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Yesterday PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds received its Xbox One ‘Game Preview' launch just ahead of the PC's exit from Early Access. The console launch was set to be a big deal for Microsoft's machine, after all, PUBG has been the biggest game on PC all year long and opening it up to …

Narrowing the choice of displays has always been a difficult process, with customers having to factor in resolution, refresh rate, size for its relative pixel-per-inch and many other nitty gritty details that lead to the optimal experience. To lighten the load, VESA has attempted to give a clearer definition of …

While AMD provide incremental updates to its Radeon Software throughout the year, it’s taken to comprehensive annual overhauls since the release of Catalyst Omega at the end of 2014. Now, it welcomes the Adrenalin Edition, getting Radeon owners’ blood pumping with a focus on latency reduction. It might not be …

Under-screen fingerprint scanners were pegged for 2017’s slew of flagship smartphones, but ultimately the tech just wasn’t ready. While the same was thought of 2018’s upcoming batch due to Samsung Galaxy S9 rumours, it seems that Synaptics has finally cracked the technology. “Consumers prefer fingerprint authentication on the front of …

The UK’s Gambling Commission has had its work cut out lately, conducting numerous studies on video game loot boxes and their connection to gambling, as well as third party gambling sites flipping in-game items for real currency. The latter has become the subject of its latest annual report, with the …

It’s fair to say that the Nintendo Switch stumbled a little at launch, as the company continued its tradition of under-stocking suppliers and making customers wait. It doesn’t seem to have slowed the hybrid console on bit, though, as the Switch has now reached 10 million units. The Nintendo Switch …

The war on piracy is never-ending, with a constant back and forth as to how harmful the theft of digital material can be on creators of the content in question. It seems that the Brazilian TV industry feels pretty strongly on the matter, causing a local YouTuber to be convicted …

Back in June, Apple announced the iMac Pro, the company's first ‘pro' grade all-in-one system. Under the hood, you'll find an Intel Xeon processor, ECC memory and a discrete graphics chip. We've been expecting a December launch since the initial announcement, though Apple has been quiet on that front in …

The loot box debacle deepened last week as a US lawmaker geared up for some much needed changes surrounding the system. It seems the same can’t be said for New Zealand, however, as the country’s government has determined that loot boxes aren’t classed as gambling. Gamasutra broke the news via …

It looks like the success of Assassin's Creed: Origins has pushed Ubisoft into making some much needed changes. The publisher took a gamble by moving on from the series' annual release schedule and it paid off, which has pushed Ubi into taking a bit more time with a few other …

The setting of (mostly) historical wars is back in first person shooters due to popular demand, as we see big franchises commit to a huge U-turn on the modern settings. It seems like DICE might also be planning a big return as Battlefield Bad Company 3 is rumoured for development. …

Atari surprised everyone when it announced it was going to release its first gaming hardware in 20 years, and surprised everyone even more with its price set to rival that of current consoles. Now, the Ataribox is set to go on sale as an Indiegogo exclusive on December 14th. Back …

Following on from yesterday's report, Apple has confirmed that it is acquiring Shazam. The deal is still pending approval but it is all expected to go through without a hitch. Upon acquiring Shazam, Apple will begin working on using it to boost its features in Apple Music. In a statement, …

Last week when Destiny 2's ‘Curse of Osiris' expansion dropped, players found that some parts of the game were now locked behind the expansion paywall. End-game content like Trials of the Nine, Nightfall Strikes and Prestige raids now require the expansion to play. Since this is how things operated in …

It's getting close to Christmas, so we are getting in the holiday spirit! This year, we are rolling out the KitGuru Advent Calendar, with a series of giveaways every day throughout December. Today, we are kicking things off with our friends at CORSAIR, giving readers the chance to win a load of peripherals!

It's been a big weekend for PUBG after announcing its release date for PC at The Game Awards and proceeding to win the award for Best Multiplayer Game, beating out Destiny 2, Call of Duty: WWII and others. What it also seemed to do was introduce crotch definition where there …

Last week, Nvidia surprised us with the launch of its first Volta graphics card, the Titan V coming in at an eye watering price of $3000. It seems that the Titan V might just be living up to its price, as Unigine Superposition benchmarks show impressive results. Nvidia's Titan V …

Back in May, HP was struck with the surprising revelation that some models of its laptops had been shipping with a keylogger preinstalled on the systems. It seems that history is repeating itself, as a security researcher has discovered a second keylogger that could have affected more than 460 models …

Last year, we first began hearing about DRAM and NAND supply shortages set to take place over the course of this year. Over the last few months, things haven't really improved, with inflated pricing still affecting consumers in many countries. However, it looks like the end might be in sight, …

Samsung has made quite the push on its smartphone technology, planning to up the quality of its batteries and storage for all future devices. But with two steps forward, it's one step back, as it seems the manufacturer is opting for a single-lens camera and retaining its rear fingerprint sensor. …

While it might not hit the insane numbers that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has, Rainbow Six Siege's 25 million+ total players is a far cry from the games initial branding as a failure. Since its Operation White Noise update, it seems Ubisoft continues to top records as Siege has surpassed 100,000 concurrent …

This time last year, it looked like Crytek was on the verge of bankruptcy with developers claiming to have not been paid for months and promising talent leaving on a regular basis. Now just 12 months later, the studio is still facing issues, with one former employee suing Crytek over …

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It looks like Apple is set to make another major acquisition before the end of the year to bolster its services. According to sources, Apple is planning to buy music discovery app ‘Shazam' in a deal worth around $400 million. Shazam is an app that lets people identify songs, TV …

Overkill's ‘The Walking Dead' game was announced all the way back in 2014, with just a few small nuggets of information coming out since then. While the game was originally supposed to come out in 2016, it looks like Overkill has settled on an ‘Autumn 2018' release window now, with …

Back in May, we learned that Geralt of Rivia would be returning to our screens sooner than expected, as Netflix had picked up the rights to make a TV series based on The Witcher novels. It has been a while since we've had an update on the show's progress, but …

On Friday, the folks at 4A Games treated us to a brand new trailer for Metro Exodus, adding that the game is due out in ‘Autumn 2018'. However, it turns out that this trailer may have been hiding a more specific release date all along, pointing to the game launching …

Back in October, Valve revealed its plans to let developers send their games directly to Steam Curators. Dubbed Steam's Curator Connect, the process has been in beta for the past few weeks before Valve surprisingly released the platform today. As the backend is only available for Steam developers to view, …

Earlier this week, Destiny 2’s The Curse of Osiris DLC landed and with it came the most overpowered weapon the series has ever had. It seems Bungie has a temporary ‘fix’, if you could call it that, by selling the Prometheus Lens to everyone. The Prometheus Lens came in crashing …

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s second DLC has been pegged for a December release since July, however Nintendo has kept hush about exactly when players can get their hands on it. That was until it appeared during last night’s The Game Awards 2017, in which the company …