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• Take-Two boss explains why AI hasn't reduced game budgetsTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't expect AI to reduce costs--instead, he expects artificial intelligence tools to boost the cost of game production.May 25, 2026 7:15 AM CDT
• Sega is reviving Crazy Taxi in an effort to bring back classic IPsThe new Crazy Taxi has been in development since 2023, along with other classic Sega franchises such as Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, and Streets of Rage.May 25, 2026 6:32 AM CDT
• Rocket League is moving to Unreal Engine 6, its first engine upgrade since 2015There were rumors that Rocket League would move to Unreal Engine 5, but Psyonix decided to go directly with the latest unreleased engine.May 24, 2026 6:50 PM CDT
• AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT pricing falls near MSRP in the UK, reaching record lows in JapanDespite ongoing DRAM cost pressures affecting GPU pricing, AMD's RX 9070 XT is seeing significant price corrections across several markets.May 24, 2026 4:40 PM CDT
• Got stick drift? DriftGuard can now automatically calibrate your controllerThe tool can reportedly unlock manual and automatic joystick calibration for any Xbox controller, fixing stick drift without any hardware tweaks.May 24, 2026 3:46 PM CDT
• TSMC employees threaten Samsung-style strikes over bonus cut rumors despite a 58% profit jumpAny labor disruption at TSMC would ripple across the entire AI supply chain, making this bonus dispute far bigger than a workplace argument.May 24, 2026 2:11 PM CDT
• HP HyperX Omen 15 goes on sale with Intel Panther Lake and AMD Ryzen options paired with RTX 5070 graphicsThe Omen 15 starts at $2,099 and is available in three configurations with Core Ultra 7, Core Ultra 9, and Ryzen 7 processors paired with RTX 5070.May 24, 2026 12:55 PM CDT
• Ayaneo is calling its latest Game Boy-inspired handheld 'the world's first AI gaming handheld'Despite the CEO showing off a working unit, Ayaneo gave no details on what AI features it actually has or what makes it the world's first AI handheld.May 24, 2026 12:30 PM CDT
• Microsoft is letting users move the floating Copilot button in Word and Excel after admitting it disrupted workflowsUsers will be able to choose between the floating button, a docked version, or moving it back to the ribbon, depending on their preference.May 24, 2026 12:00 PM CDT
• GTA 6 to sell 40 million copies in 4 months, Morgan Stanley predictsGrand Theft Auto 6 will sell an astronomical 40 million copies in little over 4 months, Morgan Stanley estimates, making it unlike anything else in gaming.May 24, 2026 10:54 AM CDT
• Petition asking Sony to develop Destiny 3 reaches 122K signaturesDestiny 2 is going into maintenance mode, and fans want Destiny 3, so they've opened a petition asking Sony to greenlight and approve a new Destiny sequel.May 23, 2026 10:28 PM CDT
• New leak shows the Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX beating the Core i9 14900HX in CinebenchWhile the multi-threaded Cinebench score is quite similar, the Core Ultra 7 251HX displays superior power efficiency to the i9-14900HX.May 23, 2026 9:30 PM CDT
• OLED Monitor shipments saw a 78% year-over-year increase in Q1 2026A new report suggests that the market is loving OLED panels right now, and the new QD-OLED technology might have something to do with it.May 23, 2026 8:40 PM CDT
• Premium Lunar Lake laptops drop to $600 in China, joining budget Wildcat Lake to challenge Apple's MacBook NeoIntel's Lunar Lake silicon is seeing major price cuts in China, offering users a better choice than the new budget-focused Wildcat Lake series.May 23, 2026 7:50 PM CDT
• Valve's Steam Controller Puck sparks safety concerns after a near-fire incidentValve's product guide already warns that metallic items near the Puck's exposed contacts can create sparks or cause serious property damage.May 23, 2026 7:20 PM CDT
• Chinese display maker Tianma becomes the first to build a screen optimized for Intel's next-gen Razor Lake platformRazor Lake is still targeting a Q4 2027 release, meaning products with these panels are a way off while Panther Lake and Nova Lake find their footing.May 23, 2026 6:50 PM CDT
• NVIDIA's 'Vera' CPUs could outperform and outsell competing x86 offerings from Intel and AMDNVIDIA expects its Vera data-center CPU lineup to generate around $20 billion in revenue this fiscal year, likely leaving both AMD and Intel behind.May 23, 2026 5:15 PM CDT
• Grand Theft Auto franchise revenues reach $10.58 billion as series rakes in a strong $800 million ahead of GTA 6GTA earned over $200 million last year, pushing total Grand Theft Auto franchise revenues past $10.58 billion as Rockstar prepares to release GTA 6.May 23, 2026 2:50 PM CDT
