We're racing toward the end of 2025, and while there's still over two months left to go, we're confident in saying that there probably won't be any more high-profile handheld hardware launches this year. We do expect to see some systems based on Intel's new Panther Lake processors next year, but for now, the two highest-profile handheld releases
Seems like we've been on a northern lights roll lately, haven't we? There's one happening again tonight and the NOAA is even promising how the spectacular aurora display will be visible as far south as New York and Wisconsin. Forecasts say that a significant burst of solar activity colliding with Earth’s magnetic field will be creating the
After kids, teens, and even some adults are finished knocking on your door in hopes of scoring pieces of candy (or full-size candy bars, if you're really looking to impress), it won't be long until the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales season is in full force. If you want to get a jump on the mad rush and are in the market for a Fire TV,
Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm over a new Android Trojan dubbed Herodotus, which is designed to deliberately slow down its own malicious activity to mimic the casual, imperfect behavior of a human user. Such behavior allows the malware to slip past a generation of security systems built to flag more rapid, robotic actions of
Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by scanning system memory following a system crash. The optional feature is related to those frustrating BSOD errors that, aside from letting you know that your PC tripped over itself and bonked its head (as was the case
Samsung is expanding its range of storage card solutions with the release of the P9 Express, a microSD Express memory card with enough speed to keep up with gaming handhelds like Nintendo's Switch 2. While not exclusively aimed at the Switch 2, Nintendo's newest console is a big reason why we're starting to see more microSD Express memoryThe next chapter for Guild Wars 2 officially goes live today. The new expansion, Visions of Eternity, takes players to Castora, a mysterious island steeped in magic and history, offering a fresh campaign, along with new gameplay features.
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, is available as of today on both Steam and through the official game website, priced at $24.99. Visions of Eternity expands the game with two new explorable maps — Shipwreck Strand and Starlit Weald, alongside new world boss encounters, legendary gear, and seasonal rewards. Additional maps and content are planned for future updates at no extra cost.
The expansion deepens Guild Wars 2’s hallmark focus on player expression. Each of the game’s nine professions receives a new elite specialization, unlocking fresh skills and traits to diversify combat styles. Mount gameplay also evolves, with the aquatic skimmer gaining new combat and exploration abilities, including projectile attacks and a sonar-like skill to uncover hidden treasures. Players can also claim a new homestead plot, transforming a shipwreck into a customizable beachside retreat.
The expansion’s storyline centers on the Inquest, a faction of researchers pursuing the secrets of Castora. Players, as the Commander, must rally allies to uncover the island’s mysteries and thwart the Inquest’s plans.
ArenaNet has confirmed that Visions of Eternity will continue to grow throughout 2026 with additional content and quality-of-life improvements. “This is the first time Guild Wars 2 is going to a location in Tyria that’s truly brand new to all players,” said Game Director Josh Davis. “We can’t wait to see how players tackle our new world and raid bosses.”
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At launch, the MP700 Micro product line is made up of just two capacities: 2TB and a 4TB flagship, a very useful size in such a small format. Corsair sent us a 4TB drive for review.
The MP700 Micro utilises a Phison E31T DRAMless design controller, paired with a single 218-layer BiCS8 3D TLC NAND package. Corsair rates the Sequential performance of the drive as up to 10,000 MB/s for reads and 8,500 MB/s for writes. The 4TB drive's performance is quoted as (as stated on the box) up to 9,400MB/s for reads and up to 8,100MB/s for writes. Random 4K performance is quoted as up to 1.3 million IOPS for reads and up to 1.4 million IOPS.
Corsair backs the drive with a 5-year warranty.
Physical Specifications:
Firmware Version: EVFM01.1
The post Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review first appeared on KitGuru.AMD and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have announced two new supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The first is named Lux and will be going online in 2026, while the second is named Discovery and will be going online in 2028.
Lux, scheduled for deployment in 2026, will be the America's first dedicated “AI Factory” supercomputer. Co-developed by ORNL, AMD, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and HPE, it will be powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, EPYC CPUs, and Pensando networking technologies. Lux is intended to expand DOE’s AI leadership by enabling large-scale training and deployment of AI models across fields such as energy research, medicine, materials science, and advanced manufacturing.
