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The Nintendo Switch 2 is outselling the original Switch by nearly 3:1 in Japan, according to the latest reports from Famitsu.

The Switch 2 is setting new sales records across the globe. The console managed to sell over 1.5 million units in Japan, becoming the fastest-selling games hardware of all time in the region. The figure comes by way of Yomiuri, a Japanese newspaper that cites data from Famitsu Magazine, and relates to shipments and sell-in versus direct consumer purchases.

As Bloomberg's Gearoid Reidy notes, this sales blitz means the Switch 2 has outsold the Switch by threefold in Japan at launch. Demand for the system was fierce in Japan; over 2.2 million Japanese gamers signed up to the digital lottery for a chance to buy a Switch 2.

A new PS5 firmware update could eventually pave the way for a native PlayStation handheld.

Sony is preparing a new PlayStation 5 console feature that will natively scale the console's GPU and CPU hardware to dial back how many watts the system uses. Remember that the PS5 has variable power draw, meaning how much power it pulls in will change based on how it's being used. Typically, the PS5 will draw between 160-220W while playing 4K games, with more demanding games drawing more power.

While this move is technically part of Sony's company-wide energy conservation plan, gamers also speculate that this firmware update could help prepare Sony's PS5 platform for a new handheld device.

A new Hellraiser game is in the works with original series creator Clive Barker and Pinhead star Doug Bradley involved.

Hellraiser Revival looks like it could upend the way we think about singleplayer horror film game tie-ins. The Hellraiser game feels like a different beast to most horror adaptations. Not only is Revival entirely singleplayer, but it also tells a new cinematic story within the Hellraiser universe--based on the trailer, it looks like modern day sin addicts called Hell Raisers are deliberately trying to summon the Cenobites.

Revival features all the callbacks from the films: The gleaming golden puzzle box, the terrifying undead Cenobites including original Pinhead actor Doug Bradley reprising his role, and of course lots of torture and chains. It'll be a first-person action game with melee and shooter mechanics, the screenshots reveal.

Itch.io has made all adult games on its store unsearchable as it conducts a thorough review of the content.

Indie games storefront itch.io is the latest storefront to change its content catalog at the behest of credit card payment processors. The company announced that it was effectively making all adult games completely unsearchable on the store as it conducts a "comprehensive audit."

"We have "deindexed" all adult NSFW content from our browse and search pages. We understand this action is sudden and disruptive, and we are truly sorry for the frustration and confusion caused by this change," reads the announcement.

Toby Fox's independent hit Deltarune has sold more copies than some of Nintendo's first-party Switch 2 games, analyst firm Newzoo reports.

Newzoo's latest sales report takes a closer look at game sales during the Switch 2's launch. According to the data, Deltarune was a surprise breakout hit on the Switch 2's eShop. The pixelated indie RPG led the charge in digital unit sales, beating out other popular games like Mario Kart World, Minecraft, and No Man's Sky.

"Deltarune, from the creators of Undertale, led digital unit sales. Chapters 1 and 2 were free-to-play, and the complete release of all 4 chapters across platforms (including Switch 2) saw strong uptake on Nintendo's eShop," Newzoo writes in the report.

The Brave web browser, which is a privacy-focused affair, just announced that it's blocked Microsoft's Recall feature, and AdGuard has as well - leaving us wondering if this is going to be a move other software developers follow.

The Verge reports that Brave announced the decision in a blog post, saying:

In Brave version 1.81 on Windows, there's a new slider to 'Block Microsoft Recall' which prevents the feature from taking snapshots (screenshots) of Brave browser windows. The key part here is that this will be on by default - though you can, of course, turn it off, so Recall can screenshot Brave if you prefer that way of working.

Battlefield 6's release date has been semi-confirmed by its own website, which states when the pre-order offers will expire.

The website listing for Battlefield 6 was made live after the official reveal trailer for the game was published yesterday, and shortly after the website went live, some users noticed it stated that Battlefield 6 pre-order offers will expire on October 10, which is typically the day the game comes out.

Prior to this discovery, gaming industry insider and leaker billbill-kun claimed Battlefield 6 would release on October 10 for the price of €69.99 for the Standard Edition and €99.99 for the Phantom Edition on PC, while the console version will be €79.99 and €109.99, respectively.

NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang has said during a recent interview that artificial intelligence is going to create more millionaires in five years than the internet created in 20 years.

The eye-opening statement from the CEO came from a recent podcast hosted by American venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, where he shared many of his thoughts about the recent AI explosion that is being powered by NVIDIA hardware, and, more specifically, what he thinks about the claim that AI is taking away jobs. According to Huang, he doesn't believe this is the case, but instead, we aren't moving fast enough to create new jobs.

