It's taken a few years, but we're not at a point where building a new all-white rig is viable and easy enough, thanks to companies like ASUS releasing white-colored components, peripherals, and hardware covering all aspects of a modern gaming or enthusiast PC.

With the GeForce RTX 50 Series now out in the wild, with multiple models released so far this year, ASUS has announced a new range of White Edition versions of GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and even RTX 5090 graphics cards. These cards cover the company's value-focused Prime and premium TUF Gaming and ROG Astral models. The only difference here is the shift to an all-white color scheme.

Aesthetics is one of those subjective things, and many PC gamers aren't fussed about the look of a GPU or a complete PC build, for that matter. But that's the beauty of PC gaming in 2025 - there's something for everyone. For me, GPUs like the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti White Edition 16GB would look stunning in an all-white build.

Santa Monica Studio just wrapped up its 20th Anniversary celebration, bringing together developers, cast members, and fans to honor two decades of God of War. As part of the event, the studio hosted the "Pantheum Punnel" - a tournament-style showdown to determine the fiercest villain in the franchise.

As detailed on the studio's official website, the bracket launched in March and followed a format similar to NCAA's March Madness. It featured 32 villains from both the Norse and Greek eras of God of War, whittled down week by week through community votes.

Over 250,000 fans cast their ballots, narrowing the lineup to a final four: Zeus, Thor, Odin, and Cronos. From there, it came down to a brutal All-Father face-off - Zeus versus Odin.

Ubisoft has announced it will be delaying the release of some major IPs and games to improve the game quality of some of its biggest franchises.

The publisher announced the delay during its end-of-year financial earnings report, where it mentioned the success of Assassin's Creed Shadows and how it can be attributed to the extra time the publisher gave to its developers via the delay.

Ubisoft wants to take that same approach with its other titles, and according to Insider Gaming, the delay will be affecting the next installment in the Far Cry series, which has now had its release date internally pushed to late 2026, and the Assassin's Creed pipeline.

When Intel released the mainstream-focused Intel Arc B580 GPU in December last year, we were impressed with the second-generation Arc card's performance and overall stability. With 12GB of VRAM and an MSRP of $249, it presented a viable alternative to cards like the GeForce RTX 4060. However, it left us wondering at the time if and when we might see an Intel Arc B770 - the flagship mid-range 'Battlemage' GPU and the real successor to the Intel Arc A770.

It's a question that persists to this day. Even though there have been rumors and information pointing to an Intel Arc B770 being an actual, for-real thing, Intel's recent Computex 2025 teaser made it seem like a B770 for gaming might be off the table or postponed. The teaser, which confirms that we will see multiple new Intel Arc Pro 'Battlemage' GPUs unveiled at the show, shifted the discrete GPU focus from gaming to the workstation and AI market.

It's a sensible move, and credible leaks suggest that an Intel Arc B580 GPU with 24GB of VRAM will be the basis for at least one of these new Arc Pro cards. Still, what about the B770? Well, many have been asking Intel on social media. Surprisingly, Intel is responding with variations of 'stay tuned.'

Square Enix has released screenshots for Kingdom Hearts IV, posting a collection of in-game images to social media, along with an update from the development team.

As shared on X, the image contains the first official screenshots of Kingdom Hearts IV since the project was announced, including a glimpse at Sora, Mickey Mouse, Strelitzia, and the in-game world. The images arrived alongside a message from the development team, stating that they have been "pouring themselves" into the game-and that more news will be available "when the time is right."

Preceding the new screenshots, Square Enix posted an update to the Kingdom Hearts official website stating that Kingdom Hearts Missing Link, a mobile RPG that was also announced in 2022, had officially been cancelled.

AMD's Computex 2025 presentation will be held on May 21 and will be live-streamed for everyone to see. The YouTube embed is below. Jack Huynh, SVP and GM of the Computing and Graphics Group, will be there, alongside AMD partners and customers, to showcase "what's next in gaming, AI PCs, and more."

With that, the AMD Gaming channel on X has posted a little teaser confirming that we'll see the next entry in AMD's RDNA 4-powered Radeon RX 9000 Series - the Radeon RX 9060 XT. The teaser includes an image of what could be the GPU's reference design, showcasing a compact two-slot, twin-fan build with a single 8-pin power connector.

And we say 'could be' because the image notes that the GPU pictured is simply an 'artistic render' and that this particular model is 'not available for purchase.' This is unsurprising as AMD didn't release a reference design or model for its flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT, and used a similar 'artistic render' for its promotional material.

Ubisoft has revealed during an earnings call today when it plans on releasing the remake for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Ubisoft has stated that it intends to release the remake for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by the end of March 2026, which means it will be releasing in the fiscal year 2025-26. Notably, Ubisoft had previously stated the game was to arrive sometime in 2026. The remake was announced by the publisher in 2020, and since then, it has undergone a bumpy development process as it switched developers a few years ago after experiencing fan backlash over the original trailer, and it missed a launch date.

The announcement for the Prince of Persia release date is amid Ubisoft's continuous plan to consolidate spending at the publisher and concentrate on its main franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Siege. The publisher also announced it will have to continue implementing cost-cutting measures into the near future, with Ubisoft also announcing the delay of several of its titles out of the current fiscal year. Moreover, the publisher is concentrating its efforts on improving the experience and quality of its narrative-driven solo experiences.

The specifications for the highly anticipated successor console to the original Nintendo Switch have now been confirmed by the tech experts over at Digital Foundry.

For about the last four years, we have been hearing rumors and rumblings about the hardware that Nintendo selected to power the Nintendo Switch 2. After leaks of the motherboard within the console, Digital Foundry is able to confirm exactly what gamers will be getting and, more importantly, what developers will have available to them with the Nintendo Switch 2.

The original Switch featured an NVIDIA Tegra X1, a 4x ARM Cortex A57 chip, and by comparison, Nintendo and NVIDIA have agreed upon the ARM Cortex A78C, an eight-core CPU running the ARMv8 64-bit instruction set with cryptography extensions enabled. Notably, 32-bit is not supported by the SDK.

CyberMP, the mod aiming to bring multiplayer to Cyberpunk 2077, has received a video showcase and a major development update.

As detailed on the project's Discord page, CyberMP has received a recent beta patch, detailing advancements in syncing player appearances, vehicles, and in-game assets throughout the world. The full changelog is available online, detailing how these improvements move the mod closer to a fully-fledged online experience. The project's lead, S1nger, highlights that multiplayer is currently being refined as it moves from beta to a full release.

Adding another layer of interactivity to Spotify's AI DJ, users can now utilize voice features to request the music of your choice.

As detailed in a recent blog post, the latest update allows you to talk to Spotify's DJ X. A button appearing in the bottom right of the Spotify DJ window lets you hold to make a request, from which users can "tell DJ X what kind of music you want to hear". From there, he'll curate a personalized set.

Spotify's AI DJ was first introduced in 2023. It features a fully voiced DJ host who recommends songs based on your listening preferences. While not a groundbreaker, the DJ was a fun way to personalize your listening experience, providing fully voiced and personalized recommendations based on your listening habits.

Calling back to a time when Ubisoft was determined to reinvent the formula for the Splinter Cell series, storyboard art has surfaced on Reddit calling back to the game's original vision.

When first showcased in 2007, Splinter Cell: Conviction was a significant departure from anything we'd seen in the series prior. It featured a rugged, unkempt version of Sam Fisher, a stronger emphasis on hand-to-hand combat, and leaned into the theme of "hidden in plain sight" rather than the high-tech stealth operative we'd been accustomed to.

Approximately thirty minutes of footage is available online, and the game more closely resembles a rugged Watch Dogs than it does the John-Wick-style 2010 release. Early gameplay, which leaned into hand-to-hand combat, environmental interaction, and blending into crowds, also reflected that 'fugitive' style theme.

