A big player in the dash cam market, Thinkware, has announced its attendance at CES 2020 in January and will be showing off some of its exciting dash cam products and new Augmented Reality solutions at the big electronics event. Dash cams are becoming one of the latest must have …
Read More »Nintendo eShop offers up to 80% off in its ‘Festive Offers’ sale
With Christmas nearly upon us, all the major shops, both retail and online are hosting their winter sales, with Nintendo being no different. Its ‘Festive Offers’ sale has over 700 Nintendo Switch titles discounted, making it the perfect opportunity to knock some of the items off of your wishlist. From …
Read More »Ape Out, the unique jazzy ‘smash-em-up’ is free on the Epic Games Store
For the 5th day of the Epic Games Store’s “12 Days of Free Games”, the uniquely styled ‘smash-em-up’, Ape Out, is available to download for free. With a dynamic jazz soundtrack, and a minimalistic art style – similar to that of Saul Bass – Ape Out provides a unique game …
Read More »Digital games generated $9.5 billion worldwide in November 2019
The gaming market has grown tremendously over the last decade but the ‘holiday season’ is usually when we see the biggest uptick in sales. This month, SuperData released its worldwide digital games market analysis, giving us details on how key launches like Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC), Star Wars Jedi: …
Read More »A Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel was greenlit before the original even shipped
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order released over a month ago to critical and commercial success. The Respawn Entertainment-developed, third-person action-adventure title seemed to be ripe for a sequel. With recent job listings hinting at a potential sequel, industry insider Jason Schreier confirmed that not only was a sequel certainly happening, but …
Read More »G.Skill’s latest Trident Z memory kits offer low latency and up to 256GB capacity
It has been quite a year for G.Skill, with new memory kit launches, the annual overclocking world championship and the expansion of the Trident Z Royal line of DDR4 kits. To cap off 2019, G.Skill has another launch, delivering ultra low-latency DDR4 memory kits in configurations up to 256GB. CL14-18-18-38 …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV ships 8.9 million copies
Final Fantasy XV had a tumultuous development, beginning in 2006 as ‘Final Fantasy Versus XIII’, the game had a new engine introduced partway through development, and even a change in the game’s director. The game finally released in 2016, and while it didn’t reach the heights of some of the …
Read More »Analyst predicts 85 million AirPods will be sold in 2020
While there were plenty of jokes made at Apple’s expense after the initial unveiling of the AirPods, the wireless ear buds have gone on to become one of the most popular on the market. That success is due to grow quite substantially in 2020 too, with industry analysts expecting a …
Read More »Hellblade 2 is coming to PC as well as Xbox Series X
Two of the biggest surprises to come out of The Game Awards this year were the announcements of the Xbox Series X console and Hellblade 2. While the initial announcement only confirmed Ninja Theory’s sequel for Xbox Series X, Microsoft has since confirmed that the game is indeed also coming …
Read More »Kioxia develops a new semi-circular 3D memory cell structure “Twin BiCS FLASH”
Kioxia recently announced it has developed a new flash memory cell structure. Twin BiCS FLASH is the world’s first three-dimensional semicircular split-gate flash memory cell structure using specially designed semi-circular Floating Gate cells. The new memory cell structure from Kioxia achieves greater program slope and larger program/erase windows with a …
Read More »OWC Launch the Accelsior 4M2 PCIe M.2 SSD
OWC has announced a brand new ultra-high performance internal PCIe M.2 SSD that is capable of delivering over 6000 MB/s real-world data transfer speeds in capacities up to 8TB and is the fastest SSD ever built by the company. Accelsior 4M2 is OWC’s most high-performance SSD to date and is …
Read More »Enermax introduce the MAXPRO II entry-level PC power supply range
Enermax has introduced a new entry-level power supply range designed specifically for the European market, the MAXPRO II line from Enermax is available in 400 to 700-watt models and is 80+ 230V EU White level certified. The MAXPRO II range from Enermax offers up to 87% efficiency at 50% system …
Read More »Embracer Group buys Little Nightmares developer Tarsier Studios for £8.1m
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company that owns THQ Nordic, Koch Media and Coffee Stain, has acquired the developers of Little Nightmares, Tarsier Studios, for a total of £8.1m/€9.5m/$10.5m, divided in cash (88.9%) and Embracer B-shares (11.1%). This acquisition includes the studio, its 65 employees, and the IPs that it owns. …
Read More »PowerColor launches the first Radeon RX 5700 ITX graphics card
It seems that PowerColor will be the first AMD AIB partner launching a Radeon RX 5700 GPU in the Mini-ITX form factor. This means Powercolor will also be the first to bring the Navi 10 GPU to small form-factor (SFF) builds. According to Hermitage Akihabara (via Tom's Hardware), the new PowerColor …
Read More »The fourth game in the Epic Games Store’s “12 Days of Free Games” is live
The Epic Games Store had promised to offer a new free game every day from the 19th of December until the end of the year. Replacing yesterday’s free title – Superhot – is Little Inferno, an indie puzzler all about throwing various items into a fireplace. The game is free …
