EA may not be everyone's favourite company but it does have some good developers up its sleeve, which is why you should still be a little excited that six new games are going to be announced at E3 next month. We'll also be getting a closer look at Star Wars …
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Exclusive Interview with Antec’s Lee Bryan
Antec have been very active in recent months releasing (among other things) a range of Platinum rated power supplies which have been given the KitGuru seal of approval. This interview today is the latest in a series with key company executives – KitGuru's goal is to let you into the …
Read More »Sapphire quietly starts to sell Radeon R9 290X 8GB graphics cards
Sapphire Technology has quietly started to sell the most powerful single-chip graphics card based on AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics processing unit, the Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X. The graphics board is exclusively available from Overclockers.co.uk now, but over time it can reach different stores as well. The Sapphire Radeon …
Read More »Nintendo suffers major losses as sales of Wii U, 3DS drop further
Nintendo has been losing money for multiple quarters now because sales of its hardware and software are getting lower. On Wednesday the company reported sales results for the fiscal year that were whopping 38 per cent below original guideline as well as significant loss of around $230 million. For the …
Read More »Nvidia teams up with PC makers for GeForce GTX-branded SFF PCs
Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday said that it had teamed up with BitFenix, Overclockers.co.uk and PC Specialist for special edition small form-factor GeForce GTX-branded systems. The personal computers will come in BitFenix Phenom chassis with GeForce GTX “Claw” symbol and will mix high performance in games with small footprint. The GeForce …
Read More »Intel bets on Chromebooks, announces family of new chips
At present personal computers based on Google ChromeOS represent less than one per cent of all systems on the market. While the researchers forecast that eventually sales of such PCs will grow, they will still remain a small fraction of the global PC market. Nonetheless, it looks like Intel Corp. …
Read More »Devs abandon Steam Early Access title Towns
Yesterday a Steam Early Access title had to be booted off of steam, which raised some valid worries about how Greenlight and Early Access are run. Today we have more cause to not trust the Greenlight or Early Access programmes as the developers behind Towns have abandoned the project completely. …
Read More »New Android malware is holding phones to ransom
Researchers have uncovered new Android based malware that holds smartphones for ransom, claiming that you must pay $300 or face completely false criminal charges for viewing illegal porn. In order to really freak people out, Android-Trojan.Koler.A uses Geo location data to tailor warnings to whichever country the user is based in. …
Read More »Tesco is planning to launch its own smartphone
Upon the success of Tesco's budget Android tablet option, the Hudl, the supermarket has revealed that it is now focussing on bringing out its own Hudl branded smartphone. The supermarket's latest device is said to be out by the end of the year, just in time for the holidays which …
Read More »Game Ranger is saving multiplayer from Gamespy shutdown
Gamespy recently announced that it would be shutting down its servers which consequently made the multiplayer features on a lot of games obsolete. Some publishers chose to save their more recent titles that people still play but a lot of older titles would still be shut off from multiplayer. Fortunately, …
Read More »Microsoft has no plans for portable Xbox – company
Microsoft Corp. has no plans to create a portable game system, the head of Xbox division said. Instead, the company plans to focus on advancing smartphones and tablets. This is not the first time when Microsoft denies any plans to develop a handheld Xbox dedicated video game console. “I don't …
Read More »Amazon now lets you shop on Twitter
Amazon launched a new service yesterday called #AmazonCart, the online retailer is hoping that you'll be scrolling through Twitter, see an Amazon link and and want to buy the product on less than 140 characters worth of information. In order to add Twitter items to your cart, all you have …
Read More »Titanfall sales were positive- EA will publish its sequels
Respawn and EA have been pretty tight lipped on the subject of Titanfall sales numbers but it turns out, the game actually sold a lot which led to EA signing a deal to publish the game's sequels. Titanfall sold close to a million copies in the US alone throughout March, …
Read More »Here’s what Crysis 3 looks like in 8K
Crysis has always been one of the best looking games as well as one of the most demanding titles to run but what will it look like in ten years time? A resolution hack has allowed Flickr user, K-Putt, to run Crysis 3 in 8K to take some pretty good …
Read More »IDC: Sony’s PlayStation 4 to win this round of console wars
Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation 3 was not a particularly successful product partly because one of its rivals was considerably less expensive and other was available for a longer time and at lower price. But with the PlayStation 4 the company is projected to make a comeback thanks to the fact …
Read More »Intel’s Broadwell processors to receive a graphics core upgrade
