NVIDIA is pushing out an out-of-band GPU driver update to resolve an issue introduced with Microsoft's October 2025 update for Windows 11 (KB5066835). According to NVIDIA, the Windows 11 update can hamper performance in some unspecified games, even though it's not listed by Microsoft as one of the known issues. Despite Microsoft being silentMafia: The Old Country released earlier this year to a solid amount of praise – with one of its biggest detractors being the game’s redundant-feeling open world zone. As was promised, the team have now released a new free expansion improving on this aspect, with the Free Ride Update officially available from today.
Making the announcement, the team at Hangar 13 officially detailed today’s free update, writing: “Free Ride is a callback to the original Mafia’s Free Ride Extreme, as well as the Free Ride mode we shipped in Mafia: Definitive Edition. It’s a collection of Challenges separate from the main story that give players chances to revisit the world in a more self-guided way.”
Going into more depth, they continued, “This time, we’ve constructed several kinds of repeatable Challenges—including combat, stealth, and different race types—in a variety of new and familiar locations. Completing Challenges will earn you the Dinari in-game currency to spend on the new outfits, charms, weapons, and vehicles unlocked by progressing through this content (as well as on items unlocked via the campaign).”
Beyond this, the update is also said to include “a number of other fresh and exciting features” – though this was not elaborated upon.
Full details on the Free Ride update (including the developers’ thoughts on the addition of first-person driving, visual filters and more) can be found HERE, but for those who already own the game you might want to hop in and discover all the additions/improvements for yourself.
Mafia: The Old Country’s Free Ride Update is available from today.
KitGuru says: Have you been looking forward to this update? Was it worth the wait? Does this affect your opinions on Mafia: The Old Country? Let us know down below.
The post Mafia: The Old Country ‘Free Ride Update’ officially arrives today first appeared on KitGuru.Following the disappointment that was Battlefield 2042, EA / DICE came back bigger and stronger than ever with the recent release of Battlefield 6. While the game is already a certified success, EA themselves have now claimed Battlefield 6 to be “the best selling shooter game of the year.”
As discovered by Call of Duty leaker CharlieIntel, the main Battlefield 6 page on EA’s website has been updated with a new description.
While in and of itself nothing worthy of note, the updated page states that “There's never been a better time to jump into the best selling shooter game of the year” – the first official confirmation that BF6 has taken the top spot.
For context, it was already reported that Battlefield 6 managed to achieve the biggest launch in franchise history, with the game having sold over 10 million copies since its official launch back in late October.
Of course, we would be remiss not to mention the Call of Duty sized elephant in the room, with Treyarch’s Black Ops 7 having arrived just last week – though to a middling reception on PC at least.
That said, even the worst CODs have historically ended up taking the top spot in the best-sellers list each year, and so we will have to wait and see whether Black Ops 7 winds up outpacing Battlefield 6 by the end of 2025. So far however, Battlefield seems to be leading the pack.
KitGuru says: Are you still playing/enjoying Battlefield 6? Does it have the potential to be the best entry in the series? Will Black Ops 7 eventually end up outselling BF6? Let us know your thoughts down below.
The post EA labels Battlefield 6 “the best selling shooter game of the year” first appeared on KitGuru.2026 appears to be the year in which last-gen support could finally be winding down, with multiple live-service titles announcing that they will no longer update their games on PS4 / Xbox One come next year. Joining this ever-growing list is Embark Studios’ The Finals – with the PS4 version set to be discontinued this upcoming March.
Making the announcement on Twitter, the team at Embark Studios confirmed that the PS4 version of The Finals (which actually launched AFTER the current-gen versions) will soon be discontinued, writing:
“When Season 10 begins (18th of March, 2026), we'll be retiring THE FINALS on PlayStation 4 and focusing our support on current generation hardware.”
Of course, being an online game, players will be able to continue playing elsewhere, with Embark noting “your progress and purchases will be stored in your Embark ID and will transfer to anywhere you choose to play.”
As mentioned, The Finals is far from the first game to be ceasing last-gen support, with PUBG: Battlegrounds officially moving over to current-gen just last week (and Genshin Impact set to do the same in April of next year).
