A mad modder has somehow managed to run the entirety of *The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind* inside the Pip-Boy of Fallout 4, and it's one of the most absurdly creative PC mod feats we've seen in years.

The mod, created by YouTuber RPGKing117, streams a custom build of OpenMW into the Pip-Boy display in real time, allowing players to navigate the 2002 RPG from within the 2015 post-apocalyptic title.

RPGKing117 posted a demo on YouTube showing Morrowind running on both a computer terminal and the in-game Pip-Boy itself. The mod requires both Fallout 4 and Morrowind (Steam versions), plus the Fallout 4 Script Extender.

Since Asha Sharma took over as the new CEO of Xbox, there has been an overhaul of the Xbox brand, with Sharma stating that Xbox is getting back to its roots and reestablishing itself as a gaming brand.

This overhaul of Xbox comes after the tragic "This Is An Xbox" marketing campaign, which Sharma axed upon her entry, leaving Xbox in the confused state it is in right now. The marketing campaign essentially suggested that anything could be an Xbox, even a PlayStation, as Xbox is currently moving toward dropping exclusivity entirely.

Xbox fans, in response to that message, began to ask why they would even buy an Xbox console at all if their favorite Xbox games were available on PlayStation. That's valid reasoning, especially if you don't have a PC to play Xbox games.

It was back in July, 2025, when we reported that FromSoftware, the creators of the Dark Souls franchise, were working on a new project codenamed "FMC" and that it was targeting a release sometime in 2026. A new leak has now given us an indication of what FromSoftware will be calling this title.

FromSoftware is reportedly set to reveal its next unannounced single-player title at the Summer Game Fest in just one month. According to the latest leaks, the title will be self-published and launch as early as August, beating The Duskbloods to the finish line.

The game, purportedly titled Cerulean Onslaught, is described as a dark action RPG centered around open-world ocean exploration, with players sailing between islands and using their ship as a central hub. Reddit and 4chan leaks point to a potential Souls-like structure, and with FromSoftware already deep into production, a 2026 launch seems likely unless there are setbacks.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has admitted he's "deeply disappointed" that a new BioShock game hasn't launched in over a decade.

Despite the franchise's strong legacy and gamer demand, the next entry in the series has proven difficult to deliver, with Zelnick blaming the lack of a new BioShock game on the difficulty of finding the "right creative purchase" as the root cause.

Zelnick explained in a recent interview that the company spent years exploring creative avenues that ultimately failed to pan out, wasting both time and money.

A new report from DigiTimes has laid forth Intel's CPU roadmap for the next two years. Intel is reportedly ramping up to deliver four distinct processor families: Nova Lake, Razor Lake, Titan Lake, and Moon Lake as the company aims to reclaim dominance in the desktop and mobile markets.

Based on the report, Nova Lake and Razor Lake are slated for the desktop market, while Intel's mobile and low-power efforts will center on the Titan Lake and Moon Lake families. The company supposedly expects no major disruptions to this upcoming cadence, with all four families currently on track to meet their targeted launch windows.

Nova Lake is Intel's immediate priority, with an official launch scheduled for late 2026 to succeed Arrow Lake. Despite the official word, debate continues over whether we'll see silicon as early as Q3 2026 or at CES 2027. The report claims Nova Lake is on schedule for launch in Q3 2026. It is unclear which Nova Lake designation this date refers to, or when we'll see real volume.

Today, AMD unveiled its new Instinct MI350P GPU accelerator, targeted at AI workloads. The company is marketing the MI350P as a cost-effective, drop-in upgrade for companies that want to expand their AI infrastructure. The MI350P is a dual-slot PCIe GPU accelerator that can be easily installed in existing air-cooled servers without extensive reconfiguration.

The key marketing point is definitely its PCIe form factor and relatively affordable price. AMD, in its press release, is directly targeting enterprises that want to adopt AI without having to invest heavily in new infrastructure. The company is offering air-cooled systems with up to eight Instinct MI350P accelerator cards, designed for small and medium-sized AI deployments.

