CheckMag Not sure if you should put to sleep, engage hibernation, or shut down your Windows laptop? This guide breaks down what each option does, when to use it, and how to enable hidden features like hibernation in Windows 11.

The RedMagic 10S Pro series will officially debut in China on May 26, 2025. Days ahead of the release, the company has shared that the upcoming gaming phones will feature a pre-loaded Windows emulator for running PC games.

Mortal Sin is a first-person hack-n-slash roguelike with a strong emphasis on skills-based melee combat with a bit of spectacle fighter DNA added to the mix. Players carve through endless hordes of monsters in this heavily stylised first-person slasher, abandoning their humanity and embracing the dark side — a premise befitting of the game's graphic novel-inspired visuals. For the duration of the Steam deal, Mortal Sin is discounted to $11.99.

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is "slow-life RPG" that drops players into a fantasy world. After that, the world is your oyster, with plenty of activities to engage in, from fishing and farming to monster hunting, questing, and even a bit of city building.

It’s a well known fact that many smartphones don’t come with a charger included in the box. Microsoft is now following suit and ships the new Surface Laptop 13 and Surface Pro 12 without a suitable power adapter, at least in Europe.

Microsoft introduces Edit, a free command-line text editor for 64-bit Windows, featuring an easy-to-use menu system with mouse support and the ability to open multiple files at once.

The Epic Games Store has revealed its free game giveaway plans to round out May 2025. Returning to its Mystery Game offering for at least another week, the storefront has confirmed that two titles will be discounted to $0.00 apiece from May 29 for a short time.

The Planet Crafter is an open world survival craft game that tasks players with terraforming distant alien worlds, gathering resources, and even seeding life across the galaxy. As part of a new Steam deal, The Planet Crafter is discounted by 45%, making it just $13.19.

Ayaneo has confirmed that a major display upgrade is headed the way of its next Flip gaming handheld. Launching soon as the Flip 1S DS, the device will join the Ayaneo 3 in featuring an OLED display. The overly large bezels from the original Ayaneo Flip appear to remain, though.

Baseus has launched the Nomos NU1 Air Spacemate 12-in-1 Docking Station for Windows and macOS. The dock incorporates 12 ports, including two HDMI outputs, two Type-C port, and two SD card slots. The Nomos NU1 Air also brings a nifty power saving feature.

The Neo 16 is XMG's gaming flagship at present. In addition to the fastest components, the 2025 version impresses with an excellent mini-LED panel and has the option of connecting an external water cooler. However, support for Advanced Optimus is still lacking.

Hardware launches are often a bit chaotic, but the recent launch of Nvidia's RTX 5000 Laptop GPUs was and still is just a big mess. We are dealing with delays, extremely limited sample availability, and ongoing driver issues. And then there is the performance, which is rather disappointing except for upscaling.

In a recent video, YouTuber eXtas1s has discussed a new x64 emulator that would allow Xbox games to run on Windows. It was also mentioned that the Xbox app might get a big picture mode, similar to the one found on Steam.

Valheim, a massively popular open-world survival game, has reached a record-low price, with a Humble Bundle deal cutting the price of the sandbox game by a massive 50%. The survival-craft game still attracts over 30,000 players a day, despite launching almost five years ago.

Lenovo has made significant improvements to its display technology, and the current 2.8K OLED models with 120 Hz and brightness levels of more than 1,000 nits are very good. The Yoga Slim 7 14 G10 is no exception here, but the creaky case is extremely annoying.

Of Life and Land is a newly released base- and city-building game on Steam, featuring familiar resource management, trading, and economic mechanics but with a realistically sinister twist. As you grow and develop your city, the world around you will start to change, potentially leading to mass extinctions, population booms, or ecosystem collapse if the natural order is disrupted too much. Of Life and Land only recently launched, but there is a 40% discount and a free Steam demo available.

Id Software's latest DOOM title has reportedly faced significant crashes on Windows handheld gaming PCs, such as the Asus ROG Ally, with outdated GPU drivers cited as the likely cause. A delay in vendor support, coupled with ongoing driver challenges, has prevented capable hardware from running one of the year's most demanding games. However, recent updates have addressed some of these issues.

On July 15, 2025, 8bitdo will launch two new controllers for fighting games. They feature leverless buttons, two or four of which are programmable. Each costs less than $100.

The Epic Games Store has returned to its Mystery Game program again, having used the same tactic last week. While the storefront has outlined that three games will be provided for free, Konami has hidden a clue about one title in plain sight.

Asus currently has the fastest compact gaming laptop on offer in the form of the ROG Zephyrus G14, but the lack of an RTX 5090 is still a disappointment. Can Razer match or perhaps even overtake Asus with the new Blade 14?

