Christmas day has arrived and with it comes our biggest giveaway of the season! Today's prize will be none other than a fully built gaming PC packed with MSI hardware, built by CyberPowerPC. 

We reviewed this PC recently, so if you want to see a range of benchmarks, you can find our full review HERE.

Specifications:

• Case – MSI MAG Panoramic 130R Project Zero Gaming Case – White
• CPU – AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• CPU Cooling – MSI Coreliquid A13 360mm ARGB AIO
• Cooling Upgrades – Thermal Grizzly Premium Thermal Paste
• Motherboard – MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI PZ
• Memory – Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MT/s CL36
• Graphics Card – MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Ventus 3X PZ OC
• PSU – MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W
• Primary Storage – 2TB MSI M470 PCle 4.0 NVMe SSD
• Operating System – Windows 11 Home

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What is the first game you would install on this PC?

This competition is open in the UK.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 25th, and a new competition will be announced for Day 25. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open in the UK, starting at 11AM GMT on December 25th and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 26th. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 26!

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Thermaltake has introduced the MAGCurve 360 Ultra ARGB Sync AIO Liquid Cooler, a display‑driven cooling solution built for high‑performance systems. Available in Black and Snow, it combines a curved screen, AI‑assisted customisation, and a compact but capable thermal design.

The cooler features a 6.67‑inch curved AMOLED panel with a 2240×1080 resolution, offering high contrast and wide viewing angles. The display supports system monitoring, time and weather widgets, video playback, and dynamic visuals. Through TT RGB PLUS 3.0, users can upload images or videos, adjust layouts, fine‑tune colours, and even run split‑screen configurations. The integrated AI Forge tool allows users to generate custom backgrounds from simple text prompts, which can be edited and combined with system data. The TT PlayLink mobile app adds faster customisation with direct photo uploads and real‑time camera or video streaming to the display.

Cooling performance is handled by three TOUGHFAN EX 120 ARGB Sync fans, which include a swappable blade design for switching between standard and reverse airflow without affecting lighting. The fans reach up to 2500RPM, delivering high airflow and static pressure while keeping noise controlled.

Installation is streamlined through MagForce 2.0 magnetic connectors, which use enlarged contact pads for more stable daisy chaining and reduced cable clutter. The radiator uses a slim 27mm design paired with a thickened 20mm copper chamber, supported by a high‑quality pump and precision copper base. The cooler is rated for CPUs up to 365W TDP, ensuring consistent thermal performance under sustained workloads.

KitGuru Says: Are you in the market for a new CPU cooler? 

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Prior to Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar had a good stretch where it was releasing a new game every two years or so. As it turns out, during this time, Rockstar had been kicking around the idea of bringing in third-party studios to make Grand Theft Auto games set in other cities around the globe, with the biggest idea being Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo.

In a recent interview with GamesHub, former Rockstar technical director, Obbe Vermeij, talked about plans to supply a Japanese studio with code from GTA in order to create GTA: Tokyo while Rockstar was busy working on the next mainline game in the series. The plan came about after leaders at Rockstar had wanted to produce new GTA games set outside of the USA.

“We had ideas about GTA games in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, and Istanbul. Tokyo almost actually happened. Another studio in Japan were going to do it, take our code and do GTA: Tokyo. But then that didn’t happen in the end”, he said.

Unfortunately for fans, Vermeij also thinks the ship has sailed on the potential to produce new GTA games set outside of the US. This is largely due to the inflated development times now required to ship a proper AAA game, coupled with the fact that GTA is now primarily known for its small handful of fictional US-based cities.

“It’s just not realistic. I would love it, and if games still took a year to make, then yeah sure, you can have a little fun, but you’re not going to get that when there’s a GTA every 12 years. You’re not going to set it in a new location. You don’t really need to either because the technology changes so much. Nobody is going to say that they’re not going to play GTA VI because they’ve already played Vice City.”

He's not wrong about the long development times – GTA V first released in 2013 and the next game, GTA 6, is finally due to release in November next year. However, at this point GTA is such a massive global success that it is unlikely that Rockstar would ever let a third-party studio near its source code.

KitGuru Says: It would have been cool to see GTA licensed out so we could get a wave of spin-offs like GTA: Tokyo. There is no way that would happen now though, as GTA has risen to become a core pillar in gaming.

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IO Interactive snuck out some disappointing news to end the year. The studio's new James Bond game, 007 First Light, has been delayed, taking over Grand Theft Auto 6's original release slot on the 2026 calendar. 

In an update shared this week, IO Interactive confirmed that 007 First Light will no longer release in March like originally planned. Now, the game will launch on May 27th 2026. If that date rings a bell, then there is good reason, as Grand Theft Auto 6 was originally scheduled to release on May 26th, before being delayed to November next year.

