First released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is widely considered to be one of the greatest games of all time. It's also a game that has been a staple in the modding and fan development scene for years, with one of the more notable projects being from a developer named CryZENx. It was an ambitious fan project that aimed to recreate and remake The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5.

This is a project we've been following for a few years now, with several playable demos showcasing various locations, dungeons, and even characters from the iconic game. Unfortunately, CryZENx has announced that they've officially stopped working on it. Now, if you're thinking that development is ceasing because Nintendo caught wind of the project and issued a cease-and-desist, that's not the case.

The reason for the cancellation is simple, and it has everything to do with Nintendo announcing that it's working on a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake of its own for the Nintendo Switch 2, and that it's on track for a 2026 release.

Valve's Steam is the number one platform for PC gaming; that much is true. Even though it's the place to play popular multiplayer titles like Fortnite and Rocket League, and a place that has been handing out high-profile free games for years now, the Epic Games Store is not only a distant second when it comes to reach, but in overall features and performance. The good news is that Epic is looking to overhaul everything about the Epic Games Store and the Epic Games Launcher over the next 12 months.

This arrives via the Epic Games PC subreddit, where 'ImAnthlon' shared images from a presentation outlining what's in store. First up, the Epic Games Launcher, the app created to rival Steam, is getting rebuilt from the ground up. And with that, Epic Games notes that it will load up to 5X faster from a cold start, on average, and get you to your library 6.5X faster, on average, when restoring the app from its system tray icon.

The Epic Games Store and its storefront are also being redesigned with new features, and the company added that user reviews a la Steam are coming at some point. Now, a lot of this stuff is already there on Steam, like a personalized home page with recommendations based on interests and playstyles, but 'feature parity' makes sense if the Epic Games Store is to compete.

Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, has sat down with Bloomberg for a lengthy conversation about AI and related topics.

One of the topics touched on during the conversation was Anthropic's decision to sever China's access to its Claude models, which it announced in February 2026. Amodei stated during the interview that Anthropic's decision to limit the use of its models in China cost hundreds of millions of dollars, which at the time represented a significant portion of the company's revenue.

As for what Anthropic has officially stated about the matter, in its February 26 statement titled "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War," Amodei explains that it stopped several firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party from using Claude.

Although the Xbox brand has felt like it's been in a constant state of evolution, change, and turmoil in recent years, the current definition of Xbox is fairly straightforward, and that is Xbox is the all-encompassing games and hardware platform that includes Xbox Series X|S consoles, Xbox on PC/Windows, and Xbox Game Pass which includes Xbox Cloud Gaming.

Basically, every device is an Xbox, even though the current Xbox leaders are downplaying that reality by shifting focus back toward consoles. And with the rise of PC gaming handhelds in recent years, last year saw the release of the ROG Xbox Ally X, a Windows-based device that introduced the full-screen Xbox Mode for PC. And with that, it looks like Microsoft plans to continue supporting handhelds, with a new Xbox Handheld category and logo joining its list of 'ways to play.'

As spotted by memoryman3 on the NeoGAF forums (via NotebookCheck), the product page for Gears of War: E-Day, which is Xbox's big holiday 2026 first-party release, showcases the new Xbox Handheld logo, joining Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox on PC.

In April, 2026, the Indonesian Game Rating System (IGRS) confirmed Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred was coming to the Nintendo Switch, which at the time was only confirmed for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

The IGRS website listed "Nintendo Switch" under the new DLC, but didn't specify which one. It was presumed the listing referred to the Nintendo Switch 2, given the new hardware capabilities and the general intent to support Nintendo's latest platform. Now, another ratings board, the Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information, has rated Diablo IV for the Switch 2, specifically the Lord of Hatred expansion.

So, now we have two separate game rating authorities rating Diablo IV for the "Nintendo Switch," which will more than likely be the Switch 2. Two independent sources, particularly in this instance being official game rating authorities, is enough to soft confirm that Diablo IV is arriving on the Switch 2, and now it's just a matter of time before Blizzard Entertainment or Nintendo makes the official announcement. However, nothing is set in stone, and it may be some time before that announcement comes.

