The Valve Index first launched in June 2019 and ever since then, it has been in high demand. That demand only grew in 2020 with the release of Half-Life Alyx, which is said to be the best single-player VR game made to date. Unfortunately, supply has not been able to …
Read More »Xbox Live Gold subscription prices are rising
While the rumour mill has claimed that Microsoft will do away with the Xbox Live Gold service in the near future to focus on Game Pass, it looks like the company's plans are quite different. This week, it was announced that Xbox Live Gold is actually going to get a …
Read More »Sea of Thieves Season One and battle pass launch next week
Back in December, Rare announced some pretty big changes coming to Sea of Thieves in 2021. The biggest change is that development on the competitive mode ‘The Arena' is coming to an end, with the developers focusing on the core game moving forward. Alongside this, a new seasonal content system …
Read More »Resident Evil Village is coming out in May
Capcom's Resident Evil Showcase aired last night and as expected, we got plenty of new information about Resident Evil Village. For starters, we have a new trailer to tease the story, a release date has been announced and we have details on the new multiplayer mode ‘Re:Verse'. The new trailer …
Read More »Apple reportedly planning a niche VR headset launch for 2022
We've known for quite some time now that Apple is working on its own Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality hardware behind the scenes. It looks like the company's first consumer product in this segment is starting to take shape – with reports indicating this week that Apple will be launching …
Read More »New Resident Evil Village details leak, includes a new mode called ‘Re:Verse’
A Humble Bundle store page leak has given us some early details about Resident Evil Village. Interestingly, the leak also confirms that Capcom is planning to include a multiplayer mode, just as it did with the Resident Evil 3 remake last year. The leak has been spreading across Twitter this …
Read More »GeForce Now is coming to Australia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia this year
Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service is kicking off 2021 strong with another major expansion to new territories. Starting this year, gamers in Australia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia will be able to take advantage of Nvidia's streaming tech. According to the analysts at Ericsson, 5G coverage is estimated to reach 15 …
Read More »Ghost Recon Breakpoint is free to play this week
Ghost Recon Breakpoint had a rough launch back in 2019 but after a year of additional development and several major updates, the game is in much better shape now. If you've yet to give the game a go, then this week is the perfect time as the game is free …
Read More »Corsair launches Vengeance RGB Pro SL memory kits with ten-zone RGB lighting
Corsair is adding to its extensive line-up of DDR4 memory this week with the new VENGEANCE RGB PRO SL series. The Vengeance RGB Pro SL DDR4 memory kits will initially be available in speeds of up to 3600MHz and in capacities ranging up to 128GB. The Vengeance RGB Pro SL …
Read More »The IceGiant ProSiphon Elite is finally available starting this month
Back in late 2019, we first heard about the IceGiant ProSiphon Elite CPU cooler. Using a unique design with powerful fans. In 2020 we saw and tested a prototype version of this cooler with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor. Now in 2021, the ProSiphon Elite is officially ready for the …
Read More »EK launches Quantum Vector water block for RTX 3090 Founders Edition
EK is kicking off 2021 with the launch of its Special Edition water block specifically for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3090 Founder's Edition graphics card. Similarly to the RTX 3080 model, there will be two versions, one in silver and another in black, both featuring D-RGB lighting. These water blocks come …
Read More »LG may finally be done with the smartphone business
LG has been in the smartphone business for a long time now but in the modern days of Android flagships, the company has been struggling to keep up. Recently, LG has tried to revamp interest in its smartphone brand with starkly different designs, such as the Velvet and Wing phones, …
Read More »Devolver Digital denies rumour that Fall Guys is coming to Xbox Game Pass
At this point, Fall Guys is still a PlayStation console exclusive, while also being available on PC through Steam. So far, there has been no announcement about an Xbox version, but fans of Microsoft's console got some hope this week when the Xbox Game Pass Instagram account claimed that the …
Read More »Hitman 3 devs working hard to fix launch-day progress import issue
Hitman 3 officially launches today and if early reviews are anything to go by, it is going to be a hit. Unfortunately, there are some launch day issues. With Hitman 3, players who own Hitman 1 and 2 are able to import their progress to the new game, but the …
Read More »EU fines Valve, ZeniMax and other publishers over PC game geo-blocking
Back in April 2019, we learned that the European Commission was launching an anti-trust investigation into content geo-blocking. The investigation looked into several huge game publishers including Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Focus Home Interactive and Koch Media. The investigation has since concluded, with the EU handing down a €7.8 …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn PC patches will be less frequent as team shifts focus to sequel