In its statement, IO Interactive said: “007 First Light is our most ambitious project to date and the team has been fully focused on delivering an unforgettable James Bond experience”, adding that the delay will “ensure the experience meets the level of quality” that fans deserve on day one.

007 First Light has been pitched in the first game in an on-going series, all starring IOI's own version of James Bond, not tied to any previous films, games or novels. We will see more of the game in early 2026 as IO ramps up the marketing ahead of release.

KitGuru Says: Fortunately, the delay is quite short, giving IO Interactive roughly eight extra weeks to polish up the game. Are you looking forward to 007: First Light? 

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This competition is now CLOSED. Our winner today is Craig Whittle! If you missed out this time then keep an eye out as we still have more daily giveaways to get through on the calendar. Today's giveaway can be found HERE.

For Day 24 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with NVIDIA to give one lucky reader a new graphics card! Today's prize is none other than the RTX 5070 Ti graphics card!

The RTX 5070 Ti is a GPU we are already very familiar with. We've reviewed a bunch of them, each time coming away with positive impressions for performance at 1440p and 4K resolutions. With this graphics card, you'll also have access to all of the latest RTX features, including DLSS 4 with Multi-Frame Generation, so you can multiply your performance in hundreds of games at the press of a button.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What was your favourite game this year? 

This competition is open in the UK and EU.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 25th, and a new competition will be announced for Day 25. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open in the UK and EU, starting at 11AM GMT on December 24th and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 25th. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 25!

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Hogwarts Legacy was the bestselling game of 2023 and it is still charting even today. Given that success, it should come as no surprise that a sequel is being developed, but while the first game was purely single-player focused, Hogwarts Legacy 2 could lean towards multiplayer. 

As spotted by Game Rant, Avalanche Studios is now hiring for a Senior Software Engineer. Specifically, the studio is seeking candidates with “online multiplayer RPG” experience, giving us a hint at the direction they are going in with Hogwarts Legacy 2.

It is unclear if they are thinking MMO-style gameplay, where you'll see other human players in all corners of the game, or if they are thinking co-op gameplay, where up to four player characters are roaming the world together, but outside of that, you won't run into other players.

Hogwarts Legacy garnered its popularity as a single-player experience, so this sounds like a massively risky change. Still, titles like Baldur's Gate 3 have proven that you can still have deep and meaningful RPG gameplay with multiple players, so maybe it will work out.

KitGuru Says: It sounds like Hogwarts Legacy 2 is being built to capture the imaginations of the shareholders and not the gamers who made the first one such a huge success. 

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It has been almost three months since EA's Board of Directors announced that it had received a $55B buyout offer. Last night, EA took the next step towards closing the deal, with shareholders officially voting to approve the buyout.

As first spotted by Stephen Totilo, EA's shareholders have now voted in favour of the acquisition proposal. Now, the next step will be getting the acquisition approved by government regulators, which depending on the level of scrutiny, can either take several months, or years. A recent example of this taking longer than expected was the Microsoft – Activision merger, with the deal's agreed upon closing date having to be extended a couple of times due to continued meetings with regulators.

The EA deal will see a consortium of private investors banding together to pay out $55 billion to shareholders in exchange for 100% control over the company. Once the deal is completed, EA will no longer be a publicly traded company and it will be delisted from the stock exchange. This also means that things like earning reports don't have to be publicly published.

The buyout is expected to be completed before the end of 2026.

KitGuru Says: There will be a lot of debt accrued with this deal, so there will no doubt be some major changes at EA once the dust settles here. Expect more multiplayer, more microtransactions and fewer true single-player projects

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Back in 2023 as part of its effort to get the acquisition of Activision approved, Microsoft signed legally binding agreements with a number of rival game companies to ensure continued equal access to Call of Duty across all major platforms. Microsoft has made good on those promises for the most part, but we've yet to see COD return to Nintendo consoles. According to new reports, that could change within the next few months. 

According to Windows Central's Jez Corden, Microsoft has been working on the Nintendo Switch version for Call of Duty for a long time now, and the first release should be launching “in a few months”.

If this is accurate, then that would make Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 the first COD title since Call of Duty Ghosts to release on a Nintendo console. We also anticipate that Call of Duty will only be coming to the newer Switch 2 system and not the original Switch console.

Prior to this rumour, fans expected this year's Call of Duty to skip Nintendo's platform again. Microsoft has not yet made any official announcements, but there will be an Xbox Games Showcase in January, so we may get an announcement then. Hopefully future titles, like COD 2026, release on the Switch 2 at the same time as other platforms.

KitGuru Says: The Switch 2 has limited internal storage space, so hopefully the developers will be looking at ways to optimise the install size of the game. 

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Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Our winner today is Giorgos Adamakis! If you missed out this time then keep an eye out as we have some of our biggest giveaways of the month happening this week. Today's giveaway can be found HERE.

