Intel's Nova Lake flagship may indeed be a 52-core processor as previously rumored, as another piece of evidence has emerged indicating this could be the case.

VideoCardz aired a shipping manifest which contains multiple mentions of 'NVL-S' chips - meaning Nova Lake-S desktop processors - with 28C and 52C flavors (28-cores and 52-cores).

As past speculation has detailed, the flagship Nova Lake CPU is theorized to run with 16 performance cores, 32 efficiency, and 4 low-power cores for that total of 52. The 28-core model mentioned is the Core Ultra 5 (i5) workhorse with 8 performance cores plus 16 efficiency and 4 low-power.

A new Battlefield 6 leak has confirmed what everyone has been asking for - larger maps. A new 10-minute video shared on social media has showcased massive map reportedly set in California.

Following the end of the Battlefield 6 open beta weekends, many players voiced they wished the DICE included some larger maps for the duration of the betas. DICE explained after the beta tests that it wanted to gather data on Battlefield 6 at "full octane," hence the in the smaller maps. However, the developer did put concerns to rest when they said larger maps will be present at release. Now it appears we have caught a glimpse of one of those larger maps, which is named either Blackwell Field, or Blackwell Farm. Check out the leaked video here.

According to reports the new map is going to be the first map to come to Season One of Battlefield 6, and in the 10-minute leaked video, which was posted by the same source that uploaded the video showcasing the Battle Royale map, we can see the map is a wide-open area with many oil pumps, barren waste-land like terrain, overcast by a yellow sunset. Another feature to point out is the use of the new ladder system, which can be seen at about 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Team Cherry, the Adelaide, Australia-based developer of the esteemed indie franchise Hollow Knight has confirmed the launch price for Silksong, the most wish-listed game on Steam.

Hollow Knight: Silksong was confirmed to be releasing extremely soon at Gamescom 2025, and for those who don't know, it was the first game premiered at the event with host Geoff Keighley, saying it is the most wish-listed game on Steam and its release was right around the corner. Silksong will be launching on September 4, and now Team Cherry, the Adelaide, Australia-based developers have taken to social media platforms to reveal the price.

According to Team Cherry, Silksong will be priced at $19.99, with the release times being listed below. The unveiling of Silksong at Gamescom 2025 marked the first time Team Cherry showcased something to do with the game since 2022. In an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Team Cherry was asked why it took seven years to release a Hollow Knight sequel, which the developers said:

Valve's Left 4 Dead is one of those rare games. This near infinitely replayable co-op experience never feels the same, while consistently delivering a challenge and thrill every time you squad up to take on hordes of zombies. If you played the original back in 2008 on PC or Xbox 360, odds are you've got fond memories of the game's dynamic artificial intelligence and the mood and tension that it brought to the simple act of exploring the game's desolate and abandoned environments.

We've seen many Left 4 Dead-style experiences over the years: some fantastic like Deep Rock Galactic, and others that failed at almost every turn, like the hyped-up but mediocre Back 4 Blood. One thing is true: Left 4 Dead's creator and lead designer, Mike Booth, hasn't made this type of cooperative game since 2009's Left 4 Dead 2.

That is, until now. Mike Booth and the team at Bad Robot Games are developing a new co-op shooter that is not only inspired by the design and success of Left 4 Dead, but based on "what made L4D special."

Fallout: Bakersfield is a total conversion and mod for GZDoom, reimagining the original 1997 isometric Fallout as a first-person action RPG. As it's based on the original look and feel of Doom and other 1990s first-person games from the era, it presents the classic RPG in the style of a modern retro shooter, with classic CD-ROM era pixelated computer-generated characters in low-fi environments.

As a passion project from a small team led by Red888guns, Fallout: Bakersfield has been making waves in the PC gaming community due to its faithful and creative spin on the original Fallout. From the HUD that includes a classic RPG readout of damage numbers and descriptions through the animation that is impressively detailed and gory, even though it purposely cuts frames to add an old-school charm, Fallout: Bakersfield stands tall even among the most impressive traditional Fallout mods.

And now, with the extended gameplay trailer that you can watch above, the consensus is that this feels like a lot more than a love letter to the original Fallout. In fact, it's the sort of project that Microsoft, Xbox, and Bethesda should consider supporting and expanding to cover the first two isometric Fallout games.

When it comes to storage and memory technology, newer and faster technologies are often more expensive than older and slower ones. When it comes to PC building, selecting a motherboard, CPU, and memory combo that is one or two generations behind the current cutting-edge standard can be a great way to save money, while also achieving bang-for-your-buck performance.

However, as we reported a month ago, DDR4 and GDDR6 memory pricing are increasing because these end-of-life products are facing supply issues due to shifting production priorities to DDR5 and GDDR7. As highlighted in a recent report by Digitimes (via Tom's Hardware), the pricing for DDR4 memory kits is now more expensive than that of their newer and faster DDR5 counterparts.

Although it makes sense for companies like Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron to wind down DDR4 production as DDR5 becomes the standard, one of the key reasons for the price increases is the insatiable demand from the AI market, leading to a situation where DDR4 demand far exceeds supply.