It will be interesting to see whether The Finals’ switch to current-gen only will allow for more ambitious updates in the future. We will have to wait and find out.
KitGuru says: Is it time for studios to finally move away fully from last-gen consoles? Which live-service title do you think is next in line? Let us know down below.
The post Last-gen version of The Finals to be “retired” in March 2026 first appeared on KitGuru.Prior to the game’s official release, the team at Sucker Punch Productions revealed that they plan to support Ghost of Yotei in a similar manner to the previous Ghost of Yotei. While fans will have to wait until next year to get their hands on the promised multiplayer Legends Mode, a major free update is set to arrive early next week – adding a NewGame+ option, extra cosmetics and more.
Making the official announcement on the PlayStation Blog, the Senior Communications Manager at Sucker Punch Productions ‘Andrew Goldfarb’ wrote:
“On November 24, a free patch for all Ghost of Yōtei players will introduce New Game Plus, allowing you to replay Atsu’s quest for vengeance from the beginning with everything you earned throughout the campaign. Yes, that means it’s time to bring a gun to a sword fight, with all of the armors, abilities, and weapons from your first playthrough available from the start of the game.“
Beyond being able to play through the story with all of your upgrades unlocked, the NewGame+ mode introduces quite a lot in the way of new content, including by not limited to:
Outside of NewGame+, the update also introduces a number of quality-of.-life improvements, such as:
Ghost of Yotei has had a strong launch so far, matching that of Tsushima despite being available on fewer systems. With this upcoming update arriving so soon (and the multiplayer Legends mode slated for early next year), Atsu still has a ways to go before completing her journey.
KitGuru says: Are you looking forward to this update? Are you most excited for the NewGame+ mode, or the upcoming Legends multiplayer? Will Yotei outsell Tsushima given enough time? Let us know down below.
The post Ghost of Yotei NewGame+ mode arrives next week first appeared on KitGuru.Almost exactly one year ago we looked at Crucial's Pro overclocking memory, which provided a nice RGB-free option in the gaming RAM arena. The kit we looked at provided up to…
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NVIDIA is making a habit of posting record earnings each quarter, and that trend continued into Q3 with the company reporting $57 billion in revenue. That's a giant 25% uptick from its previous quarter, and an even bigger 66% spike from the same three-month period a year ago, driven in large part by a big surge in Blackwell sales.
"BlackwellThe Thrill of the Fight 2 is now out of Early Access with a launch update that adds a singleplayer campaign.
The original The Thrill of the Fight arrived on Steam for the original HTC Vive all the way back in 2016, and is still considered to be one of the best VR games of all time, as well as one of the first to get you breaking a sweat. It was ported to Quest soon after the original Oculus Quest launched, and last saw a major update in 2023.
Compared to the original, the biggest addition in The Thrill of the Fight 2 is multiplayer, which was the only mode available when it entered Early Access on Quest headsets back in November.
The Thrill of the Fight 2 launch trailer.
The Thrill of the Fight 2 also adds a visible and customizable player body model, as well as a thumbstick locomotion option in addition to the default room-scale movement. It's also a little more game-like, with visible scoring, a departure from the simulation feel of the original.
While the multiplayer-only Early Access release was $10, the full game with a singleplayer campaign too is now $20 for new buyers (existing buyers get the update for free).
You can find Thrill of the Fight 2 on the Meta Horizon Store, with support for Quest 2, Quest Pro, Quest 3, and Quest 3S.
UploadVRAamir MeharThere's no timeline yet for a PC VR release, though there is a flatscreen PC viewer app launching on Steam soon for spectating fights between Quest players.