Read More »The Wolf Among Us 2 development is starting over on new engine
Back in 2018, the financial situation at Telltale Games went south very swiftly and despite various cutbacks and management changes, the studio ultimately shut down. Since then, another company has acquired Telltale’s assets, leading to The Wolf Among Us 2 returning to development. However, while progress on the game was previously …
Read More »Star Citizen’s massive 3.8 update is now rolling out
Star Citizen’s annual convention took place last month, bringing along a ton of exciting announcements for the game. At the time, we learned about some technical changes coming to the game to further improve optimisation, in addition to new gameplay features and content. Now, Star Citizen's massive 3.8 update is …
Read More »be quiet! is giving away a gaming PC and silent hardware packages in Christmas raffle
As most of our regular readers will know, we love running our own giveaways here at KitGuru but occasionally, there is a competition happening elsewhere on the web that we think you should all know about. This week, we are shining a spotlight on the be quiet! Christmas raffle, with …
Read More »There are 12 Xbox Game Studios titles coming in 2020 so far
Microsoft has had a few quiet years for first-party content during this console generation but it has become clear that 2020 won’t be one of them. So far, Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft’s games publishing arm, has twelve games announced for next year and there are still a few likely games …
Read More »Half-Life: Alyx gameplay shown across multiple VR headsets
Half-Life: Alyx may have skipped its planned showing at The Game Awards but Valve did have something else planned to make up for it. This week, the folks at Tested put up a half an hour video showcasing new gameplay and also talking about how the game works across a …
Read More »Superhot is currently free on the Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store is continuing its showering of free games to those with an Epic account. Today, on the third day of the Epic Games Store’s “12 Days of Free Games”, the unique first-person level-based shooter, Superhot, is available to purchase for free for a limited time – from …
Read More »CD Projekt Red confirms new deal in place for The Witcher IP
It has long been known that Witcher author, Andrzej Sapkowski, left a lot of money on the table when it sold the video game rights to his novel series to CD Projekt Red. Eventually, Sapkowski’s legal team did get in touch with CD Projekt Red seeking additional royalties. That legal …
Read More »Halo MCC December update brings good news for PC players
Microsoft closed out the year with the launch of Halo: Reach on Xbox One and PC. For those who have picked up the Master Chief Collection on PC already, 2020 is going to be a big year, as developers are making swift progress on the remaining games in the series. …
Read More »Samsung begins rolling out Android 10 to Galaxy Note 10
Samsung can often be slow when it comes to rolling out the latest version of Android to its devices but the switch to Android 10 seems to be going a bit quicker, with the Galaxy Note 10 update appearing in the US. The Android 10 update for the Galaxy Note …
Read More »Twitter discloses Android app security flaw
Twitter has begun sending emails out to users disclosing a recently discovered flaw in its Android app. While the issue has been fixed, it “could have compromised” a number of accounts, so users should update as soon as possible. Twitter confirmed via email and a public blog post that this …
Read More »Season 1 of The Witcher releases to less than stellar critical reviews
The Netflix adaptation of the Witcher series of books has been greatly anticipated by fans of both the book series, and the CD Projekt Red developed video game series. With the release of season 1 on Netflix earlier today however, early reviews are in, and it appears that the first …
Read More »The Epic Games Store’s “12 Days of Free Games” continues with TowerFall Ascension
As a farewell to 2019, The Epic Games Store has promised 12 Days of Free Games, with each day following the 19th of December being host to a new free title. Today’s free game is TowerFall Ascension, the fast-paced local multiplayer archery combat game. The game is only available to …
Read More »Gearbox CEO claims that Phil Spencer is making excuses regarding Xbox Series X
One of the main companies which analyse video game technology is Digital Foundry, known best for their in-depth breakdowns of the technology running behind games, as well as evaluating the true graphical fidelity of games. With the reveal of Xbox Series X, Digital Foundry posted a breakdown of the details …
Read More »VIVIFY announced the fibre optic 8K HDMI cable
With the potential for 8K displays becoming more mainstream next year, the demand for cables with sufficient bandwidth to carry the high resolution is increasing. The premium fiber optical cable manufacturer VIVIFY has just announced a new HDMI cable that is capable of doing just that. The launch of next-generation …
Read More »Microsoft could soon acquire a Polish games studio, according to industry enthusiast
In the lead up to the next generation of consoles, Microsoft has been gearing up by acquiring a number of game studios, and bringing them under the umbrella of Xbox Games Studios. In the last year and a half, Xbox has acquired seven separate studios, all in the effort of …
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