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For Day 21 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with NZXT to give away a H1 Mini-ITX chassis, which also comes with a 650W 80Plus Gold rated SFF PSU, creating the perfect starting point for a small form-factor build. 

Prior to its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated games of 2020. This was reflected in its Steam charts placement, which saw the game topping the charts weeks prior to its launch. As is now clear however, the game released in a less than polished state. Despite …

We check out our first custom RTX 3060 Ti graphics card - the Palit GamingPro OC

For Day 20 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with CORSAIR to give away an excellent peripheral bundle! The bundle includes a K100 Optical-mechanical keyboard, a Dark Core Pro SE mouse, an MM350 Extended mouse pad and a Virtuoso SE headset! 

Back when AMD announced Smart Access Memory, it was said that only Zen3 processors would support it. Contrary to this, Asus and MSI were able to make it work on systems using AMD 400-series and 500-series motherboards equipped with Zen and Zen2 processors. Back when AMD said Smart Access Memory …

MSI is about to launch an RTX 3090 cooled by a blower-type solution named RTX 3090 Aero. Similar in design to the reference Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 card, the RTX 3090 Aero cools the GPU by blowing air through a large heatsink, which is then expelled from the I/O panel. …

Following the discontinuance of the 9th Gen Core processors, the 5-month-old Intel 10th Gen Core KA “Avengers” processors launched to promote Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers have also been discontinued. This includes the Core i5-10600KA, the Core i7-10700KA, the Core i9-10850KA, and the Core i9-10900KA. Now that the Intel 10th Gen Core …

Back in 2019, noblechairs first teamed up with Mercedes-AMG to launch the noblechairs EPIC Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Edition. Now, just in time for 2021, the noblechairs EPIC Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team Edition Gaming Chair is launching, bringing updates and improvements to the design. As the name suggests, this chair …

This week, Sony removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and began offering refunds for the game. In a similar move, Microsoft is also expanding its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox. In addition, CD Projekt Red has also said that it is working to ensure that physical copy …

For Day 19 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with Western Digital to give away THREE WD_Black P50 1TB NVMe SSDs! These are portable NVMe SSDs with future-proof performance for both PC and consoles. 

Remedy Entertainment announced that it would be bringing enhancements to Control: Ultimate Edition for next-gen consoles earlier this year. Unfortunately, the upgrade was pushed out of 2020 and into 2021. However, we do get our first look at the upgrade today thanks to a new teaser video.  Control: Ultimate Edition …

Riot Games has been branching out into different genres recently and has placed a focus on expanding the League of Legends IP with new games and spin-offs. While not officially announced, it would seem that one of these spin-offs will indeed be a League of Legends MMORPG. Greg Street, Riot's …

G.Skill is a very prominent name in the memory market, but it looks like the company wants to diversify its portfolio of PC components and expand into the CPU cooler market. The new Enki AIO CPU cooler series is a custom-designed solution available in 240mm, 280mm, and 360mm radiator sizes, …

Each year, following the conclusion of The Game Awards, the show’s creator shares details on the success of the show. The 2020 Game Award once again saw major growth, achieving over 8.3 million concurrent viewers and 83 million livestreams in total. Taking to Twitter, The Game Awards’ creator Geoff Keighley …

During the Computex 2021 International Online Press Conference, it was announced that Computex 2021 will return to its physical format from June 1 to 4, 2021. Additionally, it was also announced that the tradeshow will take advantage of AI to create a smart Online-Merge-Offline exhibition platform to gather the tech community …

Microsoft Flight Simulator launched in August to great critical success. The PC game, which is set to come to Xbox in 2021, was the first major release in the franchise since 2006. Despite this, it would seem fans of the series remained loyal, as 4 months after the game’s launch, …

Not long ago, AMD announced that it will introduce a new feature called Curve Optimizer as part of the Precision Boost Overdrive 2. According to AMD, this feature set should only come with AGESA 1.1.8.0., but it seems that AGESA 1.1.0.0. Patch D firmware on the MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard already has …

For Day 18 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with Noctua to give away THREE cooling bundles! We've got CPU coolers, Noctua's excellent fans and everything else you need for a high-end air-cooling setup.

With the release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, console players can now for the first time experience 120fps gaming. Despite 30fps typically being the standard on consoles, a surprising number of titles have seen 120fps support added to its games. Following the latest update, those with a …

In a surprising move, Sony Interactive Entertainment pulled Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store last night and is now offering refunds to anyone who purchased the game digitally. Here is the statement from Sony: “SIE strives to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, therefore we will begin to offer …

In recent years we have seen a number of video game titles crossover with each other, adding easter eggs and more into their respective games. Following on from the Cyberpunk 2077 Quadra Turbo-R V-Tech car being added into Forza Horizon 4, Death Stranding has now received an update adding a …

This headset can connect to two devices at the same time - interested?

Last year, Endgame Gear launched the XM1 mouse, which went on to do very well. We had plenty of praise for it in our own review. Now, as we head towards 2021 though, it is time for something new. Today, Endgame Gear launched the XM1R, improving on the original mouse …

For a couple of months now, Nvidia has been running a promotion to give away free copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to buyers of RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards. This free game offer was due to end this month, but it is now being …

We won't just be seeing Diablo 4 at BlizzCon Online in early 2021, Blizzard also has confirmed plans to show off progress on Overwatch 2. Overwatch lead, Jeff Kaplan, discussed the plans in an announcement post this week.  In the Overwatch Development Update video, Kaplan explains that we will be …

Back when Assassin's Creed Valhalla first launched, reviewers and early players were surprised to find that Ubisoft had scaled back a bit on in-game microtransactions. There were no XP boost purchases available at launch. However, that is changing this week.  Just like Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valhalla …

Patriot Viper Gaming is revamping its memory line-up today with the new Viper Steel RGB DDR4 RAM kits. These kits are focused on bringing a big memory capacity boost, with kits up to 64GB.  The new Viper Steel RGB series has evolved from the previous Viper Steel series with the …

After announcing Diablo 4 in 2019, Blizzard has been slowly revealing more details about the game, breaking down some of the ideas being put in place to shake up the Diablo formula. Excitingly, we won't have to wait long for the next piece of big news, as Blizzard has begun …

Intel has presented the next generation of memory and storage products during its Memory and Storage 2020 event. The company has introduced six new products: Intel Optane SSD P5800X, Intel Optane Memory H20, 3rd Gen Intel Optane persistent memory, Intel SSD 670p, Intel SSD D7-P5510, and Intel SSD D5-P5316. Starting with the Intel Optane SSD P5800X, …

It looks like Intel 11th Gen might be closer to release than we initially thought. There's a new rumour going around the web, indicating that Intel will launch its 500-series motherboards on January 11th, the same day as the company's keynote at CES 2021.  As per the Weixin post shared …