CD Projekt has officially parted ways with its proprietary storefront GOG.com, selling the business to company co-founder Michal Kicinski.

GOG, aka Good Old Games, is changing hands. CD Projekt has sold its GOG digital games storefront to Michal Kicinski for roughly $25 million in a full-circle business deal; Kicinski was one of the original co-founders of CD Projekt, which started out as a software distributor in Poland, and he also was a co-founder of the GOG store. Launched in 2007, GOG was aimed at preserving classic PC games--a mission statement that hasn't changed today, and won't change now that GOG is technically under new ownership.

CD Projekt is adamant that nothing will actually change for the end user. GOG will still preserve old games, and everything sold and made available on the store will still be DRM-free. Plus, CD Projekt's upcoming games like The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will still release on GOG.

Instead of releasing Helldivers 3, the devs at Arrowhead aim to just keep updating Helldivers 2 with a bunch of new content--kind of like what Bungie has done with Destiny 2. Now we have an idea of what kinds of things could show up in the game in the coming years.

If Arrowhead has their way, Helldivers 2 could become the next Destiny 2 (but in a good way?). The idea is to add so-called sequel-level features into Helldivers 2 without having to actually launch a brand new separate product. Johan Pilestedt, Arrowhead's previous CEO who moved to Chief Creative Officer so he could have more control over how Helldivers 2 evolves, outlines some of the content that could show up in lieu of a sequel.

In a recent video interview, Pilestedt says he'd like to see additions like 8-player missions and more organic social play set in a massive open-ended map--areas so big that players could run into other squads while exploring.

HP will be unveiling its upgraded HyperX OMEN MAX 16, OMEN 16, and OMEN 15 gaming laptops at CES 2026, powered by Intel Panther Lake and AMD Ryzen AI CPUs, with OLED panels across the new gaming laptops.

In a new article from Windows Latest, HP's upcoming HyperX OMEN MAX 16 gaming laptop will have an option for up to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB GDDR7 memory and one of Intel's next-gen Core Ultra 300 series "Panther Lake" CPUs.

HP will include up to 64GB of DDR5-6400 memory, and up to 2TB of Gen5 SSD storage for the OMEN MAX 16 gaming laptop. The flagship HyperX OMEN MAX 16 gaming laptop has a 16-inch 2.5K @ 240Hz OLED panel option, too.

The out-of-control DRAM crisis will have some major flow-on effects in the years to come, with reports that the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Xbox Next consoles might not release in their expected 2027-2028 timeline, with major issues in DRAM supply and skyrocketing prices.

In a new report published by Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, console manufacturers Sony and Microsoft are in quite the pickle regarding their respective next-gen consoles because of mammoth RAM price increases. Tom reports that the situation has Sony and Microsoft debating their PlayStation 6 and Xbox Next console releases past their 2027-2028 release window.

Tom writes: "RAM manufacturers will be able to build out their infrastructure to produce more RAM" that would see prices dropping". Tom explains: "While consoles have traditionally been subsidized to a certain extent in the past, it seems like RAM availability and price increases will mean that the next generation of consoles, which were already believed to be much higher in price than previous generations, could be extortionate".

Intel's next-generation Jaguar Shores data center AI accelerator platform is rumored to be using newer HBM4E memory, which could launch sometime in the second half of 2027.

Back at the Intel AI Summit Seoul in South Korea back in July 2025, the company seemed to be ready for HBM4 from SK hynix for Jaguar Shores, with a release in 2026. However, Intel hasn't had a stable or successful time with its Gaudi AI accelerators and its release schedule, and it knows it has almost insurmountable competition from AMD and more so NVIDIA, so timelines can change, and specifications -- like using faster HBM4E -- can change, too.

The new information regarding Intel's use of HBM4E on its next-gen Jaguar Shores AI platform is from leaker @Bionic_Squash on X, who replied to @harukaze5719 regarding Jaguar Shores using HBM4, with a simply reply of "Jaguar is HBM4E".

Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are all fighting each other in developing new 16-Hi HBM, because NVIDIA requested supply of the new memory chips for the second half of 2026.

16-Hi HBM hasn't been commercialized previously with many technological hurdles to overcome, including DRAM stacking, as things get far more complicated with more HBM stacks. In a new report from the Electronic Times, NVIDIA reportedly requested that domestic and foreign memory manufacturers deliver 16-Hi HBM memory chips by Q4 2026.

SK hynix and Samsung Electronics in South Korea, as well as US-based Micron, have all begun full-scale development work for the mass production supply of 16-Hi HBM memory chips to NVIDIA. The outlet reports that concrete contracts haven't been signed yet; it reports that discussions are happening internally regarding the initial production volumes of 16-Hi HBM chips.

Halo Studios has hired a new chief of staff who also has an AI consulting business--a development that could indicate wider usage of AI (generative or otherwise) at the Halo developer.

The latest report from Rebs Gaming indicates that Halo Studios is indeed gearing up to use AI in the development of new Halo games--if it isn't already. The video notes that Halo Studios has also hired a new chief of staff, Angela Hession, an 11-year veteran at Microsoft who has a robust background in trust and safety (she also was a principal product lead on HoloLens). What's interesting about this hire is that she also runs her own AI consulting firm, Hession Consulting AI, whose landing page reads: "We help technology, gaming, and commerce leaders integrate trust, operational transformation, and future-ready strategy so they can grow fast without triggering tomorrow's crises."

There's also some interesting stats on Hession's previous experiences, with the AI consulting firm's site mentioning Hession's previous experience as a strategy and operations director (or a chief operating officer) at Microsoft, in which she managed a "$500 million business unit" related to Xbox services. The site notes that Hession managed to find cost savings for this Xbox-related business.

Back in the mid-2000s, Rockstar Games almost took Grand Theft Auto globetrotting with multiple worldwide locations and settings for the series.

It's been decided for years now that GTA will stay in the United States--after all, there are so many opportunities for deep satirization with locales like Liberty City (New York), Los Santos (L.A.) and Vice City (Miami). But this wasn't always the case, and in the mid-2000s, Rockstar floated the idea of a mainline game set in other countries.

In a new interview with GamesHub, former Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij laid out some of the other cities that could've shown up in a GTA game. According to Vermeij, GTA Tokyo almost happened.

CD Projekt RED could release a new Witcher 3 expansion to spark sales and drum up excitement for The Witcher 4.

The Witcher 4 is in full production, and will kick off a new saga for the medieval fantasy franchise. CD Projekt's new arc will be a multi-game trilogy centered around Ciri, but there's still a lot of questions about story and theme. One way to solve this problem could be a surprise new paid expansion for The Witcher 3.

According to reports from Polish news site Strefa Inwesterow, Pekao analyst Emil Poplawski believes CD Projekt could release a new Witcher 3 expansion that essentially sets the stage up for Ciri's new adventures. The new expansion could be $30, which is quite the premium--other expansions like Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine were $10 and $20, respectively.

AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards will be more expensive in coming weeks, with AIB partners being prepared for price increases because of the price surges on DRAM, where we're told to expect more expensive graphics cards in January and February 2026, just weeks from now.

In a new report on Board Channels, we're being told that major price increases will occur in the New Year, as it lines up with quarter timing and contract pricing. NVIDIA's Q4 2025 is between November and January, while AMD's Q4 2025 takes place between October and December.

Under previous supply agreements, memory procurement prices were reportedly fixed through 2025, leaving AIB pricing at sane levels during Q4 2025. However, starting with 2026 those fixed term contracts come to an end, with pressure placed on memory pricing -- GDDR6 for AMD, GDDR7 for NVIDIA -- in GPU costs.

