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Polish game dev and publisher Teyon is gearing up for a new project, and recent job listings give some clues on what it could be.

Teyon, the team mostly known for the favorably-reviewed RoboCop: Rogue City and Terminator Resistance video games, is currently working on a new unannounced game. No concrete info has been revealed so far, but two recent job listings give some clues, revealing that the project will be a "modern action RPG" for both PC and consoles.

Another big clue is that the game will have animals, including wild wolves and dogs. Terminator Resistance also had a stray dog, and dogs in general were important to the story. It's unclear what the game actually is--whether it's another Terminator sequel--however Teyon's typical fare of 80s machismo movie adaptations may lean towards something like Don Coscarelli's Beast Master.

Intel has launched its new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs at CES 2026, packed with its heavily upgraded Arc B390 integrated GPU that provides RTX 4050 levels of gaming performance.

The new Arc B390 inside of the new Panther Lake CPUs is providing up to 77% more gaming performance over the integrated GPU inside of the Core Ultra 9 288V "Lunar Lake" CPU, and up to 53% faster AI versus the 288V.

The first foray for Intel's new GPU architecture is the Arc B390 inside Panther Lake, with the flagship Arc B390 providing some rather kick ass performance over its predecessors, and more importantly, its competitors.

Intel has officially released its new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs at CES 2026, its first processors fabbed on its in-house Intel 18A process node, designed and manufactured on American soil.

The new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors will be powering over 200 designs from its partners, with Intel saying that its new Panther Lake CPUs will be the "most broadly adopted and globally available AI PC platform Intel has ever delivered".

Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors will include new Core Ultra X9 and Core Ultra X7 processors with powerful CPU and GPU performance.

Bethesda's Todd Howard is aware of the Fallout London total conversion mod, and is quite impressed that the FOLON team was able to finish and release the mod to the public.

Total conversion mods are typically few and far between, but Fallout London is among the most acclaimed. The ambitious DLC-sized mod adds a 25-hour campaign set entirely in London, complete with 200 quests, new factions, and an extended dialog system. Interestingly enough, one of the volunteers working on FOLON actually turned down a job at Bethesda to keep working on the mod.

Since mods are the lifeblood for Bethesda games, it's only natural for bigwigs like Todd Howard to take notice of big projects like Fallout London, and now he shares his thoughts on the mod and the overall positive fan reception around it (side note: FOLON has been downloaded over 1 million times).

MSI has revealed its all-new Prestige series laptops, redesigned and tweaked, powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 3 series "Panther Lake" CPUs.

The new MSI Prestige 16 and 14 laptops feature an all-new design language that has smoother, more rounded contours and refined craftsmanship that makes it feel premium both inside and out. The bigger Prestige 16 weighs only 1.59kg, while the Prestige 14 weighs just 1.32kg marking a 22% reduction in weight from the previous-gen Prestige 14, impressive.

MSI says that its new Prestige series laptops are ready with next-gen graphics and AI performance from the new Intel Panther Lake processors, with the Prestige series packing a high-capacity 81Wh battery that the company says is good for over 30 hours of 1080p video playback, providing true multi-day usage.

Bethesda may not be using AI to generate things for its games, but studio head Todd Howard does see the technology as a tool of sorts...yet he is a strong believer that human-created art will always come first.

As the games industry starts to use AI in various ways to help create new projects, some executives are taking a people-first approach to the technology. When asked about how AI could help accelerate the multi-faceted world of games development, Bethesda's Todd Howard delivered a neutral take, saying that it's another potential tool, but it will always require a human operator in order to really make use of it.

In a recent interview with IGN, Howard essentially says that Bethesda Game Studios is continually iterating on and building its game engine tech--especially the newest version of the Creation Engine that will power The Elder Scrolls 6. Innovation won't come at the cost of creativity, though, and Howard says that the studio "wants to protect human artistry."

As the inventor of flash memory and a leader in memory and storage, KIOXIA is bringing its extensive lineup of memory and SSD solutions to CES 2026 in Las Vegas. KIOXIA notes that its lineup covers all corners of the technology market, from intensive AI workloads through to large-scale data centers, automotive systems, and mobile devices.

At CES 2026, KIOXIA will showcase its products and demonstrate its technology. This includes a first-hand look at how the company's groundbreaking, scalable BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology delivers performance, density, and power efficiency across workloads and requirements.

KIOXIA will also showcase how its innovative SSDs leverage open-source software it helped develop to optimize and accelerate AI applications and workloads. Plus, there'll be a closer look at its high-speed Automotive UFS 4.1 solution, alongside the recently announced BG7 Series of NVMe SSDs aimed at the consumer PC OEM market.

KIOXIA, one of the leaders in flash memory and SSD solutions, has announced its first client- and consumer-focused SSDs powered by its latest BiCS FLASH Gen 8 3D flash memory technology at CES 2026. With CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, the new PCIe Gen 4 BG7 Series is all about performance and efficiency for consumer and commercial laptops, notebooks, desktops, and OEMs.

With sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and up to 1,000,000 IOPS for random read/write, KIOXIA notes that the new BG7 Series of SSDs delivers up to 16% more performance and around 67% better power efficiency than the BG6 Series. This is all thanks to BiCS FLASH Gen 8 3D flash memory with CBA technology.

With NVMe 2.0d compliance and capabilities, the versatile, DRAM-less BG7 Series includes models in the existing 2230 and 2280 form factors, as well as the new Type 2242 form factor.

LG is kicking off CES 2026 with something undeniably impressive, the Wallpaper TV, a paper-thin OLED TV that was first released in 2017, but is now back six years later with the new and improved W6.

LG fired off a press release that explained the company has reengineered the internal architecture of the Wallpaper TV, beginning with the lengthy process of reducing the size of components down to miniature levels. By successfully shrinking internal components, LG was able to reduce the width of the display to just 9mm, making the Wallpaper TV the world's thinnest True Wireless OLED TV.

LG explains the existence of the Wallpaper TV is to prove that thin silhouette design doesn't require a sacrifice in the viewing experience. Paired with its thin design is the integration of Brightness Booster Ultra, which LG writes is capable of achieving luminance levels up to 3.9 times brighter than typical OLED panels. Powering this impressive TV is the new Alpha 11 AI processor Gen 3, which features a new Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that is 5.6 times more powerful than LG evo TVs released last year.

Samsung has just unveiled its 2026 family of Micro RGB, QLED, and OLED TVs, with a new gigantic flagship 130-inch Micro RGB TV. Check it out:

The new Samsung 130-inch Micro RGB TV (R95H) is the largest Micro RGB display ever released, features a Timeless Frame, and a handful of internal hardware innovations including Micro RGB AI Engine Pro, Micro RGB Color Booster Pro, and Micro RGB HDR Pro.

Samsung says that the new AI features will enhance dull tones and refine contrast, providing more vivid color and increased realistic detail for an even more immersive viewing experience. The huge 130-inch Micro RGB TV also includes Samsung's proprietary Glare Free technology, which minimizes reflections, further preserving clear color and contrast in a bunch of different lighting conditions for another leap in viewing experience.

ASUS has just unveiled its new ROG XREAL R1 AR gaming glasses, that can project a massive 171-inch 1080p 240Hz Micro-OLED virtual screen at 171 inches.

ASUS has worked with XREAL on the new ROG XREAL R1 AR glasses -- if you didn't already get that from the name of the glasses -- and are the world's first gaming glasses that use a 240Hz Micro-OLED panel with a 1080p resolution, blasting a virtual monitor space of 171 inches at 4 meters away, with a 57-degree expanded view.

ASUS says that the AR glasses cover 95% of the focused viewing area and new features, using a high-end Bose sound system with a 3D soundstage. ASUS says its new ROG XREAL R1 AR gaming glasses feature electrochromic lens technology, making the lens adapt automatically to changing light conditions and adjusting lens transparency.

ASUS is cooking up two new flagship motherboards ready for AMD Ryzen CPUs, with the introduction of the new ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial and Crosshair X870E DARK NEO motherboards expected at CES 2026 this week.

It all started from ASUS with a teaser of its upcoming next-gen ROG Crosshair motherboard on the AM5 socket and AMD X870E chipset, with the two new motherboards designed as flagship boards for the ASUS AM5 motherboard family.

The new ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial is an E-ATX motherboard beast with a powerful 26+28 phase VRM delivery and an upgraded VRM heatsink design that has a huge 5-inch LCD on the I/O cover. It supports RAM speeds of over 8000 MT/s DDR5, and up to 256GB RAM total.

LG has just unveiled its latest 2026 LG gram laptops, debuting with a new ultra-light Aerominum material, with the introduction of the new LG gram Pro 17 and LG gram Pro 16 laptops.

The new 2026 LG gram laptops evolution as an ultra-portable laptop is boosted with the use of Aerominum, a composition developed in-house by LG. This new innovative material reduces the laptop's weight while reinforcing its structural strength.

This results in a chassis built for life on the move, with LG promising its new 2026 LG gram laptops are scratch resistant, meeting military-grade standards and ensuring long-lasting resilience for everyday use. Aerominum's aeroplate structure and refined atelier brushing deliver a sleek metallic finish, increasing the aesthetics without adding additional weight.

Former ZeniMax Online Studios head Matt Firor breaks his silence following his departure from the company, outlining the reason why he left the division that he helped create.

Back in July 2025, Microsoft made devastating cuts to its workforce, culminating in multiple Xbox projects being cancelled. One of these was Project Blackbird, a new MMORPG set in a fresh IP that had been in development at ZeniMax Online since 2018.