Moreover, Huang believes AI is the "greatest equalizer of all time" and gave an example, such as programming, with the CEO saying everybody is now a programmer as people have no need to learn programming languages such as C++, or Python, as they can simply ask an AI to create their idea in those languages.

Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has commented on the recent layoffs that resulted in approximately 9,000 employees being let go from the company.

In one of Microsoft's biggest sweeping rounds of layoffs, 9,000 employees were let go from various companies under Microsoft's massive umbrella. This round of layoffs has increased the total number of Microsoft layoffs to at least 15,300, and now the company's CEO has responded by thanking those who have been let go for building the foundation the company stands on today.

Microsoft has recently come under fire for being in a financially stellar position while laying off thousands of employees, which was a fact Nadella pointed out during his comments.

Ubisoft was recently caught in hot water by blaming gamers for the company's recent failures, while also saying that adding microtransactions to its games actually makes them more fun. Now rumors are flying that the company has silently canceled the sequel to Star Wars Outlaws.

Ubisoft recently refused to take any accountability for its past failures, which includes Star Wars Outlaws. During a financial meeting, the company's leadership stated the game failed due to it not being released at a time when Star Wars was popular, but that simply isn't true, as other Star Wars media, such as The Mandalorian, Andor, and Tales of the Empire, were all doing extremely well in the cultural zeitgeist.

Now, reports from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson have revealed during a recent podcast that Ubisoft "recently canceled Star Wars Outlaws 2, adding that it hadn't yet entered full production, and the game was still "very, very, early" in its development. While this news is still a rumor at this stage, as we haven't received confirmation from Ubisoft, it's not totally shocking considering the underwhelming performance of the first game. It wouldn't be surprising if this cancellation happened shortly after how poorly Outlaws performed after it was released.

Battlefield 6 recently received its official reveal trailer that showed off much of the single-player campaign and ended with a teaser for a multiplayer reveal at the end of the month. However, prior to the official reveal trailer releasing, a known leaker that accurately predicted the date for the reveal trailer also revealed the price for Battlefield 6.

The leaks came from billbil-kun, a known leaker that has once again proven their track record to be sound when it comes to gaming industry leaks. billbil-kun predicted that Battlefield 6 would be releasing on October 10, and following the official reveal trailer being posted Battlefield Labs updated the website for Battlefield 6 where it states that pre-orders will close for the title on October 10, all but confirming that is when the game will be released.

billbil-kun also leaked that Battlefield 6 would be priced at €79.99 on consoles and €69.99 on PC for the standard edition. While game prices aren't direct conversions in currency, if billbil-kun's leaks are all correct this would mean that Battlefield 6 will be launching for $70 USD, a full priced premium title. Notably, the publisher for Battlefield, Electronic Arts, is aiming to attract 100 million players, and according to reports citing upper management at EA, they believe that it's possible.

Samsung is the foldable smartphone leader but Apple will have its foldable iPhone out next year and we can expect a lot of "magical" and "revolutionary" claims when it hits, underscored by recent rumors.

In a new report from TrendForce, we're hearing that Apple is moving into the foldable smartphone business and it is putting an extra emphasis on durability and the elimination of the crease on the display. Apple engineers are reportedly experimenting with advanced technologies including laser-drilled metal plates under the display to minimize creasing, which is an issue on all foldable smartphones.

Apple doesn't want to release a foldable iPhone without making it near-perfect, which is why we've been hearing rumors and reports about the company all but eliminating the crease on the foldable display. As for the specs, we should expect the foldable iPhone to be dubbed the iPhone Ultra, packing a 5.5-inch outer display that is good for those quick, one-handed operations like calls, text messaging, and checking your notifications.

AMD's brand new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor has been overclocked to 4.9GHz on all CPU cores using an interesting method of cooling: BMW's M4 radiator (yeah from the car) and a Toyota Highlander radiator fan (also from the car).

The new Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor features 96 cores and 192 threads of processing power, and is capable of consuming over 1000W of power with manual overclocking and tweaking, leading a tech YouTuber to use the BMW M4 radiator and Toyota Highlander radiator fan to keep things much cooler than a high-end AIO cooler.

Car radiators are much bigger than any traditional AIO radiator, where they're not limited to the constraints of 360mm or even a bigger 420mm in size, with their pumps capable of pumping far more liquid per second which increases the cooling process. Geekerwan used the M4 radiator from his personal BMW, which is one of the best-performing radiators on the market.

The AI industry is reportedly preparing to spend "trillions of dollars" securing AI hardware, with Elon Musk's xAI planning to acquire the compute power equivalent to 50 million NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs.

