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The Game Awards represents one of the final major gaming events to take place at the end of each year, with 2022’s show set to go live on Thursday the 8th of December. Ahead of the event, The Game Awards’ creator Goeff Keighley has confirmed that this year’s show will …

While EA has not yet announced a release date for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, it has been heavily rumoured in the past that the game will launch in March 2023. Now, according to an update to the game's Steam Store page, those rumours were correct. The release date for Star …

Xiaomi has been in the PC market for a long time now, selling laptops, peripherals and monitors, but the company hasn't yet released a desktop. That will soon change, with Xiaomi preparing to launch a new small form factor PC.  According to Wccftech, Xiaomi was planning to announce two systems …

Back in December 2018, Mortal Kombat 11 was announced at The Game Awards in a fun and surprising manner. Four years on and fans have been hoping to see NetherRealm’s next game at the upcoming 2022 Game Awards. Unfortunately, according to studio founder Ed Boon, this will not be the …

Saints Row IV first released all the way back in 2013, with the open world sandbox title later receiving a re-elected edition in 2015 for the then-next-gen PS4 and Xbox One consoles which included all the previously-released DLC. Almost a decade after the game’s original release, all PC owners of …

Fortnite represented one of the first games to use Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, showcasing the many improvements that UE5 held over the previous iteration. Though impressive, UE5 does suffer from some drawbacks, and so with the launch of Fortnite Chapter 4, the game now utilises the new and improved …

Over the years, Fortnite has crossed over with an untold number of varying intellectual properties. Somehow, they continue to find new films, TV shows and games to crossover with. Chapter 4 of Fortnite is now live and brings with it a new batch of crossover characters, including Geralt of Rivia. …

It is not uncommon for video games to release a Game of the Year Edition featuring all of a game’s DLC and possibly a little more. That being said, publishers have in the past been quite liberal with the use of the term ‘Game of the Year’ Edition. The latest …

Nightdive Studios is currently best known for their ongoing work on the System Shock reboot, which is planned for release in 2023. That being said, the team currently has much more in the works, with 5 projects said to be currently in development. Stephen Kick, the CEO of Nightdive Studios, …

Nowadays it seems as though any successful video game is likely to be adapted into another medium. Such has been the case with Sonic the Hedgehog, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Pokemon, and so many more. The latest game announced to be getting a live-action adaptation is the breakout indie martial …

Recently, it was reported that the FTC is considering filing a lawsuit to block Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In the days that followed, Microsoft reportedly offered Sony a ten-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation and is planning to make formal concessions in order to get …

For day 5 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have another graphics card to give away! Many have struggled to secure a GPU upgrade over the last couple of years, so we're teaming up with Cyberpower to make the process easier for one lucky winner. 

AMD tested the waters with 3D V-Cache last generation, launching one Ryzen 5000X3D processor. This time around, AMD will have several X3D series CPUs to choose from. According to the latest reports, three Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs will launch next month, offering up to 16 cores.  As reported by QuasarZone (via …

When Nvidia announced the GDDR6X variant of the RTX 3060 Ti, it also announced the RTX 3060 8GB model. Unlike the former, this one looks to be a considerable downgrade over the original model. The first reviews are coming in, and overall, the lower-memory card is about 15% slower than …

For day 4 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we are teaming up with NZXT to offer up a massive gaming PC upgrade bundle! The winner today will get a brand new PC case, power supply, AIO liquid cooler and a set of RGB fans to spruce up their system, as well as a new gaming keyboard and mouse. 

For day 3 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Mountain to give away a fantastic gaming peripheral upgrade. If you are in need of a new mouse and keyboard, this is the competition for you! 

Because of its price-performance ratio at launch, the GTX 1060 quickly became a favourite for gamers. Proof of that is the many years it stood at the top of the GPU usage chart on Steam. However, we now have a new popularity king on the gaming platform, the GTX 1650. …

A couple of days ago, sources claimed that Monster Hunter Rise would be launching on Xbox and PlayStation consoles in early 2023, and that the game would be coming to Xbox Game Pass. Now, Capcom has confirmed exactly that.  Following on from this week's leak, Capcom has confirmed that Monster …

Geoff Keighley stopped being involved with E3 a few years back, but The Game Awards presenter swiftly returned to Summer events in 2020 with the launch of Summer Games Fest, a lengthy event comprised of multiple showcases from publishers across the industry. Next year, E3 is returning, but Summer Game …

For years, ever since it was first released back in 2016, fans of the Persona series have been asking for Persona 5 to come to systems other than the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Finally, half a decade later Persona 5 Royal was released for Xbox, PC and Switch. This …

Just yesterday we reported that Neon White – the breakout indie hit – was seemingly coming to PlayStation due to a leaked listing on the New Zealand PlayStation Store. Now, this has been confirmed, with PlayStation announcing that Neon White will be arriving later this month. Making the official announcement …

A couple of weeks ago, Lian Li announced its latest dual-chamber case – the V3000 Plus, capable of housing two PCs and offering multiple layout configurations for experienced builders. Now, this case is making its way to UK shores.  Capable of holding EEB motherboards, up to three 480mm radiators, two …

Starfield represents one of the first major Bethesda games to be released in the wake of its acquisition by Microsoft, and as previously confirmed, the game will be an Xbox console exclusive. In a recent interview, the game’s director, Todd Howard, sat down to discuss Starfield’s exclusivity as well as …

The Pokémon games – and Game Freak – have not been known for their technical prowess, but even so, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been especially unstable, with terrible pop-in, poor performance, and a litany of bugs. Fortunately, the team seems committed to fixing the game, with patch 1.1 addressing …

For day 2 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Iiyama to give one lucky reader a monitor upgrade! Today we have two prizes - a 1440p/120Hz Ultrawide monitor to take your gaming to the next level, as well as a 4K webcam! 

The Game Awards is coming up next week and while typically Valve gets involved with the event through Steam sales, this year, the company will be doing something a little bigger. Steam will be broadcasting the show as it airs, all while giving away a Steam Deck to a viewer …

The first Apple M2 Max Geekbench entries have recently been shared online. Based on their scores, the new chip seems to bring minor single-core performance improvements over the standard M2. However, the increased core count improves performance considerably in the multi-core test. The first entry spotted by ShrimpApplePro (via ArsTechnica) …

We've arrived at December, which means there are just two more Xbox Game Pass updates left in 2022. Today, Microsoft has announced the next wave of games coming to Game Pass, covering all the way up to the 15th of December.  Announced for Game Pass earlier this year, High On …

Rumours of a Beyond Good & Evil 2 stretch as far back as 2007, with the game later confirmed to be in development in 2008. Following this, the BG&E2 went into hibernation, with it finally being re-revealed at the 2016 E3 showcase. Unfortunately, it seems the team has been struggling …

Back in 2020, Cooler Master launched its first Thermoelectric AIO CPU cooler. We reviewed it at the time and while we were impressed by the cooling performance, there was certainly room for improvement. Now, Cooler Master is back with its 2nd generation MasterLiquid Sub-Zero cooler.  Today, Cooler Master has announced …