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Saber Interactive’s ‘World War Z’ is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games store offers a number of games for free to its users. Traditionally, users of its store are informed a week in advance about which games to expect. Sometimes however, the storefront throws a curveball, and adds an extra bonus game. This week is one such …
Read More »Fallout 76 Wastelanders update has been delayed
The Fallout 76 Wastelanders update is going to be a huge overhaul, adding in real NPCs, new story quests and generally breathing new life into the West Virginia wasteland. The update was already pushed back from late 2019 to April 7th 2020 and unfortunately, due to the coronavirus situation, another …
Read More »Folding@Home reaches one exaFLOP
It hasn't even been a full week since Folding@Home announced that it had reached 470 petaFLOPs of computing power – more than the 7 most powerful supercomputers in the world, combined. Now the project originating from Stanford University has reached another milestone: one exaFLOP. Try to let that sink in a …
Read More »Hi-Rez Studios’ Rogue Company gameplay revealed in new trailer
First Watch Games is a video game developer that belongs to Hi-Rez Studios, the publisher of Smite and Paladins, and has been working on a new third-person shooter called Rogue Company. To show their progress so far, the team has released a gameplay trailer to give the public a glimpse …
Read More »Teamgroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 1TB SSD Review (PCIe Gen 4)
The new flagship SSD of the T-Force line-up is the Cardea Zero Z440 SSD
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 »Chinese chipmaker SMIC getting closer to 7nm
The Chinese government is working on phasing out all foreign hardware from Chinese institutions within the next three years. Domestic Chinese companies are working hard on improving their manufacturing technology in order to reach the goal of independence from imported hardware. Now, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation – or SMIC – has …
Read More »Yoko Taro’s SINoALICE will be out globally on July 1
Yoko Taro, the creator of the Drakengard and NieR series, has also developed a mobile game called SINoALICE. At first, this mobile game was scheduled for a worldwide release in July 2019, but the launch was postponed indefinitely. Now, Nexon has transferred the game service to Pokelabo, the original developer …
Read More »Folding@Home surges as a result of COVID-19 research
The Stanford University project Folding@Home has come a long way since its release in the year 2000. In 2012, it was reported that the project was expected to soon surpass 6 PetaFLOPS. Now Folding@Home is seeing a wave of donations – in form of computing power – and has already reached more …
Read More »Global smartphone sales droped 38% in February
Many businesses are experiencing decreasing sales in 2020. Different reasons are given to explain the decline: Huawei blames US sanctions, while other companies like Microsoft and Sony say the decline in sales of PS4 and XBOX One is due to the announcements of the next-gen consoles. It is now speculated COVID-19 is the …
Read More »KitGuru’s PC Buying Guide 2020
At a time when many of us are stuck at home twiddling our thumbs due to uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic, here at KitGuru we thought it would be the ideal opportunity to give our readers some valuable PC buying advice. With that in mind, we have come up with a comprehensive buying guide for gamers looking to build their own system and keep occupied during this strange period.
Read More »Beat Saber has sold over 2 million copies
Though VR is still very much a niche product in its infancy, the platform has managed to produce a number of titles which have broken into the mainstream. One of the titles is Beat Saber – a rhythm game which sees players wielding two ‘sabers’ and slicing blocks to the …
Read More »Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and more targeted for allegedly infringing touchscreen patents
A company known as Neodron recently filed complaints with the US International Trade Commission alleging that many top smartphone and tablet makers are infringing on touchscreen patents. A series of lawsuits have been filed, targeting the likes of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Asus, LG, Sony and more, in an effort to gain …
Read More »Monster Hunter World: Iceborne ships 5 million copies
The Monster Hunter series has always been one of Capcom’s biggest, but with the release of Monster Hunter World in 2018, the franchise reached new heights becoming the best selling Capcom game of all time with over 15 million copies sold. Back in September 2019, Capcom released the much anticipated …
Read More »Ubisoft doubles down on Stadia, adding three more games to the service
Google Stadia hasn’t received the most warm response since its release back in November 2019. Despite this, Ubisoft is continuing to support the service, recently announcing that three more of the publisher’s titles would be coming to the service. The games in question are Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, The …
Read More »LG begins rolling out 2020 TV lineup this month
LG Electronics announced this week that it will begin the rollout of its 2020 TV set line-up...