There has been a flurry of reports of leaked older text messages that were previously sent to Steam users, with Valve writing a news post explaining that the company has examined the leak sample and determined "this was NOT a breach of Steam systems".

Valve says it is still digging into the source of the leak, which was "compounded by the fact that any SMS messages are unencrypted in transit, and routed through multiple providers on the way to your phone". The Half-Life developer says that the leak included old text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames, and the exact phone numbers they were sent to.

Valve says that the leaked data "did not associate the phone numbers with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data". Old text messages can't be used to breach the security of your Steam account, and whenever a code is used to change your Steam email or password using SMS, you'll receive a confirmation through e-mail and/or Steam secure messages, says Valve.

DOOM: The Dark Ages has officially entered early access and to go along with the release NVIDIA has dropped it's latest drivers, enabling DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation for spectacular performance increase.

If you are diving into the blood-soaked action of The Dark Ages, be sure to update your GeForce drivers to the latest version, as you will get a considerable performance jump after enabling Multi Frame Generation. As for The Dark Ages, developers id Software purpose-built the title for the new idTech8 engine, which runs The Dark Ages in a ray traced mode natively, meaning players will get to experience incredible lighting effects, intense detail, and naturally illuminated and darkened regions while carving their way through hordes of seemingly endless demons from hell.

Additionally, The Dark Ages has ray-traced reflections, which enhance the detail of reflective surfaces by enabling them to mirror their surroundings, adding to the overall immersion felt by the player. Notably, NVIDIA writes in an update DOOM: The Dark Ages will be receiving an update that will add Path Tracing and DLSS Ray Reconstruction for even further graphical improvements. As for how The Dark Ages plays, check out the link below for our thoughts on the gameplay itself and how it compares to the previous game in the franchise, DOOM Eternal.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning regarding the safety of some of the most-used routers in the United States, with the agency warning how thirteen of them are now vulnerable to cyberattacks.

The FBI has taken to its bulletin to publish an update from the cybersecurity team that is warning against the use of routers that have reached their end-of-life period, meaning they are no longer safe to use and now pose a significant vulnerability to both businesses and home users.

For those who don't know, routers are the center point of any network, as they are the device that takes the internet from the outside of the business or home and distributes it to the devices on the network. A compromised router means the entire network is compromised, possibly leading to data theft, device hijacking, identity theft, etc. The FBI warned on May 7 that thirteen routers are vulnerable to a cybercriminal proxy service attack, which is targeting thirteen end-of-life routers with TheMoon malware botnet.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out for almost two months now, and while Ubisoft has celebrated sales milestones for the title, it appears to be consistently losing players, with metrics now indicating it has less players than Assassin's Creed Odyssey over a 24-hour period.

The statistics are sourced from SteamDB, a website that tracks all of the games played on Steam, and according to the source, Assassin's Creed Shadows had a 24-hour peak of 4,654 players, while Assassin's Creed Odyssey, released in 2018, has 5,642 players. It should be noted that Odyssey was three Assassin's Creed games ago, with the last two before Shadows being Mirage and Valhalla, both of which have less than 3,000 players over a 24-hour period.

These metrics suggest that Shadows is failing to maintain a consistent player base. The data indicates that approximately 16,000 people were concurrently playing Shadows on April 20, but this number has now dropped to 4,654 as of May 14. Why is this happening? One could argue the difference between the two titles is the content on offer, with Odyssey having a very fleshed-out and substantial amount of content to offer gamers, while Shadows is still quite new and slated to receive its first DLC, The Claws of Awaji expansion, later this year.

Extremely well-established industry insider and Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier has suggested Grand Theft Auto 6 could be delayed again, as nothing is set in stone.

It's been well known that developers and publishers other than Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive are concerned about the release date of Grand Theft Auto 6, as many of these publishers/developers are having to make sure their titles don't release alongside Rockstar's behemoth title to avoid being swallowed up in what will be a monsoon of attention directly solely at GTA 6. Publishers don't want the release of their titles to be overshadowed by the release of GTA 6, which means they have to time the release of their game accordingly.

