Google Pixel 9a - MSRP Starting A $499 Google’s Pixel 9a is its latest mid-range phone that updates last year’s Pixel 8a with a larger screen, a better Tensor processor, a bigger battery and faster charging. Fantastic value Lovely display Excellent cameras Impressive battery life Outstanding software Sharp, bright display... Bungie is gearing up for its big Marathon reveal next week. While owned by Sony, Bungie is in a unique position, as it has more independence than other first-party PlayStation studios. As a result, Marathon will be one of the few PlayStation PC titles that does not require a PSN account.
As spotted by Eurogamer, Marathon won't require a PSN account in order to play. Initially, some fans were concerned about the possibility of the game requiring users to make a PSN account, which would lock players from hundreds of countries out of being able to play the game. Bungie addressed the issue head-on in its Marathon Discord Server, stating that “Marathon will not require a PlayStation account for players on PC and Xbox”.
Initially, Sony did not have any PSN requirements for its PC games. However, shortly after the successful launch of Helldivers 2 on PC, Sony changed tactics and implemented PSN account logins for Helldivers 2, and upcoming (at the time) titles like Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarök and Ghost of Tsushima. This led to those games being unpurchasable in hundreds of countries, as PSN is only supported in a handful of regions.
Eventually, the backlash to this led to Sony backtracking on its PSN account requirements. Helldivers 2 no longer requires a PSN login to play and in January, Sony announced plans to remove PSN log-in requirements for its big single-player games too, including the likes of Spider-Man 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered.
KitGuru Says: Given that Sony threw in the towel on PSN account enforcement in January, it would seem there was still some concern around Marathon. I'm not sure this concern was warranted at this stage, but at least Bungie was quick to address it.
The post Bungie confirms you won’t need a PSN account for Marathon on PC or Xbox first appeared on KitGuru.It was clear from the jump that Marvel Rivals was looking to dethrone Overwatch. The game delivers team-based 5v5 gameplay, with a focus on synergising heroes and their abilities to win the map objective, with a focus on competitive gameplay. As it turns out, Marvel Rivals may well have succeeded.
Marvel Rivals was a hit from day-one, amassing millions of players following its launch in December 2024. Where did many of those players come from? Overwatch – at least according to the games market analysts at NewZoo.
According to their latest industry report, 45 percent of the Overwatch 2 players who stopped playing in December 2024 did move over to Marvel Rivals instead. I have to say, this is true within my own circle of friends too, where former Overwatch die-hards are now regularly logging hours on Marvel Rivals instead, so I have little trouble believing this figure.
As spotted by Insider Gaming, the report also notes that despite only releasing in December, Marvel Rivals had the eighth highest total playtime of any game on Steam in 2024.
Blizzard has previously addressed the increased pressure the Overwatch team now faces, admitting that Overwatch 2 had ‘not evolved' as much as it should have. Following Marvel Rivals' success, Blizzard has been trying to bring players back in with events like Overwatch: Classic, bringing back the old 6v6 game mode with two tanks per team.
KitGuru Says: Free to Play games now dominate the console and PC gaming markets, not just the mobile space. Once established, it is incredibly difficult to dethrone one of these titles. The interesting thing will be whether or not Blizzard can really win players back without starting over again with an Overwatch 3.
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Endorfy is back with a new case designed to make DIY PC building as easy as possible. The new Arx 500 Core chassis features numerous perforations to aid with airflow, and simple panel mounts for easy cleaning and maintenance.
The Arx 500 Core provides ample space for the most demanding components. The PC case accommodates graphics cards up to 350mm long and power supplies up to 300mm long. It easily fits up to 7 fans, air coolers up to 179mm in height, and radiators up to 360mm. With support for ATX, microATX, and mini-ITX motherboard form factors, as well as 7 expansion slots, users have extensive customization options for their setups.
There is a tempered glass side panel, so you'll get a good, clean view of your system interior, and Endorfy has given users additional space behind the motherboard tray to hide cables, so you can keep your system looking clean.
The front I/O panel located on the top of the case include two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports (up to 5 Gbps), a fast USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port (up to 10 Gbps) and two 3.5mm mini-jack audio connectors.
The Endorfy Arx 500 Core is going to be available starting this month for around £77 plus VAT. At that price point, it could make for a perfect starting point for a new PC build without breaking the bank.
KitGuru Says: Are you planning a new PC build for 2025? Are you considering an Endorfy case for the job?