• Red Dead Redemption 2 beats Wii Sports, becomes third best-selling video game of all timeRed Dead Redemption 2 has officially beaten Wii Sports to become the third best-selling video game ever made, and Rockstar has 2 out of the top 5 games.May 23, 2026 1:38 PM CDT
• Intel's 14A node will enter risk production in 2028, while 10A and 7A nodes are on the roadmapCEO Lip-Bu Tan is confident that the next-generation 14A production process will enter manufacturing by 2029; Tesla already secured as a customer.May 23, 2026 7:25 AM CDT
• Huawei produces 122TB SSDs using proprietary packaging to work around US semiconductor restrictionsThe Die-on-Board technology improves capacity density by 33% and has already been deployed in Huawei's OceanStor Pacific storage systems.May 23, 2026 1:55 AM CDT
• Valorant's Vanguard anti-cheat now destroys DMA cheat firmwareRiot says Vanguard does not brick PCs, only the cheat hardware itself, adding that IOMMU must stay enabled to play any Riot game going forward.May 23, 2026 1:30 AM CDT
• Leak: Intel Hammer Lake brings 'Thunder Hawk' unified cores to desktop, also revives multithreadingFollowing the highly mobile-focused Titan Lake generation, Hammer Lake allegedly brings unified cores and multi-threading back to the desktop on LGA 1954.May 23, 2026 1:10 AM CDT
• AMD confirms production ramp of its EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs on TSMC's 2nm processAMD's Zen 6-based 'Venice' CPUs become the first HPC product to enter volume production on TSMC's 2nm process; 'Verano' to follow soon.May 22, 2026 8:09 PM CDT
• Leak: Intel Razor Lake packs up to 52 cores, but most mobile chips may reuse Nova Lake siliconArriving in late 2027, the Nova Lake successor is rumored to isolate new Griffin Cove cores for desktop, while mobile gets rebadged with older silicon.May 22, 2026 5:49 PM CDT
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• Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain, Saints Row are 'underleveraged brands' that will be 'activated,' IP rightsholder saysSome of gaming's dormant legacy brands like Deus Ex, Saints Row, Thief, and Legacy of Kain could make comebacks as rights-holders seek new opportunities.May 22, 2026 3:33 PM CDT
• Nintendo to produce 20 million Switch 2s in FY27, exceeding sales forecast by 21%New reports indicate that Nintendo intends to produce 20 million Switch 2 consoles this fiscal year, overshooting its shipment estimate by some 20%.May 22, 2026 1:31 PM CDT
• GTA 6 physical disc release re-confirmed by Take-Two CEOTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick dispels any doubts about a physical release of GTA 6 by reiterating the game will have a substantial physical presence.May 22, 2026 12:29 PM CDT
• 007 First Light has Denuvo DRM added just before launch - and a pre-order cancelling rebellion is underwayIO Interactive has revealed that 007 First Light will use Denuvo for anti-piracy in the final week before the game launches - and it hasn't gone down well.May 22, 2026 9:35 AM CDT
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will get a PS5 Pro-dedicated versionAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will support PS5 Pro's PSSR 2, delivering enhanced visuals and performance on the next-gen console.May 22, 2026 8:51 AM CDT
• Google unveils the new generation of ads coming to AI-powered SearchGoogle is embedding ads into AI-generated search results, introducing new formats like Conversational Discovery and Highlighted Answers.May 22, 2026 8:21 AM CDT
• Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong visits Taiwan to lure MediaTek away from TSMCSamsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong has reportedly entered Taiwan for a meeting with MediaTek, in an effort to steal the chip designer as a foundry client.May 22, 2026 7:57 AM CDT
• GTA 6 Trailer 3 release date, and 'a little something' at Sony's State of PlayGTA 6 may get a new trailer as early as Tuesday, with Rockstar possibly teasing something at Sony's State of Play event scheduled for June 2nd.May 22, 2026 7:11 AM CDT
• Has your Chromecast just stopped working? You're not alone as reports flood in of problems with first-gen modelOwners of the original Chromecast are finding that their devices are becoming erratic, and will work with certain streaming services, but not others.May 22, 2026 4:30 AM CDT
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a REMAKE, not a remaster, confirms UbisoftThe game's directors say that Black Flag Resynced has been developed from the ground up and includes roughly 6 hours of additional content.May 21, 2026 7:50 PM CDT
• Destiny 3 not in development, Bungie to hold more layoffs following Destiny 2's retirementSources tell Bloomberg's Jason Schreier that Destiny 3 is not in active development, and that Bungie will make more layoffs after Destiny 2's sunsetting.May 21, 2026 7:39 PM CDT
• Fallout 4 mod storage increases to 100GB on Xbox Series X/S and 15GB on PlayStation consolesBethesda is dramatically increasing console mod storage, especially on Xbox Series X/S, which will receive a whopping 100GB shared mod/creations pool.May 21, 2026 6:36 PM CDT