Rockstar confirmed that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 will open on Thursday, June 25, via the PlayStation and Xbox digital storefronts, as well as select physical retailers.

Following that announcement, rumors have begun to fly about the price of GTA 6, as Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, have yet to unveil it.

The price for GTA 6 is likely the most talked-about thing in gaming currently, as endless threads of price speculation populate both Reddit, X, and other various forums and channels. For quite some time, GTA 6 has received various pricing predictions, with some conflating the hype surrounding the title as justification for Take-Two/Rockstar to charge $100 for the standard edition, marking a significant jump from $69.99, the current standard for a AAA title.

NVIDIA has unveiled a framework that enables AI coding agents to train robots to perform high-precision physical tasks without human supervision. Developed alongside Carnegie Mellon University and UC Berkeley at NVIDIA's Generalist Embodied Agent Research lab, the system, called ENPIRE, closes the loop between writing robot training code, testing it on real hardware, and refining it until it learns the desired behavior.

The demo that caught everyone's attention shows a robot arm selecting a graphics card, passing it to a second arm, and carefully seating it into a PCIe slot on a motherboard. The test included a few other tasks, such as sorting metal pins into a box, cutting zip ties with real cutters, and the classic Push-T benchmark.

Across these contact-heavy tasks, the system achieved a 99% success rate under a pass@8 metric, which allows up to eight attempts per subtask with each retry informed by the previous failure.

Another AMD AM5 processor has reportedly failed with a visible physical deformation, this time a Ryzen 9 9900X. Reddit user TheImmigrantEngineer posted about the incident, describing how their PC suddenly stopped working, with a Code 00 error displayed, and the red CPU debug LED visible on an MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WiFi motherboard.

After removing the cooler and CPU to investigate, the owner found a small physical bump on the underside of the processor near the center of the contact pad area. The integrated heat spreader showed no visible damage, and the thermal paste spread appeared normal. The damage was between the silicon and the substrate beneath it, invisible from the outside until the chip was removed.

The system was less than a year old and was running a Corsair RM1000X power supply and a 240mm DeepCool AIO cooler. The PSU was tested in another system without issues, ruling it out as the cause. No manual overclocking or voltage tuning was applied, though Precision Boost Overdrive was enabled in the BIOS, meaning the system was not running a fully stock configuration. The BIOS in use was from early 2026 and was flashed sometime between late January and early February, which rules out any early AM5 launch BIOS issues as a contributing factor.

Valve knows dataminers are reading its code, and now it's poking fun at them. A new variable discovered in a recent Dota 2 update by dataminer Gabe Follower is named "m_bHackWhyAreYouGuysReadingOurVariableNames." This means that Valve's developers are fully aware of the community combing through every Half-Life 3 update for references.

The variable does not confirm anything about Half-Life 3. It does, however, show how closely dataminers are tracking Valve's codebase, with even trivial internal labels being examined for possible HLX references across Dota 2, Counter-Strike 2, and Steam updates.

For context, HLX has been the reported internal codename for a new Half-Life project. Dataminers have linked various references in Valve titles to a revamped physics engine featuring dynamic destruction, realistic vehicle behavior, and AI NPCs that react to environmental changes. None of this has been confirmed by Valve, and the company has not commented on the matter.

Sources at Bungie tell Forbes' Paul Tassi that the current Destiny 2 situation isn't the result of some kind of revenge-based culture war against the developer, and that what's happening with Destiny 2 is just business and not necessarily personal.

Recent reports said that Sony could be clashing with Bungie behind the scenes, and that Destiny 2's retirement is a result of the fallout. That's not the case. Sources tell Bungie expert Paul Tassi that what's happening with Destiny 2 is financially motivated, principally due to a major reduction to the value of its games.

"This is almost entirely financial. Destiny 2 simply cost more than it made. Math--cruel math, but math. No one at Bungie has any belief this is some revenge idea," Tassi said.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 architecture just got a lot more interesting. Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) has shared details from an alleged AMD insider who claims to have seen internal documentation with some lofty goals. Apparently, AMD's Zen 6 is targeting boost clocks of at least 7 GHz on at least one product.

