Each month, Microsoft adds new games to Xbox Game Pass, the company’s Netflix-like game subscription service. The console manufacturer has now announced which games subscribers can look forward to for the month of July. Four titles are set to be arriving, including Fallout 76 and Soul Calibur VI. Microsoft chooses …
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Stranger Things 3: The Game and AER: Memories of Old are free on the Epic Games Store
Epic Games Store is currently offering Stranger Things 3: The Game and AER: Memories of Old for free. Stranger Things 3: The Game is an action-adventure title that works as a spin-off to the third season of the TV show, while AER: Memories of Old is an open-world adventure that …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 gets new trailer, gameplay and an anime series announcement
A new trailer, new gameplay and even a Netflix series were all revealed today by the Cyberpunk 2077 team.
Read More »Xilinx unveils real-time server appliances for video streaming
Xilinx has unveiled new “purpose-built video transcoding appliances” based on a new “Xilinx Real-Time Server reference architecture”. The device is designed to deliver good video quality at lower cost and high channel density per rack. Just a year ago, few could have predicted the massive upswing in video conferencing that …
Read More »The Witcher’s second season will move away from multiple timelines
It has been six months since The Witcher landed on Netflix with its first season. Since then, work on season 2 has been well underway and details about the next season have begun trickling out, including confirmation on the fact that the show will streamline the story by doing away …
Read More »Fortnite’s latest in-game event sees 12.3 million concurrent players
Though Fortnite may no longer be the constant talk of the town as it was in 2018 and 2019, the free-to-play battle royale is undoubtedly still incredibly popular. This can be seen with the game’s most recent collaborative effort with musician Travis Scott. The in-game concert, which first took place …
Read More »Radeon driver update adds support for Gears Tactics and fixes a range of bugs
Over the last few driver updates from AMD, there has been one known issue lingering, causing black screen instances on RX 5700 users on occasion. With this week's latest update, that problem has now been fixed, while optimisations are also in place for new game releases. The Radeon Software 20.4.2 …
Read More »Razer Raptor 27 144Hz Gaming Monitor Review
This high-end 27in gaming display has the Razer hallmark - design ethos streaming out of its pixels.
Read More »Disney+ reaches 50 million subscribers
The Walt Disney Company was founded almost 100 years ago and has brought many memorable movies to the public. In spite of being around for a long time, the entertainment company is determined to follow the progress of technology. The American based company has therefore introduced Disney+, a streaming service …
Read More »The Witcher 3 has sold almost 30 million copies to date
Just under 5 years on from the release of The Witcher 3, it has been confirmed that the third entry in the series has now sold through over 28 million copies, with PC being by far the best selling platform...
Read More »Sony announce 2020 LCD HDR TV prices for UK customers
Sony has announced pricing and availability of its 2020 series of LCD HDR TVs for the UK and Ireland this week. This year’s LCD Sony TV line-up will include a wide selection of screen sizes for customers to choose between, ranging from 43-inch up to a huge 85-inches. Both the …
Read More »WireGuard is a simple, fast and modern VPN
A virtual private network – or VPN – is a technology that can be used for many purposes. It can range from being used to express political opinion, without fear of crackdowns, or as something which lets you watch your favourite show on Netflix. Now the next generation's open VPN-protocol is …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII’s preload date moved up due to download speeds
Due to the effects of COVID-19, ISPs’ bandwidths have been stretched thin. In response, PlayStation has opted to slow down its services in order to reduce this strain. This move led fans to wonder whether the preload of Final Fantasy VII, which was set to go live on the 7th …
Read More »Following Europe, PlayStation have reduced download speeds in the US
Due to the self-isolation which has been imposed on many households throughout the world, internet service providers are seeing a much higher usage of its services simultaneously, leading to a great deal of strain on their bandwidth. Many companies including Netflix, YouTube and PlayStation have opted to slow down their …
Read More »UK telecom companies lift broadband limitations
Many people are confined to their homes as a result of the recent COVID-19 outbreak. In order to prevent internet outages and reduce the load on the ISPs, companies like YouTube and Netflix have reduced their streaming quality. Now the UK government and the telecommunications industry have announced that “all providers will remove …
Read More »NieR: Automata is coming to Xbox Game Pass