Under the hood, the Instinct MI350P has 128 compute units, equaling 8,192 stream processors, along with 512 Matrix cores. The GPU uses the CDNA 4 architecture built on TSMC's 3nm production process. The core is in a 4-XCD configuration, boosting to 2200 MHz. The single I/O die is based on TSMC's 6nm FinFET process, and the GPU also houses 128MB of LLC in the form of Infinity Cache.

Earlier this week, a PassMark leak surfaced involving an AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D. Now, another unannounced processor, the Ryzen 7 PRO 9755, has surfaced, featuring the same core and thread count as the Ryzen 7 PRO 9745 but likely with higher clocks.

Several leaks indicate AMD is expanding its Ryzen PRO 9000 series Zen 5 lineup for the enterprise market. As it currently stands, AMD officially lists three Ryzen PRO 9000 series processors for the business segment: the Ryzen 9 PRO 9945, Ryzen 7 PRO 9745, and Ryzen 5 PRO 9645.

Last week's leak about the Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D revealed a chip with 16 cores, 32 threads, and likely 128 MB of L3 cache. The interesting detail there was the 3D V-Cache designation, something we have not seen before in the PRO lineup. The chip was spotted on PassMark, showing just 32 MB of L3 cache and 16 MB of L2 cache.

Samsung is reportedly developing a next-gen holographic display for Apple's rumored Spatial iPhone, and it's already taking shape in South Korea.

The MH1 panel, according to recent leaks, could use advanced eye-tracking and diffractive beam-steering technologies to enable immersive 3D visuals. If the rumors are true, Apple is once again leaning on Samsung's display expertise to bring a futuristic product to market.

The MH1 is part of Samsung's broader push into next-level display tech. Just last year, the company secured a three-year exclusive deal to supply foldable OLED panels for Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone.

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is selling GameStop merchandise on eBay to fund what he calls a potential $55.5 billion buyout of the auction platform eBay. Yes, that's right. The GameStop CEO is selling items on eBay to fund his venture in acquiring eBay.

In a move that's certainly eyebrow-raising, Cohen is listing items on the very site he wants to own. The idea behind the new eBay listings is to mock skeptics who question how Cohen will finance the blockbuster deal.

Cohen's $55.5 billion offer, which values eBay at $125 per share, is a 20% premium over its recent closing price. The deal would give GameStop control of one of the most established online marketplaces in the world, where users trade everything from collectibles to electronics.

Nearly four years after PCI-SIG announced PCIe 7.0, the consortium has now revealed it is moving towards its successor. PCI-SIG members have gained access to version 0.5 of the PCIe 8.0 standard, described as the first official draft. The release incorporates feedback from the earlier 0.3 draft published in September 2025, while the final PCIe 8.0 specification remains on track for release in 2028.

PCIe 8.0 represents a major leap over existing standards, offering eight times the transfer rate of PCIe 5.0, which remains the fastest PCIe standard available on consumer desktop platforms today. On paper, the new standard delivers a 256 GT/s data rate and 1 TB/s of raw bi-directional bandwidth via a 16-lane configuration. As with every new PCIe generation, PCI-SIG aims to double bandwidth every three years. Here is the breakdown across different lane configurations:

At x1, PCIe 8.0 effectively matches the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 running at x16 or PCIe 5.0 at x8. At x2, it reaches the full PCIe 5.0 bandwidth, while x4 mode matches PCIe 6.0 capabilities. Hence, technically, PCIe Gen8 NVMe SSDs will be rated for sequential speeds of up to 120,000 MB/s.

OpenAI is fast-tracking a smartphone designed to upend the app-driven model of modern mobile computing, and it's coming sooner than expected.

According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, OpenAI is preparing to launch an AI-first phone that could directly challenge Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy lineup.

The device is said to leverage AI agents instead of traditional apps, offering a fundamentally new user experience for owners. Qualcomm and MediaTek are reportedly supplying the custom silicon, while Luxshare Precision Industry is handling manufacturing.

