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The KitGuru Advent Calendar 2019 is back for day 9, where we give readers the chance to win prizes each day in the run up to Christmas. Today we have teamed up with Kingston to give away four prizes to one lucky winner, including a 1TB KC2000 NVMe SSD, Nucleum dock and 256GB Canvas Select Plus.

Creative has added a new USB DAC Amp to its Sound Blaster range that is designed for console gamers and directly compatible with both the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, along with PC and MAC. Creative says its new Sound Blaster G3 offers a great balance of the Sound Blaster audio …

For this year's WWDC, Apple largely focused on its ‘Pro' user base with the announcement of the long-awaited redesigned Mac Pro desktop system, in addition to a new Apple-made monitor. We already know about specs and pricing but the actual launch dates for the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR …

Motorola hasn't made many waves in the smartphone space for a while but that is swiftly changing in 2019. Not only is Motorola reviving the old Razr flip phone with a new dual-screen design, but the new Motorola One Hyper is looking impressive, with a large bezel-free display and high-spec …

This has been an exciting year for Half-Life fans, not just because of Valve's return to the series with Half-Life: Alyx, but also thanks to Black Mesa, which officially began wrapping up content development over the summer. Black Mesa is a remake of Half-Life 1 with an extended section focusing …

The Outlast series has gone on to become one of the highest rated horror franchises over the last few years. While the first two games focused on single-player, the next Outlast game is going in a new direction, offering a new co-op survival horror experience. The Outlast Trials will put …

ThermalTake began showing off its new ToughRAM DDR4 modules at Computex earlier this year, with enhanced RGB lighting features, a 10-layer PCB and pre-binned memory ICs to ensure performance. Since then, the lineup has expanded to hit different speed/price points and today, another new kit is being added- the TOUGHRAM …

Back in 2015, Google had a big shakeup, forming a new parent company called ‘Alphabet' and restructuring executive positions. At the time, Sundar Pichai took on the role of CEO at Google, while Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, took on new roles leading the Alphabet parent company. Now …

The KitGuru Advent Calendar 2019 is back for day 8, where we give readers the chance to win prizes each day in the run up to Christmas. Today we have four prizes to give away to one lucky winner, including the be quiet! Pure Base 500, Dark Rock Slim, and Straight Power 11 650W CM PSU

It has been a big couple of years for the Dragon Quest franchise, not just because of landmark releases like Dragon Quest XI, but also thanks to the success of the Dragon Quest Builders spin-off. Dragon Quest Builders 2 is getting some more time to shine this year with a …

Borderlands 3 has been out for a few months now and for those who have already finished the base game, there is more content just around the corner. The first campaign expansion, Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot, is coming on the 19th of December and this week, Gearbox shared …

Ubisoft has put many ideas to the test in an effort to combat toxicity in Rainbow Six Siege but not all of them are well received. The team's most recent attempt was to disable cross-team text chat from the game, removing the ability for opponents to trash talk each other. …

Xbox Game Pass has gone on to become one of the best value services in gaming today. Typically, which games are coming to the Game Pass library are kept under heavy wraps to avoid impacting sales but in the case of Remedy’s Control, it looks like Xbox head, Phil Spencer, …

The success of Hearthstone spurred along a big card-game resurgence on PC and mobile, with many developers creating CCG spin-offs for various IP. Bethesda is one of the biggest examples, with The Elder Scrolls: Legends hitting the market three years ago and even undergoing a massive overhaul this year. Despite …

Earlier this year, Humble announced that its monthly subscription would be going through a big overhaul, changing to ‘Humble Choice’ with new tiers and giving subscribers the option to choose which games they wanted to redeem each month. The goal was to make Humble Choice live before the end of …

The KitGuru Advent Calendar 2019 is back for day 7, where we give readers the chance to win prizes each day in the run up to Christmas. Here we have the perfect prize for a couple of aspiring esports players, as we are giving away TWO 24G2U 144Hz monitors from AOC!

Apple's disdain for ports on the iPhone became apparent back when the iPhone 7 launched without a 3.5mm headphone jack. At the time, Apple said that part of the reason for its removal was to reserve more space inside of the iPhone for other hardware. That same reasoning could be …

When Google Stadia first launched, one of the grievances consumers had with the service was the inability to buy games from anywhere other than the Stadia mobile app. Google appears to have rectifed this issue, with users now being able to buy games from their desktop via the Chrome browser. …

We've been following Patriot's VIPER GAMING series of SSDs for a while now and this week, the new VPR100 M.2 SSD was added to the roster, bringing a dash of RGB colour to the lineup. This is a PCIe Gen 3 SSD, coming in capacities all the way up to …

In celebration of the Original PlayStation’s 25th anniversary, the company has been giving fans insight into various aspects of the console brand, including sales figures, trivia, and behind the scenes details. Today, the company spoke with 10 of Worldwide Studios’ creators, to ask them what their favourite PlayStation game of …

In the leadup to the 2019 Game Awards, the show’s creator and host Geoff Keighley took part in a Reddit AMA. In it, Keighley confirmed that the upcoming show will feature 10 new, previously unannounced titles, and that Resident Evil 3, the much-rumoured title from Capcom, won’t be making a …

Despite officially releasing in 2011, it would appear that Minecraft is more popular than ever. The game overtook Tetris to become the best selling game of all time, earlier this year. During YouTube’s annual rewind video, which released yesterday, the company confirmed that Minecraft had been watched over 100 billion …

We had some big MSI news back in July, not only thanks to the launch of the favourably reviewed Optix MPG341CQR gaming monitor, but also because of the launch of MSI's very own gaming chair. Now to celebrate the holiday season, MSI is bundling these together, gifting monitor buyers with …

Netgear has announced a new range of unmanaged 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Switches offering high PoE power budgets at 190W and 380W, with PoE Power Auto-Balance and Allocation to become the first on the market with these features. The Netgear GS324P provides a 24-port unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ Switch with 190W …

There isn't a big PlayStation Experience event for Sony to cap off the year with but that doesn't mean that there won't be some exciting announcements sneaking in before the new year. Today, Sony announced its next State of Play livestream, taking place on Tuesday next week, just two days …

Mobile gamers looking for a larger, ultra-portable display that they can connect to smartphones, tablets and notebooks will be happy today since MSI has just launched a new product that perfectly fits these criteria. MSI has announced the launch of a brand-new portable gaming monitor added to its Optix series. …

League of Legends has been around for a decade now and during that time, plenty of interesting character lore has been written but due to the competitive MOBA format, those stories haven't been fully explored. That is starting to change, with Riot today announcing a new publishing group working with …

Gaming peripherals manufacturer Thrustmaster has been setting the standard for Flight sim enthusiasts for quite some time and to celebrate the release of the DCS: F-16C Viper module, the company has announced the launch of the HOTAS magnetic base and HOTAS Add-On Grip for the F-16C Viper. Both new additions …

Platinum Games has made some of the best action games of the last decade and it looks like early next year, we'll get to revisit two of the classics in remastered form. This week, listings for remasters of Vanquish and Bayonetta were found on the Xbox store, as well as …

The KitGuru Advent Calendar 2019 is back for day 6, where we give readers the chance to win prizes each day in the run up to Christmas. Today we are working with Palit to bring one reader a GPU upgrade with a new RTX 2060 SUPER JetStream!