After eleven months of floating around in the ether, AMD’s Radeon Vega 56 has finally found its way into a laptop- specifically, the new Acer Predator Helios 500. There’s even the option to go all AMD by switching out the default Intel CPU with a 2nd Gen Ryzen 7 processor, …
Read More »Cooler Master’s MasterCase H500M will hit the UK in July
Cooler Master is expanding its MasterCase series today with the launch of the H500M. The latest midtower continues to emphasise user choice, with different accessories in the box, and makes the jump to tempered glass, RGB fans and swappable front panels. This is the flagship for Cooler Master's H-series of …
Read More »Nintendo currently has ‘no plans’ to sell the Switch without a dock in the west
Last week, Nintendo made the surprise announcement that it would begin selling a dockless Switch bundle in Japan. The new package allows buyers to just get the Switch and a pair of Joy-Cons at a cheaper price, rather than buying the full bundle with the TV dock and grip controller. …
Read More »Apple’s Phil Schiller responds to questions about blocking Valve’s Steam Link app launch
Update (28/05/18): Last week we learned that the Steam Link streaming app would remain exclusive to Android for the foreseeable future, as Apple revoked Valve's App Store approval. At the time, Apple cited ‘business conflicts' after a secondary review of the app. This was disappointing news to many PC gamers …
Read More »Court documents reportedly show that Apple knew the iPhone 6 was likely to bend
Back when the iPhone 6 first launched, Apple came under fire for two distinct issues- ‘Touch Disease' and ‘Bendgate'. The former was an issue where the phone's touchscreen would become unresponsive over time, while the latter saw iPhone 6 models bending in people's pockets. These issues were seemingly buried sometime …
Read More »The Wolf Among Us 2 pushed to 2019 due to ‘fundamental changes’ at TellTale
Last year, TellTale announced that it would finally be creating a ‘season two' for The Wolf Among Us, something that fans had been after for quite some time. Originally, the first episode was set to debut in 2018 but due to ‘fundamental changes' within the studio, the game has been …
Read More »Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be getting four story expansions
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is perhaps the most surprising game of the year so far. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game launched this year with incredibly deep mechanics and a great story to boot. Now over the course of the year, we'll be getting several expansions. Last week, the team …
Read More »The new Phanteks Eclipse P350X RGB is sleek, compact and fairly priced
Computex is just a couple of weeks away, but we are getting a few good announcements ahead of time. This week, Phanteks launched its latest case, the Eclipse P350X RGB, complete with support for E-ATX motherboards, liquid cooling support and some of the sleekest RGB lighting I've seen on a …
Read More »The Steam Spring Cleaning event encourages PC gamers to clear their backlogs
While we've known for a while that the Steam Summer Sale is just around the corner, it looks like Valve did have a surprise sale up its sleeve to take place beforehand. Last night, the Steam Spring Cleaning event went live, encouraging Steam gamers to explore their backlogs to make …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest drivers prep for The Crew 2 and State of Decay 2
The gaming world might seem a bit quiet at the moment as we all wait for E3, but there are a couple of notable releases taking place at the moment. This month's Nvidia Game Ready driver tackles support and optimisations for State of Decay 2, and the upcoming beta for …
Read More »John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain has sadly passed away
It's a sad day for the gaming industry at large as last night, John ‘TotalBiscuit' Bain unfortunately passed away. TB had been battling with cancer for the last few years but continued to make videos, host tournaments and be a strong pro-consumer voice for gamers. Since the news broke, figures …
Read More »TSMC has reportedly begun producing 7nm processors for the next iPhone
We've already heard a number of rumors surrounding this year's iPhone launch, and now we have another likely story to add to the pile. This week, it is being reported that TSMC has begun production on the A12 processors that will feature in this year's flagship iPhones, and may end …
Read More »H1Z1 finds new life as PS4 open beta reaches 1.5 million players
H1Z1 has had a rough year on PC. While the game used to rank highly as one of the most played games on Steam, the spotlight has since been taken away by competitors like PUBG and Fortnite. However, the game has since found new life thanks to the launch of …
Read More »Battlefield 5 lands in October, will do away with the ‘premium pass’
Rather than waiting until E3 in a few weeks time, EA decided to hold its own separate Battlefield 5 reveal event last night. While the event lacked in terms of gameplay footage, we did get a decent amount of information. For starters, Battlefield 5 now has a release date, and …
Read More »The ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQ is launching in June
It has been a long, long wait since ASUS first announced the ROG Swift PG27UQ. This is set to be one of the first 4K/144Hz monitors to hit the market, and while delays have kept pushing it back over the last year, it looks like we'll finally be seeing a …
