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AMD's next-generation RDNA 5 GPU architecture will reportedly have around 10% in IPC performance uplifts over RDNA 4, according to the latest leaks.

We've been hearing about AMD's next-gen RDNA 5-based flagship GPU which should end up being called the Radeon RX 10900 XT, which will reportedly have its RDNA 5 GPU fabbed on TSMC's 3nm process node, feature up to 32GB of GDDR7 and could even be a next-gen RTX 6090 killer.

In his latest video, leaker Moore's Law is Dead says we can expect around 5-10% more IPC uplift from RDNA 5 over RDNA 4 in rasterization, while ray tracing performance should be a little higher.

We got our first look at MSI's GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT OC graphics card at Computex 2025, with the successor to the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER EXPERT from 2024 set to release sometime soon. What separates MSI's EXPERT design from other cards in its extensive GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup is that it employs a 'Push Pull Airflow' design similar to NVIDIA's Founders Edition models.

This means you've got a fan on either side of the GPU working together to cool the hardware, with one acting as intake and the other as exhaust. With new images and specs for the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT OC appearing online over the weekend, via @wxnod on X, we've got more details on what to expect from MSI's new premium GeForce RTX 5080 - alongside the expected MSRP.

MSI's second-generation EXPERT design includes the company's FLOW FROZR 2 cooling system that consists of the 'Push Pull Airflow' design, STORMFORCE fans, aluminum die-casting, and a built-in advanced vapor chamber for the GPU and memory. It's also set to ship with a generous overclocked Boost Clock speed of up to 2730 MHz while maintaining the GeForce RTX 5080's TGP rating of 360W.

EA's highly anticipated Battlefield 6 will be released later this year and is currently making waves thanks to the recent gameplay trailer, hands-on previews, and upcoming Open Beta. Even though the game looks like it's going to ship in a well-optimized state, with the minimum GPU spec asking for a GeForce RTX 2060 and a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti recommended for 1440p 60FPS action, Battlefield 6 won't be receiving Steam Deck support.

During a recent Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal event for media and creators, PCGamesN sat down with Battlefield chief Vince Zampella to discuss the possibility of the game running on PC gaming handhelds like Valve's Steam Deck and ASUS's ROG Ally.

"It does not work on Steam Deck," Vince Zampella responded when asked about the game running on PC gaming handhelds. "I think there are some non-Steam-Deck handheld platforms that it will work on, probably, right? But I don't think, you know, it's probably not the best way to play the game."

Intel's XeSS 2.1 joins AMD's FSR 3.1 as a platform-agnostic solution for Super Resolution and Frame Generation, available to all GeForce RTX and Radeon RX gamers as long as they've got at least a GeForce GTX 10 Series or Radeon RX 5000 Series card.

Intel's XeSS 2, which is the company's answer to NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR, has just been updated with the XeSS 2.1 SDK for game developers, adding support for both NVIDIA GeForce RTX and AMD Radeon RX graphics cards. Intel's XeSS 2.1 includes the AI-powered XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation, and Xe Low Latency technologies to enhance in-game performance and responsiveness.

Like the original XeSS, which included support for non-Intel Arc graphics cards, it's expected that image quality for upscaling and frame generation on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs will not be as good as what you'd get on a dedicated Intel GPU like the Intel Arc B580. This comes down to XeSS technologies being optimized and developed primarily for Intel architecture and AI hardware.

Windows is still the most popular operating system for PC gaming, with 59.9% of gamers using Windows 11, and a further 35.2% still using the soon-to-be end-of-life Windows 10. This is the latest data from Valve as part of its monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025, which also shows that an increasing number of PC gamers are moving to or gaming on Linux.

Part of this is due to the popularity of Valve's Steam Deck PC gaming handheld, which runs on SteamOS or "Arch Linux". With reports pointing to Valve officially releasing SteamOS for desktop PCs in the future, alongside a potential lineup of dedicated Steam PCs hitting the market, there's a growing community of PC gamers out there looking to make the switch from Windows to SteamOS for PC gaming.

The current process to get SteamOS running on a desktop PC with AMD hardware isn't all that difficult, and the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey results show that Linux is gaining ground. The July 2025 data shows that Windows' market share on Steam dropped by 0.44% while Linux's market share grew by 0.32%.

PELADN has just launched its new Link S-3, a new Thunderbolt 5 dock that supports external graphics cards with support for NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090, but the new Link S-3 also features more functionality with networking and storage on the TB5 dock.

PELADN's new Link-S3 Thunderbolt 5 dock has 80Gbps of bi-directional bandwidth over the Thunderbolt 5 port, with a reserved M.2 SSD slot and also a reserved 2.5GbE ethernet port, finished with a 140W Super-Fast charging design, delivering stronger power delivery while you're working or gaming.