Silverstone just launched the FLP02, a new retro-inspired PC case design that harkens back to the 80s and 90s. The FLP02 has a standard tower configuration in contrast to the older lay-flat Silverstone FLP01. The FLP02 has more era-appropriate features too, like a functional lock for the power/reset buttons and a Turbo button. While classic
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Microsoft continues to work towards an AI driven experience in its software and operating systems, even though some users have been vocal about letting the company know that they’re not fully bought in with that direction. To attempt to ease the concerns of some of these users, Microsoft is laying out how it plans on keeping its Windows OS
The Abxylute 3D One is a new Intel Lunar Lake-powered PC gaming handheld with a glasses-free 3D display akin to the legendary Nintendo 3DS. The device also features a detachable keyboard (included) like the Microsoft Surface, and detachable controllers similar to the Lenovo Legion Go and Nintendo Switch handhelds.
The Abxylute 3D One isBiostar has introduced the EdgeComp MS-Nano 4G/8G, a powerful fanless edge AI system designed for system integrators and developers. The compact unit is powered by the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano module, which supports the performance-boosting Super Mode, allowing the system to deliver up to 40 TOPS of AI performance.
Available in 4GB and 8GB LPDDR5 configurations, the EdgeComp MS-Nano features a Jetson Orin Nano module, packing a 6-core Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU and an Nvidia Ampere GPU with 1024 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor Cores, ensuring processing capacity for real-time AI inference. The system is compatible with modern AI frameworks, including LLMs and VLMs, and runs on Linux JetPack 6.2.
Marketed toward critical applications such as intelligent inspection and robotic automation in manufacturing, shopper analytics in smart retail, traffic flow management in smart cities, and autonomous systems in modern agriculture, the system is built for 24/7 operation in harsh environments. It features a fanless design and operates over a wide temperature range of -20°C to 50°C. Moreover, it has a small footprint of 160 x 102 x 80mm and a wide 12V to 20V DC power input range.
The unit includes both GbE and 2.5 GbE LAN, with optional Power over Ethernet (PoE) support. I/O includes four USB 3.2 Type-A ports and dedicated serial interfaces, including RS232, RS232/422/485, and CAN bus, which are useful for integration with industrial machinery. Expansion slots are available for an NVMe SSD (M.2 Key-M) and 4G/5G or Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules.
KitGuru says: The EdgeComp MS-Nano isn't your typical home PC, but if you had one at hand, how would you use it?
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The year is 2025 (for a few more weeks, anyway) and guess what? We've reached a point where buying a monster-sized TV doesn't have to require a beastly budget. We took a look around at some early Black Friday deals and found several 100-inch and 98-inch models priced below two grand. We even found a couple that are a penny shy of one grand!
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Antec has announced the debut of the Flux M case, an mATX chassis designed for high-performance cooling right out of the box thanks to its six pre-installed fans.
The Flux M case is built around Antec's dedicated F-Lux airflow platform. Equipped with six PWM fans out of the box, including three 120mm PWM ARGB fans and three 120mm reverse fans, the case features a multi-directional vent design with large intake ports at the front, bottom, and right side, ensuring continuous airflow. On the left side, there's a tempered glass panel that lets you look at the internals of the system housed in the case.
The vertical cooling approach is based on the large bottom mesh panel. With 20mm of clearance between the GPU and the bottom fans, the reverse fans can deliver targeted and effective cooling directly to the graphics card. Despite its mATX size, the Flux M offers substantial component clearance. It can house motherboards up to Micro-ATX and ITX, supports CPU coolers up to 175mm tall, and fits graphics cards up to 405mm long. For liquid-cooling enthusiasts, the case supports a top-mounted 360mm radiator and a rear-mounted 120mm radiator.
Antec has also included several builder-friendly features. The PSU chamber is front-mounted, which frees up internal space for better airflow, and a 13A extension cable is included to connect the PSU to the rear socket. Cable management space is generous for a small chassis, offering up to 59mm in front and 49mm at the back for routing. The I/O panel includes USB 3.0, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, and an audio combo port. The Flux M is expected to cost €69.90 or £59.99.
KitGuru says: The aggressive price of the new Flux M makes it interesting for those planning an mATX build.
The post Antec launches Flux M mATX case with six pre-installed fans first appeared on KitGuru.AMD's GM and SVP, Jack Huynh, has posted a video teaser confirming the imminent launch of the company's newest iteration of FSR, dubbed Redstone. The Redstone update represents the most significant architectural shift in FSR history, fully leaning into machine learning and AI acceleration.