In a new post on X, Musk said: "230k GPUs, including 30k GB200s, are operational for training Grok @xAI in a single supercluster called Colossus 1 (inference is done by our cloud providers). At Colossus 2, the first batch of 550k GB200s & GB300s, also for training, start going online in a few weeks. As Jensen Huang has stated, @xAI is unmatched in speed. It's not even close".

xAI's massive AI supercomputer cluster is called the Colossus 2, and it'll be online in the coming weeks, powered by NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 AI servers, with a total count of 550,000 units. Just on these numbers alone, that means xAI has spent around $2 trillion getting Colossus online, which is a colossal (pun intended) amount of money.

NVIDIA AI hardware worth over $1 billion has been smuggled into China, even the huge GB200 AI servers that weigh up to two tons, in the middle of a chip ban.

NVIDIA GB200 AI servers and AI GPUs are always available on Chinese black markets, with a new report from the Financial Times claiming that over $1 billion of AI hardware has ended up on China's AI black markets since the US government imposed strict export controls, including NVIDIA GB200 AI servers.

The Financial Times has had eyes-on with multiple sales contracts and filings, revealing that China's AI black markets are most interested in the NVIDIA GB200 AI servers, and that they're available in local markets. The US government banned the H20 AI GPU and quickly after the H20 banned, distributors were still getting their hands on them through multiple means: trade loopholes or grey channels that haven't been fixed by the US government.

Intel is planning more layoffs that will reduce its global workforce down from 90,000 to 75,000 in a new move from CEO Lip-Bu Tan.

Intel had 108,900 employees as of December 2024, with plans to end 2025 with around 75,000 employees through layoffs and attrition, which results in a 24.6% decrease in its staffers after plans of 15,000+ new job cuts in the coming weeks and months.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said in a statement: "Our operating performance demonstrates the initial progress we are making to improve our execution and drive greater efficiency. We are laser-focused on strengthening our core product portfolio and our AI roadmap to better serve customers. We are also taking the actions needed to build a more financially disciplined foundry. It's going to take time, but we see clear opportunities to enhance our competitive position, improve our profitability and create long-term shareholder value".

Sony's next-generation PlayStation 6 console will feature a semi-custom APU from AMD, just like the PS5 and PS5 Pro, but will reportedly pack next-gen Zen 6 CPU cores and RDNA 5 GPU cores.

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead leaks out new codename Robin and Robin+ APUs that are both characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. This might seem like much, but the PS5 has a chip codenamed Oberon, who is also a character from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Robin and Robin+ APUs are in development at AMD and are in the same family of products as Oberon (launch PS5) and Oberon+ (PS5 6nm). MLID notes that Robin might either be the APU that AMD is working on for the PS6 or the actual codename of the PS6 handheld itself.

AMD's next-gen RDNA 5-based flagship Radeon RX 10900 XT graphics card will reportedly sport a huge 154 CUs, 36GB of GDDR7 memory with 1.7TB/sec memory bandwidth, and will have performance that will rival NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 6090 graphics card.

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead reports on his latest leaks that would see the Radeon RX 10900 XT (or whatever it is called, but the RX 10900 XT sounds fantastic). We are looking at the "AT0" die that will feature a huge 154 Compute Units of RDNA 5 GPU power, 40MB of L2 cache, a 380W TDP, and 36GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 36Gbps on a 384-bit memory bus that would pump out 1.728TB/sec of memory bandwidth.

This would result in AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 10900 XT graphics card competing with NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 6090, meaning the company is aiming for its new RDNA 5 flagship GPU to be faster than the current RTX 5090, which is something all gamers want to hear. These are just estimates in performance so things can change obviously.

Secretlab has unveiled something totally new today with the introduction of its new Otto, which is exactly what it sounds like: a Secretlab-style ottoman to rest your legs on while you're gaming or working. Check it out:

The new Secretlab Otto leg rest has been designed to work with the company's family of gaming and office chairs, with 8cm of height adjustment and a 30-degree tilt adjustment, with a height between 39-47cm. It works with all of Secretlab's chairs, sporting a PlushCell Memory Foam and the same pebble-shaped cushion as its gaming chairs, making sure your legs are comfortable in multiple different positions.

There aren't any wheels on the Otto with the base of the leg rest made from glass-reinforced nylon, as opposed to steel, which means the Secretlab Otto isn't too heavy, and can be easily moved around. There are felt pads under the feet of the Otto, which make the leg rest easier to reposition when needed.

WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is now out and if you look at Steam, there's an avalanche of complaints about performance issues with this Souls-like outing - which the developer has just issued an apology about.

Wccftech directed our attention to the 'brief statement' which is from developer Leenzee Games and publisher 505 Games, and runs as follows: