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Acer is adding a new monitor to its XV1 series gaming line-up – the Acer XV431CP. Featuring an ultrawide IPS panel, the Acer XV431CP has a whopping 32:9 aspect ratio, offering an immense screen area to work, play, or just watch random videos on the internet. The 43-inch IPS panel …

Three different PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 XT cards listings have been spotted at a New Zealand retailer, suggesting AMD might release the RX 6600 XT sooner rather than later. Currently, this GPU is rumoured to launch in August, although AMD has yet to announce anything officially.  Lately, there have been …

Over the last few days, EVGA RTX 3090 owners have ran in to trouble while trying to play the closed beta for Amazon's upcoming MMO, New World. A number of customers have had their graphics cards fail after playing the game, but it seems that EVGA is getting on top …

The 21st annual Game Developers Choice Awards winners have been selected, with Hades taking the top spot as Game of the Year. Other awarded titles include Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part II, and Genshin Impact, among others. Another year, another Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony. Similar …

CHIEFTRONIC is back with another eye-catching compact gaming case. The new Chieftronic M2 packs a mesh front panel for optimal airflow and two tempered glass side panels for the perfect view of your PC build. Supporting Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX cases, the Chieftronic M2 gaming cube has plenty of space for …

Amazon Game Studios’ ‘New World’ has been in development for many years now, with the first mentions of the MMO appearing in 2014. The game has been delayed time and time again, but here we are in July 2021, with the closed beta live and the official launch just on the horizon. In this week's KitGuru Games, we go over what has changed since the early alpha days and try to answer the biggest question of all - is this MMO worth playing now?

As time goes on, it seems as though nearly every major video game publisher has suffered from toxic workplace cultures, filled with harassment and more. Following on from allegations levied against Ubisoft, Quantic Dream and more, it seems Activision Blizzard has suffered from equally bad, if not even worse issues …

Respawn Entertainment has quickly gone from being one of EA’s most underappreciated studios, to becoming one of their most valued developers. After creating the Titanfall franchise, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Apex Legends, the studio is said to be working on a new game set in a “unique universe.” …

Despite the fact that the console manufacturer can’t seem to keep up with demand, Sony is continuing to add more PS5 benefits to those who have so far managed to snag themselves a console. Alongside the PS+ Collection, PS5 owners can now get 6 months of Apple TV+ for free. …

Genshin Impact is one of the biggest free-to-play games currently, being the fastest game to ever hit a $1 Billion in revenue on mobile devices alone – doing so in just 6 months. Following the recent release of the game’s 2.0 update, it has been announced that Aloy, from PlayStation …

This evening, during EA Play Live, the publisher officially announced Dead Space. Just as previous leaks predicted, the horror franchise is coming back in reimagined form for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.  The original Dead Space and its two sequels were developed by Visceral Games, although the studio …

Over the last couple of years, we’ve heard EA executives make comments about user-generated content, something that always stood out from a publisher that doesn’t openly embrace the modding scene. That will be changing with Battlefield 2042, which has an entire mode built around community-made custom matches and content. Today …

Last week when Valve announced the Steam Deck handheld gaming PC, we learned that NVMe SSDs were being used for storage, but we did not know if the SSD would be soldered to the mainboard, or if it would be user-replaceable. As it turns out, the Steam Deck is using …

Though it has been years in the making, the Epic Games Store appears to be nearly ready to release its achievements system for its storefront. Announced as far back as 2018, before the store even launched, the Fortnite developer is slowly but surely adding long-promised features to its store – …

This week, Zotac is launching its new line of MEK gaming desktops. The new MEK Hero PC Gaming series will pair AMD Ryzen 5000 processors with Nvidia’s latest RTX 30 series graphics cards and EK liquid cooling.  Speaking on the new MEK Hero PCs, Zotac USA president, Gary Lau, said: …

Detroit Become Human is the latest game from Quantic Dream, the French video game developer known most prominently for creating choice-based story focused adventure games. Their biggest and most ambitious title, Detroit Become Human, was released in 2018 on PlayStation 4, before coming to PC a year later. Three years …

With Battlefield 2042 set to release later this year, EA is drumming up some extra buzz by giving away Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 5. All Prime Gaming members will get to claim both games over the next month. For those unfamiliar, Prime Gaming is essentially what used to be Twitch …

Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad is a free-to-play action RPG released for mobile devices last year which took many of the publisher’s most well known characters and pitted them against one another. The game was met with controversy due to questionable marketing decisions, and it seems following launch, the game’s reception …

Nvidia has been rapidly building up its library of supported games for GeForce Now over the last year, leading to the 1000-game milestone being reached last week. Now right on schedule, another 11 games have been announced for GFN, headlined by four day-and-date launches.  Of the 11 games joining GeForce …

Ghost of Tsushima served as one of PlayStations surprise hits when it was released in July 2020. Since then, the game went on to win a plethora of awards, pushing developers Sucker Punch to new heights. The team recently revealed its Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, and they have now …

Recent rumours indicated that AMD would launch the Radeon RX 6600 series of graphics cards in August, but other sources have contradicted this claim. According to another prominent leaker, AMD will be launching the Radeon RX 6600 between September and October, followed by the first Navi 24 GPUs at the …

Earlier this week, a number of RTX 3090 owners began reporting issues with their graphics card after playing Amazon's upcoming MMO, New World, which is currently in closed beta. Due to the apparent severity of this issue, Amazon Games has now responded with a statement...

Fortnite has already received numerous crossovers with various brands, games, movies, and series characters, celebrities, and artists, but no car company has ever featured in the famous battle royale game. That soon will change with the launch of Fortnite's first licensed car, the Ferrari 296 GTB. When Epic Games introduced drivable …

Windows 11 preview testers have discovered an early security bug, one that seems to have carried over from Windows 10. This new Windows 10 and Windows 11 vulnerability creates a path for any local user to gain admin privileges. As reported by Bleeping Computer, some Windows 10 and Windows 11 …

CD Projekt Red first branched out into free-to-play mobile games a few years ago with a standalone version of GWENT, which is still running today. Last year, the company announced a mobile Augmented Reality game based on The Witcher IP – The Witcher: Monster Slayer, which is releasing today.  This …

Earlier this week, we reviewed the brand new CNPS10X Performa Black, the latest CPU cooler from Zalman. While we had positive takeaways from our performance testing, we were a little let down by the 12 month warranty. As it turns out, the UK distributor for this CPU cooler is now …

Over the last six months, multiple sources have claimed that Netflix is working towards offering games as part of its streaming package. This was essentially confirmed earlier this month, after the hiring of a prominent gaming veteran to oversee development. Last night, Netflix confirmed its gaming plans, although it will …

It has been many years since Steam first introduced Big Picture mode for PC gaming on a TV. It has also been an awfully long time since the console-style UI has had any form of overhaul or update. That will be changing in the future though, and we have the …

A known leaker has just shared some benchmark results for the Intel ‘Alder Lake' Core i9-12900K, and if these results are accurate, it will be quite the beast. The qualification sample of the processor was running at stock settings, using a water cooler to handle the heat. According to RaichuOne, …

Over the course of a console’s life cycle, manufacturers may offer enhanced versions, such as with the PS4 Pro and cheaper versions (such as with the Switch Lite). There also exists a third type of revision, which serves as a simple SKU change with very subtle refinements. Such is the …