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Sony announced earlier today that it would be establishing a new organisation within the company, focusing on the development of Artificial Intelligence. Unlike many other AI projects however, Sony is tackling the technology in order to “[f]ill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology”, and “unleash[ing] …

18 years after the release of its second entry in the series, Shenmue III finally came out yesterday. The series’ creator, Yu Suzuki, wrote a letter to the fans of the series in the credits of the game, pledging that he will “never give up” on trying to complete the …

Last month, Valve pushed out the Steam Remote Play Together feature in beta, allowing users to stream their game to a group of friends and either all play together at once, or pass control of the game around to emulate the couch co-op experience. Now, Remote Play Together is leaving …

A couple of weeks ago, 1usmus released a custom power profile for 3rd Gen Ryzen systems running on Windows 10, adjusting CPU task scheduling for better performance and boost clock speeds. Now, the first update has begun rolling out, which makes further optimisation changes. The power profile modifies Collaborative Processor …

When Sony introduced the PlayStation 4, it announced the arrival of a feature called ‘Share Play’. The feature allowed users to ‘hand off’ their controller to another player through the internet, giving them access to whatever game was being played at the time. It appears that Sony may be eyeing …

Last night, you may have received a seemingly random email from EA claiming that you've redeemed an Origin Access membership code. As you might expect, this caused a lot of people to think their account may have been hacked but it turns out, EA is actually just giving out Origin …

Google’s new streaming platform ‘Stadia’ finally arrived yesterday, after having suffered many controversies on the path to its release. The streaming-only service was criticised due to its lackluster launch line-up, its overpromising of features, only to delay some of them until an indeterminate period, and Google’s inability to fulfil its …

With such a vast number of mobile devices supporting external portable storage these days, choosing the right device to suit your needs can be a daunting prospect. ADATA has made that decision more simple with the release of a new external SSD range that covers all the bases. Whether you …

Back in September, Oculus announced that its console-like standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest, would be getting support to run on PCs. The Oculus Link allows the Quest headset to run PC-exclusive VR titles and harness the full power of your system, rather than just relying on the built-in hardware. …

Could we see three new Super GPUs for laptops as early as next year?

Earlier this year, Quantic Dream announced that three of its former PlayStation exclusive games would be heading to PC as part of the studio’s initiative to turn multi-platform. Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls have both arrived on PC already, accompanied by demos so that users can check the game out before …

Following on from its success with the 49-inch beast, MMD, the brand license partner for Philips has announced a 43-inch curved SuperWide display in the form of the 439P9H. The new monitor adds to the growing family of ultra-wide monitors from Philips. KitGuru got a first look at the 439P9H at …

Those of you that have been experiencing graphical stuttering and stalling issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 will be glad to hear that Nvidia has released a Hotfix driver update to combat the problem. Only just at the weekend, we found out that Rockstar Games had issued a temporary workaround …

The “Oscars of gaming” are coming again this year, on the 12th of December. At The Game Awards 2019, the best games of the year will be awarded in their respective categories, based on public and press voting, but only one will get the ultimate prize – the Game of …

EVGA is releasing new NU Audio soundcards. The new Audio Pro family, made by EVGA in partnership with Audio Note, consists of two soundcards – the NU Audio Pro and the NU Audio Pro Surround – that together aim to deliver a top of the line sound experience.  The NU …

Amy Hennig is one of the video game industry’s most well known creators. She is best known for having written and directed the Uncharted Trilogy, as well as the Legacy of Kain series. After leaving Naughty Dog in 2014, Hennig joined EA, and was working on a Star Wars title …

Microsoft had some major Project xCloud announcements at XO19 last week. Over 50 games are now supported for testers, another big wave of beta invites are going out and the beta is expanding to Windows 10 PCs. There is one glaring omission though- iOS device support, although Microsoft does indeed …

While AMD's latest high-end Ryzen processors have been the stars of the show this month, there is also a new Athlon-series CPU coming this week for the mainstream market. AMD has announced the Athlon 3000G today, harnessing the Zen architecture and pairing it with Radeon graphics. The Athlon 3000G is …

Google Stadia’s journey from announcement to release has been a controversial one. From the announcement that preorders were unlikely to arrive on launch day, to the meagre 12 titles that were listed for launch, among other various odd restrictions, the new ‘console’ by Google has faced many setbacks. With Stadia …

Blair Witch, the psychological survival first-person horror game by Bloober Team (of Layers of Fear and Observer fame) has received a PlayStation 4 release date announcement. The game will be landing on Sony’s console on the 3rd of December 2019, and will come with additional content. The game was previously …

Samurai Shodown, the popular fighting game by SNK, released its most recent title in the long-running franchise on the 25th of June for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A switch version was promised to be in the works, though only a Japanese release date was given. SNK have now …

High-end desktop PC builds are all about the lighting these days, not only inside the system but also the ambient lighting around the desktop is becoming popular now too. Ambient lighting can be configured to sync colours with the system or peripherals and even the games you are playing. Corsair …

Those of you waiting for AMD’s next big GPU reveal will be happy to hear that the company has announced a new graphics card is launching this year. However, this will not be the high-end consumer desktop card previously referred to as the ‘Nvidia Killer' but a GPU for the …

Yesterday, a patent for the PlayStation 5 controller was published on the Japanese patent office website. The published document was created by Masaho Morita, a designer previously referenced in other controller patents, and contains images that show the controller's appearance and a brief description of its design. In early October, …

According to leaker Wjm47196, AMD will unveil a new RDNA 2 Navi GPU at CES 2020. This leak comes alongside other rumours regarding the current Threadripper CPUs, the Radeon GPU lineup, and a new line of workstation products. Based on the information posted on Chiphell, AMD will use CES 2020 to …

A couple of months has passed since PowerColor teased us with images of a liquid-cooled version of its Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil graphics card. Today the company has officially announced the launch of the new water-cooled RX 5700 XT Liquid Devil. PowerColor has been a long-term partner of …

Valve has shared some information on its upcoming Half-Life title for VR...

A couple of weeks ago, we first heard that Xerox was planning on making an acquisition offer to take over HP, as part of a deal backed by a major bank. While HP is looking to shake up its business by cutting down its work force by 16 percent, the …

Last month, Microsoft officially launched the Surface Pro 7 alongside a slew of other Surface devices. The big upgrade this time around was the jump up to Intel Ice Lake processors but unfortunately, this appears to have been causing issues so far, with users being stuck on outdated, broken drivers.  …

Yesterday, the Intel HPC Developer Conference kicked off and as previously leaked, Raja Koduri was there to introduce its new GPU codenamed ‘Ponte Vecchio', based on the upcoming Intel Xe graphics architecture. This is the first Intel discrete graphics card to be named and detailed publicly, with plans to release …