Read More »Work for KitGuru: We’re looking to expand our news team, part time applications open
Hello KitGuru readers! We are currently looking to expand our news team with an additional writer. This is a paid part time position for someone who is able to commit a couple of hours each day to work with us on news posts. Prior experience working for another website isn't …
Read More »Game rating board submission reignites hopes for Sunset Overdrive on PC
Prior to Microsoft's push to bring more exclusive games to PC, there was talk of Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive coming to Windows. Around the game's release in late 2014, there were marketing assets showing the game as being available on Xbox and PC. Unfortunately, a PC version never did end up …
Read More »EA has acquired its own cloud gaming service
Ever since the rise and fall of OnLive, there has been an increasing amount of interest in ‘cloud gaming' amongst major publishers. Sony has PSNow, Nvidia has GeForceNow, Microsoft recently acquired its own cloud gaming service, and now it looks like EA is also jumping in and preparing itself for …
Read More »Razer’s new Core X eGPU enclosure is bigger, better and cheaper
While the new Razer Blade 15 stole the show the other day, it wasn't the only new launch up Razer's sleeve. At the event, we also saw the curtain lifted on the new Razer Core X external GPU enclosure, which reduces the price, and even adds macOS support. The new …
Read More »Nintendo is releasing a handheld-only Switch bundle
Nintendo has previously mentioned that its ultimate goal with the Switch is to have more than one in each household, much like the DS/3DS and Gameboy eras. Today, the company took a step towards furthering that goal by announcing a ‘dockless' Switch bundle at a cheaper price. While the dockless …
Read More »Micron and Intel join forces to produce the industry’s first QLC 3D NAND with 1Tb density
Intel and Micron have formed a fruitful partnership, with the pair announcing the production and shipment of the industry's first 4bits/cell 3D NAND technology this week. These new NAND chips use the proven 64-layer structure, and have achieved 1 terabit (Tb) density per die, making it the highest density flash …
Read More »ASUS confirms that AREZ is here to stay
There has been a lot of confusion today surrounding ASUS and the future for its AREZ line-up of graphics cards. Nvidia's GeForce Partner Program has come to an end, so when a Twitter account claiming to be an official AREZ profile posted that the recently launched brand would be ‘coming …
Read More »The PS4 is reaching the ‘final phase’ of its life cycle, evidence points to Zen-based PS5
A few weeks ago, the first PlayStation 5 rumours began popping up on the web. At the time, it was brushed off due to a few outlandish claims, such as a potential 2018 launch window, but some additional fuel was added to the fire this week. For starters, Sony has …
Read More »Leo Says 20 – Nvidia GTX 1180 rumours, 4K/144Hz panels, MSI Mech 2, Z390 and more!
This week in LEO SAYS there are plenty of hot topics at hand. Leo is discussing the first 4K/144Hz monitors, GTX 1180 rumours, the upcoming NV mobile GPU, MSI's Mech 2, Intel Z390 and much more!
Read More »Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly investing billions to boost memory supply
For the last year and a half, there have been consistent reports of a worldwide memory shortage. There has been debate over whether or not companies like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are unable to keep up with demand, or just unwilling, but theories aside, it looks like there is …
Read More »Acer’s 4K/144Hz monitor pre-orders confirm $2000 launch price
Back when ASUS and Acer first announced their 4K/144Hz monitors at CES last year, we were told by our contacts to expect pricing to sit around the $2000 mark at launch. However, after the repeated delays these monitors faced, we were left wondering whether or not pricing plans had changed. …
Read More »Monster Hunter is getting a $60 million movie adaptation
The launch of Monster Hunter World earlier this year finally gave the franchise a solid position in the west. The game attracted millions of new players and has already become one of Capcom's fastest selling games ever. So what's the next step? Well like Resident Evil, Monster Hunter will be …
Read More »be quiet! Dark Rock 4 competition winners announcement
Last month, we teamed up with the fine folks at be quiet! to give KitGuru readers the chance to win one of five brand new Dark Rock 4 series CPU coolers. We had three Dark Rock Pro 4 and two Dark Rock 4 coolers up for grabs. The winners have …
Read More »New rumours claim we’ll see new Nvidia GPUs in July
It has been a few months since we last talked about any Nvidia rumours. The last time we checked in, the rumour mill couldn't make up its mind between a March or April launch. There were also conflicting reports around whether or not the next GeForce cards would sport Volta …
Read More »The Steam Link app has launched for Android
Last week, Valve announced the next step for the Steam Link, opting to release it as an app for iOS and Android. The app will allow you to stream your Steam library to more devices than ever before, ranging from smartphones and tablets, to Android TV boxes or the Apple …
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