The post Endofry unveils airflow-focused Arx 500 Core chassis first appeared on KitGuru.Nvidia has announced the next round of titles for GeForce Now. This week, six more games will join the cloud gaming library, including new Xbox game, South of Midnight, and other new releases, like The Talos Principle: Reawakened.
South of Midnight is the latest game from Xbox Game Studios. Developed by Compulsion Games, the studio behind We Happy Few, South of Midnight takes players on a highly stylised action-adventure set in the deep south. The Talos Principle: Reawakened is another big game of note this week. The original game was one of the biggest indie hits of the 2010s and now, it is back with new and improved graphics.
Here is the full list of titles joining GeForce Now this week:
KitGuru Says: What do you think of the latest round of games announced for GeForce Now?
The post Nvidia brings six more titles to GeForce Now this week first appeared on KitGuru.We are just days away from the premiere of The Last of Us Season 2. The first season was a critical success and was well received by fans old and new. The second season has already begun receiving high-scoring reviews and now, HBO has confirmed plans for Season 3.
Speaking with Variety, The Last of Us series co-creator, Craig Mazin, confirmed that season 3 has already been ordered, stating: “We approached Season 2 with the goal of creating something we could be proud of. The end results have exceeded even our most ambitious goals, thanks to our continued collaboration with HBO and the impeccable work of our unparalleled cast and crew.”
Currently, the plan appears to be to squeeze “one or two more seasons” out of the source material available. With The Last of Us Part 2 leaving plenty of plotlines open for future exploration, if the show is popular enough, it could end up going beyond the scope of the games.
Despite the popularity of the games and the TV series, Last of Us game director, Neil Druckmann, has stated that Part 3 is not in development. Naughty Dog has a different game in the works at the moment, a new IP called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
KitGuru Says: Season 2 is set to be seven episodes long. Depending on how much further the showrunners want to take the series, we could see The Last of Us wrapped up with a slightly longer third season, or two more seasons of similar length to the current seasons.
The post HBO renews The Last of Us for Season 3 ahead of Season 2 premiere first appeared on KitGuru.Back in early February of last year, ATLUS released Persona 3 Reload – the much anticipated remake of their classic PS2/PSP JRPG. The game went on to achieve one of the studio’s biggest launches ever. In case you missed it however, ATLUS has now released a demo for Persona 3R – featuring hours of content and full save-transfer.
Available across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, this demo is of course free to download and includes quite a bit of content.
Letting you experience the opening months of the game’s story, the P3R demo takes you all the way up to the Priestess boss – translating to roughly 6-8 hours of gameplay.
As mentioned, the demo also includes a save-transfer option, letting you pick up where you left off if/when you choose to purchase the full experience.
In alignment with the release of this demo, Persona 3 Reload is currently on sale (on PlayStation at least), going for 50% off.
If you have yet to try Persona 3 Reload (or any Persona game at that), now is as good a time to try one out.
KitGuru says: What do you think of Persona 3 Reload? Where does it rank compared to P4/P5? Who’s your favourite Persona character of all time? Let us know down below.
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Ebuyer has relied on AMD for the central components in this AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC. The CPU is a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is the best gaming processor that money can buy while the graphics are Radeon RX 9070 XT. Our review PC came with a Sapphire Pulse graphics card and the result was a fine gaming experience. In the main we were very happy with this PC but we came across a couple of quirks during our review and one of them could well be a deal-breaker.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
01:15 Component choice / Price
02:02 Motherboard and I/O
02:58 SSD
03:20 Build quality / cable routing
03:56 Installed (and not installed) Software
07:02 SSD testing
07:39 Noise / Coil Whine
08:00 Cinebench 2024 Multicore
08:19 Cinebench 2024 Single Core
08:30 Geekbench 6 Multicore
08:36 Aida 64 Memory Bandwidth
08:51 Far Cry 6 (1080p)
09:19 Far Cry 6 (1440p)
09:34 Assassins Creed Mirage (1080p)
09:53 Assassins Creed Mirage (1440p)
10:10 Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p)
10:30 Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p)
11:03 Total War Pharaoh (1080p)
11:21 Total War Pharaoh (1440p)
11:55 Closing Thoughts
Specification:
Testing and Performance
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
In Geekbench 6 Multi Core we see the AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC performs at exactly the level we saw in our review of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is precisely what we expect.
AIDA64 Memory Bandwidth
AIDA64 Memory Bandwidth throws up an interesting result as the Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 memory kit performs very well.
Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p
Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p shows the AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC performing well, the results are good and very playable.
Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p
When we turn up Cyberpunk 2077 to 1440p, the GPU can't match an RTX 4090 – as we'd expect – but nonetheless the frame rate is very good and the gaming experience is great.
The component parts used in the AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC are solid choices from reputable brands, however the motherboard lets the side down. We don't mind the choice of B650 chipset over X670, B850 or X870 however the features of this Asus Prime are very basic. The absence of USB-C ports on the rear I/O panel crosses a line that we cannot forgive and we hope to goodness that Ebuyer ups the spec of this system, even if that costs an extra £100 on the retail price.
We were very happy with the build quality of the AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC and could find no flaws. On the configuration side of things we raised a question over the absent software from Asus and Corsair as we expect to be able to control RGB software. The solution, as you can see in our video, was to do the job ourselves and the end results were very pleasing.
You can buy the Ebuyer AMD AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC for £2,200 HERE.
Pros
Cons
KitGuru says: AlphaSync Prebuilt Gaming PC is decent enough but is let down by the USB support.
In the wake of new tariffs put in place by Donald Trump, Nintendo quickly announced that pre-orders for the much-anticipated Switch 2 would be delayed in the USA, followed shortly by Canada. It seems more regions are set to have their pre-orders rejected, with China now also being impacted.
In a report published by Nikkei (and translated by ResetEra user Uzupedro), Nintendo has now postponed pre-orders for its Switch 2 in China – marking the 3rd region to be affected following the USA and Canada.
Interestingly, it seems as though this indefinite delay is not due to the aforementioned tariffs, with the report claiming that the move is in fact as a result of “sluggish” sales for the OG Switch in the region.
Of course, video game consumption is regulated quite heavily in China, with both the systems and games themselves being rigorously analysed by the government before business can proceed.
That being said, it wouldn’t be surprising if the tariffs added an extra spanner into the works. We will have to wait and see how Nintendo ultimately chooses to navigate this situation.
KitGuru says: What do you think of all these delays? Will the Switch 2 launch in June as expected? Will prices go up in the USA/Canada? Let us know down below.
The post Switch 2 pre-orders have now been postponed in China first appeared on KitGuru.Partway through the PS5’s life-cycle, the console maker announced and released the Welcome Hub – a convenient page which holds a ton of different customisable widgets. While the PS5 has yet to get any proper themes, said welcome hub offered its own suite of – rather basic – visual customisation. In a ‘welcome’ move, the Welcome Hub has gotten around a dozen new themes.
As discovered by Genki_JPN, the PS5’s Welcome Hub has been updated for some users, offering them a ton of new and cool themes.
Previously, alongside the basic backgrounds, users could apply an Astro Bot-styled animated theme. Now however, it seems Sony is looking to expand the options greatly.
Though no official announcement has been made (and is currently only available to select accounts), the PS5’s Welcome Hub has added 11 new animated themes for the following titles:
Interestingly, a number of popular PlayStation exclusive franchises are not yet represented, with contemporary games such as The Last of Us; Returnal; Helldivers II and more missing from the list.
Regardless, having more customisation in any form is welcome to see. Hopefully Sony officially announces and releases this update to all sooner rather than later.
KitGuru says: What do you think of the Welcome Hub? Is this a solid way to reintroduce themes to PlayStation? What game would you like to see get its own theme? Let us know down below.
The post Sony finally adds (limited) support for themes on PS5 first appeared on KitGuru.Each month, Sony updates its PS Plus Extra and Premium libraries with a line-up of current and classic games. For the month of April, subscribers can get their hands on a strong selection of PlayStation titles – including Hogwarts Legacy; Blue Prince and more.
Available to add to your library in a staggered form (due to a couple day-one releases), the first PS Plus Extra title will drop on the 10th of April – that being the highest rated game of the year so far ‘Blue Prince’.
The other day-one addition is Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 2, set to arrive on the 15th of April. The remainder of the library will also be added on the 15th – these titles being:
Of course, easily the biggest game in the list is Hogwarts Legacy, with the 2023 title going on to push over 34 million copies – putting it right behind Breath of the Wild as one of the best-selling games of all time.
Beyond this, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 2 is the second half of DONTNODs most recent choice-based adventure title; with Blue Price currently sitting as the highest rated game of 2025 so far.