Chinese monitor manufacturer HKC has just redefined the competitive esports gaming monitor with the launch of the ANTGAMER ANT275PQ MAX, the world's highest refresh rate 1440p LCD monitor, allowing an insane 1080Hz refresh rate.

The upgraded ANTGAMER ANT257PQ MAX features a native 1440p resolution @ 540Hz refresh, but can drop down to 720p @ 1080Hz, meaning you're going to want to make sure you have the most powerful GPU you can afford, in order to push upwards of 1080FPS+ even if it is at 720p.

HKC is using a "FAST TN" panel for the new 1080Hz gaming monitor, with the ANTGAMER ANT257PQ MAX gaming monitor when used in its 1080Hz FHD mode, uses AI-powered image processing for extreme-speed FPS performance. The company will have its new 1080Hz gaming monitor beast on display at CES 2026, and the TweakTown team will be there hoping to get some hands- and eyes-on with the 1080FPS+ gaming monitor behemoth.

AMD's next-gen RDNA 5 GPU family is back in the headlines, with fresh rumors that we'll see RDNA 5 sometime in mid-2027... close to the release of Sony's next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's next-gen Xbox consoles.

In fresh rumors that AMD would have its next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs fabbed at Samsung Foundry, known leaker "Kepler_L2" said that RDNA 5 is being fabbed by TSMC on its N3P process node, and will release in mid-2027 in a series of new posts on X.

AMD has its current-gen RDNA 4 GPUs fabbed at TSMC on its N5 (5nm) process node, but RDNA 5 on the new N3P process node will enjoy up to 18% higher speeds, a large 36% decrease in power consumption, and a 24% reduction in area. This is without all the tinkering that AMD is doing under the hood of RDNA 5, with some new technologies including "Universal Compression", "Neural Arrays", and "Radiance Cores".

Activision could release Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch sooner than expected, but it remains unclear which platform the game will drop onto--the Switch 1, Switch 2, or both?

Back in 2023, Microsoft signed a legally-binding 10-year deal to release new Call of Duty games onto Nintendo platforms. The landmark deal was part of Microsoft's efforts to assuage regulators' worries that the $35 billion Call of Duty franchise wouldn't be made exclusive to Xbox--Microsoft made similar arrangements with NVIDIA and Sony.

Since then, three Call of Duty games have released, and none of them have appeared on the Switch. Apparently, that's going to change soon. According to Windows Central's Jez Corden, the first COD game planned for Switch is almost finished and could release in just a few months. This is an extremely interesting development that could hint at multiple Call of Duty games coming to the Switch in 2026.

Cyberpunk 2 could be out in 2030, right in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077.

Polish analyst firm Noble Securities has made predictions on CD Projekt's upcoming Cyberpunk sequel. The group believes Cyberpunk 2 will be out by 2030 with multiplayer in tow, and based on what we know about the game, this feels like a valid prediction. Back in 2017, we reported that CD Projekt had received a multi-million dollar grant from the Polish government to add online multiplayer elements to Cyberpunk 2077. That didn't happen, and the online components had instead been moved to Cyberpunk 2.

Another prediction: CD Projekt will spend 1.5 billion PLN on Cyberpunk 2's development, which is about $419 million. This is a huge sum for any video game, but bear in mind that CD Projekt positions its games to sell for years--in The Witcher 3's case, for over a decade.

Over 201 million of EA's total ~203 million investors have voted in favor of selling all outstanding shares to a group of buyers led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

It's official: Electronic Arts, one of the last big AAA publishers in the video game industry, is going private. EA shareholders approved the megaton $55 billion buyout with a vote on December 22. According to the SEC filing, 99% of shareholders voted yes on the deal, with 1.9 million voting no.

The buyout is being financed by a trio of big investors, but the principal funding will come from Saudi Arabia's PIF. As a result, it's estimated that the Saudis will receive a staggering 93% stake in EA. As part of the proposal, EA's management will remain intact and CEO Andrew Wilson will still lead the company.

