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It's a bit of a shame that considering this generation of consoles was supposed to make developing games that were compatible with them and PCs, a lot easier, it seems to be leading to crippled ports. The hardware in them is near identical to a mid to low end gaming …

In a rather unexpected move, Rory Read late on Wednesday stepped down as the chief executive officer and president of Advanced Micro Devices. AMD has already appointed Lisa Su as the new CEO and president. The move possibly reflects AMD’s decision to replace a business executive with a highly-experienced technology …

Sharp Corp. this week demonstrated what it calls the world’s first television that supports all requirements of 8K super hi-vision broadcast. The LCD TV supports 7680*4320 resolution and is not expected to hit the market until 2018, when Japan Broadcasting Corp. (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK) starts to broadcast in such …

Advanced Micro Devices will introduce the first chips that belong to the Skybridge family of accelerated processing units (APUs) and system-on-chips (SoCs) in the third quarter of next year, according to unofficial information. Initially the project Skybridge offerings will target ultra-low-power applications, such as tablets. AMD’s Skybridge family of APUs …

Global PC shipments will decline by several percent points this year, but will still total over 303 million units, according to Gartner. Therefore, many PC makers will enjoy great sales of personal computers this year and going forward. Unfortunately, profit margins of loads of smaller PC makers will decline so …

It is always worth shopping around for a decent deal when it comes to buying PC peripherals- headsets included. Roccat has teamed up with Ubisoft in order to bundle a free copy of Assassin's Creed Unity with its Kave XTD 5.1 Gaming headset exclusively in the UK. The Roccat Kave XTD …

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against the US government, alleging that its First Amendment rights to free speech are being violated by rules that prevent the company from disclosing the amount of national security requests it receives. Twitter is currently able to publish the amount of national security letters and …

Warner Bros and DC Entertainment are currently working together to bring a virtual reality version of the Batcave to VR headsets, such as the Oculus Rift. If you ever watched much of  Batman: The Animated Series, then you'll already be familiar with the design, as the simulation will be modeled after …

Quanta Computer, a contract maker of electronics that produces certain products for Apple, has reportedly started small-volume production of Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air laptop with 12” display. The new notebooks will unlikely hit the market until 2015, but Quanta needs to learn how to produce what could be the world’s …

The highly anticipated Xbox One, PS4 and PC port of Grand Theft Auto V will require 50GB of hard drive space to install, according to an early Playstation Network listing. Apparently, the game will also feature support for the Playstation Move. The PSN listing for the digital version of the …

When Microsoft announced the Halo Master Chief Collection at E3 earlier this year, it made every effort to hammer home the fact that all of the games would run at 1080p, 60 frames per second. However, it turns out that the development team has been running in to issues with …

Although Nvidia Corp. was expected to release its GeForce GTX 960 graphics solution in October, 2014, a new market rumour suggests that the company will only launch its new performance-mainstream graphics card in 2015. Nvidia is now expected to release its GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards in the first quarter …

Most of us don't need a kilowatt of power in our PCs, even the heavy gamers and overclockers among us. But for the ultimate enthusiasts, the ones with deep enough pockets for high end SLI or Crossfire set ups, they need a veritable power plant in the back of their …

One of the oldest arguments on the internet, is whether the illegal download of movies negatively affects sales numbers, especially when it comes to downloads during the film's theatrical run. Movie studios understandably claim that there's a direct correlation between a download and a lost sale, while pirates argue that illegal …

For the first time in a long time, it looks like Facebook, the king of social media, is a little worried about the competition. Ello, the social network that is advertiser free and lets users register under false or made up names if they choose, is gaining traction and Facebook …

A lot of games were initially scheduled to be launching in October and while that number is still relatively high, with all of the AAA delays we've been informed of in recent months, it's a little less cramped than it once was. Double Fine is no doubt pleased with that, …

If you're a big console gamer but haven't yet upgraded to the latest generation, be it PS4 or Xbox One, then Activision is hoping to tempt you in to doing so, by offering a free upgrade to the new version of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Buy any copy of …

At present Microsoft Corp. only sells applications with Metro-style “modern” interface in its Windows Store, possibly to ensure that all the apps it sells are optimized for both PCs and tablets. However, starting next year the company will change alter its policy and will start sales of apps that do …

Sales of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One game console remain weak in Japan, but it seems like in China the company manages to sell considerably more systems. In just one week of availability the company sold 100 thousand Xbox One consoles in the contry. Zhang Dazhong, a vice-president of Shanghai Media …

Advanced Micro Devices has cut down the official recommended prices of its Radeon R9 graphics cards to better compete against Nvidia Corp.’s recently introduced GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards. Starting from now on, the Radeon R9 290X will cost $399 (down from $549), whereas the Radeon R9 290 …

Advanced Micro Devices reportedly plans to release its next-generation code-named Carrizo-L accelerated processing units (APUs) already in December, according to a media report. If the information is correct, AMD’s competitive positions against Intel Corp. will get significantly better early in 2015. Traditionally AMD unveils new APUs early in calendar year …

Showa Denko (SDK), an independent producer of platters for hard disk drives, has begun to manufacture its seventh-generation 1.10TB – 1.30TB platters for high-capacity hard drives. The move will allow Seagate Technology, as well as other makers of HDDs, to introduce storage devices with up to 9TB capacity. Showa Denko’s …

Nvidia's Maxwell architecture is going mobile as the company has officially announced the launch of its GTX 980M and GTX 970M laptop graphics chips. According to Nvidia, these mobile GPU variants will be around 75 per cent as powerful as their desktop counterparts, delivering enough performance to game at resolutions …

If there's one thing we know how to do well here at KitGuru, it's give things away. We're not kidding. If you keep an eye on our Facebook, we're giving away something almost every day, and this one is no different. Today we've teamed up with MSI and Intel, in order …

If you were a fan of the original Knights of the Old Republic game, then chances are you've been hoping that Bioware will one day revisit Revan and put him in another game. While we aren't getting Knights of the Old Republic 3, we are getting a Revan themed expansion pack …

After months of persistent rumors and just a few leaks, we've finally got our first image of the upcoming HTC made Nexus 9 tablet, which is expected to be officially announced later this month alongside a Motorola made Nexus 6 handset and the official launch of the Android L Operating …

Samsung is expecting its quarter 3 financial results to show a 60 per cent decline in year-on-year profits, showing a consistent downwards trend for the Korean device maker. Analysts had expected the company to generate operating profits of around £3 billion this quarter but the company was quick to warn …

Tetsuya Nomura finally stepped down from Final Fantasy XV and began working on Kingdom Hearts III last month and the director has already made a crucial change to the game's development. Kingdom Hearts III will no longer be using the Square Enix ‘Luminous' engine, the game will now be made …

Today sees the worldwide release of Alien: Isolation, potentially the best Alien (not Alien vs Predator mind you) game ever released. It's reviewed well, with most highlighting the xenomorph's lifelike hunting as being a real scare generator, even if some of the game does feel a bit padded. Still, for …

New guidelines from the government's Crown Prosecution Service in the UK, could see sentencing for revenge pornography, the practice of posting nude images of someone online with malicious intent, extended so that the person responsible is sent to jail for as much at 14 years – though this would be for …