All in all, April seems to mark a strong month for PS Plus subscribers. Hopefully PlayStation manages to keep this up for the rest of the year.
KitGuru says: What do you think of this month’s line-up? Will you check out Blue Prince? Let us know down below.
The post April’s PS Plus Extra/Premium line-up includes a ton of heavy-hitters first appeared on KitGuru.The Last of Us Season 2 is almost upon us, with reviews for the second series matching the heights of the first. With a little under a week to go until the show’s premiere, HBO has already renewed The Last of Us for a 3rd Season.
Making the announcement on Instagram, the official Naughty Dog page confirmed that a Season 3 of HBO’s The Last of Us has been greenlit, writing: “It can’t be for nothing. Season 3 is coming. #TheLastOfUs.”
As mentioned, ahead of its premiere, reviews for the full Season have gone live, with a Rotten Tomato score almost matching that of Season 1 (92% vs 94%).
Regardless, a 3rd Season was likely to happen as the upcoming Season 2 was already confirmed to be just one part of the second game’s story. Still, this announcement seems to indicate a level of confidence in Naughty Dog and The Last of Us from HBO.
It will be interesting to see what fans think when Season 2 premieres on the 13th of April.
KitGuru says: Are you looking forward to Season 2? How do you think they’ve split up the story? Should it follow the same pacing as the game? Let us know your thoughts down below.
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CD Projekt Red acquired indie studio, The Molasses Flood, a few years ago and ever since, the team has been working on a secret multiplayer project set in The Witcher universe. Now, The Molasses Flood has been completely absorbed by CDPR, meaning the entity ‘The Molasses Flood' no longer exists.
The Molasses Flood is no more. Yes, the office and the team that works there are all still around, but now, it is just another CD Projekt Red studio, with no brand identity of its own. This also means that the studio no longer operates independently as part of the ‘CD Projekt Red Group' and is instead wholly controlled by the CDPR headquarters.
The situation was clarified in a statement on the studio's website, saying: “We want to let you know that on April 1, 2025, The Molasses Flood (TMF) merged with CD Projekt Red Inc. (CDPR Inc.), a company being a part of the CD Projekt Group. As a result of the merger TMF, in its former legal state (of a separate legal entity) ceased its operations, while CDPR Inc. assumed the rights and obligations of TMF.”
While The Molasses Flood is now just another CD Projekt studio, the company's old games, The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow, will continue to be available on PC and consoles, published by CD Projekt Red.
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KitGuru Says: I've been keen to see what this studio has been up to with Project Sirius for a few years now. Hopefully we get a peak at that game in the not-too-distant future.
The post CD Projekt Red absorbs The Molasses Flood first appeared on KitGuru.The PlayStation Portal was a confusing device to many. The handheld was primarily designed to be a companion to the PS5's in-home streaming feature, allowing you to play your console in any room of the house and freeing up the TV for others to use. Now, the Portal is about to get a crucial upgrade enabling proper cloud gaming.
The latest update for the PlayStation Portal has been detailed. The headlining feature is the introduction of the Cloud Streaming feature, allowing PlayStation Plus premium members to stream games to the Portal from the cloud, with no need for an in-home console. The Portal will be able to access the full PS+ cloud library, which includes select PS5 titles, along with a slew of back-catalogue games from previous generations.
The PlayStation Portal now has quality of life updates for other features. Users can now record gameplay clips from the Portal, queue and pause features have been added to help manage demand on the cloud game servers, and a new user-feedback screen has been added so users can give feedback on their experience with the Portal directly to Sony, which will aid them in planning future updates.
The PlayStation Portal is available for £199.
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KitGuru Says: Now that the PlayStation Portal is cloud-gaming capable, and not just tethered to your in-home PS5 console, would you consider picking one up?
The post PlayStation Portal update enables console-free cloud gaming first appeared on KitGuru.The Xbox Games Showcase is indeed returning in June. The big showcase will focus on a number of major first and third-party games coming to Xbox and PC in 2025 and 2026. Each year, Microsoft has a key game that gets a little bit more marketing than the rest. In 2023, it was Starfield, followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in 2024. In 2025, Microsoft's big game is none other than The Outer Worlds 2.
The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will air on the 8th of June at 6PM UK time. Immediately after the main event, Microsoft will go live again with a deep-dive stream showing off The Outer Worlds 2, the sequel to Obsidian's hit 2019 Sci-Fi RPG.
