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Celebrating Pokémon’s 23rd anniversary, Nintendo unveiled Game Freak’s two new mainline entries headed to the Switch later this year. Dubbed Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, the developer gave us a tour of the new Galar region and introduced us to the three new starters available to choose from. Ditching the …

Amazon has been combatting fake reviews for quite some time, even going as far as taking legal action against the sellers purchasing them. Merchants still don’t seem to take the hint, as the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its first successful case against fraudulent, paid Amazon reviews, fining …

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Earlier this week, we learned that PC storefront GOG is going through some financial trouble, leading to at least a dozen staff being laid off. Now, the platform is ending its customer-focused Fair Price Package scheme, as the market shifts to a bigger revenue split for developers and publishers. Not …

After a lengthy development cycle and several delays, Overkill's The Walking Dead finally launched on PC late last year. The game was unable to rack up sales early on and received mixed reviews, forcing Starbreeze to begin cost cutting– a move that included shelving development on the console versions of …

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February has been a particularly devastating month in terms of layoffs in the video game industry, with Activision Blizzard and ArenaNet both downsizing their workforce. CD Project Red-owned storefront GOG also seems to be caught with its own financial issues, with at least a dozen staff made redundant last week. …

Last year, a creepy image began circulating the internet dubbed Momo, making headlines when publications tried to establish a cause-and-effect relationship to the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina. While these sensationalist articles were short lived, police in Northern Ireland have now issued a warning that Momo is actually …

It's a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches for under £100. But does Briony rate it?

Microsoft has been working on stepping up its PC gaming efforts for a few years now. Initiatives like Play Anywhere have seen first-party exclusives launch simultaneously on both platforms with save files crossing over. There is more to come though, and the latest Windows Insider update gives us a peek …

As many of our readers will know, we run a lot of our own giveaways here at KitGuru but sometimes, we’ll spot one elsewhere that’s too good not to share. Despite producing just 3,000 units during its limited run, the kind folks over at be quiet! are giving fans a …

Microsoft just announced the Hololens 2 yesterday but the headset's launch has been marred by controversy. Microsoft has accepted a $479 million contract to supply the HoloLens to the US military- something that Microsoft workers are now protesting. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has since defended the company's decision.

Map exploration is usually only seen through the eyes of the character you’re playing, which is often limited by the respective physics of each game. For example, it’s easy to miss the surrounding detail when you’re racing around a track for first place in Mario Kart. noclip.website aims to change …

After spending a few years focusing on Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian is jumping back into more modern first-person RPGs this year with The Outer Worlds. The game was announced last year with a 2019 release window, now it looks like we'll be able to get our hands on the game in August. …

Microsoft has announced its untethered HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset at Mobile World Congress, while it faces internal criticism over a recent military contract.

Less than a week after Samsung announced its Galaxy Fold hybrid device, Huawei has debuted its own flexible smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019. Dubbed the Mate X, Huawei’s handset already has a bigger screen and thinner profile at a higher price tag. While the Galaxy Fold sports two …

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Over the past few months, Adobe’s support forums have been filling up with claims that a bug within the company’s Premiere Pro video editing software has been permanently damaging speakers. Careful not to incriminate itself, Adobe has issued Patch 13.0.3 which is describes should “help address this issue.” Reports began …

Apex Legends has managed to reinvent the battle royale genre with the addition of respawning, but it still falls into the same pitfalls as most first-person shooters. Different Legends within the game have been given drastically different hitboxes, meaning that players using those characters will be at a distinct disadvantage. …

Ahead of its release, Metro Exodus was review bombed on Metacritic as many protested its sudden shift from Steam to the divisive Epic Games Store. In a bizarre change of pace, it seems as though thousands of positive reviews have been flooding Steam itself despite the post-apocalyptic shooter not coming …

Nvidia has officially unveiled its Turing-based GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card, starting at £259.99/$279.

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Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has informed employees that it plans to “cut costs across the organisation,” meaning another round of mass layoffs is about to hit the video game industry. Currently, it’s unknown just how many employees will be laid off, although those that worked on cancelled projects are expected …

Fallout 76 might be a divisive entry in the post-apocalyptic series, but that hasn’t stopped on player from diving into the West Virginian wasteland for more than 900 hours. Despite the feat, the two accounts used were flagged for supposedly using an exploit to collect over “100,000 rare items within …

Reggie Fils-Aimé is retiring from Nintendo of America, making way for senior VP of sales Doug Bowser.

Back in 2017, we were fortunate enough to get up close and personal with the 8PACK Orion X PC– a £30,000 rig housing two fully water cooled systems and a ton of high-end hardware. Now, 8PACK is back again with an updated version, upgrading to three RTX TITAN graphics cards, …

We like to run our own giveaways here at KitGuru but on occasion, we'll spot a competition running elsewhere that we think our readers would be interested in. Right now, ARCTIC is celebrating 10-million sales for its MX-2 and MX-4 thermal paste, to cap off the milestone, a giveaway has …

After years’ worth of teasing, Samsung finally launched the Galaxy Fold smartphone with a flexible screen. Although its casing is much slimmer than the prototype shown on stage during last year’s Infinity Display announcement, it remains to be seen whether the $1,980 handset has a market. Samsung didn’t quite manage …

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The PlayStation Vita has struggled over the years, with Sony seemingly giving up on the handheld within a few years of launch. Now, it is almost time for production to come to an end, with Sony announcing that it will soon stop making the PS Vita in Japan. We already …