As an operating system for productivity and PC gaming, the open-source, configurable, and moddable nature of Linux has long been an alternative to Windows. With the popularity of the Steam Deck, in 2025, many gamers are looking to SteamOS or Linux builds, such as Manjaro, as alternatives to Windows that can actually improve performance due to the reduced overhead that comes from not having a list of dozens of unrelated processes and background tasks running.

Kazeta, a new Linux-based operating system, is distinct in that it aims to recreate the 1990s experience of playing games on a home console. This means inserting a copy of the game you want to play, hitting the power button, and then watching as the title screen loads without any operating system or dashboard interference.

Back in the day, if you were gaming on a Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, or even a Nintendo 64, this happened by inserting a cartridge into the cartridge slot. For Kazeta, the carts come in the form of SD cards, with the ability to turn any DRM-free game into a physical cart that will be detected and load as a complete experience.

Battlefield 6 is scheduled to release on October 10, but what is not public knowledge is when the title will be receiving its exclusive Battle Royale mode, which is slated to be the deadliest Battle Royale experience yet.

Ahead of the official unveiling for the new Battle Royale mode, footage of it has been shared online, with the poster writing that "this build is not meant to be accessible / viewed by the public and is NOT indicative of what the final BR [Battle Royale] will be at all." As you can see from the short clip above, players will seemingly parachute down onto the map, which is notably the same map that was previously datamined by users within the Battlefield Labs playtest.

According to previous data mining, Battlefield 6's Battle Royale mode will be intending to separate itself from the rest of the Battle Royale games on the market by making "one of the most deadly and dangerous collapsing circles in Battle Royale history," per leaker ModernWarzone. Players standing within 10 meters of the ring, which is called NXC, will begin to burn and if the ring is touched players will be instantly eliminated.

PlayStation has unveiled when it will showcase 30 minutes of the highly anticipated 007 First Light, developed by IO Interactive.

PlayStation took to its official X account to share that it will be hosting a 30 minute gameplay deep dive for the upcoming 007 First Light, a title developed by IOI Interactive, the creators of the legendary Hitman franchise. For those who don't know, 007 First Light will be attempting to capture the character of James Bond, where he is young, resourceful and sometimes reckless.

The upcoming game will be an origin story to the world's most famous spy, and 007 First Light will blend the studios' Hitman-style stealth with new storytelling elements to capture the full Bond experience.

What's going on with Sony's live service shooter Fairgames? Curious developments arise when the game director on Fairgames leaves Haven Studios, leading to further speculation that the project could be cancelled.

Fairgames has lost its game director, as Daniel Drapeau has now joined WB Games Montreal as a creative director, possibly for the Batman developer's new DC-based live service game.

The status of Fairgames remains unclear, however Haven Studios is currently hiring 8 different job roles, including senior game designers, programmers, and artists.

Hideo Kojima has announced a special 10th anniversary event for his game studio that will celebrate past successes like Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2, while highlighting future games like those in production with both PlayStation and Xbox.

Kojima is no stranger to big stage events-- the Death Stranding World Strand Tour was a huge undertaking--and now the auteur has set a similar affair for his studio's 10-year anniversary. Kojima Productions will be holding a big event called Beyond the Strand on September 23 in Tokyo that highlights the studio's first decade, including discussions about Death Stranding with Kojima and as well as actors from the game.

The Beyond the Strand bill mentions the event will offer a "glimpse into future projects," which is surprising because Kojima's new games are being made with some big-name partners. The studio is currently working on two projects: OD, an experimental horror game with Xbox; and PHYSINT, a stealth action espionage game made in conjunction with Kojima's old-time partner, PlayStation.

We've been treated to some new figures for the market share of Windows, and in August, there was a surprising turn of events for Microsoft's operating systems - Windows 11 has seemingly dropped users.

Yes, despite the fact that Windows 10 is about to shuffle off to software heaven (or maybe hell, depending on your viewpoint) with its End of Life in October 2025, it has actually gained adoption based on Statcounter's latest report.

According to the analytics firm, in August 2025, Windows 10 crept up to 45.53%, whereas Windows 11 fell to 49.08%. That represents a gain of 2.65% in a single month for the older operating system, and a loss of 4.43% for Microsoft's newest desktop OS.

Intrepid modder Inferno Plus has imported Morrowind's entire in-game map into Elden Ring's engine, complete with entire cities, biome environments, and more.

Thanks to the help of modders, Morrowind, one of the best RPGs ever made, has merged with Elden Ring, another one of the best RPGs in existence. The result is Morrowring, an ambitious new creation that takes the full scope of Vvardenfell and renders it within Elden Ring's engine. It's Elden Ring, but set in Morrowind's playable 2002 world.

"My goal here is to try and combine the lore of Morrowind with the combat of a souls game. Basically, taking the best parts of both and slapping them together into a common fruit-and-script-jelly sandwich," modder Inferno Plus said. "The world is there, but it's devoid of actual gameplay."

