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Sony technically released its very first Nintendo Switch game with LEGO Horizon Adventures, and it sounds like more multi-platform PlayStation games could be on the way.

2024 saw pretty much everyone breaking game exclusivity except for Nintendo. Both PlayStation and Xbox released first-party games on competing products throughout the year, underlining just how important it is for the Big 3 to work together. Microsoft is all-in on breaking exclusivity as more first-party games like Indiana Jones and Outer Worlds 2 jump to PlayStation 5.

Sony, on the other hand, has been reticent to break exclusivity and offer its marquee games to console rivals. PC is a different story, and Sony has launched nearly 20 PlayStation games on Steam in a bid to sell more copies of its games. But in 2024, Sony also brought its first game to Switch--a smaller-scale, family-friend LEGO game, not a major AAA hit like God of War--and recent comments from PlayStation management may indicate that widespread sales and engagement are more important than closed-end exclusivity.

Having already dominated traditional console gaming and broken onto PC, PlayStation is now moving into gaming's most lucrative market. But what does the future hold for PlayStation mobile games?

According to analyst firm Newzoo, global gamers spent $92.5 billion on mobile titles throughout 2024. With numbers like these, it's fair to say that everyone wants to get in on mobile, especially big-name companies who really don't have a traditional foothold in the segment. Microsoft went so far as to spend $70 billion to buy Activision so it could boost its mobile gaming presence.

Sony, on the other hand, is trying to build mobile games from the ground up. Sony already has a big mobile hit with Fate/Grand Order, which is operated by subsidiary Aniplex. But Sony's major mobile aspirations will involve its PlayStation Studios brand. Sony plans to license IPs and work with external partners first, meaning PlayStation's mobile games will first be third-party games. First-party studios may eventually work on smartphone games.

ASUS is ramping up into the launches of countless new products at CES 2025, but now we're hearing about the new ROG ASTRAL brand making its grand appearance with custom versions of the GeForce RRTX 5080 16GB graphics card on the way.

In a new post on X by leaker "momomo_us" we're learning that ASUS is preparing 7 new graphics cards (at least on this leak) with 3 custom GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards. The first two are the ROG ASTRAL GeForce RTX 5080 16GB (two different SKUs) as well as the PRIME GeForce RTX 5080 16GB.

ASUS is also working on a bunch of custom RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, with TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards, as well as the PRIME Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards.

Apple is reportedly changing plans for its new A19 and M5 processors, which were destined for TSMC's new 2nm process node, but the latest rumors have the new chips sticking to the N3P node as wafer costs are still too high... for now.

In a new post from the Commercial Times, we're learning that Apple's next-gen A19 processor will continue on with the N3P process node, and so too will the Mac-focused M5 processor. TSMC's N3P reduces the number of EUV layers and avoids dual patterning, trading a little transistor density for significantly improved yield rates, and lower production costs -- music to Apple shareholders' ears.

However, as TSMC continues to ramp up its 2nm capacity, the process would become more commercially viable for mass adoption, where by 2026, TSMC's new 2nm process node capacity is expected to boost up from 10,000 wafers during its recent trial production, up to 80,000 wafers per month... a point in which Apple is waiting for before it dives head-first into using 2nm chips.

Games are expensive to make, and because Sony wants to keep its operating margins high, the company says that it has become more selective on which games it will greenlight moving forward.

Despite breakout best-selling hits like Helldivers 2, Palworld, and Balatro to name a few, 2024 was a tough year for gaming. In a bid to reduce spending, practically every publisher and developer in the games industry had laid off thousands of workers. Projects were also cancelled as companies took write-down losses.

Sony wasn't immune to some tough lessons in 2024. Concord came and went, a flummoxing multi-hundred-million-dollar failure that was shut down within 2 weeks. PlayStation laid off staff, with management commenting: "We have to run a sustainable business."

PlayStation is always looking at new ways to reinvigorate franchises and IP, studios boss Hermen Hulst tells Famitsu.

