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Ubisoft took a lot of flak at E3. Not because it's games were bad or didn't impress – on the contrary, I think everyone was awed by how pretty Assassin's Creed Unity is – but because it chose to make out like its ‘meagre' resources just couldn't cover the cost …

Update: And it's back. That was fast, but I bet it cost the social network a pretty penny in ad revenue. Original Story: Facebook is down you guys. That means I can't read your comments pointing out my mistakes, which is a real killer first thing in the morning. Still, …

The upcoming patch for Ubisoft's recently released Watch Dogs is set to be released over the next few days on multiple platforms. Though it will be mostly focused on improving the PC experience, some changes to the console versions should tweak gameplay and the online experience too. The major gameplay …

Like him or not boys and girls, Youtube's most subscribed channel, beating out international musicians, tutorials on how to put on makeup and even those Epic Rap Battle guys, PewDiePie, is pulling in over $4 million a year with his let's plays, tutorials and montages. As many fans as PewDiePie …

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited smartphone. The device is called Fire and it comes with free cloud storage for photos, an auto stereoscopic 3D screen, the Dynamic Perspective software that allows to control the smartphone without touching it as well as the Firefly application that recognizes everything the owner …

Asustek Computer has transformed from a maker of mainboards into a leading supplier of various computer components as well as notebooks. But the company does not want to stop here. Its long-term vision includes smart robots and other innovative devices, the chairman of Asus said at the company's annual shareholders' …

Apple has always been a pioneer when it comes to materials. The company was among the first to use titanium to make its notebooks and was one of the first makers to use aluminium bodies for its laptops. The company continuously experiments with new materials to further improve its devices. …

Nowadays displays are used virtually everywhere: modern offices, homes, stores, cars, planes, ships are just flooded with various devices that feature displays. But while liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have been on the market for over twenty years now, their shape has always been either square or rectangular. But that is …

The launches of both Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 were pretty successful since gamers had waited many years for the systems to arrive. While it remains to be seen how successful the XB1 and the PS4 will eventually be, Yves Guillemot, the chief executive officer of Ubisoft, believes …

Intel Corp.’s Pentium G3258 ‘anniversary edition’ central processing unit was overshadowed by the much more powerful Core i-series “Devil’s Canyon” processors when originally introduced earlier this year. However, it looks like the chip is a rather good overclocker that has a lot of chances to become a decent choice for …

While 98% of all competitions flagged on KitGuru are ‘home grown', in the sense that they are all about us – every now and then we hear of an opportunity to win something through a partner or two and we don't want you to miss out. This is one of …

Even though evidence is mounting of regular attacks on US, European and UK businesses and government offices, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has been meeting with representatives of China's liberation army to encourage communication between the two countries on digital security. The most recent hacking scandal to make headlines saw …

EA has announced that it has opened up the Battlefield Hardline beta for all PC users. If you go over to the closed beta sign up page and log in with your Origin details you will receive instant access to the game in your library. Beta players will also receive …

Whenever the Apple store goes down, it is usually a sign that the company is launching a new product or refreshing its current line. Today Apple quietly launched a cheaper iMac in order to compete with other All in One PC's on the market. The “new” iMac comes in at …

Star Citizen has a lot riding on it, the game has been a kick-starter success with $46 million behind it already. Fortunately, Chris Roberts has a pretty big team working on the game to try and ensure that it will be a critical success too. The full development team actually …

The Steam summer sale creeps up on us every year, usually it just appears one day and PC gamers world wide reach for their wallets. However, this year we might have some time to prepare as rumors are suggesting that the sale could start this week. The sale usually begins …

The biggest argument people have against movie piracy, is that people just don't want to pay for things. That's a fair point, as no doubt there is a number of file sharers that do it for that reason, but others must have an alterior motive, as a bunch of torrent …

Google looks set to strip a number of Indie artists from its Youtube video streaming site due to contract disputes, with the upcoming launch of its paid for, music subscription service. This will see artists like Adele and Radiohead, blocked on the site “in a matter of days,” if the …

The world's biggest videogame collection, featuring titles from the early 80s, with the Colecovision, through the NES era and beyond, right in to the modern day with the Xbox 360, has been sold, for just over $750,000 (£442,000). Beginning the bidding on GameGavel at just one dollar, a few bids …

The scale of a modern computer exhibition is hard to take in, unless you try walking every inch yourself. Over in Hall 1 of the World Trade Centre in Taiwan recently, Aerocool had a bunch of new products on show. KitGuru used the necessary amount of shoe leather to get …

Yves Guillemot, the chief executive officer of Ubisoft, said in an interview that while the Nintendo Wii U game console is behind its competitors in terms of performance and graphics quality, it could still be successful at the right price. Essentially, the head of a major publisher asked Nintendo to …

Officially, Intel Corp. allows overclocking of its X- and K-series microprocessors on mainboards based only on the X- and Z-series core-logic sets. However, from time to time the company and its partners make exceptions in a bid to allow more affordable overclocking. It looks like this may happen with the …

The consolidation on the market of solid-state drives is in full swing right now. Just recently Seagate agreed to acquire LSI SandForce and LSI Nytro divisions from Avago, whereas yesterday SanDisk announced its takeover of Fusion-io. It is not surprising that large makers of SSDs and NAND flash memory are …

The PCI Express technology has served as the main standard for PC and server expansion slots for exactly ten years now and will probably be used for many years to come. Members of the PCI SIG [special interest group] reportedly agreed to double the bandwidth of the PCI Express 4.0 …

Sales of graphics cards significantly dropped in the second quarter this year, according to a media report. In fact, shipments of discrete desktop graphics processing units have been declining for years now, but this time the drop of demand is attributed to crypto-currency miners. While the actual sales figures of …

Destiny's development is in its final stretch right now after the game's well received Playstation exclusive alpha test last week and now we have more news on the platform's exclusive content for the title. For a start, Destiny will be a Playstation exclusive in Japan but in other parts of …

Net neutrality, the idea that every bit and byte is created equally and given equal access to bandwidth, has taken a bit of a beating as of late. In the US we've seen legislation changes allow companies like Verizon to throttle Netflix and Amazon, which saw the former of the …

We've heard a lot about Microsoft's updated Xbox One development kit and how the company is giving developers access to the full GPU but how these changes would impact the Kinect was still up in the air. However, the company has now clarified that while gestures and the Kinect camera …

Valve's Early Access program has already helped some smaller developers get their games out but now bigger studios are starting to see the value in keeping the community involved throughout the development process. EA's DICE is considering an Early Access style approach to game development. The same goes for ex-Valve …

One of the best exchanges in the original Iron Man film was between Tony Stark and his design-bot when it comes to improvements for his suit, as it moved from early prototype to crime-fighting readiness. KitGuru checks out Aerocool's use of Hotrod Red. The Dead Silence range is understated. Aerocool's …