While AMD continues to focus on the mid-range graphics card market with its new Polaris architecture, there are of course still some people out there waiting for the first Vega GPUs to launch. Vega is set to be AMD's next high-end GPU and while there was some talk of it …
Read More »Microsoft gives first look at the upcoming Surface Book 2
We have heard that Microsoft is working on new Surface devices for some time now and according to the current rumours, we will start to see new Surface tablets in early 2017, following the launch of Intel's new Kaby Lake processors. However, it looks like we can expect a Surface …
Read More »Apple faces lawsuit over unresponsive iPhone 6 touchscreens
Back in 2014 when the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus came out, ‘bendgate' wasn't the only problem users were faced with, quite a few customers also ended up with unresponsive touchscreens, a problem that Apple has apparently been aware of for some time but has failed to do anything …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director gives more details on the game’s delay
Earlier this month we learned that Final Fantasy XV would be getting a delay, pushing it out of its original 30th of September release date. Some of the reasons behind the delay were explained at the time but the announcement didn't get into many of the key details. Since then, …
Read More »Here is when World of Warcraft Legion unlocks in the EU, US and Australia
World of Warcraft: Legion unlocks very soon and as with every expansion launch, there is going to be a lot of players waiting to get in immediately. If you want to be amongst the first to get started in the expansion, then you will be glad to know that the unlock times …
Read More »Oculus VR on why it delayed the launch of Touch controllers
One of the big reasons we opted to recommended the HTC Vive over the Oculus Rift in our testing earlier this year, was because of the wand motion controllers. It turns out though that the Rift could have shipped with them, but Oculus wanted to give developers more time to …
Read More »NASA year long Mars habitation study concluded
A study that lasted a whole year to see how astronauts might deal with the difficulties of living in confined conditions with each other to simulate a round trip to Mars, has concluded in Hawaii. The study saw six scientists living together inside a specially built habitat for the full …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000 masterpiece, Lord Inquisitor finally completed
If you've been a fan of Warhammer 40,000 at any point in the past half decade or so, chances are you've come across Erasmus Brosdau's Lord Inquisitor passion project. It's always looked stunning, but seemed destined for video vapourware. As it turns out though, six years on from the film's …
Read More »Indian ISPs partner with torrent site for better download speeds
Internet service providers (ISP) are usually not big fans of torrent sites. Downloaders on their network can mean a lot of traffic and can negatively effect the experience of other users, especially in areas of low speed or restricted bandwidth. To try and fix this in some places in India, …
Read More »Chinese state curfew forces fans to miss LoL qualifier
The regional qualifiers for China's top League of Legends team came to a surprising end over the weekend, with the last game in the tournament between Snake eSports and Team World Elite, having no audience to play in front of. Thanks to the local region's curfew, the entire crowd was sent …
Read More »Google Fibre might be in trouble as service becomes too expensive
Google Fibre may have started off as an experiment in the US, but it has gained quite a bit of support over the years and the gigabit internet service has slowly expanded to more cities. However, all of that fibre optic cabling and infrastructure is expensive and now, Fibre is …
Read More »It looks like Duke Nukem is making a comeback
Gearbox has let the Duke Nukem franchise quietly sit in its back catalogue for a while now, which is understandable, after all Duke Nukem Forever was far from a critical success. However, it looks like the studio is almost ready to brush off the series and bring it back, as …
Read More »Steam Spy will no longer hide game data at request of devs
Steam Spy has become a fairly useful tool since it first surfaced on the web. The site allows you to learn quite a bit about any game on Steam, with statistics going over how many people own it, how many people continue to play it and even how many people …
Read More »Build For Power Monster Rig and Cooler Master VR Experience
The sheer size of this Build4Power rig stopped us dead in our tracks in Cologne. The Dutch specialist system builder has gone to town with something that, at first look, appears to be a large, luminous, custom PC desk on it's side. At the same time, it also has something of …
Read More »Nintendo promises to do better with launch of NX console
Although the Wii u did manage to gain some traction at various points over the past few years, it never garnered the mainstream attention afforded to the PS4 and Xbox One. That's something Nintendo wants to change with its next-generation system, the NX, expected to launch in March 2017. “One …
Read More »Corsair introduces new Lux range of mechanical boards
We're a big fan of Corsair's mechanical keyboards here at KitGuru. Whether you're talking one of the newer STRAFE designs, or the earlier K70 variants, Corsair's mechanical boards tick a lot of boxes. The new line of Lux keyboards is designed to slot into various points in Corsair's pricing, with per-key …
Read More »Earthquake zone residents urged to leave Wi-Fi open
In the wake of the Italian earthquake which has claimed the lives of several hundred people, local residents of stricken areas are being asked to remove the password protection on their Wi-Fi networks, as mobile networks continue to remain down. The Italian Red Cross put the call out first, as …
Read More »Renting skips Insomnia LAN headaches
As well organised as the Insomnia LAN events are, there are a number of issues that are intrinsic with a large scale LAN experience: there will be queues and there is always the chance you'll break something important. One solution that's becoming increasingly popular is renting systems and the prices …
Read More »Uber losses are mounting, can it keep growing?