Typically, the Xbox Games Showcase runs from anywhere between 90 minutes and two hours, so it will be a chunky show with many, many game announcements. It will be immediately followed up by more gameplay from The Outer Worlds 2, which is miraculously coming out this year, despite Obsidian only just shipping Avowed, its new fantasy RPG, in February.
We are unlikely to get a huge showing for the long-awaited Fable reboot at this year's showcase, as the game was just recently delayed to 2026. Gears of War E-Day is also anticipated to release in 2026.
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KitGuru Says: Microsoft will no doubt have some surprises in store for this year, as the company's massive army of studios appears to be firing on all cylinders, delivering new first-party games every few months.
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The US Administration has opted to place tariffs on many countries across the world. As a result, we've seen many products being pulled from sale. The Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders were recently pulled in the US so Nintendo can assess the impact the new tariffs will have. Now, Razer has paused sales of its Razer Blade laptops in the US too.
Currently on the Razer store, you cannot order a Blade laptop within the US. All of the buy buttons have been replaced by a ‘Notify Me' button, and it is unclear when the laptops will become available to purchase direct from Razer once again.
While not officially stated, the timing of this pause does raise the question – is Razer reassessing its pricing in the face of massive tariffs from the United States?
Currently, the US is the only country where Razer Blade laptop sales have been paused. You can still order them directly from Razer in Europe, and as Hot Hardware points out, they remain available in Australia too.
This move comes at an odd time, as Razer was just about to make its new flagship Blade laptops available, kitted out with the latest generation CPUs and new RTX 50 series graphics.
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KitGuru Says: Businesses across the US are still assessing how much of an impact these tariffs will have. We expect to see Blade laptops made available again in the States eventually, but for now, anyone that was hoping to get their hands on one will have to go through other retail channels, or the second-hand market.
The post Trade tariffs seemingly put a stop to Razer Blade laptop sales in the US first appeared on KitGuru.Back when Microsoft announced the Xbox One, Don Matrick gave an infamous interview quote, telling those that couldn't afford the upgrade that they could still purchase an outdated Xbox 360. Now, Nintendo is taking a leaf out of that same playbook, telling those upset about the Switch 2 price that they are still free to purchase an original Nintendo Switch.
Speaking with CBC, Nintendo of America president, Doug Bowser, gave the quote that we will assuredly be talking about for months, saying: “We recognize there are some people that may not be able to afford [the Switch 2's] price point. That's why we wanted to make the other Switch platforms available, so [people] still have an opportunity to come into our gaming universe, be a part of these characters in these worlds, and see value, if you will, in whatever rung of the platform they come in.”
The problem with this is that the Nintendo Switch hardware is already on its last legs and each passing year, the game's exclusive games continue to look and run worse. With the Switch 2 offering so much more power, there are going to be a lot of games releasing over the next couple of years that simply won't run on an original Switch, so the idea that the Switch 2 is interchangeable with the new console is a ridiculous one.
As we see with each console generation transition, there will be cross-gen games released for the first year or two, but after that two-year mark, the vast majority of developers will have transitioned over to the newer hardware and games will no longer release for Switch 1. By the time that happens, it is unlikely that the market will have changed enough to result in significantly cheaper pricing for those looking to upgrade to the Switch 2. As we've seen with the PS5, we're already five years in and the base console's price has not yet received a permanent cut. There is no reason to believe that the situation will be any different for the Switch 2.
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KitGuru Says: I'm not a fan of how Nintendo has handled this transition from Switch 1 to Switch 2. From the £10 digital instructions manual, to the £20 ‘upgrade packs' for games like Breath of the Wild, to the insane £80 price tag of Mario Kart World.
The post Nintendo America president says ‘buy Switch 1’ if you are unhappy with Switch 2 price first appeared on KitGuru.Blue Prince is shaping up to be one of the standout games of 2025. The game appears to be this year's big roguelite hit, taking over the mantle from Balatro, which dominated much of 2024.
Blue Prince is a roguelite first-person puzzle game where players explore a mysterious 45-room mansion in search of the elusive 46th room. The mansion resets its layout daily, adding a layer of complexity and intrigue to the gameplay.
Blue Prince has gone on to become the best-reviewed game of 2025 so far, a pretty lofty achievement in a year where we've seen major releases like Monster Hunter Wilds, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Avowed in just a few short months.
