time around, Far Cry will be taking place in Montana and will focus on a cult violently taking control of the …
Read More »noblechairs launches new Icon series of chairs
While we have heard quite a bit about noblechairs over the past year or two, up until now the company has been focused on its Epic series – with the Epic Real Leather being a highlight. However, noblechairs has today launched its new Icon series of chairs, promising thicker cushioning, increased …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda might be getting some single-player DLC
While Bioware may be giving the Mass Effect franchise a bit of a break over the next couple of years, it looks like we can still expect some new content for Andromeda. During the opening hours of Mass Effect: Andromeda, some dialogue sets up a new race, the Quarians, who …
Read More »Researchers discover dangerous media player subtitle hack, fixes are on the way
If you are often watching content on applications like Kodi, Popcorn Time and VLC with subtitles on, then you may want to be extra careful at the moment as a new vulnerability has been discovered. It turns out that older versions of these bits of software are all open to …
Read More »Corsair T1 Race gaming chair
Vvroom Vrroom - Corsair goes full on sports with their new £300 T1 Race Gaming chair.
Read More »You can play Fallout 4 for free right now
If you were in need of some weekend plans then it looks like Bethesda has you covered as starting from today until the end of the week, you will be able to play the entirety of Fallout 4's base game for free. The Fallout 4 free weekend kicked off on …
Read More »Crackdown 3 is coming to PC too, game is ‘on track’ for release this year
Back in 2014, Microsoft officially announced Crackdown 3 as an Xbox One exclusive but since then, the company has changed some of its policies regarding console exclusives and has been making more of an effort to include PC in its future plans. As a result, Crackdown 3 will no longer just …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4 now fully supports the Nintendo Switch
One of Nintendo's big challenges last generation was drumming up third-party developer support. This time around, the company is taking greater steps to ensure that doesn't happen, with Nintendo this week teaming up with Epic Games to offer a “fully-featured” version of the Unreal Engine for free to approved developers …
Read More »The Xbox Game Pass launches in June with over 100 games
Update: Today, Microsoft announced that its brand new Xbox Game Pass subscription service will go live to all on the 1st of June. The Netflix style game service grants subscribers unlimited access to a growing library of games for $9.99 per month. However, unlike competing services like PSNow, all Xbox …
Read More »Square Enix’s latest job postings indicate Final Fantasy VII Remake still in early stages
It has been close to two years since Sony and Square Enix teamed up to announce the Final Fantasy VII Remake at E3. This was huge news at the time but since then, the project has gone radio silent. This week however, Square Enix posted some new job listings, looking …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Mario/Rabbids crossover game is real
Ever since the Nintendo Switch was first announced, there have been plenty of rumours surrounding upcoming games for the system. One of the more persistent stories has been a Mario/Rabbids crossover game from Ubisoft. While official announcements have yet to be made, at this point, the game appears to be …
Read More »IO Interactive set to downsize, still no word on the rights to Hitman franchise
Update: Following last week's reports surrounding the breakup between Square Enix and IO Interactive, the studio has announced that it is having to cut jobs. This was IO Interactive's first official statement since being dropped by Square Enix a few weeks ago. An update from the studio: pic.twitter.com/k0aoms5cOQ — Io-Interactive …
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