Read More »Three games are available for free this week on the Epic Games Store
Though the Epic Games Store was only initially planning to offer free weekly games until the end of 2019, the platform holder later decided to extend the deal into 2020. Three months into the year and Epic Games are continuing to offer a number of great titles. This week, three …
Read More »5G phones made up less than 1% of smartphone sales in the US last year
There's no doubt that 5G devices are becoming more popular, with the likes of Samsung already selling a large number of 5G smartphones. It might come as a surprise to many that 5G phones are reported to have accounted for less than 1% of the total sales of smartphones in …
Read More »Palit RTX 2070 Super JS Review
How good is this 2070 Super from Palit, currently priced under £480?
Read More »UK “binge-gaming” is at its peak according to study
According to recent research by a provider of edge cloud services, people are “binge-gaming” more than ever. Over half of UK gamers have missed sleep to carry on gaming which has put UK gamers up there with some of the top binge-gamers in the world. The “State of Online Gaming” …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 could get an 8GB upgrade
According to an EEC listing made by Asus, there could be an 8GB model of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. If this rumour proves to be true, it seems that Nvidia is trying to out-do AMD's RX 5600 XT, and put RTX 2060 on the same level as AMD's RX …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition confirmed to be coming to PC this Summer
For months now, rumours of a PC port of the PlayStation exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn have been going around the rumour mill. Finally it has now been confirmed that the open-world action-adventure title by Guerilla Games will in fact be coming to PC this summer. Furthermore, the Head of Worldwide …
Read More »Reggie Fils-Aimé joins GameStop’s Board of Directors
Reggie Fils-Aimé became a household name to Nintendo fans due to his many years of service as the President of Nintendo of America. During his tenure with the company, Reggie became known for such quotes as “My body is ready” and “My name is Reggie. I'm about kickin' ass, I'm …
Read More »ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha (TRX40) Motherboard Review
This 'Alpha' model motherboard is buffed-up with a set of sixteen 90 Amp power stages
Read More »Kingston refresh Canvas SD and microSD card series
Kingston has announced a refresh of its Canvas series SD and microSD cards along with new MobileLite Plus card readers today. The new Canvas Plus SD series includes Kingston’s first UHS-II card while MobileLite Plus UHS-II readers have been engineered to support these new high-speed cards. The new Canvas Plus …
Read More »Epic Games speaks out in support of GeForce Now as 2K Games pulls its titles
Nvidia has been in an awkward position with GeForce Now since officially launching the service last month. Major publishers have begun pulling support including the likes of Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Rockstar and now, 2K Games. In response to all of this, Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney, stepped in to …
Read More »Huawei phone sales expected to drop in 2020 due to US sanctions
The trade war between the US and China has been going on since 2018 and has affected Chinese and US companies alike. One Chinese company that has been targeted in particular is Huawei. While the US decision to blacklist Huawei didn't seem to put too much of a dent in the …
Read More »OnePlus 8 spec details leak ahead of rumoured April launch
While we had our first apparent leak of the upcoming OnePlus 8 back in October 2019, news on the 2020 flagship has been slow since. That changed a little this week, as hardware specs and feature details have begun doing the rounds on the web. As reported by 9to5Google, two …
Read More »Researchers find new Intel security vulnerability that is “impossible to fix”
Researchers claim to have found a new security vulnerability inside the ROM of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) that is impossible to fix since firmware errors are hard-coded into the Mask ROM of Intel microprocessors allowing processors to be compromised at hardware level. The latest security vulnerability …
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