• GTA 6 expected to help drive record $8.1 billion earnings for Take-TwoTake-Two Interactive expects to make a record-breaking $8.1 billion in net revenue in FY27, driven in no small part by Rockstar's impending GTA 6.May 21, 2026 5:05 PM CDT
• Hitman devs show off new engine tech in 007 First Light including new real-time global illumination and software ray-tracingIO Interactive, the developers behind the Hitman series, show off many of the new engine upgrades powering 007 First Light's visual effects.May 21, 2026 4:45 PM CDT
• AMD launches the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series of CPUs, up to 16 cores with 192GB of unified memoryAMD's follow-up to Strix Halo pushes unified memory to 192GB, enough to run 300-billion-parameter AI models without a discrete GPU in sight.May 21, 2026 4:30 PM CDT
• Take-Two CEO reiterates GTA 6's November release date in latest earnings reportGrand Theft Auto 6 might not get delayed again as Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterates the game's November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.May 21, 2026 4:04 PM CDT
• Infinity Ward is reportedly preparing to unveil its next Modern Warfare gameInfinity Ward is reportedly close to revealing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, with a potential June 2026 announcement and October release.May 21, 2026 3:32 PM CDT
• GTA 6 marketing strategy confirmed to be short and impactfulTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says GTA 6 marketing will be beginning soon, and that it will be very different from Grand Theft Auto 5 marketing.May 21, 2026 3:06 PM CDT
• Subnautica 2 hits 4 million sales in 5 days, now makes up more than 21% of total franchise salesSubnautica 2's success streak continues as developer Unknown Worlds announces multi-platinum sales for the early access game in its first 5 days on market.May 21, 2026 2:32 PM CDT
• SpaceX could go public at a valuation larger than most countries' economiesSpaceX is reportedly preparing a historic IPO that could raise $80 billion and value Elon Musk's rocket and Starlink empire at up to $1.75 trillion.May 21, 2026 2:08 PM CDT
• Destiny 2 exits active development, final update set for June 9Bungie officially confirms that Destiny 2 will soon be retired on a content level, and that the game's final update will release next month in June.May 21, 2026 1:31 PM CDT
• Trump Mobile data leak exposes only 30,000 orders, far below earlier claims of 600,000Trump Mobile leaks 30,000 orders and customer data via simple exploit, revealing a far smaller customer base than previously claimed.May 21, 2026 12:58 PM CDT
• PS Plus Premium and Extra also got price increases, not just Essential tierSony quietly raised the price of all of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions, including Extra and Premium, by up to 13% as 3 months of Premium is now $55.May 21, 2026 12:29 PM CDT
• Apple's dream of an iPhone looking like pure glass may finally be closeApple is testing a quad-curved display for the iPhone 19 Pro, but hiding Face ID under the panel remains a challenge engineers have to overcome.May 21, 2026 12:10 PM CDT
• Apple's OLED panels headed to MacBook Pro laptops are nearing mass productionApple's upcoming OLED MacBook Pro that is expected in 2027 is about to enter mass production at Samsung, with two million units being the first batch.May 21, 2026 11:50 AM CDT
• Grand Theft Auto 6 NDAs are so strict some developers will stay silent for lifeFormer Rockstar developers remain bound by 10-year NDAs, preventing them from discussing RAGE Engine details, as revealed by KiwiTalkz.May 21, 2026 9:23 AM CDT
• PlayStation players warn of new account takeover method targeting PSNSony PlayStation accounts are reportedly being hacked with ease, even with 2FA enabled, causing users to lose game libraries and have their funds scammed.May 21, 2026 7:32 AM CDT
• The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will not repeat the same mistakes as Cyberpunk 2077, says CDPRThe development team had a hard time keeping documentation in order, but new mechanisms are apparently now in place to prevent that.May 21, 2026 5:53 AM CDT
• COLORFUL launches new compact iGame B850M ULTRA Series motherboardsCOLORFUL's new iGame B850M ULTRA-S and iGame B850M ULTRA-OC are new Micro-ATX motherboards for gamers and creators building a new Ryzen system.May 21, 2026 1:34 AM CDT
• NVIDIA issues Security Bulletin for GeForce users, so make sure you've updated your driverNVIDIA's latest Security Bulletin is a call to action for PC gamers with GeForce RTX graphics cards to make sure they're running the latest drivers.May 21, 2026 12:26 AM CDT
• NVIDIA's latest financial report removes Gaming as a segment, it's now called Edge ComputingAs part of NVIDIA's latest financial report, Gaming revenue now falls under a broader Edge Computing banner, with it no longer getting its own section.May 20, 2026 11:59 PM CDT