Uber is one of those companies that has always lost money. It survives purely on continued investment because it's a good idea. That means it's worth tens of billions of pounds, despite making catastrophic losses. The question is, can it keep it up? The latest report suggests that Uber lost …
Read More »MegaUpload website now advertising cams and dating ads
When Kim Dotcom was arrested in 2012, his assets seized along with his website, MegaUpload.org, all of the servers and their files, the associated services and the data of many millions of users, it shut it down with the purpose of preventing what it saw as further piracy. But nobody expected …
Read More »One of the minds behind Rick and Morty is making VR Games
Rick and Morty co-creator and voice actor, Justin Roiland, has announced that he's starting his very own virtual reality game development studio, along with Epic Games alumni, Tanya Watson. It's called Squanchtendo and we know this because “Little Splzooshly,” the new studio's mascot, told us all about it in a …
Read More »Microsoft quietly cancels Halo Online on PC
Back in March of last year, Microsoft revealed that it had hired a Russian developer to re-create Halo multiplayer on the PC using a modified version of the Halo 3 engine. There was a catch though, the game was free to play and strictly limited to Russia. Obviously, it didn't …
Read More »Apple pushes urgent iOS update to fix security flaw
This week, a serious vulnerability was discovered in iOS, which could allow a link sent through a text message to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad and inject it with malware that would log messages, could activate the microphone or essentially track someone's movements. Fortunately, Apple is already on the ball …
Read More »Ubisoft delays The Division DLC to actually fix the game
The Division has had its fair share of issues since launch, to the point where a lot of players just could not enjoy the end-game content. Rather than doubling down on the problems though, so far, Ubisoft has been prioritising DLC updates instead. However, that is changing now as Ubisoft has …
Read More »The Epic Games forum has been hacked again
In mid-July last year the Epic Games forum had been hacked, leaving thousands of users compromised. Now, just over a year later, history has repeated itself, this time though, over 800,000 logins have been stolen. Records of private messages, email addresses and more were also taken in the attack according …
Read More »WhatsApp is going to start sharing user data with Facebook
It has been quite some time since Facebook shelled out $19 billion for the messaging service known as WhatsApp and now we are starting to see what Facebook plans to do with the app. Soon, the messaging service will be changing its privacy policy in order to share user details …
Read More »Halo 5: Forge is coming to PC next month
While Microsoft might not be ready to bring the main-line of Halo games back to the PC just yet, they are throwing us a little taste of the game on PC in the form of the multiplayer Forge mode. Forge has been a huge part of the Halo games over …
Read More »Deus Ex: Mankind Divided PC Game Analysis
After five long years, Adam Jensen has returned this week in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Aside from being a sequel to the events of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Mankind Divided is also a bit of a technical showpiece, as it is the first game to feature the brand new Dawn …
Read More »Latest AOC monitors on show at i58
KitGuru managed to catch up with AOC's European Product Manager, Alfonso Clemente, during the build up phase of GamesCom over in Cologne. He gave us a tour of the latest models and promised that visitors to Multiplay i58 will have the chance to get hands on with the new technologies at the …
Read More »PlayStation accounts finally have two-step verification
The PlayStation network has historically not been the most secure. It has suffered at least one major breach over the last several years, during which millions of accounts were compromised. Now, it looks like Sony is beginning to step its game up, as the company has now made two-step verification …
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