Gaming

An unannounced AMD graphics card with a Navi 48 GPU has just shown up on Geekbench. Based on its specs (58 CUs, 16 GB VRAM, 2.1 GHz boost clock), it could be the Radeon RX 8800 XT.

A YouTuber has managed to run Bloodborne on the Steam Deck via an emulator. While the build is far from playable, that should change in the coming weeks once modders and ShadPS4 developers come up with a better version.

Tom Henderson, the person who leaked the PlayStation Portal and PlayStation 5 Pro, says Sony's interest in handheld consoles has been reignited thanks to stellar Portal sales. This suggests a successor could be lined up before the rumoured 2026-bound PS Vita 2 launches.

A controller from a never-released console jointly made by Sony and Nintendo has been sold at an auction. The controller is almost identical to the SNES controller, save for the Sony and PlayStation logo on the front.

Anbernic has now confirmed the release date for the RG40XX V, its latest 4-inch and vertical retro gaming handheld. Not only has the company outlined when it will start selling the device, but it has also revealed how much it will cost initially, too.

A paid software called Lossless Scaling has been tested on Steam Deck OLED. At the core, the software can scale resolutions and add frame generation. These two can make games feel a lot smoother on the gaming handheld.

Xiaomi is working on dream devices for those who love gaming on an Android tablet, according to a new leak. Accordingly, the OEM's next-gen slates are now tipped to launch with high-res displays that can keep demanding apps on for hours, powered by up-to-date silicon with industry-leading cooling. They may also be compact and lightweight, yet also integrate some of Xiaomi's best durability-focused technology.

The world's largest gaming event, Gamescom, will end soon, and developers who attended the show have reportedly spilled some beans on the PS5 Pro. An Italian website journalist claims to have talked with a developer who claimed that the PlayStation 5 Pro announcement is imminent. Wccftech heard something similar from another developer.

Black Myth: Wukong, the much-awaited AAA action ARPG, will be coming to Xbox consoles very soon. Microsoft said that optimization for the same was underway.

The Asus TUF Gaming 34 VG34VQL3A is an affordable 1440p, 180 Hz gaming monitor with credentials that make it a surprisingly viable monitor for creators that need accurate colours and wide colour spaces. Thanks to a 32%-off Amazon monitor sale, the TUF Gaming VG34VQL3A has dropped to just $249.99, making it even more enticing.

Asus and MSI reveal innovative quick-release mechanisms for GPUs and M.2 SSDs, making PC building and component swaps a breeze. These new features aim to simplify the process, especially as graphics cards continue to grow in size.

Powkiddy's latest gaming handheld is another vertical effort based around a 3.5-inch display. Also equipped with a Rockchip RK3566 chipset and 1 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, the Powkiddy X35S is billed as being powerful enough to emulate systems like the Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1 and the PlayStation Portable, among others.

CheckMag The idea of running an entire operating system (especially one as bloated as Windows) in a container defeats the entire purpose of Docker. However, you can, and there are at least some valid reasons why you might want to. Whether it’s a headless gaming machine, a throwaway OS for testing potential malware or even security research, you can run pretty much every major OS in a container.

The company Nubia, which is known for its gaming smartphones, is now entering into the field of gaming laptops by releasing the RedMagic Titan 16 Pro: Core i9, a GeForce RTX 4060 and a 16-inch display (QHD+, DCI-P3, 240 Hz, G-Sync) all promise solid mid-range performance.

The inZOI Character Studio is available for free for a short time and allows gamers to create their own "Zois" even before the game is released. The character editor alone has already recorded over 18,000 concurrent players on Steam - a strong indication that inZOI should be treated as a serious competitor to The Sims.

On the last day of the month, Microsoft removes three games from the Xbox Game Pass, meaning that there are no more NBA2K titles in Microsoft's gaming subscription for the time being.

The new trailer for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 DLC gives a sneak peek into what might be a zombie mode or a zombie-themed DLC.

According to a study conducted by 1337 Games, no less than 86.1% of reviews of the game crowned Gran Turismo 4 as the best video game of the 2000s. The second place went to Madden NFL 08, with 80.4% perfect scores, followed by Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, which received 79.8% perfect reviews.

Genshin Impact is one of the demanding games that landed on phones, making it a great tool to benchmark the gaming performance of smartphones. As for the Tensor G4 that launched with the new Google Pixel 9 series, it seems the game isn't optimized for the SoC yet.

While multiple Ryzen AI 300 series laptops are available, mini PCs featuring the new Zen 5 chips are yet to be announced. ETA Prime happened to get an early look at a gaming mini PC with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and the Radeon 890M iGPU performed relatively well in AAA games.

The Minisforum G7 Ti and G7 Ti SE gaming mini PCs are now available to preorder. Among the two, the standard model variant features the Intel Core i9 14900HX, and the SE variant has the Core i7 14650HX, but both are equipped with Nvidia RTX 4070. They are now available to preorder with a starting price of $1,159.

Lenovo has not outlined any plans for IFA 2024 yet. Nonetheless, Evan Blass has leaked images of countless new products, including an x86-based version of the ThinkPad T14s 6th Gen. New Legion Go accessories are on the way too, as well as updated IdeaPad, ThinkBook and Yoga options.

For a few days, gamers can pick up two indie games for free, each of which has more than 80 percent positive ratings on Steam - a 2D spaceship shooter and an acarde shooter with a retro look.

The Alienware m16 R2 is back on sale at a discount of more than $600. Gamers can now get the RTX 4070 and Core Ultra 7 155H-powered machine for less than $1,400 straight from Dell. The discount makes the machine, which was already excellent, an even better buy thanks to the combination of good performance and features like per-key RGB.