Discovery, expected to arrive in 2028 with operations beginning in 2029, will serve as DOE’s next flagship supercomputer. Built with next-generation AMD EPYC CPUs, codenamed “Venice,” and AMD Instinct MI400X GPUs, Discovery is engineered for sovereign AI and scientific computing. It will build on the foundation of Frontier, the world’s first exascale system, offering higher performance, energy efficiency, and AI capabilities. The system will support research in areas including clean energy, biology, advanced materials, and national security, while maintaining compatibility with applications developed for Frontier.
Speaking on the announcement of these two new systems, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, said: “Discovery and Lux will leverage AMD’s high-performance and AI computing technologies to advance the most critical U.S. research priorities in science, energy, and medicine – demonstrating the power of public-private partnership at their best.”
KitGuru Says: AMD also recently signed a big deal with OpenAI, so the company is making multiple moves to secure its foothold in the AI race.
The post AMD announces plans for two US AI supercomputers first appeared on KitGuru.One of the best aspects of PC gaming is the ability to purchase a bundle of games for a relatively low price through 3rd-party services. Available now, the Fanatical ‘Build Your Own Shooter’ bundle offers over a dozen games for less than £1.50 each.
Available for the next 5 weeks or so, the Build Your Own Shooter bundle lets you add any of the 15 listed titles to your library for between £1.65 and £1.45 each – depending on how many you’ve selected. Offering a wide selection of shooters across various genres, the full list of purchasable titles is as follows:
Even at the lowest tier of just 3 games for £1.65 each, this latest bundle offers plenty to enjoy, with the likes of Arkane's immersive sim ‘Prey'; the hardcore and mysterious Pathologic 2; OTXO and HYPER DEMON being equally as excellent in very different ways.
KitGuru says: Are you interested in this latest bundle? Which 5 games would you pick up from the list? What's your favourite game from Arkane Lyon / Austin? Let us know down below.
The post ‘Build Your Own Shooter’ Fanatical bundle available now first appeared on KitGuru.Of all the various different film and TV media giants, Netflix has been one of the biggest supporters of video game adaptations, having worked on all sorts from Castlevania to Tomb Raider; Splinter Cell, Sonic the Hedgehog and much more. Speaking of Sonic, the studio behind Netflix’s animated Sonic Prime series is reportedly now working on a Crash Bandicoot show.
As reported by the publication Whats-on-Netflix, WildBrain Studios – the team behind Netflix’s Sonic Prime show (among others) – has been tasked with developing an animated Crash Bandicoot show.
As of right now, no other information has been shared, with story details said to be “under wraps, and talent behind the series has yet to be revealed.”
While there is no denying that Crash is a classic in the video games space, the bandicoot’s fame and notoriety has certainly waned over recent years / generations.
That said, the release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time a couple years ago does seem to suggest that attempts are being made to keep the marsupial alive. We will have to wait for an official announcement to find out more.
KitGuru says: What did you think of Sonic Prime? Do you have any interest in a Crash Bandicoot show? Could this be hinting at something greater? Let us know down below.
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The recent release of the Rog Xbox Ally has put a renewed focus on Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere service, with the portable PC currently unable to play a majority of owners’ Xbox libraries due to its status as a Windows PC handheld. Fortunately, Microsoft seems to be expanding its Play Anywhere program, with the 2024 GOTY winner Baldur’s Gate 3 said to be joining Xbox Play Anywhere.
Ahead of the upcoming IGN x ID@Xbox showcase later today, Microsoft appears to have accidentally revealed one of the show’s announcements early, with the Xbox Store advertising that Baldur’s Gate 3 will be joining Xbox’s Play Anywhere program (as discovered by ResetEra user ‘Mattmo831’)
For the uninitiated, Xbox Play Anywhere offers players both PC and Xbox versions of games purchased as long as it is available through Microsoft’s Xbox store on Windows.
Though the program has existed for years, the recent release of the ROG Xbox Ally and its lack of true support for Xbox titles has made the Xbox Play Anywhere program that much more vital.
Given that the upcoming IGN showcase is said to include a section dedicated to Play Anywhere, expect more titles to be announced for the program.
All that said, considering the difficulty which Larian Studios encountered when trying to port Baldur’s Gate 3 over to Xbox previously, it is encouraging to see the team continuing to work directly with Xbox / Microsoft.