There are two Thunderbolt 5 ports with the upstream port supporting up to 140W PD charging, and the downstream port offering 30W + DisplayPort 2.1 video output.

Sony's next-generation PlayStation 6 console has been rumored to launch with a new PS6 handheld, which in new early specs leak, we can expect AMD Zen 6 CPU cores and RDNA 5 GPU cores, with performance of the PS6 handheld to be half of what the standard PS5 does.

In a new video leaker Moore's Law is Dead discusses his latest PS6 handheld early specs leak, with TSMC handling the 3nm production of the chip, which will feature Zen 6c CPU cores and RDNA 5 GPU cores, with rasterization performance said to be ~0.5x the PS5, and should beat the Xbox Ally X handheld in performance.

The new semi-custom Canis APU will feature 4 x Zen 6c CPU cores and between 12-20 RDNA 5 Compute Units which will reportedly be clocked at between 1.6GHz and 2.0GHz inside the PS6 handheld. MLID says Canis has a 128-bit memory bus with LPDDR5X-7500+ memory used, and manufacturing of Canis for the PS6 handheld will take off in mid-2027 with a likely Fall 2027 or Early-2028 release.

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 are in, and when it comes to the GPUs, the story remains mostly the same: NVIDIA's GeForce graphics cards continue to dominate the desktop market. With this year seeing the arrival of the new GeForce RTX 50 Series from NVIDIA and the Radeon RX 9000 Series from AMD, the RTX 50 Series is quickly gaining momentum, while GPUs like the Radeon RX 9070 XT are still nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the new GeForce RTX 50 Series, the most popular model among PC gamers so far is the GeForce RTX 5070, followed by the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti. When you take away integrated graphics, the RTX 5070 has cracked the Top 20 most-used graphics cards among PC gamers. The GeForce RTX 5070 launched on March 4, 2025, so it's only taken the mid-range RTX Blackwell offering five months to achieve this milestone.

The top GPUs are still comprised of NVIDIA's various x60-class cards, with the GeForce RTX 3060 still holding the top spot, followed by the GeForce RTX 4060 and the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti variants. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti are slowly climbing up the rankings, but adoption looks to be slower than the GeForce RTX 5070.

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Although Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the most universally-loved video games of all time. the developers at Larian want to shake things up with their secret new game.

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is hard at work on their next game, but there's no telling what it will be. Now on the second anniversary of BG3's release, Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke teases the new project.

According to Vincke, the game (which hasn't even been announced or revealed yet) may be a breath of fresh air for fans, the same way that Baldur's Gate 3 helped revivify the cRPG genre and bring it to the mainstream. Of course, we don't know exactly what type of game this is, only that it's "crazy" and it'll deliver fun in "surprising ways."

SEGA shows off the first glimpse of gameplay from its new Virtua Fighter game, which is in development for PS5 and Xbox.

A new Virtua Fighter is on the way from SEGA for the first time in nearly 20 years. The project still doesn't have a name, and SEGA hasn't made a big marketing push just yet, but the company did confirm the new Virtua Fighter is being developed by the group responsible for the Yakuza game series.

SEGA's official descriptions for the game are very basic and don't reveal much: "An all-new title in the iconic Virtua Fighter series has been revealed at the hands of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio," reads the small info snippet.

A new developer diary for Skyblivion shows just how far the total conversion mod has come, and the team is still confident about launching Skyblivion this year.

Skyblivion might be the most ambitious user-created mod in history, aiming to completely rebuild Oblivion within the Skyrim engine. The project has been in development since 2012, and over the past 13 years, the team has made incredible strides. The latest dev diary showcases footage from The Gold Coast, including the city of Anvil, as well as the Siege of Kvatch battle sequence. Thanks to the progress, the free Skyblivion mod is set to release sometime in 2025.

"While we're not in a position to provide an exact release date just yet, we remain confident that we'll meet our goal to launch this year," the devs say in the latest Skyblivion footage.

DICE guarantees Battlefield 6 will run at 60FPS minimum on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but that's only for the fidelity mode. The game can go even higher in performance mode...which isn't yet available on the Series S.

Battlefield 6 looks to be one of the most well-optimized games in recent memory. The PC spec requirements are very reasonable, and DICE is touting Battlefield 6 can hit some impressive numbers on consoles.

A Battlefield Labs participant reveals some metrics. The results show that BF6 will run at 60FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles in fidelity mode, and up to 90FPS in performance mode. The Xbox Series S, however, currently doesn't have a performance mode, likely due to the console's weaker specs. Battlefield 6 really shines on PS5 Pro, where it can hit 120FPS.

Battlefield 6 is looking like it'll be one of the biggest games of 2025, with a Twitch streamer saying his 9800X3D + RTX 5080 system can run the game at 1440p @ 300FPS+ in its current form.