Schreier has commented on this problem developers and publishers are currently facing, with the Bloomberg reporter writing that the delay of GTA 6 was enough cause for some of these companies to panic. Schreier said that he spoke to one developer of a big multiplayer game, and they said they previously delayed the release of the title from Fall 2025 to Spring 2026 in order to allow developers more time to work on the game, but also to get as far away as possible from the release of GTA 6. But now GTA 6 is releasing in Spring 2026.

One of the fastest ways to kill a battery is to overcharge it, which, unfortunately, many people tend to do with their smartphones and other devices. It's common practice to put your phone, or any other necessary device you need, on charge before you go to sleep, so when you wake up, they are fully charged and ready to go for the day.

Unfortunately, this isn't the way to maintain battery health, as overcharging a battery causes cells within the battery to slowly deteriorate and eventually die off, resulting in the total capacity for the battery to reduce and the user to experience the device losing charge a lot faster.

Judging by the lifespan of the original Switch, Nintendo wants owners to have the Switch 2 for many years to come, and to keep users happy with the amount of use time with the console, the company is implementing a new feature to reduce the inevitable deterioration rate of the battery.

It was recently we got confirmation on when Nintendo began working on the Switch 2, and now we are starting to hear about when the company finalized the hardware chip that's within the upcoming console.

Findings by Geekerwan and Kurnal, who managed to get their hands on a Switch 2 motherboard, sourced from an online retailer in China, put the board and the chip under the microscope, revealing that the hardware Nintendo decided on was finalized at least four years ago. The chip powering the incredible performance of the Switch 2 is the T239, which closely resembles NVIDIA's T234 but comes with a number of changes. Analysis by the tech experts over at Digital Foundry indicates the chip is running on an 8nm processor, which features that stretch up to a 10nm.

As for comparisons, the Switch 2 chip measures 40mm2 larger than the Steam Deck's. The size of the chip is the main factor as to why the Switch 2 has increased in size so significantly compared to the original Switch, with the Switch 2 being 75% bigger than the current-gen console. So, if the hardware was finalized four years ago, does that mean Nintendo could have revealed the console four years ago? Well, technically it could have, but simply it didn't need to.

After nearly two decades, Alienware is bringing back its Aurora class of gaming laptops as a more affordable alternative to its flagship Area 51 designs. With two variants, the Alienware 16 Aurora and the Alienware 16X Aurora, these new laptops are powered by Intel Core (Series 2) and Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) processors with up to a GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU. The 16X also offers up to 64GB of fast DDR5 memory and 4TB of storage.

Visually, they look fantastic with a blue Interstellar Indigo satin finish and an iridescent Alienware logo badge. The latter, with a curved shape designed for ergonomics and thermal performance, is powered by the new Cryo-Chamber located on the rear underside of the Alienware Aurora design. It includes four exhaust vents, three copper heat pipes, air in-takes above the keyboard and in the Cryo-Chamber, and ultra-thin fans.

Both variants sport a 16-inch high refresh-rate QHD+ display, with the Alienware 16X Aurora's display sporting a 240 Hz refresh rate, 500-nit brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color accuracy, and NVIDIA G-SYNC support. Impressive stuff.

Flights can be a problem for those who want to stay on their devices, so power banks are essential for power users. Alogic's Ark Pro is the biggest battery allowed on an airplane, and it's capable of fast-charging three devices at once.

ALOGIC has unveiled the Ark Pro, a 27,600mAh battery bank that passes the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations for being the biggest battery allowed to be taken on an airplane. The Ark Pro is designed to be a universal charging solution, coming with two 140W USB-C laptop fast charging ports and one 22.5W USB-A port.

This means users can charge three devices at once, and for those wanting to see how much power is going to each device, Alogic has equipped the Ark Pro with a smart display that showcases real-time charging data, including the charging rate, an estimated time to recharge, overall battery health, internal temperature and battery charge cycles. What about safety? Alogic has implemented thermal, over-voltage, and over-current protections to ensure your devices are safe while they are getting the juice they need to stay on and ready to be used.