The teaser doesn't show much besides a few game snippets within the “FSR” logo and a date for the announcement, scheduled for December 10th. In this announcement, we expect AMD to reveal much more information on how FSR Redstone works, whether it will completely replace FSR 4, which GPUs will be compatible with it, and which other titles Redstone will be available for, aside from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
For those who don't know what FSR Redstone is, it builds on the machine learning super-resolution introduced with FSR 4 and adds three key innovations. First, AMD FSR Ray Regeneration uses a neural network to reconstruct and filter high-frequency noise from ray-traced data. This functions similarly to Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction, helping to improve reflection quality and clean up artifacts from sparsely sampled ray tracing. This feature has already been seen in a limited, early state in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Second, we have Neural Radiance Caching, which continuously learns how light propagates within a scene, allowing the system to predict and cache indirect illumination. This is designed to significantly reduce the computational cost of implementing ray-traced global illumination. Finally, ML Frame Generation marks a significant evolution from the interpolation technology used in FSR 3. This new model employs machine learning with integrated temporal and spatial awareness to produce highly accurate intermediate frames.
KitGuru says: Which games would you like to see getting FSR Redstone support?
The post AMD confirms FSR Redstone suite launches next month first appeared on KitGuru.There’s no doubt that being a PC enthusiast has had its challenges in recent years, with shortages, skyrocketing prices and a general slowdown in innovation, but it’s been great to see the gaming monitor segment bucking that trend and going from strength to strength. Today’s monitor is a great example of that, with the AOC CU34G4Z offering a curved 34in 3440×1440 ultrawide panel clocked at 240Hz, for less than £300. It certainly sounds good on paper, so let’s dive in and see what it’s like to use in the real world…
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:00 Pricing and key info
01:47 Design, first impressions
02:35 Connectivity + OSD
04:06 Factory calibration analysis
06:25 sRGB mode + calibration
07:09 Backlight bleed, viewing angles
07:25 Response time performance
09:34 Motion clarity examples
10:58 Real-world gaming experience
12:58 Closing thoughts
Just for some context around the pricing, right now AOC’s CU34G4Z is listed at £280 on Amazon and Currys, and while that does appear to be a Black Friday special at the time of writing, PCPartPicker price tracking reveals it’s been selling for under £300 since September anyway, so we’re only talking a £10-20 difference.
That’s still a great price for a curved ultrawide with these specs, too. It was only back in mid-2020 I myself spent £500 on the AOC CU34G2X, also a curved ultrawide but with a slower 144Hz refresh rate – and let me tell you now, the response times on that screen were nowhere near as good as they are with the CU34G4Z!
Specification:
Firmware tested: V1.03
The post AOC CU34G4Z Review (Budget 240Hz Ultrawide) first appeared on KitGuru.ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSoft, has announced Guild Wars Reforged, an update and modernisation of the classic 2005 MMORPG. The update will be free for all existing owners and will launch on December 3rd for Steam and Windows PC.
The project is a co-development venture between ArenaNet and the small studio 2weeks, which was founded by former ArenaNet developers who worked on the original. This collaboration ensures the game, which has amassed over nine million players since its 2005 debut. The Reforged package will include the Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall content, and it will be free if you have at least one of them.
The update's primary focus is on accessibility and visual fidelity. Guild Wars Reforged will officially introduce XInput controller support and be Steam Deck verified. Visual improvements include support for high-DPI displays, new antialiasing options, ambient occlusion, enhanced bloom effects, refined textures, and new HD skill icons. The audio system has also been upgraded with enhanced 3D environmental sound.
For QoL improvements, the update will overhaul the user experience by adding a new quest-tracking system to simplify navigation and implementing high-DPI support with increased font size options for modern high-resolution monitors. New players can purchase the Guild Wars Reforged package for £17.99/$19.99, which is quite affordable given that it includes all three original campaigns.
KitGuru says: Have you ever played the original Guild Wars? Will you do so now with the upcoming Reforged update?
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