LG Display has teased its upcoming 2026 roadmap video that shows off a new 39-inch ultrawide immersive 5K and 27-inch 4K panel that both use its new Tandem WOLED panel.

We should expect LG to properly unveil its new monitors at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in the first few days of 2026, with the new 39-inch 5K panel expected to feature a 5120 x 2160 resolution (around 142 PPI), which means it'll look around as sharp as high-end 31.5-inch 4K monitors on the market.

LG should be using an easier-on-the-eye 800R curvature that it used on previous 34-inch and 39-inch ultrawide WOLED panels, and on its bigger 45-inch 5K2K WOLED displays. The less aggressive curve on the 39-inch panel should look very nice in the flesh, and I can't wait to get some hands on (well, eyes on) at CES 2026.

Lenovo has some new products to unveil at CES 2026 in less than two weeks time, with two new systems leaked: the Yoga Mini i desktop, and the new ThinkCentre X AIO Aura Edition system with an uber-interesting 16:18 near-square display. Let's dive right in.

First off, the new Lenovo ThinkCentre X AIO Aura Edition looks like one of the most interesting products from the company for CES 2026, with a unique 16:18 aspect ratio. The leaks are coming from WindowsLatest, which reports the near-square 27.6-inch panel will help creators, programmers, data-focused users, and more with more than enough vertical display area to view two A4 pages of content in portrait.

The new AIO system is (unfortunately) a new Copilot+ PC, powered by Intel's new Core Ultra X7 series "Panther Lake" CPUs, with an IPS-based display and native 2560 x 2880 resolution @ 60Hz, the 2560 pixels wide is the same as a 1440p panel (which is 2560 x 1440) but the 2880 pixels high is double that of a regular 1440p, meaning it'll be impressive for particular users who will adore the additional vertical pixels.

ASUS will be unveiling its new ProArt GoPro Edition laptop at CES 2026, where it will be officially unveiled during its CES 2026 livestream.

The company unleashed some new teaser material and the name of the laptop "ProArt GoPro Edition creator laptop" with a reveal penciled in for January 6 at 9am PST as part of ASUS's huge CES 2026 event. ASUS has already announced a partnership with GoPro, with the new teaser tying into the company's bigger ProArt and GoPro partnership, which is centered on a Windows app dubbed "StoryCube".

ASUS explains that its new StoryCube app integrates GoPro Cloud and supports 360 media, including previews of native .360 files that are stored locally on-device, or online. It also adds in some AI-based organization, with files grouped by activity, time, device, and GPS-based location metadata from GoPro cameras. ASUS also says that its new StoryCube app will be a front end for importing clips into editing software after selection.

We all know RAM prices are utterly out of control, with system integrator MAINGEAR announcing its new "BYO" RAM builds, where gamers can have a pre-built system created with, or without RAM.

MAINGEAR's new category of gaming and high-end enthusiast PCs will ship without DDR5 modules, with the company calling the new systems "BYO" RAM Builds.

This is good for gamers who already have their RAM ready, or they might have found a fantastic deal on some DDR5 memory, you can place your order with MAINGEAR and send them your RAM, and they'll slot it into your new MAINGEAR system, test it, and tune it for performance and stability.

Eurocom has just announced it has launched its new Raptor X18 mobile supercomputer laptop, with some of the most powerful specs you can imagine in a laptop... and a price that can scale up to and over $15,000.

The new Eurocom Raptor X18 laptop features an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor with 24C/24T of CPU power, with the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU with 24GB of GDDR7 memory, up to 256GB of DDR5 RAM, and up to 32TB of NVMe SSDs in RAID 0/1/5, and more.

Eurocom explains on its website for the Raptor X18 that it "supports the most advanced and demanding use cases in AI & Machine Learning in Finance, ECommerce, Security, Automotive, Engineering, Forensic, Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality and other industries. Perfect for AI computing, Edge Computing, Server on-the-go and Engineering on-the-go deployment. Perfect for gaming too".