While Sony has yet to implement native PS3 backwards compatibility in modern hardware, the company has nonetheless put emphasis on efforts to preserve PlayStation games. Sony launched a proprietary, in-house games preservation team back in 2022 tasked with backing up and archiving 30 years of PlayStation history; the team will "ensure the titles of today are captured, catalogued, and secured for the games industry of tomorrow."

Classic IPs are making a comeback too, albeit in more indirect ways. We've seen Sony add a plethora of multi-generational PlayStation games to its PS Plus catalog, stretching from the PS1 era all the way to the PS4 gen. And while a number of old-school franchises remain dormant, PlayStation's first-party studios group is always on the lookout for new opportunities to resurrect IP.

Grand Theft Auto 6 will be one of the best-looking games of all time when it releases in 2025, with so much detail that Rockstar has been working on stretch marks on a woman's thighs at the beach, and so much more. Check out some of the high-quality shots below:

Rockstar has been cooking up some incredible detail for Grand Theft Auto 6, but it was only when the trailer was uploaded to Chinese social media site Bilibili, that we got to see some of the additional detail lost in the YouTube upload. Check out some of these stills from the trailer above.

The images were picked up by GTA 6 Info on X and shared, where there is actually a decent amount more detail in the Bilibili upload, with Lucia's arm hairs on display, sand sticks to people's feet at the beach (such a nice, small detail) as well as some of the best lip detail that I've seen in a game yet:

GIGABYTE has just teased a next-generation AORUS graphics card that will be revealed at CES 2025, which looks like it'll be a new AORUS GeForce RTX 50 series GPU with an AIO cooler. Check out the (very brief) teaser below:

We aren't far away from CES 2025 at all now, with just one week to go, and now GIGABYTE is teasing a new AORUS graphics card, right as all the leaks on NVIDIA and AMD's next-gen gaming GPUs are spreading like wildfire over the Christmas holidays. We can see some text on the fans that reads "TUFO" which stands for "Team Up, Fight On", the usual GIGABYTE flair here.

The folks over at VideoCardz think that we're looking at the new AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme Waterforce graphics card, with some images shared reminding us what that card looks like... but from a brief few-second teaser with just the fans, that's not enough for me.

NVIDIA is betting big on robotics of the future, where it will launch its latest generation of compact computers -- Jetson Thor -- in the first half of 2025 which is said to be the "ChatGPT moment for physical AI and robotics".

In a new post from FT, we're learning that "the ChatGPT moment for physical AI and robotics is around the corner" according to Deepu Talla, NVIDIA's vice president of robotics in a recent chat with the Financial Times. He believes that the market has reached the elusive "tipping point" and that Jetson Thor is going to push it over the edge.

NVIDIA entering the robotics industry is going to be huge, but the shift from making all of its cheddar form data center revenue -- including its AI GPUs -- makes up around 88% of its overall sales in Q3 2024 with $35.1 billion. However, Talla says that the shift in the robotics market is driven by two technological breakthroughs: the meteoroic rise in generative AI models, and the ability to train robots on these foundational models, using simulated environments.

TSMC's next-gen silicon photonics advancements are hitting new strides, with its first co-packaged optics (CPO) samples expected to reach NVIDIA and Broadcom in 2025, pushing speeds of up to 1.6 terabits-per-second (1.6T) over fiber optic connections inside of new AI data centers in 2H 2025.

TSMC and Broadcom have jointly developed microring modulator (MRM) which has recently passed 3nm trial production, paving the way of integrating of top AI chips into CPO modules, with TSMC expected to use its CoWoS or SoIC advanced packaging.

In a new report from UDN, we're learning that the new advanced semiconductor packaging technology allows for 1.6T optical transmission, with NVIDIA and Broadcom being the first two customers of TSMC's latest tech. One of the leads on the silicon photonics packaging technology is the co-CEO of TSMC, Chiang Shangyi, who has industry-leading capabilities in optical communication components and semiconductor chip packaging technology, and works closely with Broadcom.