I'm always keen to see laptop innovations and here's an interesting one: a notebook which has a pair of extra displays that fold out from the main screen - albeit it comes with some hefty caveats that I'll return to.

This is a triple-screen laptop called the Max16 and it's a Chinese invention toting a 16-inch main display, and a pair of 10.5-inch displays that fold out to either side.

As Liliputing, which spotted the device (via VideoCardz), notes, it looks rather like a laptop which has a pair of dual-screen monitors attached, but these are fully built into the notebook in this case (they don't clip on). The two smaller screens fold in when you close the laptop (obviously making it thicker - it's 28mm when closed, and weighs 2.6kg).

A pair of new Zen 5 processors are seemingly imminent from AMD, or at least these chips have been listed by an online retailer.

The CPUs in question are the Ryzen 9700F (8-core) and 9500F (6-core) processors as flagged by leaker Harukaze5719 on X (via VideoCardz).

As you're likely aware, the 'F' suffix denotes that these chips don't have integrated graphics, and there have been leaks about both these products in recent times.

Escape from Tarkov is coming to Steam, finally, with gamers being told it'll be on Valve's platform soon.

The news was posted on X by the head of studio at Battlestate Games, Nikita Buyanov, PC Gamer noticed.

The tactical extraction shooter has been some eight years in testing, and it's coming up to version 1.0 - that's due in November, and so that could well be when Escape from Tarkov will first pitch up on Steam.

AMD's recent FidelityFX SDK 2.0 release for game developers not only laid the groundwork for FSR's next-gen neural rendering technologies but finally made the process of upgrading or adding game support for its new RDNA 4-exclusive FSR 4 a relatively straightforward process. The integration of signed DLL files, a feature NVIDIA DLSS has utilized for years, enables AMD to leverage its Radeon drivers and software to override and ensure that games use the latest versions of FSR.

According to DLSS Swapper on X, the creator of the popular tool that allows users and gamers to manage and swap versions of DLSS, FSR, and XeSS .dll files in various games, one of their GitHub members has successfully made the FSR 4 DLL work with an FSR 3.1 game.

As the new FidelityFX SDK 2.0 with FSR comes with three DLL files: "amd_fidelityfx_framegeneration_dx12.dll", "amd_fidelityfx_loader_dx12.dll", and "amd_fidelityfx_upscaler_dx12.dll," basically, all you need to do is rename the loader file to "amd_fidelityfx_dx12" and drop the new DLL files into the same directory where FSR 3.1's files are located.

4K displays for gaming and productivity have been around for a while now; however, they're commonly found in 27 and 32-inch sizes, with the latter still considered a big-screen 16:9 monitor. Although larger models exist, Samsung's new ViewFinity S8 (S80UD model) display is the world's first 37-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 4K UHD resolution, specifically designed for productivity and work.

The game-changing aspect of the display is its size. The bigger the display, the more content is visible on screen. "The larger screen brings text readability to a whole new level," Samsung writes. "Even with the same display settings, text appears larger than on a 32-inch display, making details stand out and information easier to grasp at a glance."

Of course, this is self-evident, but the larger 37-inch size also means that multi-tasking is easier, with more physical real estate space for windows that offer enhanced readability. Samsung says that the 4K resolution at 37 inches of the ViewFinity S8 eliminates the need for a dual-screen setup, creating a "cleaner and more streamlined workspace."

AMD's next-gen RDNA 5 gaming GPUs could feature up to 128 Compute Units, and over 12,000 RDNA 5 cores on its top die for the flagship RDNA 5 card according to new rumors.

In a new post by Chiphell member ZhanZhanHao, AMD's flagship RDNA 5 gaming GPUs would feature up to 128 cores per compute unit, which is a huge upgrade (double) over the current flagship RDNA 4 GPU inside of the Radeon RX 9700 XTX which has 64 CUs.

AMD is expected to launch at least four different GPU die configurations for RDNA 5 according to leaks, in both the gaming-focused Radeon RX series and workstation-based Radeon PRO series GPUs. We should expect the higher-end RDNA 5 die with 96 CUs (12,288 cores), while the mid-tier card would sport 40 CUs, low-end die with 24 CUs, and the entry-level die with 12 CUs. Here's how the RDNA 5 stack would look:

Earlier this month, reports began to emerge on social media that a pair of Windows 11 security updates (KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing issues with SSDs. The first reported case involved a user attempting to install a significant update to the Cyberpunk 2077 game. Additional reports alleged that for large transfers of over 50GB on an SSD that is more than 50% full, the drive could either disappear or outright fail.

From there, it looked like DRAM-less SSDs from a wide range of companies, including many powered by a Phison controller, were affected by this Windows 11 security update. This led to both Microsoft and Phison responding with word that they were investigating the issue and the reports.

Last week, Phison released a statement that said that after conducting over 4,500 hours of testing, it was unable to replicate reports of SSDs failing due to the recent Windows 11 security updates. And now, Microsoft has confirmed (via BleepingComputer) that its investigation has also failed to find any link between the recent Windows 11 update and reports of SSDs failing.