KitGuru says: What do you think of Xbox’s Play Anywhere? Is it a unique selling point for the brand? What other games do you hope will receive ‘Play Anywhere’ support? Let us know down below.
The post Baldur’s Gate 3 to join Xbox Play Anywhere program first appeared on KitGuru.While Sony’s PC initiatives have been mostly a success, one of the biggest controversies with the console maker’s recent PC ports has been its use of region locking as a result of their integration with the PlayStation Network. Fortunately, Sony seems to be backtracking on this somewhat, with an update to Ghost of Tsushima on PC removing the region-lock requirements while also adding official Steam Deck verification.
In a surprise update, the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima has gotten a highly appreciated patch. As mentioned, the biggest change with this update is the decoupling of Ghost of Tsushima’s base game from its Legends multiplayer mode, allowing all PC players across every region to now be able to purchase and play the game.
Beyond this, the other major improvement comes in the form of official Steam Deck Verification support, including a dedicated Steam Deck graphical preset for added ease-of-use.
Other ancillary changes and improvements arriving with the update include:
Sony’s PlayStation Network requirements on PC was not only a controversial decision, but one which actively prevented millions of potential players from purchasing the title even if they wanted to. As such, this latest change comes as a major and welcome surprise to PC players. Hopefully other PlayStation games on PC receive similar updates in the coming future.
KitGuru says: What did you think of PlayStation’s PSN requirements on PC? Did it impact you? Should all Steam Deck verified titles have a dedicated graphics preset? Let us know down below.
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So, I stumbled upon this interesting portable monitor, which is unusually large to be called "portable", but considering there are users who would want something that can be useful for both travel and regular use, the UMax 24 looked interesting. I have reviewed a few UPERFECT portable monitors, including the Dual-Stack UStation Delta Max, which is one of the best options for work and gaming. However, UMax's big 24.5-inch screen size makes it an interesting option for daily usage if you are considering a versatile option for your desktop and travel. Personally, I wanted to see if I could replace […]
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Microsoft’s efforts to include its Copilot AI in as many of its services and products as possible has landed the company in some hot water. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking the company to court, accusing the software giant of misleading customers with its integration of Copilot into Microsoft 365 plans.
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Retroid is making waves in the handheld gaming space—a year after the September release of the Retroid Pocket 5, Retroid is following up with both a proper Retroid Pocket 6 and a Retroid Pocket G2, the latter of which serves as a souped-up refresh of Pocket 5 with the same external shell. Both handhelds are targeting a similar $200-$300 USD
Since the bombshell announcement of new Halo installment coming to PlayStation just two days ago, the wider public seems convinced that Xbox's battle in the console war is over. And now, comments made by Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty seem to be lending credence to that, declaring TikTok a bigger competitor to Xbox than PlayStation. There's
Linux users running Lenovo's Legion gaming handhelds and laptops are about to get a much-needed update to the way their systems handle power profiles. Developer Derek J. Clark has submitted a new patch series to the Linux kernel that adds explicit support for an "Extreme" performance mode to the lenovo-wmi-gamezone driver and overhauls how
Just weeks after a breach led to the theft of sensitive user data that included government issued IDs, Discord users have a new cybersecurity issue to worry about. Security researchers at Netskope have spotted hackers repurposing an open source tool used by security professionals, called RedTiger, to develop an infostealer to target unsuspectingThe Boox Palma 2 Pro looks to do something not many books nor current eReader do, fit comfortably in your pocket. The 6.13" colour E Ink Kaleido display and body, which…
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It appears the rumours were true, Battlefield 6 will get its Battle Royale mode this week. Battlefield REDSEC was just announced, poised to be a direct competitor to Call of Duty Warzone as a new free-to-play Battle Royale game.
You won't need to own Battlefield 6 to play REDSEC and EA has not yet revealed its full plans for the game. However, we do know the launch will be happening tomorrow at 3PM UK time. A launch trailer for the game is set to go live on YouTube at that time and downloads should become available on platforms shortly after.
In other news, Battlefield 6 will be rolling out its first phase of seasonal content tomorrow as well. Millions of players have already bought the full Battlefield 6 game, it will be interesting to see how many of them also install REDSEC, which appears to be a standalone game.
We will get full details tomorrow afternoon.
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