Ayaneo has provided an early look at the Flip 1S, which promises to be more than a Flip DS or Flip KB with an upgraded AMD Ryzen APU. Apparently, the company hopes to deliver a new model that 'delivers both nostalgia and power' achieved by a full redesign.

Temtem, an online co-op creature collector action-adventure game from Humble Games, has been substantially discounted in the Steam Creature Collector Fest. Battle and collect wild monsters across seven islands, fight other tamers in PvP gameplay, and even evolve and breed your Tems in a game that scratches that Pokémon itch at 70% off until May 18.

Keychron just unveiled the K8 HE, a cheaper TKL version of the K4 HE Hall-effect gaming keyboard that we praised in our recent review. Much like the K4 HE, the K8 HE features wireless connectivity and both standard and special editions.

The Acer Swift 16’s OLED display immediately makes it clear what this laptop is all about. Razor-sharp images, perfect black levels and vibrant colors. There’s a €600 difference between the cheapest and most expensive configuration, but even the more affordable variants don't perform much worse compared to the maxed-out version.

Before Windows 10's retirement on October 14, 2025, Microsoft has once again relaxed its rules. This time it concerns Microsoft 365 apps, which were to supposed continue working only after upgrading to Windows 11. Now they will continue to receive security updates.

Beyond All Reason is redefining large-scale RTS with its open-source Recoil engine, capable of supporting 100-player matches and 10,000-unit battles. With a Steam launch and multilingual localisation underway, it is setting new standards for community-driven strategy games.

Epic Games has offered up hints about its free Mystery Game giveaways. Pulled from its Mega Sale vaults according to the storefront, fans have already started decoding the little information that it has provided so far with credible theories.

XMG updates the Pro 16 and it is now closer to the gaming flagship Neo 16. The result is a powerful gaming laptop with an Intel-HX CPU, the new RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, 300 Hz IPS display, good maintenance options as well as a base price of 1999 Euros.

The Epic Games Store has announced that it will be giving away another two games next week. This time, the storefront has decided to return to its Mystery Game promotion strategy. Rumours are already flying about what Epic Games could be pulling from their vaults in the next few weeks, though.

The Epic Games Store has started giving away two new games worth almost $30 on PC. Combining RPG elements, Deadtime Defenders and Touch Type Tale are available to add to your Epic Games library starting today but only for a limited time.

Even if a new Xbox console uses Windows, some older titles could require emulation to boot. Microsoft is searching for a software engineer to aid its game preservation efforts. Current PCs and other platforms may also benefit from the ability to play classic Xbox games.

Dynabook has debuted Portégé and Tecra laptops for business users. The notebooks use Intel Core Ultra Series 2 CPUs, with AI NPUs powering Microsoft Copilot locally. The laptops are MIL-STD-810H-rated for durability, come with a wide range of ports, and have enterprise-grade security.

Microsoft has announced a new 13-inch Surface Laptop version that is remarkably weaker than its 13.8-inch and 15-inch counterparts. It comes with a weaker 8-core Snapdragon X Plus SoC, just 16 GB RAM/512 GB storage and a 60 Hz screen.

Microsoft's cheapest Surface Pro laptop is now official with a 12-inch screen, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB storage and an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip from Qualcomm.

Our review unit of the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 14AKP10 costs just €1,000, not that much for a convertible laptop with a pen and a Ryzen AI 7 CPU. There is a variant of it that costs even less, but buyers should stay clear of this cheaper configuration.

CheckMag As a last resort, resetting your network settings can help restore your internet connection. This article explains how to do it in Windows 11.

Star Wars Day is about more than re-watching the three trilogies. The Epic Games Store pays tribute to the occasion with a free game download. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is packed full of content and appeals to gamers of all ages.

CheckMag The EA Games 2025 publisher sale has officially kicked off on Steam, offering as much as 95% off the retail price of both some of the biggest AAA games of the last few years and some highly rated indie gems alike.

Amazon has updated its Prime Gaming service with over 20 free games to play this month. Throughout this month, it will be possible to claim Amazon, Epic and GOG games from series like Saints Row, Lego Star Wars and Thief, among others, in a deal worth over $300.

GTA 6’s delay reportedly tanked Take-Two’s share price and the company had to release a statement reassuring shareholders about the expected record level growth. The company is said to report its financial results on May 15.

The Epic Games Store has just started giving away a game worth $14.99 on PC. However, it has already confirmed which titles this week's giveaway will be replaced by. Combining RPG elements, Deadtime Defenders and Touch Type Tale will be free to pick up from next Thursday.

Once more, Tyler McVicker has shared some information about Half-Life 3 stating that the game is playable end to end, and that it being widely playtested. He believes that it may be released this winter.