Shortly after Blackbird's cancellation, ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor resigned. Now as the new year turns, Firor shares his thoughts on Blackbird's cancellation, saying it was indeed why he departed. Blackbird was a dream project for Firor, and we had been reporting on the mysterious project for many years.

Limited Run Games, the company that releases physical collections of digital games, is changing management as its founder chases new opportunities in the gaming world.

Love them or hate them, Limited Run Games (LRG) is one of the last bastions for physical media on the planet. Now, that ship is changing captains. Today, current LRG boss Josh Fairhurst announced he will be departing the group in a few months so that he can "help bring dream games to life," indicating that Fairhurst won't just be helping distribute games, but also make them.

The news also comes at a time when The Embracer Group continues to morph, spinning and selling off parts of itself to recoup investor cash. The Embracer Group bought Limited Run Games in 2022, and since then, the physical distributors have released a multitude of products. The current financial situation of LRG remains unclear.

It's an end of an era at Bandai Namco as Tekken series veteran Katsuhiro Harada officially says goodbye to the franchise, however the publisher still promises new content for Tekken 8 and beyond.

It's official: After three decades of delivering iconic fighting games, legendary creator Katsuhiro Harada is done with the Tekken franchise. Under Harada's leadership, the series has amassed over 61 million sales across a multitude of platforms and releases. Harada shared a somber message on Twitter, saying: "I'm no longer a developer / creator of the TEKKEN series. Harada_TEKKEN is completely dead."

The show must go on, however; Tekken is just too big of a series to lay dormant at Bandai Namco, especially now that Tekken 8 has been turned into a kind of live service hybrid with its in-game storefront. For its part, the Tekken social team shared a bit of optimism, saying that fans can expect "more fights and more updates" throughout 2026.

New video game projects set in the Saw and/or John Wick franchises could be in development at Lionsgate, and it's possible that the games are of the higher AAA caliber and not smaller-scale indie titles.

Lionsgate may have licensed out big franchises like John Wick, Saw, and others for new video games. During a recent Q2'26 earnings call, Lionsgate movie division boss Adam Fogelson mentions that there is 'increased interest and opportunity' to make new AAA games based on hit Lionsgate IP.

Fogelson directly mentions John Wick and Saw, possibly indicating that both of these will receive some sort of game adaptation in the future. John Wick has appeared in games like Fortnite, and technically already has two games with the tactical strategy game John Wick Hex as well as a VR game, but no dedicated AAA shooter exists for this franchise. As for Saw, rumor has it that there was a horror game called Project Gideon that had been in development at some point, and Gideon was said to be a singleplayer survival experience with a brand new story.

Yoshi-P may have once again teased that Final Fantasy 14 is coming to the Nintendo Switch, likely the Switch 2 due to the significant power boost that the newer system offers.

Square Enix wants to bring FF14 to as many platforms that can support it--especially mobile. Back in August 2024, we reported that the publisher eventually wanted to offer the paid subscription MMORPG to all gaming platforms. At the time, game director Yoshi-P said that "the concept that we have for Final Fantasy XIV is to release our game on as many devices as possible."

Now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is out and filling out its installed base with multi-million sales, Square Enix could start mobilizing a Switch version of Final Fantasy 14 at some point. During a New Year's Q&A chat, which Yoshi-P holds on an annual basis, the director seems to have reiterated his previous point about a Switch port. When asked about Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo platforms, the creator said: "Please wait while looking forward to it."

Brandon Sanderson wants to make a video game based on his Mistborn fantasy series, and is reaching out to developers to try to make it happen.

Ever since George R.R. Martin worked with FromSoftware to make Elden Ring's lore, we always wondered why Brandon Sanderson hasn't done the same. It turns out that Sanderson actually consulted on a game called Moonbreaker, a strategy game with miniatures. But what about a big AAA game? Maybe, say, an RPG based on one of Sanderson's franchises?

In a recent blog post, Sanderson says that he's getting the attention of figures in the video games industry, but exact specifics remain unknown. Sanderson hasn't secured a contract deal for a product, and a game has yet to be greenlit.

Kojima Productions will have a busy 2026, and it could be the year that the experimental new horror game OD releases.

Although he just launched Death Stranding 2 this year--a game he refers to as his masterpiece--Hideo Kojima is gearing up for a packed 2026. In a recent Twitter post, Kojima outlines what's next, touching upon multimedia plans as well as two new games.

We've been following Kojima's work closely so none of these projects are a surprise. His studio is currently working on two projects (that we know of), including a new mysterious horror game for Xbox Game Studios called OD, which might be a Tales From the Crypt-like anthology series where different horror directors come together to make their own chapters. Then there's PHYSINT, a new tactical stealth espionage game that aims at capturing that same Metal Gear Solid magic that Kojima spun for Konami. PHYSINT is in production with Sony Interactive Entertainment, showing just how diverse Kojima's business has become--he's playing the field with two projects being funded by competing companies.