Twitch streamer "Bruhskey" says that his AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D + 32GB DDR5 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (without an optimized driver for the game) can run Battlefield 6 at an average of 330-370FPS. Considering that Battlefield 6 requires an RTX 3060 Ti 8GB graphics card for the recommended GPU, 300FPS+ on the second-fastest RTX 50 series GPU is an impressive thing to see (especially in its early form).

The streamer notes that a friend of his was using the same RTX 5080 but with an Intel Core i9-14900K processor and was getting 110FPS less performance in Battlefield 6 "while matching settings". It seems like AMD's new X3D processors will matter "A LOT" for Battlefield 6, and that's a fantastic thing for EA, AMD, and PC gamers who have an X3D processor.

Battlefield 6 will support AI upscaling at launch, including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS. Intel has even confirmed that Battlefield 6 will support its new XeSS 2 upscaling when the game launches in October, and it should be live inside of the upcoming beta weekends coming soon.

We have already seen the PC system requirements for Battlefield 6 and they're pretty tame considering how good the game looks, as well as its next-gen physical destruction technology, with NVIDIA's mid-range GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB graphics card running the game without a problem.

But, you'll want all of the performance you can squeeze out of your system and that's where AI upscaling technology like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS steps in. Battlefield 6 can reportedly run on Intel's not-so-fast Arc A380 graphics card at 1080p 30FPS on low settings, which gives you an idea of how well optimized the game seems (and it's still in beta form).

Blizzard has opened pre-orders for Diablo 2 Resurrected in China, and the bonuses are highly advantageous to people who spend more money.

Diablo 2 Resurrected is coming to China, and gamers who pre-order the deluxe or ultimate packs will get a distinct head start. The deluxe pack gives Chinese players access to one of the most powerful items in the entire game right at the start--the Stone of Jordan, a ring so valuable that people can play the game for years and never find one. And these bonuses actually give you two SoJs that can be accessed immediately.

The pay-to-win bonuses don't end there. Most games give you a starter pack, but having played Diablo 2 for so long, I can say that these bonuses are much more pronounced than other games. The deluxe edition also includes a 30% buff to experience and gold that lasts for a full 30 days, and a bunch of smaller runes that are tremendously useful for early-level runewords. All of these things will dramatically improve the day one user experience.

Mastercard's rules and policies are the main reason why some adult games have been removed from Steam and Itch.io, new reports from Kotaku indicate.

A bunch of adult video games have been delisted from Steam, sparking a wide discussion on censorship. Credit card companies have been caught in the cultural crossfire as consumers blame Visa and Mastercard for the decision. Now Mastercard has issued a statement that shirks any responsibility, saying that: "Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restriction of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations."

Valve says otherwise. In a quote given to Kotaku, Valve says that it couldn't directly reach Mastercard, and that it coordinated with payment processors and banks instead. The pressure came from payment processors and banks, who in turn pressured storefront operators. Essentially, payment processors are afraid of being cut off from Mastercard due to rule violations, specifically Rule 5.12.7. This rule states that Mastercard has "sole discretion" on whether or not to allow a transaction to go through.

CD Projekt's PC games storefront is giving away 13 games for free to protest theongoing censorship of adult video games.

Thanks to pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard, digital PC stores like Steam and Itch.io are removing some adult games from their catalogs. While Itch.io has re-indexed adult content, the move has sparked controversy and prompted a discussion on consumer rights, censorship, and whether or not these companies should be able to control what people can and cannot buy.

Some stores are going the other way, though. GOG.com, short for Good Old Games, is actually giving away free adult games to fight the power, so to speak. The games include highly mature titles like Postal 2, HuniePop, and Agony (alongside a myriad of sexual titles).

BioShock 4 is getting reworked as executive management disapproves of the game's direction, Bloomberg reports.

2K Games isn't happy with the new BioShock game. The project has been in production for over 10 years, and is being developed by 2K studio Cloud Chamber. That's a long development cycle, and on top of that, the BioShock project failed an internal review with 2K Games bigwigs. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reports that 2K execs have issues with the game's storyline, and higher-ups decided a shake-up was in order; studio head Kelley Gilmore has been pushed out.

Parent company Take-Two has also decided to cancel a new BioShock remake project that had been in simultaneous development with BioShock 4.

Nintendo is raising the price of the full Switch 1 family of consoles, and the Switch 2 could be next in line, the company today announced.

Starting August 3, the Nintendo Switch will become more expensive in the United States. Nintendo also warns fans that the Switch 2 could also become more expensive in the future, undoubtedly due to the ongoing tariffs and worldwide economic disruption.

Retailer Target has already revealed new Switch pricing; the base model went from $299 to $339, the Lite from $199 to $229, and the OLED from $349 to $399.