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Since its launch, speedrunners have been having quite a bit of fun with Arkane’s Prey reboot. Just a few days after launch, one speedrunner managed to beat the game in less than twenty minutes and now, it looks like someone else has joined the fray to challenge the record-holder. This …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been a huge success so far but there is still much work left to be done before the game exits Early Access. This week, Battlegrounds will be getting a new update that focuses on rebalancing the game’s loot system, so different items should become easier to find …

Following on from yesterday’s performance preview, today AMD officially launched the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, delivering AMD’s latest GPU architecture to consumers for the first time. AMD is pitching this as the world’s fastest graphics card for machine learning development and advanced visualization workloads. Pricing is also a bit different …

This year, crypto-currency mining appears to be making a bit of a resurgence, which has caused increased demand for mainstream GPUs, with popular options like the RX 570 and GTX 1060 consistently going out of stock and fluctuating in price. To help satisfy this demand for mining specific GPUs, ASUS …

Super Thin, super quiet, 120hz IPS panel, New GTX 1080 Max-Q, Intel Core i7 7700HQ. Is this the new laptop YOU want?

This week, Thermaltake has launched a trio of new Tempered Glass edition cases. The new Supressor F, Core V71 full tower and Core V51 mid-tower now all come in tempered glass versions, featuring a 4mm thick window, a GPU riser support bracket and full capacity/expandability for custom watercooling. Tempered glass …

Cooler Master is bolstering its peripherals lineup this week with the launch of the MasterKeys S PBT and MasterKeys L PBT. Both keyboards take what was great about past MasterKeys boards and adds PBT keycaps, which are enhanced for a better typing experience. The MasterKeys S is the tenkeyless model …

Microsoft has confirmed this week that a portion of its Windows 10 source code has leaked online. However, the leak isn’t quite as bad as first  believed. Initially, a report over the weekend claimed that a massive 32TB of data had leaked from Microsoft, containing source code and unreleased builds …

Seven years ago, the European Commission hit Intel with a massive €1.06 billion fine, after ruling that the company had been trying to stifle AMD’s own chip business. Since the fine came through, Intel has been working its way through an appeals process and after its most recent attempt in …

At E3 this year, Microsoft had a rather impressive showing, with 42 game reveals on stage. However, only a handful of those were exclusive first-party games, leaving many still wondering what’s next for Xbox following the launches of Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves. Fortunately from the sounds of it, …

Update: Following on from our original story published this morning (see below), Rockstar has been in touch with us to say that OpenIV has been reinstated, with a new build now being pushed out to users. OpenIV will remain available for the foreseeable future. A tweet from the GTANet forum …

There have been a lot of rumours and leaks surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 over the last few weeks. So far, we are expecting to see a larger version of the Infinity Display, more RAM and a dual-camera design. All of that hardware doesn’t come cheap though, with a …

Fireball has been a hot topic lately, with security firm, CheckPoint,  claiming that this branch of Chinese malware has infected 250 million computers worldwide.  However, it turns out that the number of infected PCs may have been massively overestimated, as Microsoft has since spoken out against this claim, asking for …

Buying the correct power supply should take a little thought. Some people think they can just buy the cheapest power supply, slap it in a system and forget about it. How wrong they are.

Late last year, Oculus launched its own Touch Controllers. These were a significant step up for virtual reality, improving on both the traditional gamepad and even the wands that come with the HTC Vive. However, Valve isn’t too far behind and this week, the company began shipping out its own …

Futuremark, the company behind the widely used PCMark, 3DMark and VRMark benchmarking tools has now released PCMark 10 for all users. This is an updated version of the benchmarking tool for Windows 10, featuring new and improved workloads all wrapped up in a faster, more user-friendly application. Previously, only PCMark …

At Computex earlier this month, Intel officially lifted the curtain on its new family of processors- the Core-X series, alongside the new X299 chipset. Now with retail availability not too far off, we are starting to see the first X299 motherboards and Core-X CPUs go up for pre-order. Let’s start …

There have been quite a few leaks regarding the next iPhone over the last few months, some more trustworthy than others. Today’s leak comes from a very trusted source, giving us our first decent look at the front and back of the next iPhone redesign. This is the iPhone currently …

Over the course of this year, we have been consistently hearing reports surrounding DRAM and NAND shortages, causing a strain on supply and ultimately, pricing. When these shortages first crept up in late 2016, it was thought that everything would go back to normal in the second half of this …

The legal battle between ZeniMax and Oculus continues this week. Following the original trial, ZeniMax filed an injunction, asking a court to remove the Oculus Rift from sale or grant the company a 20% royalty award for sales over the next ten years. The hearing for that injunction kicked off …

It's a £350 2-in-1 laptop/tablet from Venturer. Good enough to replace your iPad?

Since the launch of Overwatch, Blizzard has taken a hard stance against cheats and while some have managed to find holes in Blizzard’s anti-cheat system, they don’t tend to last for long. This week, some players discovered that the hard way, with an update this week making paid aimbots less …

Earlier this year, Apple made the surprise announcement that it would not be renewing its GPU licensing deal with Imagination Technologies. The decision clearly caught Imagination off guard and while no lawsuits have been filed yet, the company has put itself up for sale in an attempt to try and …

The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple rages on, with Qualcomm hitting back at Apple once again. This time, the chip maker is claiming that Apple’s iPhone simply would not exist without the use of its patented technology, going as far as to say: “Qualcomm innovations are at the heart …

OnePlus relished in the success of its OnePlus 5 launch with many first time users taking to social media to praise its speed, software and relatively low price. The very same day, the company has come under fire for cheating its benchmark scores and lying about the true performance. Traditionally, …

When we first got our hands on the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, we were bowled over by the challenge it poses for Intel’s top-end Core i7 processors. Intel may have taken up that challenge with the announcement of the Core i9, but despite this the most astonishing feature of Ryzen …

AMD has been keen to keep the momentum up ever since it launched the first batch of Ryzen desktop processors in March. We’ve already heard a bit about the company’s plans to take on Intel’s Xeon lineup but today, we see the full launch of AMD’s EPYC processors, scaling the …

While Luke works hard to review the new range of Intel X299 processors which have been officially sampled by Intel UK, he has managed to find some downtime to unbox the latest Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3. Spoiler - its a great looking bit of kit.

Leaks are a bit of an issue for tech companies far and wide but the situation only gets worse for larger companies. For instance, Apple can’t seem to keep anything secret, in-fact, it appears to be so bad at stopping leaks that even the the company’s policy on how to …

Today, we sent fellow KitGuru writer, Dominic, down to Thorpe Park to meet with the folks at Acer. While we were there, we had the chance to take a good look at the Predator 21X, the world’s first Ultra-wide laptop, with a 21-inch display, a mechanical keyboard and dual graphics …