This week, Guerrilla Games officially pushed out its tenth patch for Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, marking a several month long journey to get the PC version as polished as possible. Now though, the studio needs to turn more of its resources towards its next game, meaning PC updates for …
Read More »The Medium PC system requirements announced
Microsoft's first exclusive of 2021, The Medium, is coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S next week and like all other Microsoft exclusives, it will also be available through Game Pass on day one. With just over a week left to go until release, Blooper Team has unveiled the PC …
Read More »Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is coming to the Nintendo Switch
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning released for PC, Xbox One and PS4 back in 2020, bringing back the cult-classic action RPG in remastered form. This year, Nintendo Switch owners will get a chance to play it. This week, THQ Nordic confirmed that Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will be coming to the …
Read More »Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 870 SoC for 2021 smartphones
While Qualcomm has already announced the next-gen Snapdragon 888, there is another chip coming that we may see more commonly used in Android smartphones this year. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 launches this month, bringing some improvements over last year's Snapdragon 865, which was widely used in flagship Android devices. The …
Read More »Ninja Theory shows off ultra-realistic visuals in Project: Mara developer diary
It has been one year since Ninja Theory first announced that it was working on Project: Mara, a new game aiming to raise the bar for psychological horror with new experimental mechanics. We've heard very little about this game since then, but in an update posted this week, we began …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass adds Control, The Medium, Yakuza Remastered and more this month
We've officially entered the second half of January, which means it is time for another Xbox Game Pass announcement. We've already had one batch of games hitting the service on the 7th and 14th of the month. Now we have a new batch of games coming on the 21st and …
Read More »Team Ninja has ‘no plans’ for Nioh 3
Over the last few years, Team Ninja has been hard at work on the Nioh series, with two games both going on to earn critical acclaim across PlayStation consoles and PC. Unfortunately for fans of the series, the developers are now moving on, saying that the Nioh story is officially …
Read More »Antec launches airflow-focused DF700 FLUX chassis
Antec is kicking off 2021 with a new airflow-optimised chassis. The brand new DF700 FLUX is the third case in the new FLUX series, providing advanced ventilation through an F-LUX design. Due to the rising cooling requirements of high-end CPUs, such as Intel's 10th Gen Core series or AMD's Ryzen …
Read More »Nvidia explains recent changes to G-Sync Ultimate display classification
This week kicked off with news that Nvidia has quietly made some changes to the G-Sync ecosystem, with the G-Sync Ultimate classification seemingly changing to allow lower spec'd monitors to receive Nvidia's badge of honour. Today, KitGuru has been in touch with Nvidia to get the full story.
Read More »Another class-action lawsuit filed over Cyberpunk 2077’s rocky launch
Just ahead of Christmas last year, one law firm acting on behalf of investors filed a lawsuit against CD Projekt Red, claiming that the company misled investors with statements about Cyberpunk 2077. Now, another law firm is also trying its hand with a very similar lawsuit. Another lawsuit has been …
Read More »WhatsApp delays privacy policy update amid concerns over data sharing with Facebook
If you tend to use WhatsApp regularly, then over the last week you've likely encountered a pop-up about the app's new privacy policy. This new policy immediately stirred controversy due to new rules that would allow data sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook. As a result, the introduction of this newly …
Read More »Steam Lunar New Year Sale dates revealed
While Valve doesn't announce Steam Sale dates ahead of time, it does pass that information onto developers well in advance so they can plan around it. At this point, the Steam developer community is so big that leaks are bound to happen. This time around, the dates for the Steam …
Read More »Nvidia quietly changes requirements for ‘G-Sync Ultimate’ monitors
Update (19/01/21): Nvidia has been in touch since the publication of this story with a full statement. Please find our updated coverage HERE. For the last couple of years, Nvidia has had some stringent requirements for monitors in order for them to be classified as ‘G-Sync Ultimate'. Previously, gaining this …
Read More »Hitman 1 and 2 owners on PC will get to import their levels to Hitman 3 after all
Last week, IO Interactive had some bad news for potential Hitman 3 buyers on PC. At the time, the publisher said that it would not be able to support free unlocks of Hitman 1 or 2 levels in Hitman 3 on PC but it would still be able to support …
Read More »Control coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC this month
There have been rumours about Control coming to Xbox Game Pass floating around for a while now. The game officially came to the service for console subscribers back in December but now, the PC version of Game Pass is also getting the game, complete with ray-tracing enhancements. As of the …
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