While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launched with a widely praised multiplayer mode, its single-player campaign left a lot to be desired. The campaign ditched the structured missions of previous COD campaigns and instead opted for 'open world missions'. Now, it appears that this will not be a one-off occurrence.
Read More »KitGuru Games: The Console Wars are ending… and PC wins
Microsoft going multiplatform could finally end the 'console war' for good and PC gamers stand the most to gain...
Read More »Bethesda is finally bringing FSR 3 to Starfield
Starfield is finally getting AMD FSR 3 support. Six months on from release, the sci-fi RPG developed by Bethesda will finally support AMD's latest upscaling technology. As we saw with DLSS 3, FSR 3 will first be tested as part of the Starfield beta on Steam, before rolling out to all players a few weeks later...
Read More »The RTX 3050 is making a comeback
The RTX 3050 lives on in 2024 with a new model hitting the market with some rather major spec changes...
Read More »Kojima unveils massive 10-minute trailer for Death Stranding 2
As promised, Death Stranding 2 returned to the spotlight yesterday during Sony's State of Play stream, but we were caught off-guard by the massive trailer we ended up seeing...
Read More »AMD launches Ryzen 8000G desktop CPUs with Ryzen AI support
Following on from an announcement at CES, today AMD is officially launching its new Ryzen 8000G series of desktop processors, ushering in a new generation of powerful APUs.
Read More »KitGuru Games: Is Xbox Game Pass worth £150 a year?
Just as 2022 saw Sony revamp its PlayStation Plus game subscription service, Microsoft’s 2023 included a refresh of its own Game Pass platform, eschewing the rarely-used and antiquated Xbox Live Gold with Game Pass Core, while keeping its regular Game Pass service as is – aside from a slight price hike. As I did last year, we will be looking at the past 12 months of Xbox Game Pass to determine whether the service is worth its ever-increasing asking price...
Read More »Eidos Montreal undergoes layoffs following Deus Ex cancellation
Yesterday we received news that Embracer Group had cancelled a new Deus Ex game at Eidos Montreal. Now, that news seems to be confirmed, alongside confirmation that Eidos is also going to suffer a round of layoffs.
Read More »Embracer’s financial struggles continue with new Deus Ex game cancelled
Embracer Group hit dire times in 2023 after an investment deal fell through. In the aftermath, some of the studios that have been acquired by Embracer Group in recent years have undergone layoffs, project cancellations and others have been completely shut down. The latest casualty in this saga seems to be an unannounced Deus Ex game...
Read More »KitGuru Games: Did PlayStation Plus justify its price increase?
With each passing year, publishers and console manufacturers alike have increasingly emphasised the long-term importance of game subscription services. In aid of this effort, we have seen Sony reaffirm its commitment to subscriptions through its revamped PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers. 2023 marked the first full year since the reinvention, and with us now a good chunk of the way into January of 2024, the question remains: Has PlayStation Plus been able to justify itself?
Read More »Horizon Forbidden West comes to PC in March
Back in September of last year, Sony announced that Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition would be coming to PC in Early 2024. With us nearing the end of January, the team at Guerrilla Games and Nixxes have now announced an official release date...
Read More »MSI’s new RTX 4070 Ti Super BIOS tested – does it make a difference?
If you were following the launch of Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card this week, you will likely have seen something about the MSI Ventus 3X and reports of a sub-par BIOS, with Nvidia themselves suggesting it was performing 5% below expectations. Not one, but two new BIOS revisions were sent to press during the review period, and today we've tested the latest version to see how much difference it really makes...
Read More »Nvidia driver update adds RTX Video HDR
Last year, Nvidia updated its drivers to allow for those with an RTX card to intelligently upscale online videos to 4K, remastering them in real-time. The graphics card maker has now taken this one step further, introducing what they are calling RTX Video HDR...
Read More »Early Ryzen 8000G benchmark points to a 30% uplift in single-core performance
It looks like some people already have Ryzen 8000G series APUs on their hands. Two of these desktop APUs have been now discovered on Geekbench: the 8-core Ryzen 7 8700G and the 6-core Ryzen 5 8600G...
Read More »Fourth main series Witcher game to enter production in 2024
CD Projekt Red has announced plans to begin production on the next Witcher game later this year. This title is currently called "Polaris" and is supposed to be the first of a new trilogy that will expand the medieval fantasy universe...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.73: AMD APUs at CES 2024
KitGuru had a stonkingly successful CES 2024, however there is one small gap in our coverage that needs to be addressed. We gave plenty of coverage to Intel's new Core Ultra range of Meteor Lake laptop processors but appeared to give AMD the cold shoulder, and it is now time to fix that apparent oversight.