Blue Prince currently sits as the highest-rated game of the year on both Metacritic and Open Critic, although it is just one point ahead of Split Fiction, the latest co-op hit from famed director, Josef Fares.
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KitGuru Says: For the last few years, we've consistently seen a big roguelite breakout hit, starting off with Hades in 2020 and followed by the likes of Vampire Survivors, Slay the Spire and Balatro. Blue Prince seems to be the breakout indie game of the year so far.
The post Blue Prince becomes highest-rated game of 2025 so far first appeared on KitGuru.Rise of the Ronin had a good reception when it first launched on PS5 but unfortunately, the same can't be said for the PC version. The game launched on Steam a few weeks ago after one-year of PS5 exclusivity and so far, the reviews have been largely mixed.
On Steam, the game currently has a mixed overall score based on over 3000 user reviews. Many of the reviews call out the game's poor performance, with players struggling with lag, frame rate spikes and dips, as well as other issues. The overall impression is that the game was not properly optimised for PC hardware.
Tomorrow on April 10th, Team Ninja will begin rolling out a new patch for the game that aims to address performance issues but it seems unlikely that everything will be fixed with one update. The game is likely to need months of additional testing and optimisation work to reach a state the majority will be happy with.
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KitGuru Says: Team Ninja has had its issues with PC ports in the past. Nioh is a good example, although there was a big improvement for Nioh 2. Unfortunately, it seems Rise of the Ronin also needed a bit more time in development and came to PC a bit too soon.
The post Team Ninja promises performance improvements with Rise of the Ronin PC patch first appeared on KitGuru.Corsair has launched its new, browser-based tool for firmware updates, offering a streamlined alternative to iCUE. This move aims to simplify the perceived complexity of firmware updates, particularly for users less familiar with PC peripherals.
Corsair states that this web-based utility is a response to customer feedback, providing a more convenient method for updating firmware on compatible Corsair mice, keyboards, and other devices. While iCue remains the primary software for accessing the full range of customisation options, including lighting control and advanced settings, this new tool caters to users prioritising quick and easy firmware upgrades.
Corsair emphasises that the web-based updater ensures users have access to the latest firmware versions. Users can also opt to provide their email addresses to receive notifications about future firmware releases. The initial release of the web-based firmware updater supports a selection of Corsair devices, with Corsair promising to expand compatibility to include both new and existing devices and introduce new features in the near future.
The web-based tool is optimised for Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (such as Edge and Opera) and is compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems. Corsair is also currently testing Linux support.
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KitGuru says: Do you own Corsair peripherals? Will you keep using iCue to update the firmware, or will you start using the web-based firmware updater?
The post Corsair launches web-based firmware updater so you don’t have to install iCUE first appeared on KitGuru.AOC has the perfect pair of monitors for those looking to get into high refresh-rate gaming on a budget. Priced at £369 and £199 respectively, the new AOC Gaming CU34G4Z and 25G4SXU offer impressive specs for their price points.
The CU34G4Z elevates gaming across multiple genres with its 34-inch curved VA panel, UWQHD resolution (3440×1440), and ultra-fast 240Hz refresh rate. The high refresh rate ensures smooth motion in all fast-paced content, while response times of up to 1ms GtG and 0.3ms MPRT using Motion Blur Reduction mode maintain exceptional clarity during rapid on-screen movement. The monitor is also DisplayHDR 400 certified, so you can immerse yourself further with a wider colour and brightness range in supported games and other media.
The 25G4SXU is geared more towards competitive esports gamers, with its 24-inch Fast IPS panel and blistering 310Hz maximum refresh rate at 1080p resolution.
Both monitors come equipped with USB 3.2 Gen 1 hubs (2-ports for the CU34G4Z, 4-ports for the 25G4SXU) for convenient peripheral connectivity and include support for AOC's G-Menu software for easy access to gaming presets and display settings. HDR10 support provides enhanced visuals in compatible content, while Flicker-Free technology and Low Blue modes reduce eye strain during extended gaming sessions.
The AOC GAMING CU34G4Z and 25G4SXU will be available from April 2025 at MSRPs of £369.00 and £199.00 respectively.
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KitGuru Says: It is hard to go wrong when your spending just £200 on a 300Hz gaming monitor. At that refresh rate, your games should feel smoother and more responsive than ever before.
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