Google's next-gen Pixel 10 Pro smartphone has turned up in concept form with a beautifully redesigned look, featuring a vertical camera setup, 4000 nits of brightness, and more. Check it out:

In a new share from concept creator 4RMB, we have Google's next-gen Pixel 10 Pro smartphone looking sharp with thinner bezels on the display and a hole-punch camera on the front, protected from new Gorilla Glass Victus 2 for improved drop protection and scratch resistance.

The display has been bumped up for the Pixel 10 Pro concept smartphone, with a 6.9-inch display with up to 4000 nits of peak brightness. The Pixel 10 concept has a 5300mAh battery with 45W of fast charging, a 64-megapixel main camera backed up by a 64-megapixel wide camera with improved low-light photography and a third 64-megapixel telephoto lens with up to 50x optical zoom capabilities.

AMD's new Ryzen 9000HX series "Fire Range" laptop CPUs have been spotted early, in some Geekbench AI benchmarks inside of the new ASUS ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop.

The new Ryzen 9000HX processors will succeed the Zen 4-based "Dragon Range" processors, with new Zen 5 CPU cores, with socket compatibility the same meaning laptop makers don't need to do much work to get the Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000HX "Fire Range" processors inside of their new gaming laptops... which we should see unveiled at CES 2025.

ASUS has its new ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop codenamed "G614FH" which should feature NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs, which we've been reporting on (you can read more on that in the link below). The Geekbench test was using the ONNX AI run which is based on CPU performance, with the new Ryzen 9 9950HX processor tested against the Zen 4-based 7945HX.

Launching earlier this month, the Intel Arc B580, the first Battlemage desktop GPU, has proven itself as a real mainstream PC gaming contender. With a lower price point than the GeForce RTX 4060 and better performance in several key titles, including games with ray-tracing, 12GB of VRAM, and mature drivers, it's a big win for Intel and the Arc Graphics team.

According to a new report at Quantum Bits, spotted by @harukaze5719 on X, Intel plans to launch a desktop Battlemage GPU in 2025 with 24GB of memory - double what's found on the Intel Arc B580. The catch? This will be a GPU for the AI, 'Pro,' and workstation market, so it's not a card built for gaming.

This will be a successor to the company's first generation of Intel Arc Pro GPUs and will probably sport the same workstation-friendly slimline design with a blower fan for cooling. With the growing demand for AI workloads and dealing with complex Large Language Models (LLMs), this move makes sense.

In the leadup to CES 2025, where NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is set to unveil the next generation of GeForce RTX gaming hardware as part of the company's live keynote presentation, the company is celebrating 25 years of GeForce. As part of a #GeForceGreats campaign on social media, celebrating PC gaming and GeForce history, NVIDIA is offering up some pretty amazing 'Mystery Box' prizes.

One of the latest includes an excellent nod to one of the all-time great GPUs, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. In 2025, the GTX 1080 Ti is still a capable GPU, but it's a card that does not support the current GeForce RTX 40 Series line-up's game-changing AI-powered technology like DLSS and Frame Generation.

Created in partnership with Bethesda, the latest #GeForceGreats 'Mystery Box' includes collector's edition copies of DOOM, DOOM Eternal, and The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial Edition. It also has an impressive GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition, a custom Bethesda backplate, and a very cool bonus.

LG will unveil its new UltraGear GX9 gaming monitor family at CES 2025, with the flagship 45GX990A which is the world's first bendable 45-inch 5K OLED gaming monitor. Check it out:

The new LG UltraGear 45GX990A gaming monitor features LG's advanced WOLED panel technology, with high brightness, true blacks, stunning colors, and optimized curvature. The GX9 series has LG's in-house Anti-Glare and Low Reflection (AGLR) coating that reduces screen reflections and glare, perfect for gamers even sitting in brighter rooms.

LG's new UltraGear 45GX990A and 45GX950A gaming monitors both feature 45-inch, 21:9 aspect ratios and an ultra-high 5K2K resolution -- which is a first for OLED monitors. The bendable 45-inch OLED panel can smoothly transition from a completely flat OLED panel, to a 900R curvature within seconds. There's also a Dual-Mode feature that switches between resolutions and refresh rates, and an ultra-fast 0.03ms response time.