Critically, this wasn't an aspirational goal from months ago, as the source confirms AMD was still targeting those speeds in Q1 2026. This suggests that the number is being taken seriously as we head into the final stages of silicon production. It is worth noting this covers at least one Zen 6 product, so the 7 GHz figure likely applies to the highest-end SKU, possibly an X-suffix flagship or a future X3D variant at launch.

This jump in clock speed would be historically significant. Previous leaks have already pointed toward AMD aiming for 7 GHz with Zen 6, and the process node making that possible is TSMC's N2P (2nm). Zen 6 CCDs skip the 3nm node entirely, jumping from Zen 5's 4nm to 2nm, which represents the same kind of multi-node leap AMD used when going from Zen 3 to Zen 4.

Halo Campaign Evolved won't get DLC content in the future, and there's no plans to add in major franchise features like Theater, the developers at Halo Studios have confirmed.

A bit ago, I identified an interesting trend that Halo Studios--and Xbox--might be able to capitalize on. The idea was simply to add new content to old games (well, newer versions of old games, to be exact). That's what Halo Studios is doing with the new Halo 1 remake, and they've added in three prequel missions that tell new storylines that have never been seen or played before.

Unfortunately, this trend won't continue. Halo Studios says there are no plans to add more prequel missions to Halo CE...or any DLC, for that matter. That means no Firefight, no Forge mode, no expanded story content. There isn't even a theater mode, and Halo Studios won't be adding one in. This is actually a big deal for hardcore Halo enthusiasts who do challenging speed runs and survival runs in the game, as theater playback allows gamers to study their plays and sessions for improvement.

No one knows how much GTA 6 will cost at launch, but the recent $90 listings aren't real--at least that's according to gaming's most renowned leaker.

Listings for GTA 6 were recently spotted on a Portuguese retailer's inventory in the FNAC marketplace, complete with a range of prices: €89.99, €119.99, €199.99, and even a SKU exceeding €200. This indicated that GTA 6 could cost $90 at launch, causing a wider discussion on video game prices, which already saw a baseline +$10 price hike in this generation.

Rockstar hasn't confirmed anything, and well-known leaker billbil-kun says that these prices aren't real, and instead represent arbitrary figures.

AMD has been in the news lately with its RDNA 4 lineup, but the focus is already shifting to what comes next. A new leak from Moore's Law is Dead (MLID), sourced from an unnamed major OEM partner, points to a mid-2027 launch window for RDNA 5-based Radeon desktop GPUs, with that source adding they would "be shocked" if the cards didn't arrive in 2027.

Importantly, this lines up with reports from Computex 2026, where OEM partners were already expecting an RDNA 5 release in the mid-to-late 2027 timeframe, adding credibility to the claim.

The timing also makes a lot of sense given the broader AMD roadmap. Both the next-gen Xbox "Project Helix" and the PlayStation 6 are reportedly powered by RDNA 5 semi-custom APUs, and both consoles are targeting a 2027 launch window as well. If the silicon is ready for console production, desktop Radeon cards are a natural follow-on.

The price of Grand Theft Auto 6 has been one of the most debated topics in gaming over the past two years, and a new listing from a major European retailer may have finally answered the question. Portuguese branch of FNAC, a multinational retail chain spanning France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, and several other markets, has reportedly listed GTA 6 at €89.99 for the base edition, as first spotted by user fdst1983 on the ResetEra forums.

The listing also shows a Premium Edition at €119.99 and what appears to be a Collector's Edition at €199.99. The screenshot reveals several Rockstar Games SKUs, all tied to the confirmed launch date of November 19, 2026, which adds some weight to the leak's credibility. That said, the listing is unofficial, and Rockstar has not confirmed any pricing yet. The real numbers will come when pre-orders officially open on June 25.

We've been tracking GTA 6's pricing situation for a while. Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter was among the first to suggest a $100 price point, while Bank of America predicted an $80 launch price that would set a new industry baseline. Even Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick hinted at a $70 to $80 range, stopping well short of the three-figure mark many gamers feared.

Assassin's Creed Hexe has been in troubled waters recently, but a new rumor suggests that things may finally be getting back on track. According to leaker Rogue Tx on X, Ubisoft has reportedly accelerated development of the game, with an internal target now set for June 2027 rather than a holiday window later in the year.

