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The Uncharted film has had an extremely troubled development. Announced all the way back in 2008, the film underwent half a dozen director turnovers, complete rewrites and more. Now, we are finally set to see the fruits of all this labour when the Uncharted film releases on the 18th of …

The MSI Creator series of laptops has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Now, the company is launching its best Creator laptop yet, the Z16 Creator Hiroshi Fujiwara edition, a limited edition created in collaboration with Fragment Designs. Hiroshi Fujiwara, regarded as the godfather of street fashion, collaborated …

During an event last night, Apple introduced its new generation of earbuds, the AirPods 3. Designed to be more durable, offer more playtime and improve upon its predecessors, the new AirPods aim to offer better value than previous generations.  The AirPods 3 design was slightly tweaked, supposedly to offer a …

Since launching the Apple M1 processor last year, many rumours have surfaced about what's next. While we expected an upgraded 'M1X' chip at some point later this year, it turns out Apple was actually working on two new SoCs - the M1 Pro and the M1 Max, bringing up to a 70 percent boost in CPU performance. 

Apple is making some more changes to its app rules in 2022. Starting early next year, developers that allow for account creation in iOS, iPadOS or macOS apps must also offer a way to delete the account.  Apple announced this week that this new rule will come into effect on …

We've known about Samsung and AMD's partnership to create a new Exynos SoC with RDNA 2 graphics for quite a while. Most of the information we have about this chip comes from rumours, but it looks like Samsung has finally begun to lift the curtain on the Exynos 2200 SoC. …

What seems to be a leaked roadmap referring to Intel mobile consumer CPUs has been posted online, corroborating some rumours. Moreover, the roadmap also shows when production of the Alder Lake mobile platforms will start, giving us an idea of when we will see the first devices equipped with them. …

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $2 Billion within its first year – the kicker being that this was …

Kingston recently announced a new line up of FURY branded memory - based around this they decided to raise some awareness with KitGuru readers and sent Leo a bunch of new hardware for us to build a system. As well as the new hardware, Kingston also decided to send Leo a massive box of Kingston branded Merch. We have to admit that watching Leo playing with Kingston branded Merch gave Kitguru staff quite a chuckle this morning.

One of the main issues with Google Stadia is that while the search giant pitched the service as being the cheaper alternative to console gaming, the need for a bespoke controller for minimum latency brought the cost up considerably. For those who were not invited to the recent Stadia promotion …

Yesterday saw the celebration of The Last of Us Day, an annual event hosted on the day that the cordyceps outbreak took place in the world of The Last of Us. While no new games were shown off, the day concluded with a first look at Pedro Pascal as Joel …

The first season of Netflix’s The Witcher was met with a great deal of enthusiasm, with the show becoming one of the streaming service’s biggest ever. It was therefore not surprising to see a season 2 confirmed. Ahead of this second season however, it has also been announced that season …

Nintendo recently held a Direct where among the announcement of many new games and updates to older titles, the console manufacturer gave fans the first details for the upcoming Mario movie. The most surprising thing however was the reveal that Chris Pratt will play the titular Mario, with Jack Black …

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Following on from recent leaks, last night the Surface Duo 2 was officially announced, breathing new life into Microsoft's take on the dual-screen smartphone concept. The original Duo launched with a flagship price tag without the specs to match. This is changing with the Duo 2, which makes significant upgrades …

Last night during its annual Surface event, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Studio, a follow-up to the high-end Surface Book line of laptops. The new laptop will make the jump to the latest generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, as well as Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics.  The Surface …

One of the biggest video game stories in recent years revolves around the Epic Games v Apple lawsuit, which saw the Fortnite creator have its biggest money maker banned from the Apple App Store. Following the recent conclusion of the trial, it was revealed that the battle royale game may …

Last night, Microsoft held its annual Surface event, revamping its entire line-up of tablets, phones and PCs. On the tablet side, Microsoft launched three new Windows 11 devices – the Surface Pro 8, Pro X and Go 3.  The Surface Pro 8 looks to be a reasonable upgrade over its …

Fortnite has long been the game with the highest number of crossover franchises, brands and more. From Marvel to God of War to the NBA and more, the Battle Royle game has become a metaverse of cross promotions and marketing. This latest collaboration is perhaps the weirdest yet however, as …

People love to hate on Apple and their iPhones, however the smartphone brand continues to dominate when it comes to profits and mindshare. Ahead of the latest iPhone 13’s release on the 24th of September, review embargoes have been lifted, and almost all of the talk surrounding Apple’s latest and …

Google has always been experimental with its marketing, from revealing phones prior to its announcement, to announcing a phone only by confirming that the unannounced phone’s purported cancellation was false. The search engine giant has now sent out an email to its fans saying “You're invited to Google's Birthday party.” …

After a lengthy beta period, the newest version of iOS is out now, though with some of the biggest promised features missing. Even so, those with an iPhone or iPad can look forward to a plethora of improvements and additions (and perhaps a few downgrades too), including a new Safari …

Sometimes you have to fall in order to rise again. Such is the case for Sonic creator Yuji Naka, who following the critical and commercial failure of Balan Wonderworld, left Square Enix and is beginning from square one. As part of this journey, Naka has announced that he is teaching …

Recently we reported that SEGA announced that it would be revealing a brand new RPG at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. With the publisher owning so many iconic RPG franchises, fans began to speculate about what the game could be – from a new Valkyria Chronicles to Persona 6. Unfortunately, …

The WipEout franchise has historically offered a fast-paced and hectic futuristic racing experience as far back as the playstation One. The past decade has not been kind to the franchise however, with the last original game releasing all the way back in 2008. After waiting for so long, WipEout is …

Sony recently announced its intentions to lean hard into the movie and television industry, using its many successful video game IP and translating them into different media. We have seen this with the Uncharted movie, HBO’s The Last of Us and Twisted Metal – the latter of which will officially …

Just as promised, last night Apple officially announced its new set of iPhones for the year. The iPhone 13 line-up consists of the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and the iPhone 13 Pro Max, iterating on the iPhone 12 with improved internal specifications.  The next major iPhone …

Earlier this year, we learned that Samsung and AMD were partnering up on a new Exynos SoC featuring RDNA 2 graphics cores. Now, the first benchmark result for the Samsung Exynos 2200 has appeared online, but while the results are decent, we're still months away from the planned Q1 2022 …

It’s September, which means Apple will be hosting its annual iPhone launch event very soon. Apple has a streamed event planned for the 14th of September, during which we expect to see the iPhone 13 announced, alongside new and improved AirPods. Further more, the announcement will include a 1TB iPhone …

Earlier this month, South Korea passed a new law to force platform holders like Apple and Google to allow developers to use third-party payment systems within their mobile apps. Epic Games is now hoping to use this law to get Fortnite back on iOS, even if it does end up …