Kizito Katawonga
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Kizzy brings four decades of gaming, technology, design and geek culture to Digital Trends. He writes about games and the technology that helps us truly enjoy them. When he’s not trying to listen to his three little girls at the same time, Kizzy enjoys playing around with the latest gadgets or getting lost in a gorgeous sci-fantasy game.
Get a free copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with Nvidia RTX graphics cards
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the latest AAA title to support real-time ray tracing, and it will now be bundled free with every purchase of an eligible Nvidia GeForce RTX card, or equipped laptop or desktop. The game is set to launch October 25 with an open beta starting September 19.
This liquid-cooled RTX 2080 Super graphics card looks insanely powerful
Aorus has unveiled two new cards built around Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Super chipset and built-in watercooling for extreme overclocking and performance. One of the cards features a pre-built and pre-filled liquid cooling system, while the other has a water block to connect your own liquid cooling to.
Why OLED gaming monitors may be further from reality than we thought
Earlier this year, Dell showed us the promise of an exciting new future for gaming monitors with the reveal of the Alienware 55-inch OLED gaming display. We loved it. But according to new reports, it may never see the light of day. Is PC gaming on a big OLED monitor a dream that will never come true?
The new Razer Kraken X is a $50 gaming headset with 7.1 surround sound
Razer has introduced the Kraken X and Kraken X for Console which join the Kraken family of wired gaming headsets. It weighs half a pound, has memory foam ear cushions that are glasses friendly. It also features 7.1 surround sound audio in a wallet-friendly package that costs only $49.99.
Your ATX motherboard is ancient. Is the modular Asus Prime Utopia the future?
The Asus Prime Utopia is a concept motherboard design that moves the graphics card to the back, has modular IO ports, proprietary Hydra Cortex fan controls and a detachable OLED touch screen for good measure. Can this new design replace the ancient ATX form factor that we've all used for decades now?
New SteelSeries mechanical keyboards are the first to have adjustable actuation
SteelSeries Apex Pro is the first ever keyboard with adjustable actuation switches allowing for on-the-fly changes depending on the app running. It also has an OLED Smart display for instant notifications from other applications. SteelSeries also announced the a tenkey-less version and the Apex 7, a more traditional mechanical keyboard.
Acer’s new Swift and Nitro laptops are now powered by the latest AMD chips
Ahead of Computex, Acer has announced a pair of updates to a couple of its most popular budget laptop lines. Both the Nitro 5 and Swift 3 will now be powered completely by AMD silicon in the form of Ryzen 7 Mobile. Both laptops include options for discrete Radeon RX graphics for light gaming and enhanced productivity performance.