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Minecraft is by far the best selling game of all time, with the creativity-focused survival sandbox selling 238 million copies. Despite this, the team at Mojang have yet to upgrade the game for current-generation consoles, with the title only available via backwards compatibility. This looks to finally be changing – …

Ubisoft has been rather good in ensuring many of its previously published titles get updated with some level of support for the new generation of consoles. We have already seen a whole host of games get their free upgrades including multiple Assassin’s Creed titles, Rainbow Six and more. Unfortunately, the …

Back in late 2022, we began seeing leaks for The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition, a new version of the game with visual upgrades for new-gen consoles and PC. It has been months since then and the leaks had all but been forgotten. That changes today, with Obsidian officially announcing …

One of the better practices we have witnessed during this latest console generation is the willingness by developers and publishers to offer free next-gen upgrades for many pre-existing titles. The ever popular city building simulator Cities: Skylines has now been announced to be getting a PS5 and Series X|S remaster …

Journey to the Savage Planet is a fun and unique first person shooter which sees you explore a number of wonderful and weird worlds while offering fun gameplay to boot. Almost exactly three years after its debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game is getting a free PS5 …

For Day 10 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar we are teaming up with Silverstone to give away a PC upgrade bundle! Two winners today will each get a new Silverstone AIO liquid cooler and a new power supply to upgrade their rig. 

Fallout is commemorating its 25th anniversary, and as part of it, Bethesda has been holding events on Fallout 76 to celebrate the milestone. However, it seems it won't be the only game to get something out of this celebration. Fallout 4 will soon receive a free upgrade for PS5, Xbox …

Valve has a habit of dropping a lot of promising projects. We've yet to see any iteration on the Valve Index, nor have we seen a new VR title from Valve since the release of Half-Life: Alyx. Artifact was rebooted and then dropped after the developers proclaimed they were in …

Apex Legends has been playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles since launch through backwards compatibility. In January, we learned that a proper ‘next gen' version would be on the way. Now, Respawn has announced plans to launch bespoke PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Apex Legends today.  …

GTA V is back, but is the new 'next-gen' console version worth the upgrade, or is it a cash grab?

While backwards compatibility has ensured a smooth transition between console generations, with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S being able to play many older titles with new-gen improvements, nothing can replace a bespoke version crafted for these new systems. In the case of Apex Legends, it’s looking as though those with …

Back in June, we learned that Microsoft had begun the process of upgrading its xCloud servers to Xbox Series X hardware, replacing the older Xbox One S server blades that have powered Xbox Cloud Gaming so far. Now, Microsoft has confirmed that the upgrade is complete.  Speaking with The Verge …

Synology NAS owners are about to get a big upgrade. Today, Synology announced its new operating system, DSM 7.0, which is now available for the vast majority of Synology storage devices, including enterprise NAS and surveillance-focused systems. Since its official release, DSM 7.0 has received praise for its greater speed …

With Sony and other major publishers now charging an extra $10 for next-gen console versions of games, or in some cases, upgrades to the next-gen version, Ubisoft is looking to stand out a bit. The publisher began offering free upgrades from current to next-gen versions of its games last year …

Earlier this week, Sony found itself in the middle of controversy after announcing that it would not be giving Horizon Forbidden West standard or special edition buyers a way to upgrade from the PS4 to the PS5 version of the game. Instead, to play the PS4 version and upgrade to …

As revealed a couple of weeks ago, Windows 11 will continue to be a free upgrade for those who own an older version of Windows, going all the way back to Windows 7. Unfortunately, the upgrade path for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will be a bit more complicated, …

Back in 2019, EA finally broke its Star Wars curse with the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, an excellent single-player adventure set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Now later this year, the game will be upgraded to take advantage of Xbox Series X/S and …

Just a couple of days ago, EA announced that it would be supporting free next gen upgrades for some upcoming games shipping on Xbox One/PS4 and Xbox Series X/PS5. However, unlike Microsoft's smart delivery system, EA will be doing things differently, meaning there is a catch. Madden NFL 21 is …

Briony gives her PC the mother of all upgrades with a brand new KFA2 RTX 2080 Ti!

Update (19.07.19): Just last week, an FCC filing unveiled a new Nintendo Switch hardware revision in the works. This was not the Switch Lite, or even the rumoured ‘Switch Pro' but instead an upgraded version of the Nintendo Switch currently available on store shelves. Now, Nintendo has confirmed the new …

Over the last few years, the smartphone and tablet markets have become quite predictable. Each year every major phone maker will launch a new flagship with a predictable spec upgrade and potentially a few design changes. As innovation has slowed down, consumers have begun getting used to longer upgrade cycles, …

Microsoft ‘officially’ stopped offering a free Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users in 2016. However, a couple of well-known workarounds have remained present ever since. One of those was to upgrade via Microsoft’s ‘assistive technologies’ program. Unfortunately, this upgrade method will be closed soon. Microsoft extended …

Sony has announced that it is going to be releasing a new revision of its PlayStation VR headset. The new version includes some overall design tweaks and an improved processor unit, paving the way for HDR support. Sony confirmed the new version of PlayStation VR over on its blog. Here …

If you own a Ford vehicle built between 2010 and 2016 but it didn't come with a number of contemporary connected features like remote-start and Wi-Fi access, you can now upgrade it so that it does. The Ford SmartLink adds 4G LTE access and comes with a companion app and …

G.Skill has increased the speed of its top-end memory kits to offer 4GHz+ performance right out of the box. The new modules come in 16GB and 32GB kits and can offer high-speed performance with tight timings and even more room for overclocking. The 16GB kit comes in two, 8GB modules …

Microsoft may like to claim that it stopped giving out free Windows 10 upgrades to Windows 7 and 8.1 owners back in July but as it turns out, there are still multiple ways to obtain the OS upgrade legitimately without needing to shell out for a new license, though they …

Customers of the Three mobile network are being urged to watch out for potential fraud or identity theft following the arrest of three men who have been charged with breaching the mobile provider's upgrade database. Although the purpose of the breach was to ‘steal' free phones, it also gave them …

As interesting as the new MacBook Pro is, particularly the Touch Bar model, it seems that Apple has made things under the hood more complicated than ever before, making the laptop practically impossible to effectively repair. The new design changes also make upgradeability of system RAM or the SSD impossible, …

Once again the HTC Vive looks set to steal the thunder of the Oculus Rift. With the latter headset's impending Touch release just a few weeks away, HTC has announced an upgrade kit for the Vive headset that makes it completely wireless. The kit will purportedly cost buyers around $220 …

Microsoft's ‘free upgrade' period for Windows 10 ended some time ago and while Microsoft did promise to stop nagging Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users about upgrades after July, the ‘Get Windows 10' app had yet to be removed from many machines. However, it looks like Microsoft is finally ready …