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Following a fantastic round of showings at E3 2015 and 2016, Sony's 2017 E3 conference seemed somewhat lacking in new reveals. It turns out that there is a reason for that on Sony's end, as Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that some planned reveals were held back for various reasons. …

As part of Microsoft's effort to bring more games to PC, this year Forza 7 will be launching on Windows 10 in addition to Xbox One. Microsoft's PC ports have been hit and miss so far but last year's Gears of War 4 release was a huge step forward in …

Ubisoft is no stranger to special editions with most of its games launching with more than one. Assassin’s Creed Origins has taken this to the next level with at least 5 special editions, one of which costs a whopping £700/$800. The £700 bundle is named Dawn of the Creed – …

Looking to add to its range of award-winning displays, Dell has announced two firsts for the company at the RSA Summit in London. With business and productivity in mind, the company are to release the world’s first high-brightness 4K UHD laser projector with an ultra-short throw as well as a …

Initially returning to Bioware in 2015 to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic, Drew Karpyshyn hinted that he had begun work on a new title at the start of the year. While some held hopes for a new Knights of the Old Republic game, Karpyshyn has confirmed he has …

It looks like we have an early idea of when to expect AMD's new EPYC processors, alongside some performance comparisons to various Intel counterparts. This week, AMD's press deck for the EPYC 7000 series leaked, showing that the launch is planned for the 20th of June, alongside various headline features …

GlobalFoundries has today announced that it will soon be open for business as far as 7nm FinFET is concerned. GF's jump to 7nm (7LP) FinFET semiconductor technology delivers a 40 percent generational performance boost to meet the demands of cloud servers, networking infrastructure and mobile processors. Design kits are available …

Following on from this morning's news that Take-Two had shut down OpenIV, Steam users have taken it upon themselves to voice their concerns directly, tanking Grand Theft Auto V's store rating with a flood of negative reviews. OpenIV was an essential tool that unlocked the files of GTA V, GTA …

As of today, mobile networks across the EU will no longer be charging for data roaming across member states. The new ‘Roam like Home' legislation means that mobile customers across the EU (including the UK) can travel and use their allowance of minutes, texts and data without extra charges. However, …

Microsoft's Xbox Games Pass is officially here and with word on a potential PC launch, the service is looking even more exciting. However, while there are over 100 games currently in the library, how often new games are added is going to play a big role in convincing subscribers to …

At Ubisoft's E3 press conference this year, the publisher finally made an awful lot of its fans happy with the announcement of Beyond Good and Evil 2. Unfortunately, there was no gameplay footage shown and now we know why, as the game is currently at ‘day zero of development'. However, …

It looks like Take-Two and Rockstar are still keeping a close eye on the GTA V modding community as this week, the devs behind the widely used OpenIV mod tool received a cease and desist letter. Since Grand Theft Auto V's launch, Take-Two has been making a habit of policing …

If you have been following KitGuru for a while, then you have probably noticed that we like to give back to our readers whenever we can. That is why this week, we are teaming up with Deepcool to give away not one but two brand new GAMMAXX GT CPU coolers, …

Microsoft has been keen to include its PC user base in future gaming plans as shown by the Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, which debuted last year.  This year, Microsoft will be expanding that even further as not only is Xbox One set to get backwards compatibility with original Xbox games, …

Earlier this year, in the midst of the ‘WannaCry' malware panic, Microsoft went back and updated Windows XP, despite the OS being well past its end of life date. Now, Microsoft is following that up with a second patch to Windows XP in an effort to counter future WannaCry style …

The upcoming OnePlus 5 smartphone has been getting a lot of attention ahead of its June 20th reveal thanks to a steady stream of leaks. This time we are treated to a closer look at the phone as a flood of new images have surfaced online. The images show off the …

Over the last week or so, we have been hearing more and more information about Samsung's comeback to the phablet market with the Galaxy Note 8. However, it seems that talk of an August release date may have been premature, with reports this week claiming the Galaxy Note 8 will …

Razer has launched some excellent laptops over the years and most recently, it expanded on its Blade line with a third laptop, the Razer Blade Stealth. Now, Razer's tiny 12.5-inch thin and light has been upgraded, bumping the screen up to 13.3-inches, making the body thinner and upgrading the internal …

Yesterday, we finally got confirmation on Destiny 2's release date for PC. While console gamers will get their hands on the game on the 6th of September, those of us on PC will need to wait until the 24th of October. Fortunately, PC players will still be getting a beta. …

Earlier this week, Microsoft held its E3 presser and much to our surprise, a brand new Metro game was announced for the first time. We were shown a small 10 minute slice of Metro Exodus and while many have assumed that this is an open world game based on the …

In the depths of a London drinking spot called Dirty Martinis, Creative's management team joined with members of the Episilon professional eSports team to present an overview of its 30 years in the industry, an idea of where it's products are now and an look at the Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5. …

It seems that Nintendo is keen to show fans that it is listening, with two surprise announcements coming from its E3 announcement stream. Not only did Nintendo's stream reveal the fact that a core Pokemon RPG is in fact being made for the Switch but in what felt like a …

Since Marvel's pledge to step up its gaming efforts in 2014 we've seen a few titles surface from renown developers, such as Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy, Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and the much anticipated Spider-Man title by Insomniac. Sony have chosen the latter to close off its E3 press …

Alienware arrived at E3 this year in force, with a slew of new gaming systems, new peripherals and even a high-performance 240Hz gaming monitor. Beyond updated X299 and X399 Alienware Area-51 desktops, there is also a new Alienware 15 featuring Nvidia's new Max-Q technology, making it one of the company's …

It looks like Google is preparing some big changes to its mobile division going forward as reports this week claim that Google has managed to hire up an ex-Apple chip architect. The idea of Google producing its own hardware for future smartphones has been floating around for a while but …

Nintendo's 25-minute long E3 Direct stream just wrapped up and despite it being the shorted of the major conferences, it was full of announcements. Perhaps the most major announcement for 2017 was the release date for Super Mario Odyssey, which Nintendo will be releasing in October for the Switch. This …

Last night during the E3 PC Game Show, Microsoft made a surprise appearance to announce the return of Age of Empires. This year, Microsoft is launching an Age of Empires remaster to celebrate the game's 20th anniversary, complete with ‘4K visuals' and redesigned sprites, some gameplay updates and even a …

At Computex this year, both AMD and Intel laid all of their cards out on the table with the announcements of Threadripper and Skylake-X. Last night, Intel announced that its 4 to 10 core CPUs would begin shipping from June 19th onwards, with 12 to 18 core SKUs expected to …

Back when Destiny 2 was officially unveiled, many fans of the series were excited to finally see a PC version in the works. Bungie has already promised a bunch of great PC-centric features but unfortunately, this version of the game won't be out in September alongside consoles. Instead, Destiny 2 …

Sony had two masterful E3 presentations in a row over the course of 2015 and 2016. Unfortunately, at some point you will run out of things to show and it seems that Sony felt that this year. The Sony E3 press conference took place last night and while it was …