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Over the last couple of years, John McAfee has been embroiled in a lawsuit with Intel over his right to use his own name. The rights issue crept up after McAfee anti-virus was sold to Intel for billions, essentially giving Intel ownership of the McAfee name as far as security …

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Ark: Survival Evolved has been in early access for a couple of years now but the journey out is now set, with the game getting its ‘full release' on the 8th of August. In preparation for this, Studio Wildcard has boosted the game's price, bumping it up from $29.99/£24.99 to …

After dropping three of its IoT-focused product lines in June, a total of 140 jobs will be eliminated across two of its headquarters. Multiple reports suggest that at least 100 staff have been laid off at Santa Clara HQ while Leixlip, Ireland will be hit with another 40 redundancies. The …

Last week, industry sources claimed that the delay for the English version of Samsung’s Bixby was due to a lack of resources. This has since been elaborated on this week with new reports claiming that the problem lies with a lack of “big data” in the English language, particularly in …

Just two weeks ago, we heard that companies were bracing themselves for DRAM and NAND shortages to last throughout the rest of 2017. As a result of these shortages, prices are increasing and it looks like this month in particular things may get a little worse as Micron has had …

Samsung has had plenty of success in the virtual reality space with its GearVR headset. However, the main issue with that headset is that it also requires a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. To tackle this, Samsung has been working on a standalone VR headset for a while now. We have previously …

Since the UK voted to leave the European Union, we have seen several companies begin to raise prices. Most notably, Blizzard boosted its Hearthstone and WoW pricing but it seems other game publishers are also starting to follow suit. This week, Riot Games announced that it would boosting the price …

Earlier this week, AMD finally confirmed that it would be launching the RX Vega graphics card at the end of this month. The reveal is set to take place at SIGGRAPH, which kicks off on the 30th of July. However, we won't have to wait that long to get a …

While Destiny did manage to win over a core group of fans at launch, things really took off when Bungie figured out its DLC plan and launched The Taken King. However, with Destiny 2 coming up, we can expect more changes to future expansions, as Activision CEO, Eric Hirshberg has …

A mouse with an in-built OLED display? Useful or just a gimmick?

With the SNES Mini officially launching in September, many are hoping that they won’t experience the same pain caused by the shortage of the NES Mini. With Amazon UK now limiting all orders to just one console per customer, it looks like history might just be repeating itself. Amazon contacted …

Over the last year, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding Apple's tax payments here in Europe. The company based its EU HQ in Ireland and benefitted from lower corporation tax, which the European Commission objected to, handing down a €13 billion fine. The Irish government is siding with …

Earlier this year, 4K Netflix streaming finally started making its way to PCs, in part due to Kaby Lake and its support for HEVC decoding. Fortunately for those not planning to make the jump to Kaby Lake, 4K Netflix streaming is now expanding to more systems, with UHD streaming support …

Over the last week, we have been running quite the giveaway- putting up a £2,200 speaker from Devialet up for grabs. We received thousands of entries for this competition but today, we are unveiling the winner! Just to recap for those out of the loop, the prize here was a …

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Two weeks ago, Imagination Technologies announced that it would be putting itself up for sale, following on from its dispute with Apple. Essentially, Apple no longer wants to license GPU technology and wants to create its own, Imagination doesn't exactly see that being a possibility without treading on a patent …

With the Crash Bandicoot trilogy remake now out in the world and doing incredibly well sales-wise, some fans are hoping that this will spur Activision to revisit the old Spyro games too. Now it seems Spyro may just return after all as a small Spyro-related easter egg has been found …

Last week, we saw what a solo developer can do with the HoloLens as Abhishek Singh brought Super Mario’s first level to life. Now, we get a peek at what an entire company can do as Ubisoft has shown off three prototype games on Microsoft’s mixed reality headset. While Microsoft …

It looks like even those who did decide to make the jump to Windows 10 will start to receive Microsoft's persistent update messages. These update reminders first began popping up on Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines while Microsoft was offering free upgrades to Windows 10. Now, those same reminders …

While we finally got our first taste of the Vega architecture last week in the form of the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, many are still holding out for AMD's gaming-focussed GPUs to return. The RX Vega has been on the way for a long time now but there is finally …

We run a good number of giveaways here at KitGuru but every now and again, there is a giveaway running elsewhere that is just too juicy for us not to pass on to our readers. This week, the folks over at Overclockers UK and ASUS have teamed up to give …

Over the last few months, there have been a ton of reports surrounding Samsung's plans for its recalled Galaxy Note 7 units. The company already pledged to be eco-friendly and dispose of these units in a way that minimises waste. However, it was also considering re-selling refurbished units with a …

With Ryzen having been out on the market for several months now, we finally have our first updated market share report, showing how much of a boost AMD has received thanks to its new architecture launch. Judging by the number of PassMark users, AMD has managed to claim back almost …

At this point, many of the issues surrounding Mass Effect: Andromeda's development have come to light. However, while the final game did receive mixed reception, it wasn't completely irredeemable, after all, Bioware has a history of releasing really solid single-player DLC. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Andromeda will be getting …

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Thermaltake’s gaming specific arm, Tt eSports has released details on its new Nemesis Switch optical gaming mouse. The MOBA/MMO style peripheral features a total of 16 programmable buttons as well as RGB lighting for the suggested price of $50. Due to launch in the third quarter of this year, the …

GAME has faced a number of troubles across the years, with the UK retailer hitting bankruptcy in 2012 and bouncing back in 2015 with its acquisition of Multiplay. Fast-forward to 2017 and the company is hitting another financial low, this time blaming low profit margins on the lack of Nintendo …

Over the years, publishers like EA have experimented with microtransactions in Triple A games quite a bit. Over time though, game makers have found more forgivable ways to include them, for instance, most people seem to be willing to accept loot boxes. However, those loot box systems are usually confined …