Read More »Palworld has sold over 4 million copies in just 3 days
Palworld was released at the end of last week, and it's already a massive success. After its first three days, Palworld sold 4 million copies and had over a million concurrent players online just on Steam...
Read More »‘Windows 12’ may just be the Windows 11 24H2 update
We might not get Windows 12 after all. According to a recent report, it seems that the AI-centric changes coming to Windows will arrive via a regular update to Windows 11, rather than an entire a new OS...
Read More »Modern horror classic ‘Until Dawn’ to get film adaptation
Until Dawn was a PlayStation 4 exclusive choice-based narrative title developed by Supermassive Games back in 2015. Though the game was a modest success, neither Sony nor Supermassive have returned to the property since…until now. Almost a decade after its initial release, Until Dawn is set to get a film adaptation.
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Game Ready driver adds support for RTX 4070 Super
Nvidia has released a new graphics driver to accompany the RTX 4070 Super launch. Besides adding support to the new graphics card, the new driver also brings game optimisations, new GeForce Experience Optimal settings profiles, and a few bug fixes. Alongside the launch of the new card, Nvidia is also celebrating Reflex being supported on over 100 games and the addition of DLSS support to four new titles.
Read More »Hellblade II release date leaks ahead of Direct
Hellblade II was the first game shown off by Microsoft for the Xbox Series X|S all the way back in December 2019. In the many years since we have seen a whole host of trailers – though no release date. Ahead of the upcoming Xbox Developer Direct, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II has seemingly had its release date leaked...
Read More »MSI plans to launch more Claw handhelds in the future
The MSI Claw garnered plenty attention as one of the most exciting gadgets showcased at CES 2024. It adds to the competition in the gaming handheld sector and represents Intel's first foray into this market with the Arc-based Core Ultra 100H series. MSI is aiming to have a presence in this market for years to come, as it has confirmed that it plans to launch more Claw consoles.
Read More »Baldur’s Gate 3 was the best-selling PC game of 2023
2023 was an excellent year for video game releases across the board. That said, the PC market in particular thrived last year, breaking a whole bunch of records. One of the platform’s greatest success stories was Baldur’s Gate 3, with the surprise hit not only selling the most copies, but also generating the highest revenue...
Read More »CES 2024: EKWB showcases a liquid-cooled PS5, the NoCase and new custom cooling gear
EKWB had a packed room at CES this year with tons of new hardware and custom systems. From a liquid-cooled PS5 to the NoCase, join Leo as we take a closer look at EKWB's 2024 line-up.
Read More »CES 2024: HYTE shows off new cases, coolers and Nexus ecosystem
We've all seen the HYTE Y70 Touch case, now Leo swings by the HYTE booth at CES to take a look at what new cases and peripherals we can expect in 2024...
Read More »CES 2024: Corsair debuts new dual-chamber cases for zero-cable motherboards
Today at CES Leo catches up with Corsair at their suite, where we find several new dual-chamber cases on the way, alongside new iCUE Link fans and new Elgato gear for content creators.
Read More »CES 2024: Leo takes a look at Cooler Master’s new hardware, monitors and liquid cooling gear
At CES this week, Cooler Master is showing off quite a bit, including a new Sneaker X Bounce modded PC, available in limited units for those looking for something unique for their setup. Beyond that, we get a look at MSI monitors, power supplies, new cases and more for custom builds.
Read More »CES 2024: The Omen Transcend 14 is the lightest 14-inch gaming laptop you can buy
Today at CES Leo spent some time looking at the new Omen Transcend 14 laptop. It is very thin and light, but packs up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor under the hood, which also means it benefits from Intel's new AI Boost technology.
Read More »CES 2024: Leo gets a closer look at MSI components and Project Zero
At CES this week, Leo swings by the MSI booth to take a closer look at new and upcoming components. We kick things off with a look at the promising Project Zero motherboard, which aims to make future PC builds cleaner than ever before by moving cable connectors to the back of the board...
Read More »CES 2024: Nvidia unveils RTX 40 Super specs, pricing and release dates
At CES today, Nvidia is officially launching three new graphics cards - the RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4070 Super. We can now put to rest a long running stream of rumours and leaks with official details on specs and pricing. New hardware isn't the only thing Nvidia has on the way though, as the company is also launching new software features too.
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