Although it has long been expected that the code-named Broadwell family of microprocessors from Intel Corp. would feature an improved graphics processing unit, it looks like the upgrade may be more significant than previously thought. Apparently, the new graphics and multimedia engine would not only feature higher performance, but also …
Read More »Intel Skylake PC platform: quad-core CPUs, new graphics, new chipsets
As previously reported, despite of the delay of the code-named Broadwell lineup of central processing units, Intel Corp.’s code-named Skylake chips are on-track to be introduced in 2015. Since preparations for introduction of the new platform are already underway in south-east Asia, the first leaks about the Skylake and systems …
Read More »Asus Essence STX II 7.1 Sound Card / Headphone Amplifier Review
If you use your rig to listen to music then there is a good chance you won't be happy with the onboard sound from the motherboard. ASUS have released the STX II and STX II 7.1 to build on the huge success they experienced from the earlier Essence STX solution. …
Read More »Phanteks launch Enthoo Pro Chassis
One of the more unusually named items in the history of computing, there's no denying that the Phanteks products we've seen so far DESERVE to stand out. With today's launch of the latest version, KitGuru wonders if this specialist engineering and design company can pull it off again? Not only …
Read More »Oculus VR to reveal new Oculus Rift VR headset prototype ‘soon’
One of the reasons why Oculus VR decided to become a part of Facebook was the latter’s ability to invest vast amounts of money into research and development of hardware. That expectation seems to be paying off: the company’s chief executive promised to reveal yet another Oculus Rift VR headset …
Read More »AMD to roll-out all-new high-performance x86 micro-architecture in 2015
Advanced Micro Devices is reportedly developing a brand-new next-generation high-performance x86 micro-architecture that it plans to unveil sometimes in late 2015. The new architecture will not be derived from the Bulldozer technology that powers AMD processing units today and may change AMD’s competitive positions on the market. Two the key …
Read More »You can 3D print a lightsaber with these free files
Star Wars day was two days ago so this might seem a bit late but Ultimaker has released some free files to allow anyone to 3D print their own lightsaber which is modeled after Obi Wan Kenobi's from the movies. The finished product looks awesome, complete with Lightsaber glow: A lot …
Read More »Wolfenstein: The New Order German version will be censored
Much like South Park the Stick of Truth, the upcoming Wolfenstein game will have to be censored in Germany due to its Nazi content. Bethesda has geo locked the uncensored version of The New Order to comply with German laws surrounding the sale of content that includes Nazi references. The …
Read More »There’s a $499 NES console remake coming out
If you fancy buying an old console for the price of an Xbox One then retro hardware manufacturer, Analogue Interactive, has something for you. The company is known for releasing expensive editions of old consoles having released a wooden Neo Geo system in the past for $649. Now the company is …
Read More »Cooler Master V1200 Platinum Power Supply Review
2014 has been an incredible year for top grade, high wattage power supplies. We have reviewed the Super Flower Leadex Platinum 1,000w, The Antec High Current Pro Platinum 1,300w and the Corsair AX1500i Titanium – all of which have claimed top awards. Today we look at the latest Cooler Master …
Read More »Nintendo denies plans to unveil new hardware platforms this year.
Nintendo has denied rumours regarding plans to unveil new hardware at this year’s E3 trade show. While the company will hold a special event where it will discuss the future of video games and its own, it naturally denies any plans to show new hardware, i.e., new game consoles. On …
Read More »Nvidia already testing GM204-based graphics cards internally
Although not a lot of people outside of Nvidia Corp. know exactly what the code-named GM204 graphics processor unit is and when it is supposed to hit the market, it looks like there is one thing that we can be sure about: internal testing of the new graphics solution has …
Read More »Nokia’s new CEO bets on Internet-of-Things, new devices to revive the company
Now that Nokia Corp. got rid of its devices and services division which sold smartphones and mobile phones, it has three business units with which it needs to return to profitability and grow. While all three business units can potentially grow exponentially under certain conditions, the company clearly needs a …
Read More »AMD unveils new roadmap, plans to offer pin-compatible x86 and ARM chips
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced details concerning its longer-term roadmap. The firm disclosed plans to develop its own ARMv8 core implementations as well as pin-compatible microprocessors and accelerated processing units based on ARM and x86 architecture. But while the company unveiled a clear and logical strategy regarding low-power and …
Read More »Oculus fires back at ZeniMax over VR ownership claims
Last week it was revealed that ZeniMax wants to take legal action against Oculus as it believes that it had a huge part to play in the company's success thanks to John Carmack's early efforts, which led to people getting excited about Virtual Reality again before Palmer Luckey launched the …
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