Intel's "Bartlett Lake" lineup has been shrouded in mystery ever since its first leaks appeared. Not much is publicly known about the performance of the P-core-only lineup targeted for embedded and edge use. Intel has confirmed that Bartlett Lake-S will offer up to 12 cores with the flagship Intel Core 9 273PQE, based on the Raptor Lake architecture. We also saw a PassMark entry for the Core 9 273PQE, where the Bartlett Lake CPU was around 12% slower than the Core i7-14700K.

However, recently, a group of enthusiasts tried (and succeeded) in booting a Core 9 273PQE CPU to Windows on a Z790 motherboard. Now, a German reviewer, Zed Up Gaming, has compared the Core 9 273PQE against the Core i9-14900K. The latter is the Raptor Lake Refresh flagship, offering 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores, while the Bartlett Lake challenger has only 12 P-cores.

According to the benchmarks from Zed Up, the Core 9 273PQE beats the Core i9-14900K by up to 10% in some tests. Especially in gaming, the Core 9 273PQE holds a notable advantage thanks to its P-core-only layout. There are some outliers, like Rainbow Six Siege, where the two CPUs were essentially tied, and Counter-Strike 2, where the 14900K managed a 1.5% lead, but in most other games, the Bartlett Lake flagship had an advantage.

North Korean hackers have compromised a gaming platform popular with ethnic Koreans in China, delivering a Trojanized backdoor that steals data and executes commands.

The threat, allegedly carried out by the state-sponsored group ScarCruft (APT37), has been active since late 2024 and targets users of the SQgame platform, which hosts traditional card and board games. The malware, dubbed BirdCall, exfiltrates everything from messages and media to ambient audio and clipboard data.

ESET researchers uncovered the BirdCall backdoor embedded in both Windows and Android versions of the platform. On Windows, it captures screenshots, logs keystrokes, and executes shell commands, while on Android, it steals contact lists, SMS, and call logs. All stolen data is uploaded to cloud services such as Dropbox. The malware has been updated seven times, indicating active development and maintenance.

Google is prepping a major overhaul of its Gemini Agent, positioning it as your "24/7 digital partner" with expanded capabilities across web and app actions. Essentially, this upgrade would enable Gemini to be a fully fledged digital personal assistant, capable of carrying out multi-step tasks on your behalf.

According to decompiled code from the latest Google app beta, the updated feature promises deeper integration with your digital life, including real-time monitoring, proactive task handling, and preference learning.

This isn't just another AI assistant; it's a step closer to what some people are already designing with Claude Code and OpenClaw: fully autonomous personal agents. However, with Gemini Agent, it will be singular, whereas some with an OpenClaw setup are running multiple agents.

Nintendo confirmed what fans had long speculated: the upcoming Star Fox title for the Switch 2 is a full remake of Star Fox 64.

Announced during a surprise Nintendo Direct event, the game retains the original N64 stage layouts but features a "complete visual overhaul," including fully voiced dialogue, detailed cutscenes, and an orchestral soundtrack.

Set for release on June 25, the remake marks the first new Star Fox title in a decade, and the first true sequel since Star Fox Zero on the Wii U. The new version introduces a prologue mission featuring Fox McCloud's father, expanded cinematic cutscenes, Challenge Mode, and online 4-vs-4 multiplayer battles.

Backed by the AI boom, AMD recently disclosed some impressive earnings figures for Q1 2026. The company brought in $5.8 billion from its data center division, driven by record deployment of AMD EPYC processors and Instinct GPUs. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su had some interesting remarks regarding the ongoing debate about the importance of CPUs in today's agentic AI applications.

As we have covered before, CPUs are becoming increasingly important in Agentic AI deployments. While GPUs remain the primary driver, CPUs are no longer a back-of-the-mind consideration in these applications, and thus the demand for CPUs is going through the roof. This has led to multiple CPU price hikes from both Intel and AMD, as they reallocate resources toward more profitable AI and data center ventures.

