Gaming

Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed on X that the Switch's successor will be able to run the Switch's software. The company will reveal more information about this feature, and the Switch 2 release date, at a later point.

Valve has started selling the Steam Deck officially in Australia. It can be pre-ordered soon and will begin shipping on November 19. Both the LCD and OLED variants are up for grabs.

Hori has finally released its long-awaited official Steam controller globally. Also designed for the Steam Deck, the Horipad contains various unique features that belie its price tag.

OneXPlayer has outlined release plans for the first of what will likely be one of many next-generation gaming handhelds. Not only will the OneXFly F1 Pro be the first Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5-based gaming handheld, but it will also sport an 800 nit AMOLED display.

PPSSPP has been updated to version 1.18, and this new update brings a handful of changes. Better in-game performance is the main highlight, but the updated PSP emulator also improves the UI and fixes many issues.

Nintendo Switch owners can look forward to three new titles this week. In addition to a change of genre for a well-known run-and-gun shooter, there is also new fodder for Super Mario and Harry Potter fans.

Fans of real-time strategy games will get their money's worth in the Xbox Game Pass this week. Microsoft is adding two genre favorites to the gaming subscription - both from the same series.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is confirmed to launch on November 13, and the company has started to disclose some of its details. Per the latest teaser, this Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship gaming phone will feature a 1.5K screen with a 95.3% screen-to-body ratio.

The MSI Titan may not sport the latest CPU or GPU, but thanks to a gorgeous 120Hz 4K screen and large amount of memory, the refurbished 17-inch gaming laptop can be a decent choice for gamers who are not necessarily looking for the best gaming performance for their buck.

Early details about a new ultra-large gaming handheld have emerged online. Almost as large as the OneXPlayer X1, the device features a Nintendo Switch-like design with a display that is said to originate in the RedMagic Nova.

The Sony PlayStation 5 Pro will start shipping in just a few days. Sony has now finally confirmed which games will receive an update at launch in order to utilize the more powerful hardware, while unboxing and teardown videos reveal the new hardware in detail.

Apple is shipping early Mac mini units to customers. Ahead of their arrival, the company has decided to advertise its new mini-PC in a way it has not with previous models as part of its new gaming offensive.

Detective Dotson is an indie game developed by Masala Games, an India-based developer. You get to roam around a typical Indian city and solve puzzles as the game's protagonist. It will launch on Steam and Xbox Series S|X early next year.

One-Netbook is preparing to release its next gaming handheld. While it has not confirmed a release date or pricing for its first OLED gaming handheld yet, it has demonstrated that the OneXFly F1 Pro can handle even triple-A titles like Black Myth: Wukong at low TDPs thanks to its AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU and Radeon 890M iGPU.

The newly announced PlayStation 5 Pro will be officially available on November 7. Days before the launch, footage of multiple games running on the new console popped up. They show that the updated hardware can indeed offer improved performance over the PS5.

AMD's breakthrough in neural network technology aims to revolutionize real-time path tracing by combining denoising and upscaling into a single process, potentially enabling high-quality graphics from just one ray sample per pixel.

Steam's hardware survey for October 2024 reveals not much has changed in the PC gaming landscape. Intel CPUs continue to power most PCs, Nvidia's GeForce RTX xx60 class GPUs are still the most popular and the number of Windows 11 users continue to grow.

The RedMagic 10 Pro will be among the first gaming phones with the newly introduced Snapdragon 8 Elite. After days of teasers, the company has finally confirmed its launch date. The flagship will debut in China on November 13.

Halloween is over, but Humble Bundle's new horror collection is still available to grab. This collection has seven items worth $179, and all the games are Steam Deck compatible. You can get them for as low as $20.

Nvidia aims to shake up the PC market with its first consumer CPU-GPU platform in 2025, leveraging its AI and graphics expertise to challenge Intel and AMD's dominance.

An official-looking PlayStation 5 Pro spec sheet has shown up online. It confirms many of the console's key specs, including a Zen 2 CPU, a new 16.7 TFLOPS RDNA family GPU and max power consumption of 390 Watts.

Xiaomi has now given its recent compact gaming monitor a global release. Sold as the Gaming Monitor G24i, the monitor is available for just £89.99 in the UK, €119.99 in the Eurozone and $129.99 in the US despite featuring a 180 Hz panel with 1 ms GtG response times.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is believed to deliver one of the best (or biggest, at least) Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered gaming experiences on the Android smartphone market in China or worldwide. Now, it is also tipped to pack one of the most powerful wired charging experiences in the former.

The Acer Predator Helios is a flagship 18-inch gaming laptop with high-end components such as the RTX 4090, Core i9-14900HX as well as an especially bright Mini-LED screen with smooth 250Hz and great contrast ratio.