AMD's next-gen RDNA 4 flagship GPU will be the mid-range Radeon RX 9070 XT. The company is also expected to announce the lower-tier Radeon RX 9070 at CES 2025. Both cards are aimed at the mid-range GPU market, which is currently dominated by the GeForce RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 SUPER.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is effectively the successor to the Radeon RX 7800 XT from the RDNA 3 generation, with AMD opting to forego calling it the Radeon RX 8800 XT. The new naming puts desktop Radeon model numbers on par with the current Ryzen 9000 CPU Series while sharing similarities with its competition - the RTX 4070 and the upcoming RTX 5070.

Recent rumors and leaks have confirmed some interesting specs, including boost clock speeds of up to 3.1 GHz and the revelation that the Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design will feature a TBP (Total Board Power) of around 260W, with partner cards reportedly pushing this as high as 330W.

We're a week away from NVIDIA finally unveiling its upcoming Blackwell-powered GeForce RTX 50 Series at CES 2025. Several credible sources and rumors suggest the company will debut the new line-up with the GeForce RTX 5080 first, followed by the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 a few weeks later. Both GPUs are expected to hit shelves by the end of January 2025, with NVIDIA expected to keep the momentum going with more GPU releases in February.

Specifically, the GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. These two cards will greatly interest PC gamers as they target the mid-range or more affordable enthusiast market - NVIDIA's X70 class GeForce GPUs often become one of the best-selling options for each generation. Thanks to known GeForce RTX and NVIDIA insider @kopite7kimi over on X, we now have full details on the hardware configuration of these GPUs.

The GeForce RTX 5070 will feature 12GB of fast GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, matching the capacity of the GeForce RTX 4070. It will also have a CUDA Core count of 6,144, higher than the GeForce RTX 4070's 5,888 CUDA Cores but lower than the RTX 4070 SUPER's 7,168 CUDA Cores.

LG is expected to have a huge showcase of its OLED TV technology advancements at CES 2025 in early January 2025, with a new G5 series OLED TV with a slick 165Hz refresh rate, and more.

The company is expected to shift up to the new 4-layer OLED panel in 2025, an upgrade over the 3-layer OLED panel that LG uses now. But recently at the Display 360 Summit hosted in Silicon Valley, California, Ross Young, the co-founder and CEO of display market research firm DSCC had some comments on LG's future OLED panel.

Young with reference to LG DIsplay's TV panels said: "LGD has been continuously developing a 4-stack WOLED solution, which could potentially allow them to remove MLA due to the high cost of the MLA materials. It is expected in 2025 with a peak brightness of 3,700 nits".

NVIDIA's next-generation ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card with 32GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory is expected to sell for around $2600, according to the latest rumors.

If the new GeForce RTX 5090 is priced at $2600, that is a hefty $1000 hike on the RTX 4090 that launched with an MSRP of $1699. NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 is rumored to pump between 50-70% more performance at 4K over the RTX 4090, and utterly annihilate AMD's upcoming RDNA 4-powered flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card.

In a new post by @wxnod on X, we're to expect the retail cost of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at 18,999 yuan, while the GeForce RTX 5080 costs 9999 yuan, which works out to around $2600 USD for the RRTX 5090 32GB and around $1400 USD for the RTX 5080 16GB.

Valve's annual 'Best Of' list for Steam includes all of the biggest PC releases of the year, plus those PC gamers are still playing, broken down into Gross Revenue and Peak Concurrent Players. The list doesn't provide information on how many copies are sold or what the highest-earning PC game of the year was, but it does break things down into various categories.

For the top sellers across all games and new releases, Platinum covers the top twelve games in random order, Gold covers numbers 13 through 24, Silver covers 25 through 50, and Bronze covers 51 to 100. The Steam Best of 2024 list is now live.

Looking at new PC games for 2024 that broke into Steam's biggest earners list for the year, it's not surprising to see the likes of Black Myth: Wukong, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, and Helldivers 2 make it into the Platinum bracket. However, it is cool to see Path of Exile 2 make it into the Gold bracket after launching into Early Access on December 7 - a few weeks ago.