For Day 23 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Arctic to give one lucky reader a massive cooling upgrade. One winner today will receive the panoramic Arctic Xtender VG case, as well as a massive Liquid Freezer III Pro 420mm AIO liquid cooler.

The winner won't have to worry about space. The Arctic Xtender VG chassis actually has space for two 420mm liquid cooling radiators. The Liquid Freezer Pro 3 will pair well with high-end CPUs, bringing temperatures down to a minimum.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What CPU cooler are you currently using? 

This competition is open worldwide.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 24th, and a new competition will be announced for Day 24. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open worldwide, starting at 11AM GMT on December 23rd and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 24th. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 24!

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It has been five years since Studio Wildcard announced Ark 2 but unfortunately, we are still quite a ways off from seeing the game in action. This week, the studio revealed that Ark 2 is now not expected to release until 2028. 

When Ark 2 was first announced in late 2020, the launch had been planned for 2023. Then that 2023 release window became 2024 and since then, we've not really had a definitive update. That changed recently with Studio Wildcard revealing its new roadmap, which will see the release calendar filled with new expansions and updates for Ark Survival Ascended, followed by Ark 2 in 2028.

Ark Survival Ascended is the Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original game and the only version to continue getting new content. This month, the game received its first properly new expansion, Lost Colony. In 2026, there will be a major update every quarter. In 2027, there will be another major expansion released.

Apparently, this major expansion, titled Legacy of Santiago, will serve as a trial run for mechanics Studio Wildcard wants to include in Ark 2. If all goes well, then Ark 2 will release in 2028.

KitGuru Says: Do you think Ark 2 will end up releasing in 2028 as planned, or do you think there will be more delays down the line? 

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Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Our winner today is Martin Burley. If you missed out this time then keep an eye out as we have a new giveaway each day for the rest of December. Today's giveaway can be found HERE.

For Day 22 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar we have teamed up with DeepCool to give one winner a bundle of hardware. Today's prizes will include a DeepCool CH160 Plus PC case, an LM240 AIO liquid cooler and a PN850M power supply to go with it.

Th DeepCool CH160 Plus Case is a compact Micro‑ATX chassis built around airflow, with full mesh panels and support for a 240mm top‑mounted radiator. To go with it, the winner will also get a DeepCool LM series 240mm AIO liquid cooler, perfectly suited for use with this case. The last prize on the list is the PN850M PSU, which offers fully modular cables, 80Plus Gold efficiency and support for the latest ATX standards, so you'll be future-proofed for future generations of hardware.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What PC case have you got right now? 

This competition is open in the UK, EU and USA.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 23rd, and a new competition will be announced for Day 23. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open in the UK, EU and USA, starting at 11AM GMT on December 22nd and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 23rd. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 23!

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Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Our winner today is Ashley Rees. If you missed out this time then keep an eye out as we have a new competition each day through to the end of the month. Today's giveaway can be found HERE.

For Day 21 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with ADATA to give one lucky winner a memory and SSD upgrade. Our prizes today include the ADATA XPG Lancer Neon RGB DDR5 32GB CL30 memory and XPG Mars 980 Blade 1TB SSD!

The ADATA Lancer Neon RGB DDR5 32GB CL30 kit contains high‑performance dual‑channel memory, offering fast DDR5 speeds, low‑latency CL30 operation, on‑die ECC, a power‑stabilising PMIC, and a distinctive RGB‑lit eco‑friendly heatsink. The Mars 980 Blade 1TB SSD is a PCIe 5.0 NVMe drive that delivers up to 14,000MB/s read and 13,000MB/s write speeds.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – How much RAM is in your current system? 

This competition is open worldwide.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 22nd, and a new competition will be announced for Day 22. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open worldwide, starting at 11AM GMT on December 21st and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 22nd. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 22!

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Update: This competition is now CLOSED. Our winner today is Sean Tugman. If you missed out this time then keep an eye out as we have a new giveaway each day through to the end of the month. Today's giveaway can be found HERE.

For Day 20 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Thermaltake to give one lucky reader a big prize bundle. The winner today will receive a Thermaltake View 290 TG case, along with a set of ARGB Sync fans, a ToughLiquid 360 EX AIO liquid cooler and a Toughpower GF A3 power supply, creating a perfect starting point for a new build.

The Thermaltake View 290 TG ARGB is a mid‑tower chassis built around a curved tempered‑glass front panel and a full glass side panel. Thermaltake’s Toughpower GF A3 PSU is an ATX 3.0–ready power supply designed for modern GPUs, while the Toughliquid 360 EX AIO fits neatly into the case’s top‑mount radiator support, offering ample thermal headroom for high‑performance CPUs. The ARGB‑sync fans will allow you to add some extra colour to your rig.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What was your most played game this year? 

This competition is open worldwide.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 21st, and a new competition will be announced for Day 21. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and Conditions: This competition is open worldwide, starting at 11AM GMT on December 20th and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 21st. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 21!

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