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Watch Dogs has a lot to live up to, it's a brand new IP that has been riding the hype train since 2012 and now that it is finally coming out, it has to meet the expectations of gamers. While some games may suffer from being short on content, Creative …

With the Samsung Galaxy S5 release swiftly approaching, Vodafone has been keen to trumpet to the world that not only will it be stocking a lot of the new handset, but it will also have the exclusive on the gaudiest of the phone's colour schemes: gold. “We’ve focussed on a …

Today we are going to take a look at a hybrid tablet from Asus – the Transformer Book T100T. Asus have been pushing the hybrid tablet concept for a while now and have released a handful of models to date … we looked at the impressive Android powered Transformer Book …

If you happen to be someone that's modded their game of Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision may have your number, as it's been getting extremely trigger happy with its banhammer gunblade over the weekend, perma-banning huge numbers of players. But it's not just those that have cheated directly, merely playing …

In a bid to get a share of one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone markets, Microsoft Corp. plans to waive the license fee for Windows Phone operating systems for two Indian smartphone manufacturers. The move is a rather unprecedented one, but it was necessary to ink contracts with the Indian …

Valve Software late on Friday said that it would demonstrate the latest version of its Steam Controller in action at the upcoming Game Developers Conference next week. The company did not reveal whether the version of the device is the final one or not, but it showcased the new unit …

For years Intel Corp. has been focused to deliver the best possible chips for various mobile devices, including notebooks and tablets, whereas solutions for desktops computers were put on the back-burner. This happened for many reasons because of the lack of competition on the desktop market as well as because …

Sony revealed its plans for Playstation Now at CES in January, the game streaming service will include rental streaming options but it seems Sony might be looking to experiment with rental download options too as an option for one day, seven day and 30 day rentals appeared on titles in …

Huawei, a leading maker of smartphones from China, has been primarily known for its excessively big or inexpensive smartphones in Europe and the U.S. However, Huawei is a rather innovative telecom company which can make state-of-the-art products. One of such devices – a smartphone with two operating systems – will …

Pre-loading of games before launch makes total sense, you're going to have people clamouring to download it and you don't want to get caught up with all the riff-raff do you? But a movie? Is it going to get the same frenzied download treatment? Whether it will or not though …

A lot of PC gamers still like to use a controller from time to time and with the Xbox 360 controller being incredibly popular amongst gamers, many were disappointed when a rumour suggested that the Xbox One controller was going to be incompatible with the PC. Fortunately though, the rumours …

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) plans to unveil its virtual reality headset next week at the Game Developers Conference. No details are known in advance, but some game designers who have already tried the device are reported to have said that the upcoming VR helmet is considerably more advanced than Oculus …

Rumours have been pointing to Google creating its own Smartwatch for some time now, supposedly in conjunction with current Nexus maker LG, but like most devices coming out today, details have leaked before the announcement. This recent leak has come from none other than EvLeaks, a common name when it …

This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our silly Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from TitanFall. It means you can put all your …

Reading an extensive, in-depth review of MSI's latest gaming bare bones rig, Nightblade, is a great way to familiarise yourself with the specification and performance characteristics. But if you really want to get a handle on whether this is the right rig for you, why not get MSI's tech guru, …

Twin Galaxies, the company that not only founded the concept of video game score keeping, but played a starring role in documentaries like King of Kong and Chasing Ghosts, has been in limbo for a while now. It changed hands a couple of times after the founder, Walter Day, sold …

Google might often be painted as the big, corporate version of the NSA, gathering up huge amounts of data on its users and then selling that on to advertisers, but it got hit pretty hard by the PRISM revelations too, just like Facebook, Yahoo and many others. To help show …

MSI has debuted a load of imagery and details about its upcoming line of “Gaming” motherboards, which are focused on exactly that. While we'll have to keep you guessing on what chipset it uses, we can tell and show you a lot about the upcoming range of boards. First off, …

One of the biggest criticisms of politicians, long standing political parties and all that goes along with them, is that they're antiquated. Often in practices but even more so in their ways of thinking, which is why it's interesting to watch Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his recently launched Internet …

Even for a big Alien fan like me, when we first saw the earliest leaked images of Alien: Isolation, I sighed. It wasn't that long since Gearbox had killed much of the world's interest in games featuring the Xenomorph and I think most were soured on the idea of the …

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday confirmed that it would unveil its next-generation FirePro graphics cards aimed at the professional market later this month. While the company did not officially said that it plans to release Hawaii GPU-based FirePro graphics solutions, it did call the new products “groundbreaking”, which means all-new …

Toshiba Corp. on Thursday announced that it has filed a civil suit against SK Hynix in a Japanese court. Toshiba accuses its rival of wrongful acquisition and use of Toshiba’s proprietary technical information related to NAND flash memory. The company demands compensation of its damages. Toshiba filed the suit after …

A number of technology companies and organizations on Thursday said they had agreed to form the Immersive Technology Alliance (the ITA), which will develop and negotiate standards for to effectively meet the needs of the newly established Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), stereoscopic 3D and gesture industries. The org …

A Chinese blogger (or bloggers) has posted what he/she claims to be the first screenshots from Apple iOS 8, the next iteration of the company’s mobile operating system. The screenshots confirm that some of the key innovations of the iOS 8 will focus on bringing health-oriented apps to the platform …

Unless you are a disciple of Samsung or Apple, buying a new smartphone is a tricky business. You want all of the features but, ideally, not so much of the price tag. The chaps at Mediacom believe they have a plan. KitGuru captures their thoughts. Smartphones took ages to gain …

Intel Corp. has decided to speed up introduction of its next-generation microprocessors and platforms designed for enthusiasts who demand maximum performance. The new Core i7 Extreme “Haswell-E” chips along with Intel X99-based mainboards will be introduced at Computex Taipei 2014 in early June, several months before planned originally, according to …

As if using anthropomorphic raptors and triceratops for their promotional material wasn't enough, Dino PC is now looking to coax you into buying a system through it by offering up free games and almost £100 of in-game currency with some popular titles. “Hi.” If you buy any new system from …

Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Super Smash Bros and Kirby has been pretty loyal to Nintendo throughout the years but with the Playstation 4's recent release in Japan, it's time for the veteran game designer to share his thoughts on Sony's latest console. Sakurai has jotted down his thoughts in his …

Net Dream Systems, an IT and audio-visual consultant, has created a technology management system that monitors all active technologies on board super yachts in real time and then predicts possible IT problems. Obviously right now, this technology is only relevant to rich super yacht owning individuals but that could change …

UK system builder, MESH Computers, has decided to get into the spirit of March Madness with a limited edition promo of their own this weekend. KitGuru scribbles down the code that's just dropped into our collective inboxes and evaluates the value. From the first moment they opened their doors for …