Gaming

Anbernic has now officially presented the RG406H. Not only has the company the device's existence, but it has also showcased the gaming handheld in three colours playing classic PS2 games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and God of War II. Seemingly, even Nintendo Wii titles are playable too.

The OneXFly F1 Pro is the first gaming handheld to feature AMD Strix Point APUs. As the company has just showcased, the new Zen 5 APUs can easily outperform the Ryzen Z1 Extreme-equipped ROG Ally X.

Based on Arch Linux and featuring multiple desktop options with a BORE kernel which focuses on top performance and low latency, CachyOS is back with this year's 12th release. This update comes with improved gaming performance on both Nvidia and AMD hardware, latest Calamares version, improved Asus ROG Ally X support, and more.

After 17 years without an official update in the Half-Life 2 saga, a sequel to the cult shooter is now within reach. Though not developed directly by Valve, the game aims to stay true to the original story while giving Half-Life a fresh, modern look in Unreal Engine 5. The prologue chapter is already available as a demo on Steam.

Microsoft typically reveals new Xbox Game Pass titles twice a month, but the inclusion of this 3D platformer came as a surprise. With its nostalgic charm, it’s especially appealing to retro enthusiasts and fans of the PlayStation 1 era.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is about to make its full debut on November 13 in China. Hours before the official unveiling, the brand confirmed that its new Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming phone features a 7,050 mAh battery while being 8.9 mm thick.

The 2024 Mac mini is the company's most powerful and smallest mini PC yet. The base model comes with Apple M4 series chips, and the SKU with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU held up fairly well in ETA Prime's gaming and emulation tests.

Valve's Steam Deck OLED gaming handheld PC has gotten a color refresh just in time for the holidays. It will be available worldwide but in limited quantities and at a slightly higher price tag.

Ayaneo has shown more pictures of its next gaming handheld. Arriving soon as the Ayaneo 3, the device will complement a powerful AMD chipset with an OCuLink port for maximum external graphics performance.

The highly rated Samsung S90C 4K OLED TV has now dropped in price rather heavily with the 65-inch variant reaching a new record low price of less than $1,000. Aside from the near-infinite contrast ratio afforded by the OLED panel, the Samsung S90C also boasts excellent HDR brightness and a 144 Hz refresh rate.

Seagate's 2TB Expansion Card for Xbox Series X and Series S has scored a massive discount on Amazon, and is currently available for less than a dollar above its all-time low price on the platform.

Rare footage from 'In the Valley of Gods' has surfaced online, showcasing gorgeous water physics - reigniting interest in Campo Santo's delayed game, which is now tentatively set for a December 2029 release on Steam.

HP has added a new Omen 35L gaming desktop to its Omen gaming line-up. The Omen 35L features up to an Intel 14th Gen Core i7 processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU. The entry-level model costs INR 126,360 (roughly $1,497).

Chinese company Firebat has launched a new gaming laptop with a rather interesting internal design. The Huan 16 Air has a separate, and what appears to be modular, GPU board, which hints at user upgradability.

MSI has introduced a new version of one of its recent gaming monitors. Sporting a fast QD-OLED panel, the MPG 321URXW departs from the usual black and grey look of many modern gaming monitors.

Looking at the upcoming releases for the Nintendo Switch this week, nostalgics and retro fans in particular will get their money's worth - not least due to the upcoming 40th anniversary of Tetris. But fans of LEGO games or the popular action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn will also find an interesting new release in the coming days.

What appears to be Anbernic's next gaming handheld has shown up online. Likely arriving this month globally, the Anbernic RG406H combines hardware from the RG Cube and RG406H to create a powerful but compact gaming handheld.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is set to launch in China on November 13. Two days before the unveiling, the company showcased the color options of the Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming phone.

After an underwhelming Zen 5 launch where the new Ryzen 9000 CPUs failed to deliver any noteworthy gaming performance increase over Zen 4, AMD has nailed the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. According to a launch review analysis conducted by 3DCenter, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in gaming by a double-digit margin.

Nintendo is suing streamer Jesse Keighin for allegedly pirating and streaming unreleased games, bypassing takedowns, and promoting emulators. The lawsuit seeks nearly $7.5M in damages for copyright infringement.

Metro Exodus is now available for $2.99 on Steam, its lowest-ever price. You can experience a gripping post-apocalyptic journey with stunning visuals and a dynamic gameplay. Limited-time deal.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is a well-performing 16-inch gaming laptop with high-end components such as the Intel Core i9-14900HX with 32GB RAM and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Thanks to a 24% price cut, this particular configuration has dropped back to its lowest price thus far.

Valve introduced a new Steam Family feature to all users in September, which allows you to share games with up to five family members. While the legacy library sharing is still functional, the company has confirmed that it will retire in early 2025.

If you still have any classic Sega titles on your list of unplayed games, now is the time to act. Sega recently announced plans to remove over 60 games from Steam and other platforms starting in early December. The company has not provided reasons for this delisting, sparking widespread speculation among fans and industry insiders alike.