The shift comes after a decidedly rough stretch for Hexe. We covered the game's development struggles extensively at TweakTown, starting with the back-to-back director departures in early 2026. Creative director Clint Hocking left in February, followed shortly by game director Benoit Richer, who departed to co-found an indie studio. That's two key creative leads gone within two months.

Then things got worse when the game's new creative director, Jean Guesdon, reportedly removed 50 developers from the project as a cost-cutting measure. Moreover, reports emerged that the new creative director also brought with him a new creative vision. Apparently, this meant reworking core elements deemed too ambitious, such as the player's cat companion. This led to speculation that Assassin's Creed Hexe was moving away from what it once promised to be.

NVIDIA's open-source NVK Vulkan driver just closed a major gap with the company's proprietary Linux driver. Developers have merged initial DLSS support into Mesa 26.2-devel, meaning NVK can now offload AI upscaling in compatible Vulkan games running on Linux and Steam Play.

For context, NVK is the community-built Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs developed within the Mesa graphics stack. It launched back in 2022 with the goal of giving Linux users a fully open-source alternative to NVIDIA's official driver, without sacrificing support for modern Vulkan features.

NVIDIA has not open-sourced DLSS itself. The upscaler still depends entirely on NVIDIA's own binaries and SDK. What changed is that NVK now implements VK_NVX_binary_import, a Vulkan extension that lets applications load and run NVIDIA's CuBIN binaries, prebuilt CUDA files, directly on supported GPUs. In simple words, that gives NVK a path to load the DLSS components bundled with games or the DLSS SDK, rather than reimplementing DLSS from scratch.

A user on a Taiwanese hardware forum reported that their ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 left visible discoloration on the PCH heatsink of an ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi motherboard after about 6 months of use. The system was installed entirely in ASUS hardware, including an ASUS ProArt PA602 case, making the incident particularly awkward for the company.

The discoloration appeared in the area of the motherboard directly below the graphics card. The user said the mark could be partially removed with a wet cloth and some pressure, but the heatsink could not be restored to its original condition. The graphics card itself showed no visible issues and continued working normally. The risk becomes even greater in systems where airflow around the card is not optimized.

The RTX 5090 is known to push extreme power figures, with typical load consumption around 700W and peak figures reportedly approaching 1,000W in certain scenarios. While motherboard heatsinks are usually coated with heat-resistant paint, heat radiating downward onto nearby components can still become a genuine concern at those power levels.

Nothing has confirmed that the successor to its CMF Phone 2 Pro will not be launching this year, with the company pointing directly at skyrocketing memory prices as the reason. Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis broke the news on X.

"We were working on a successor but with memory prices where they are right now, we can't build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward at a price that makes sense for CMF. As a result, we've decided not to launch a new CMF phone this year."

To put the price impact in perspective, the CMF Phone 2 Pro launched in the US in 2025 at $279, with the base model starting at around Rs. 18,999, roughly $200, in India. Evangelidis said that launching the exact same hardware today would push the price to somewhere between $318 and $370, before accounting for any actual hardware upgrades a true successor would need.

More samples of Intel's Core 300 "Wildcat Lake" CPUs are starting to appear on PassMark. Interestingly, the Intel Core 3 304 just pulled off something nobody expected from the bottom of the Wildcat Lake stack. Recently, a third PassMark entry was submitted for the entry-level Wildcat Lake chip, and it shows it matching the Apple A18 Pro in single-threaded performance, both landing at exactly 3,982 points.

That's a notable jump, especially for a chip that sips just 15W of power. The previous best for the Core 3 304 was 3,632 single-thread points, so this third sample pushed it meaningfully higher. With only three samples in the database, the chip's current average sits at 3,676 points, putting it around 8% behind the A18 Pro overall, but the individual peak score tells a different story.

Multi-threaded performance is also competitive, with the 304 sitting at a CPU Mark of around 11,543 versus the A18 Pro's 11,804, which is remarkably close given that the Core 3 304 has one fewer core. On average, the Core 3 304 is about 8% slower than the Apple A18 Pro in single-threaded performance, while being only 2.2% slower in multi-threaded results.