Nintendo has extended its PlayVS e-sports partnership to develop competitive gamers by providing free Nintendo Switch consoles and games to needy middle and high schools. The three-year effort to establish competitive gaming teams has resulted in the creation of 10,500 high school teams nationwide playing over 73,000 matches.

The 39-inch Asus ROG Swift ultrawide OLED gaming monitor has a 240 Hz refresh rate, Nvidia G-Sync support, and a claimed brightness of 1,300 nits. Despite being marketed as a gaming monitor, its features and reasonable resolution make it a great option for basically anything, including colour-critical work. Thanks to an Amazon sale, the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG39WCDM is $500 off.

Next year, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Earlier today, Ubisoft announced the return of the franchise with Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, a title that brings back the world of Enroth and allows the exploration of Jadame for the first time.

Epic Games has now finalised its next free game offering. Unlike in recent weeks, its forthcoming giveaway will actually consist of four games rather than just one or two.

CheckMag Laptops have always had to make do with leftovers, never getting a taste of the largest and most powerful chips reserved for desktop graphics cards. There are, the way I see it, several reasons as to why things are like this.

Retroid has revealed the Pocket Mini, its first retro gaming handheld since last year's Pocket 4 and Pocket 4 Pro. While the Retroid Pocket Mini resembles the Anbernic RG40XX H, it will feature a 960p OLED display.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers can get a taste of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on August 30. A new game will also be added to the gaming subscription on its release day. Additionally, three new titles are being introduced for Game Pass Core subscribers.

MSI has now confirmed pricing and availability for the MPG 491CQPX, its latest 49-inch curved gaming monitor. Although most features of the MPG 491CQPX are already known, MSI will not be releasing it for a while yet.

The Epic Games Store has updated its free game giveaway, a week after offering Death's Gambit: Afterlife and a $25 add-on for World of Warships for free. This week, the storefront has moved to The Callisto Protocol and Gigantic: Rampage Edition, which typically sell for almost $80.

CRKD's Atom is a new miniature Bluetooth controller, or keychain controller as it calls it, that works with a variety of devices. Available in a wide range of color options including transparent ones, the Atom arrives as a challenger to 8BitDo's Zero 2 controller.

A reliable leaker has beat the Epic Games Store to revealing not just this week's free game giveaway, but also one that will not start until the end of August.

Microsoft has expanded its Xbox Series X lineup with a new high-capacity 2TB "Galaxy Black" model. In addition, the company is introducing new 1TB variants of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles, providing gamers with more design options.

Microsoft expands its accessibility controllers with the new Xbox Adaptive Joystick that's customizable and plugs into its Xbox Adaptive Controller. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick is joined by 8BitDo's Lite SE 2.4G Wireless Controller for Xbox which has Hall Effect joysticks.

The XG27ACDNG has almost the exact same name as another member of the ROG Strix series of OLED monitors, but comes with a number of crucial differences. It is rated for a refresh rate of 360Hz despite its QHD resolution - which, moreover, is not glossy. The new display also boasts a powered USB-C port alongside support for HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4.

Until recently, it has been possible to purchase various 27-inch OLED gaming monitors with 360 Hz refresh rates. However, ASUS has now switched up proceedings with the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP, the first example to combine 1440p and 480 Hz visuals.

The latest ROG Rapture-series router is joined by its non-gaming RT-BE86U counterpart to bring cutting-edge wired or wireless speeds to the ongoing Computex showcase. They are joined by the ROG USB-BE92, an adapter rated to upgrade non-Wi-Fi 7 PCs to the same 4K QAM and MLO technology with WPA3 security to boot.

The latest Game Ready Driver software package from Nvidia, labeled 560.94 and released yesterday, comes with DLSS support for several games launching these days, including Star Wars Outlaws, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and Final Fantasy XVI (the demo version). The new GeForce RTX 4070 with GDDR6 instead of GDDR6X is also supported.

Nvidia released its latest official drivers for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. In addition to improved support for a variety of features in the open-source OSes, the Nvidia 560 graphics drivers also default to using open-source GPU kernel modules.

At the Opening Night Live of gamescom 2024, the first gameplay scenes from the seventh part of the Civilization series planned for early 2025 were shown. At the same time, a comprehensive showcase was published, providing an in-depth look at the planned improvements.

A teaser trailer was shown at the Opening Night Live of gamescom 2024, officially announcing the long-awaited fourth installment in the Borderlands series. However, fans are still skeptical due to the disappointing last Borderlands games.

The Acer Predator Triton Neo 16 with a 16-inch 3200 x 2000 165 Hz display, a 140 W RTX 4070 laptop GPU, and an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor has recorded a steep $400 discount at B&H Photo. As a result, the Predator Triton Neo 16 has now become a solid choice for mid-range buyers on the hunt for a gaming/content creation machine.

Released earlier this year, the Samsung Odyssey G55C (LS32CG550ENXZA) is a curved gaming monitor for gamers on a budget, with a 32-inch QHD display, 1 ms response time, and 165 Hz refresh. Thanks to a generous 30% discount, it can be acquired from Amazon for $$229.99 instead of the $329.99 list price.

Since individual PS5 games can take up over 200 GB of memory, the PlayStation 5's 825 GB SSD only offers space for three games in the worst-case scenario. Western Digital now offers a way to expand the console's memory by 8 TB, but at a high price.

A new leak from X says AMD has a new Zen 4-based X3D SKU lined up. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D will supposedly launch in early September, a full month before its Zen 5-based counterparts.