The dot matrix display (AniMe Vision) of the ROG Phone 9 series is getting a cool new feature. In addition to showing notifications, time, battery level, and customizable texts, the display's new feature further reinforces the phone's designed for gaming.

The RedMagic 10 Pro will be official in China on November 13, but the company has already teased the global launch. There's no specific date, but the international debut could happen in December or early 2025.

Sony has said that it will postpone the launch of the PlayStation 5 Pro in India due to complications with the 6GHz spectrum band not allocated in the country yet. The console uses the band for IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) radio functionality.

The 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G95SC ultrawide gaming monitor is currently 40% off in BestBuy's counter to the upcoming Amazon Black Friday sale. The colossal Samsung OLED gaming monitor has a dual-QHD resolution of 5120 × 1440 pixels, along with a 240 Hz refresh rate and basically every type of mainstream variable refresh rate tech available.

The RedMagic 10 series is set to be unveiled in China on November 13, and AnTuTu has just spotted the Pro+ variant in its benchmark database. This new Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship has achieved a record-breaking score of over 3.1 million points.

Sony has revealed the state of its PlayStation division in a new earnings report. Surprisingly, while game sales and PlayStation Network monthly users are up, PS5 hardware sales are down by over 20% year-on-year.

One-Netbook has recently opened pre-orders for OneXFly F1 Pro, and it's the first of its kind with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. The company has now shown off the gaming handheld's capabilities by running Red Dead Redemption at just 10W TDP.

Ayaneo has now confirmed various specs for its next flagship x86 gaming handheld. Rivaling new competitors like the OneXFly F1 Pro, the Ayaneo 3 will land with plenty of high-end hardware to back up Ayaneo's lofty claims of it ushering in a 'new era of handheld devices'.

Nvidia has announced sweeping changes to its game-streaming service, GeForce Now, that will cap the hours you spend on the service based on your membership plan.

Since the highly anticipated multiplayer mode was released, Mike Klubnika has taken to Reddit to indulge his many fans of Buckshot Roulette. Here are a few interesting questions and answers from his latest Reddit AMA.

The new 108-key 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard grows the existing TKL mechanical keyboard — quite literally — with a full-size numpad, which will likely make the mechanical keyboard appeal more to number-crunchers, macro lovers and normies alike. The new full-size keyboard features the same retro aesthetic and extensive customisation options as its gamer-focussed counterparts, but costs significantly more money, especially considering the original is on sale.

The Epic Games Store has revealed that it will be giving away a classic collection of games in a week's time. Offered as the only giveaway next week, the collection consists of eight games and e-book summarising the hugely popular franchise.

Sony has now opened up sales of the PS5 Pro following the end of the console's pre-order period. Unlike previous PS5 releases, it seems that the PS5 Pro has no stock shortages at launch.

One-Netbook has become the first company to mark the beginning of a new generation of high-end gaming handhelds. Available from $1,099, the OneXFly F1 Pro is available with AMD's Ryzen AI 9 365 or HX 370, as well as a 48.5 Wh battery and a 144 Hz OLED display.

Xbox owners will now be able to play Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding on their Series S|X consoles. It costs $40 but you can grab it for $20 now thanks to a 50% discount.

The Epic Games Store is now offering a new free game to download and keep indefinitely. Not only that, the storefront has decided to throw in a new bundle for a popular battle royale-hero shooter too.

In an interview with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has put to rest rumours about GTA 6's delay. The game will launch in late 2025, but only on consoles.

One-Netbook has now confirmed the launch date for its next OneXPlayer release. Arriving later this week, the company has revealed how much the first AMD Zen 5 and Radeon 890M-backed gaming handheld will cost, too.

Nintendo has become increasingly anti-emulation of late. Nonetheless, its recent Sound Clock: Alarmo release is proving incredibly easy to hack. To that end, developers have already shown Doom running on the company's $99 alarm clock.

ZTE has confirmed more details about its two upcoming gaming smartphones. Launching later this month as the RedMagic 10 Pro and RedMagic 10 Pro Plus, the pair will feature massive 6.85-inch displays that should provide 2,000 nits of full panel brightness.

Terraria, which celebrated its 13th anniversary in May, released a new Flying Dutchman t-shirt design. As it turns out, the Terraria community had some unsavory words about the use of AI in the creation of the shirt's design, and the creator of Terraria wholeheartedly agrees: "Clearly, this is not acceptable..."

8BitDo's latest controller is finally available in the second of its two launch colour options. While the 8BitDo 64 costs just $39.99, it packs plenty of connectivity options and a Hall effect joystick, among other features.

The upcoming AMD Strix Halo APUs are shaping up to be quite impressive with a powerful Zen 5 CPU and an RDNA 3.5 iGPU. Per the latest Strix Halo specs and performance leak from Moore's Law Is Dead, the flagship Strix Halo iGPU is powerful enough to go against the RTX 4070 laptop GPU. Additionally, the leaker reveals that the APUs will debut inside workstations in Q1 2025.

According to a well-known dataminer, Blizzard could announce a remastered version of Warcraft II at the upcoming anniversary stream. However, after the failure of Warcraft III: Reforged, skepticism still prevails.