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Black Friday is consistently the biggest retail shopping event of the year and while total UK physical game sales were down compared to 2018, retailers still sold through an impressive 1.3 million physical game copies last week. This also means that the UK's top ten games chart is very different …

Samsung researchers have found a new way to create self-emissive QLED diodes that extends their lifespan and efficiency, but it's still not certain that displays with self-emissive diodes will come to the consumer market. Dr. Eunjoo Jang and Dr. Yu-Ho Won, both researchers at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, published a paper …

This time last year, Star Citizen officially crossed $208 million in lifetime crowdfunding. Now, to cap off 2019, Star Citizen has crossed a new milestone, with $250 million made to date spread across almost two and a half million backers.  So far, 2,448,842 people have backed Star Citizen during its …

Following the growing ultrawide monitor trend, BenQ is expanding its DesignVue lineup with the BenQ PD3420Q Designer Monitor, aimed at multimedia professionals and content creators who need accurate colour representation for their work. On the outside, the PD3420Q is similar to the latest PD models from BenQ, with a borderless …

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With an increase in bandwidth and speed of M.2 SSDs, it is a good idea to keep them running as cool as possible to ensure they are operating at maximum performance all the time. Some of the latest PCIe 4.0 M.2 devices feature integrated passive cooling, however, for those that …

Mesh Wi-Fi security systems are becoming ever more popular for residential properties. Gryphon Online Safety has announced a new product that offers the lowest cost mesh Wi-Fi security router and parental control system on the market. The new Gryphon Guardian offers the most cost-effective solution for all-in-one mesh Wi-Fi security …

Just a couple of days ago, we brought you the news that a survey carried out by the European Hardware Association found more than 60% of 10,000 respondents expressed that they would choose AMD processors for their next CPU purchase. Now AMD has virtually locked out Amazon’s top ten Best Sellers’ …

With a rise in popularity of streaming platforms like Twitch and so many people turning to YouTube to broadcast their skills, products aimed at content creation is becoming a large and lucrative market for hardware manufacturers. Gigabyte has a whole host of products available for the growing community of content …

We are kicking off the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2019 today, and there will be new giveaway each day in the run up to Christmas. To get things started, we have teamed up with Sapphire to give away a RX 5700 XT Pulse graphics card!

Many of the latest PC chassis' coming to market seem to feature vertical GPU mounting and it is often the case that the chassis does not include all the hardware required for mounting the graphics card in the vertical position. Asus has launched a new product that will help users …

DreamHack Winter 2019 has been underway this weekend at the DreamExpo in Jönköping, Sweden and there is still time to get involved in the grand eSports activities today. The event is expected to generate 150,000 visits over the weekend. If you do get the chance to check out DreamHack Winter …

MediaTek has unveiled its Dimensity family of powerful 5G SoCs, which the company claims to offer an unrivalled combination of connectivity, multimedia, AI and imaging innovations for premium and flagship smartphones, representing a step towards a new era of mobility. MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000 is the company’s first 5G mobile SoC …

Use of large lower air coolers seems to be becoming popular again with the PC enthusiast and modding community. European based manufacturer of PC cases and cooling products SilentiumPC has launched a new high-end CPU air cooler. The SilentiumPC Fortis 3 RGB HE1425 is designed to upgrade the stock air …

USB 3.2 is becoming a common feature of the latest PC motherboard and case designs with manufacturers adding at least one Type-C port in new products. However, users with older motherboards and cases are unable to benefit from the higher bandwidth USB 3.2 provides. Gigabyte has come up with a …

Samsung has become the first tech company to receive global recognition for environmental sustainability of its semiconductor solutions with its 512GB eUFS 3.0 memory, earning the Carbon Footprint and Water footprint certifications. The company announced its 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage 3.0 has been awarded Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint …

Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with AMD in its new Primergy LX1430 single-slot rack server designed specifically for Internet Service Provider data centres. The new Fujitsu rack server will feature 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors. The new single-slot rack server from Fujitsu is designed to meet the needs of scale-out …

As is now a true KitGuru Christmas tradition, we are pleased to announce that our annual advent calendar giveaway is returning once again!

Hardcore gamers' dreams of a white Christmas may have just come true since Asus has officially launched its ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti White Edition graphics card, with an all-white appearance and the oomph of the Nvidia 2080 Ti GPU core. The new ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti is lavished …

There has been plenty of talk around Intel's CPU shortages this year, with struggles to keep supply meeting demand. Intel itself has already issued a letter to apologise for the delays, which are impacting OEM financial forecasts for the year. Now, some reports indicate that Intel might be turning to …

Aside from a poor response to the initial Xbox One unveiling, Microsoft's current generation console has also struggled thanks to a slightly lacking first-party content output. The pieces are now in place to correct that for 2020 and beyond, with Xbox Game Studios head, Matt Booty, saying that the company …

According to Ryokutya2089, and translated by Gematsu, Capcom will have at least one, as of yet, unannounced title playable at Jump Festa 2020 in Japan. The event runs from the 21st to the 22nd of December. The company is slated to have 4 titles at the event available to play …

Rayman Legends is currently available as the free Epic Games Store game of the week, replacing last week’s offering of ‘Bad North’. The side-scrolling platformer developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, will be available to download for free from now until the 6th of December at 3:59pm, when it will be replaced …

Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red held its quarterly earnings call and investor Q&A session. We've already discussed how some investors asked about Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer monetisation plans and now, we have details on what was said about Half-Life: Alyx, which is releasing within close proximity to CDPR's next big …

A couple of weeks ago, Rockstar broke its silence and addressed the number of reported issues PC players have been facing with Red Dead Redemption 2. Many problems have now been addressed by patches ahead of the game's launch on Steam next week. Still, anyone who has played the game …

The 2019 Game Awards are right around the corner, with the awards ceremony slated to occur on the 12th of December (13th in the UK). In previous years, the show has brought with it much more than simply awards however, having been host to many game reveals over the years. …

After 18 years since its last entry, Shenmue 3 finally released earlier this month. The game’s original reveal in 2015 was met with much anticipation, with the Kickstarter becoming the most funded video game campaign ever at the time, having raised over $6.3 million. It appears that an 18 year …

During XO19, Microsoft finally put Age of Empires IV back in the spotlight with a brand new trailer and a few new details. Now, additional interviews from XO19 are starting to make their way out, giving us more information on some of the newly shown games. Notably, we know a …

ASRock announced its new range of mini PCs, the Mars Series. These new compact PCs are targeted at users with limited space requirements that want a computing device with a small footprint. The ASRock Mars Series of mini PCs come in three models, each with a different processor: the Intel …

Mechanical keyboards will be on the Christmas list of many hardcore gamers this year, HyperX has announced it will be adding to its line of mechanical gaming keyboards in time for the big day with the Alloy Origins Core. The new mechanical keyboard from HyperX will include the company’s red …