Yesterday, Square Enix held a celebratory livestream for NieR’s 10th anniversary. The livestream brought with it a number of announcements including an enhanced remaster of the original game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC and a new mobile game set in the same universe. Furthermore, it was announced that …
Read More »Microsoft services see a 775% increase in demand in the wake of COVID-19
It is known that with many countries imposing self-quarantining and urging citizens to stay home in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, internet services have been strained. Video services such as Netflix have already announced measures in order to limit the amount of strain placed on bandwidths. Though no …
Read More »Sony will temporarily reduce PlayStation download speeds in Europe
Last week, the European Union made its concerns around internet stability clear to streaming service providers like Netflix, YouTube and others. As a result, those companies are lowering bitrates or the default resolution of videos in an attempt to not overload ISPs with traffic and avoid internet outages. Now, Sony …
Read More »YouTube also set to reduce streaming quality in Europe
Yesterday Netflix announced that it will answer the EU's call to reduce streaming quality in order to prevent internet outages and reduce load on the ISPs. Now YouTube says that it will follow suit and also reduce its streaming quality in Europe. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, more and more people …
Read More »The Witcher Goodies Collection is currently free on GOG
GOG, the PC games store owned by CD Projekt is currently hosting a spring sale. Amongst all the deals, The Witcher Goodies Collection is being offered for free, giving fans of the series a collection of bonus and ancillary content across the entire Witcher series, including soundtracks, wallpapers, making-of videos …
Read More »CD Projekt is the second most valuable gaming company in Europe
CD Projekt Red may have started out as a small independent studio but successes over the last decade has propelled it to new heights. At this point, CD Projekt is now the second most valuable video-game company in Europe. As we gear up for Cyberpunk 2077, investors are increasing support …
Read More »Overwatch and Diablo TV shows confirmed through LinkedIn profile
Though film and TV adaptations of video games are certainly nothing new, it seems as though 2020 will see more projects come to light than usual. A Diablo TV show featuring an anime art style, and an Overwatch animated series have both been confirmed to be in development thanks to …
Read More »Castlevania Season 3 gets a new trailer and release date
The Castlevania series on Netflix swiftly garnered a reputation as one of the video game adaptations around and that success continued over the course of the show's second season. After being pushed out of a December release window, Netflix is gearing up to release season 3 in March. Castlevania season …
Read More »UK video game charts see The Witcher 3 rising and Dragon Ball remaining at number one
At the start of 2020, the UK video game charts went through a major change, switching from GfK to UKIE/GSD tracking, which counts physical sales as well as digital sales when those figures are made available. The numbers are now in for last week's sales, with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot …
Read More »Netduma CEO walks us through the latest networking features coming to DumaOS v3.0
NETGEAR partnered up with Netduma roughly two years ago in an effort to create the best router operating system for gamers. This month, KitGuru had the chance to catch up with Netduma CEO, Luke Barlow, who ran us through the new cutting edge features debuting this year. Netduma is the …
Read More »In the wake of The Witcher’s success, an anime film is confirmed to be in the works
Though it's been almost 5 years since The Witcher 3 released, and over 20 since the Witcher saga concluded in the novels, Geralt of Rivia appears to be more popular than ever. With the Netflix show being watched by over 76 million households, and a resurgent player base of The …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 concurrent players for the first time
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds… twice. After beating out the game's launch-day peak player count on Steam last week, it seems that even more people became interested, …
Read More »More people played The Witcher 3 this week than at launch
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds. The game had a peak all-time concurrent player count of 92,000 back at launch in 2015. Over the weekend, that number was …
Read More »The Witcher Season Two will be more focused
After years of following the show’s development, The Witcher season one officially hit Netflix last Friday. The first eight episodes put a lot of building blocks in place and according to the series’ show runner, a lot of that set up will start to pay off in season two. Speaking …
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 …
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