Responding to an analyst, Dr. Lisa Su explained that the industry is moving swiftly toward a 1:1 ratio of CPUs to GPUs in Agentic AI applications. While this ratio has traditionally been 1:4 or even 1:8 in favor of GPUs, Dr. Su says we might eventually see CPUs overtake GPUs and become even more important. That does sound like a stretch, but such a prediction from an industry leader like Dr. Su cannot be simply ignored.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.1 is here for all Radeon gamers, and it's a big one for new game support, adding optimizations for five new PC games. This includes support for Capcom's recent sci-fi action-adventure hit Pragmata, which is shaping up to be another Resident Evil Requiem-like success for the company, critically and commercially.

The latest Radeon driver also adds support for the fantasy-based action-RPG Honor of Kings: World, the immersive FPS and highly anticipated sequel Industria 2, the critically acclaimed and vibrant Tides of Tomorrow, and the monster-taming action RPG Mongil: Star Dive. If you're playing or thinking about picking up any of these titles, be sure to grab the latest Radeon driver.

Outside of New Game Support, AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.1 also fixes a few key issues for Radeon RX 9000 Series gamers playing Resident Evil Requiem or God of War. The latest driver fixes stuttering issues in the former and visual corruption in the latter. Here's a look at the full Release Notes.

Valve's new Steam Controller is now widely available, and with it selling out within 30 minutes in several regions, it's safe to say that the company's premium pad is a hit. If you're one of the unlucky gamers who missed out on picking one up at launch, Valve has reassured the Steam Community that a restock is happening soon. And for those out there unboxing and playing games with the new Steam Controller, Valve has formally released several 3D CAD files for modders.

"Today we're making the CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Controller and Puck available for download under a Creative Commons license," the Steam Community post reads. "This includes an STP model of each, an STL model of each, and an engineering drawing with critical features/keep outs for each."

This is great news for the hardware modding community, as it opens the door and removes all the guesswork and legwork from creating physical mods and aesthetic add-ons for the new Steam Controller. As the controller is currently only available in all-black, these CAD files will make it very easy for modders and even third-party sellers to create custom Steam Controller skins for those who want to personalize their new pad.

Ten years ago to the day, NVIDIA formally announced the GeForce GTX 10 Series, led by the iconic flagship GeForce GTX 1080. Interestingly, the launch of the GeForce GTX 1080 and the mid-range GeForce GTX 1070 marked the first NVIDIA GPUs to feature custom, premium Founders Edition models. The first FE cards debuted in 2016, with aluminum bodies and vapor-chamber cooling to support the new Pascal architecture built on the cutting-edge, for the time, TSMC 16nm process.

The Pascal and GeForce GTX 10 Series generations are widely considered among the most impressive in GeForce history, with pretty much every model in the lineup delivering a massive generational leap. Not only in performance, but with the adoption of next-gen GDDR5X memory for increased bandwidth, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, GPU Boost 3.0, efficiency improvements, and several architectural changes to improve GPU stability, overclocking, and rendering technologies.

The flagship GeForce GTX 1080, which would be superseded by the legendary GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in 2017, arrived on May 27, 2016, with 9 TFLOPS of pure performance and 8GB of fast GDDR5X memory to kick-start the modern era of high-resolution, high frame-rate, PC gaming. Standout titles that showcased what the Pascal era brought to the table include id Software's DOOM reboot, commonly referred to as DOOM (2016), and CD Projekt Red's breakout RPG hit, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Apple has reportedly entered preliminary talks with Intel and Samsung as it explores a possible secondary source for its next-gen chips. Adding to the mix, hardware enthusiast Kepler suggests Apple's future A21 SoC might be the prime candidate for such a partnership, potentially breaking Apple's total reliance on TSMC.

Since the A10's debut, Apple has maintained a nearly decade-long relationship with TSMC. This partnership gave Apple exclusive priority access to TSMC's advanced node technologies, including 7nm, 5nm, 4nm, and 3nm processes.

However, the generative AI gold rush has placed significant strain on the Taiwanese giant. The demand for AI hardware has reached a point that, despite hitting its 3nm production goals, the foundry is now scrambling to add even more capacity just to keep up with the market. TSMC projects the ongoing shortages will last beyond 2027.