• NVIDIA's record Data Center revenue for fiscal Q1 2027 beat estimates as the AI boom continuesNVIDIA's latest financial earnings report shows that Data Center revenue for fiscal Q1 2027 is up a staggering 92% from a year ago, beating expectations.May 20, 2026 11:32 PM CDT
• Samsung's new Odyssey G8 is the world's first 6K gaming monitorSamsung has announced a fresh batch of gaming displays, including the new world's first 6K 32-inch Odyssey G8 (G80HS) and the next-gen 4K Odyssey OLED G8.May 20, 2026 11:03 PM CDT
• Trump Mobile website is reportedly leaking customer data including names, addresses and order numbersCustomer data, including names, email addresses, and mailing addresses, is reportedly exposed, while credit card information appears to be safe for now.May 20, 2026 8:50 PM CDT
• Ubisoft reports loss of 1.3 billion Euros on costly game cancellations and delaysUbisoft reports annual losses of 1.3 billion euros as it restructures its business, driven by costly R&D expenses that also include game cancellations.May 20, 2026 8:38 PM CDT
• PS5 Linux can run path-traced Cyberpunk 2077 at 35 FPS, but Quake II RTX is the surprising winnerWhile Cyberpunk and Portal delivered respectable results, Quake II RTX was the one title that actually felt credible enough for a real release.May 20, 2026 7:56 PM CDT
• PlayStation State of Play returns June 2, will showcase 1 hour of footage including Marvel's WolverineSony announces its summer-timed State of Play showcase for June 2, promising a full 1 hour look at upcoming games including Insomniac's Wolverine.May 20, 2026 7:37 PM CDT
• Ubisoft to release new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games by March 2029Ubisoft plans to release new games in its biggest franchises over the next three years, including the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon IPs.May 20, 2026 6:36 PM CDT
• Xbox hires analyst who predicted GTA 6 may cost $100 to lead gaming strategyMicrosoft has hired industry analyst Matthew Ball to help lead strategy for Xbox as the group prepares a transformational union of PC and console gaming.May 20, 2026 5:35 PM CDT
• Kingdom Come dev Warhorse working on new Lord of the Rings Middle-earth RPGCzech game dev Warhorse Studios is working on two big new projects, including a Lord of the Rings RPG set in Middle-earth, and Kingdom Come title.May 20, 2026 4:34 PM CDT
• Adding PS5 Pro's upgraded PSSR into 007 First Light was 'remarkably smooth,' dev IO Interactive says007 First Light developer IO Interactive has high praise for Sony's new upgraded PS5 Pro PSSR upscaler tech, says adding it into the game was frictionless.May 20, 2026 3:51 PM CDT
• AMD unveils EPYC 8005 'Sorano' server CPUs, up to 84 cores and 225W TDPAMD's new single-socket Zen 5 EPYC server CPUs claim up to 91% more integer performance than Intel's comparable Xeon, at a lower TDP.May 20, 2026 3:10 PM CDT
• Fate of Metro,Tomb Raider, Lord of the Rings, Kingdom Come and more now in the hands of new Fellowship Entertainment spin offEmbracer Group is spinning off Fellowship Entertainment, meaning the group will now operate as its own company, handling some of gaming's biggest IPs.May 20, 2026 2:15 PM CDT
• AMD's $3999 Halo box challenges NVIDIA's DGX Spark with 128GB memory and Zen 5 AI powerAMD's Ryzen AI Halo mini-PC, priced at $3999 with 128GB memory, will launch in June as a local AI workstation alternative to NVIDIA's DGX Spark.May 20, 2026 1:46 PM CDT
• Former Samsung boss says when the memory crisis will be overFormer Samsung exec predicts the memory crisis could end by mid-2027 due to increased Chinese manufacturing capacity, and other factors.May 20, 2026 1:15 PM CDT
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers confirm new open-world Lord of the Rings RPGWarhorse Studios, the developers behind the renowned Kingdom Come: Deliverance franchise, have confirmed that it is working on a new Lord of the Rings RPG.May 20, 2026 12:45 PM CDT
• Not a Steam Machine, but a 'Meme Machine' - this PC build is simultaneously the most brilliant and awful thing I've ever seenIf you thought RGB lights all over the inside of a PC case was bad, get a load of this: 13 screens displaying a dizzying 15,000 animated GIFs.May 20, 2026 11:06 AM CDT
• Plex increases Lifetime Plex Pass subscription by $500 from the current $250 pricePlex is tripling the price of its Lifetime Pass to $750 in July 2026, sparking backlash and a rush to lock in the current $250 rate before the increase.May 20, 2026 9:10 AM CDT
• Apple's WWDC 2026 teaser hints at the much-needed Siri redesign Apple promised 2 years agoApple is preparing for WWDC 2026, with iOS 27 and a redesigned Siri expected to be major highlights, as leaks and teasers continue to reveal details.May 20, 2026 8:16 AM CDT

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