Razer has partnered with the e-sports team Sentinels to present a new version of the Viper V3 Pro. The "best mouse for Valorant" of 2024 packs the brand's HyperSpeed Wireless technology, third-gen optical switches and up to 95 hours of battery life into the same clean, lightweight shell in an exclusive new colorway. It is also equipped with the best specs for smoothness and speed in gameplay Razer can provide right now.

Prime Gaming’s November lineup offers free games for Amazon Prime members, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Dishonored. New games drop every Thursday, and once claimed, they’re yours forever.

Dareu's new A950Air gaming mouse just dropped, with its flagship ultra-light Cicada Wing Edition weighing just 35 grams while delivering features like dual 8KHz polling rates. The three-model lineup offers versatile connectivity options at an aggressive price point.

Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds free open beta may have been a genius marketing ploy disguised as a development exercise. Despite the franchise's somewhat niche history, Wilds has attracted over 450,000 players on Steam in the first two hours after going live.

The Playdate gaming handheld will be getting a new season of games in 2025, but before then there will be a couple of new games on its store as well as a sale on available games. Unfortunately, the Stereo Dock accessory has been put on hold for the foreseeable future.

Lime3DS and PabloMK7, two forks of the recently shut-down Citra emulator, have now also bitten the dust. However, there is a silver lining to the story, which could result in a new super-emulator, combining features from the past projects.

The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 also sports an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS with 16GB RAM and a 165Hz QHD IPS screen with 100% sRGB and Dolby Vision. Thanks to a 35% price cut, the 16-inch RTX 4070 laptop is now noticeably cheaper than before.

Minisforum has kicked off the month by releasing a new eGPU. Like many eGPUs before it, the Minisforum MGA1 utilises AMD's Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU. However, it only offers OCuLink connectivity, unlike others sold by Ayaneo, BoostR, GPD and One-Netbook.

CheckMag Since dropping x86 in favour of ARM, Apple has more or less closed the door on native dual booting on its hardware. However, Asahi Linux, for some time, has offered native Fedora builds for Apple silicon Macs. The latest release now comes with an alpha build of their game playing toolkit, allowing you to install Steam and play a selection of games on your dual boot Apple silicon Mac.

The first few hours in Black Ops 6 are likely to have been rather frustrating for snipers and quickscopers. This is due to a new mechanic in the latest CoD installment that makes aiming through the scope significantly more difficult - a feature removed from Modern Warfare 3 earlier this year.

If you need a few more games for rainy fall days, you'll find them on Steam. Gamers can currently get a retro shooter with dungeon-crawling elements for free - but only today.

Epomaker has started its 11.11 Big Sale event, discounting some of its best mechanical keyboards and keyboard accessories by over 40%. The limited-time sale event runs from October 31 to November 17, with weekly deal reveals and several giveaways also featuring during the sale event.

Epic Games is giving away a popular indie spy multiplayer game next week. Bundled with an unlock bundle for Apex Legends, next week's free game offering has a 60s aesthetic and team deathmatch mechanics.

Despite having identical dimensions to the PS5 Slim's side covers, the PS5 Pro forces gamers to buy faceplates specifically designed for the new console. Sony has confirmed that its old Console Covers are not compatible, indicating that it will launch a version specifically designed for PS5 Pro customisation. Dbrand, infamous for its third-party tech customisation accessories, says exactly what everyone is thinking.

Linux gamers who play Apex Legends will no longer be able to access the game. EA apparently made the decision due to cheaters exploiting the platform's customizable nature to circumvent anti-cheat measures.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite comes with an improved GPU than its predecessor. It's reportedly 40% better, which has possibly made it capable of emulating Red Dead Redemption at over 160 FPS.

Epic Games has given its free game giveaway service a spooky makeover to celebrate Halloween. Consisting of two games this around, the new deal is worth a combined $80, but only for a short time.

A new leak sheds light on the Ryzen Z2 Extreme's approximate performance. While the CPU in question is a Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, its 8-core CPU configuration is identical to that of the Ryzen Z2 Extreme.

Gaming will generate $187.7 billion in revenues this year, according to a report by Newzoo. The market study also claims that mobile games' share is approaching the tipping point at $92.6 billion. The number of players is expected to grow by 4.5% annually.

Nintendo has announced a new music streaming app featuring classic tunes from Nintendo games. The Nintendo Music app is only available for Switch Online subscribers and is available on iOS and Android.

Cyberpunk 2077 will be the newest AAA game to be playable on Apple hardware. It will be launched 'early' next year and support frame generation, spatial audio and path tracing.

The Corsair XENEON 27QHD240 OLED gaming monitor has received a whopping $400 discount on Amazon, bringing it down to its all-time low price of $599.99. It offers 240Hz refresh rate, 1,000 nits brightness, and 0.03ms response time.

The launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Game Pass has allegedly proven to be a huge success for Xbox with the console seeing more players than PlayStation for the first time in CoD's history. PC players also reportedly preferred PC Game Pass over Steam.