Gaming

GameSir X4 mobile game controller has launched in China, and it comes with Microsoft authorization. That means you get full support for Xbox Game Pass mobile streaming. The Backbone One alternative also has a replaceable button layout and offers "high playability" across different mobile titles.

Geekom reportedly plans to launch a new mini PC called AE7 with a top-end processor from the AMD Phoenix line. To be specific, AndroidPC reports that it will feature AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, a powerful processor with a very capable Radeon 780M iGPU. To further enhance the gaming capabilities, it is said to sport USB4, which brings eGPU support.

The IKEA BRÄNNBOLL gaming furniture collection has been revealed before its launch later this year. The range will include a series of chairs, such as an inflatable model and another with an unusual spring-based structure. Other products in the line-up are a gaming station, storage solutions and accessories.

CheckMag Not to miss the cash train, many original manufacturers have released “mini” consoles, including Sega, Nintendo, Commodore and Atari. However, of all the retro consoles, the latest Atari Gamestation Pro is a short lived nostalgia trip at best and e-waste destined for landfill at worst.

Powkiddy is offering a new retro gaming handheld powerful enough to emulate most Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 1 games. Sold as the Powkiddy RGB20SX, the compact gaming handheld has a 1:1 display, 1 GB of LPDDR4 RAM, a 5,000 mAh battery and Wi-Fi connectivity.

On April 18, the developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance will unveil a new game. The well-known leaker Tom Henderson confirms the fans' suspicions - Kingdom Come: Deliverance is finally getting a sequel.

The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 powered by an RTX 4060 laptop GPU, a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU, and 16 GB of DDR5 memory has dropped back down to $899.99 at Best Buy. In addition to the mid-range internals, the laptop brings a 16-inch 1200p display, a 4-zone RGB-backlit keyboard, and an 80 Wh battery.

Acer has revealed new pricing for the Predator Z57. While the company has not confirmed a full release date yet, it has dropped its launch price by $500 to below $2,000.

A Core i9-14900HX and a GeForce RTX 4070 equip the Aorus 16X (2024) for video editing, gaming and rendering. Adding to this is a bright 16-inch display (16:10, 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, G-Sync), 32 GB RAM, 2 SSDs with 1 TB of storage each, and a Thunderbolt 4 port.

Previously teased AOKZOE A2 Ultra gaming handheld has officially made its debut in China. As the company has previously revealed, the portable Windows console is powered by an Intel Meteor Lake CPU. To be specific, it packs the Core Ultra 7 155H, which is the same processor that the maxed-out MSI Claw features.

LG has indicated that the time to get ready for its Gaming Week 2024 is now. The event is slated to offer devices such as the latest 45-inch OLED UltraGear monitor or one of the new Intel Core Ultra-powered Gram Pro laptops at new reduced prices. They might drop by up to 20% more, but only if the buyer also buys one of a selection of own-brand accessories at the same time.

The AOC Q27G20XM is a new gaming monitor with powerful features and a high refresh rate. The mini LED panel is also designed to optimally display high-contrast content.

Many fans believe that the Gold and Ultimate Editions of Star Wars Outlaws are overpriced. Adding to the conversation, well-known streamer Asmongold has recently expressed his opinion on the matter.

The popular strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown, highly rated on Metacritic and normally priced at $20 on Steam, is currently available for just $1, a 95 percent discount. The Ultimate Collection, which includes all games in the series along with almost all DLCs, is also significantly reduced in price.

One very popular racing game from Ubisoft, The Crew, got its servers shut down on April 1. As it’s an online-only title, the fact that the servers went offline means that it’s unplayable right now. However, it seems the company has gone further and started removing licenses from the players’ accounts.

Walmart is holding the Spring Savings event, in which the online retailer has slashed prices of a lot of top-rated products, and the Nintendo Switch OLED happens to be one of them. The gaming handheld's Japanese edition is currently up for grabs at just $279.

As other providers have already done in recent months, Electronic Arts is now also increasing the prices of its EA Play subscription model from May 10. The costs for the online service will increase by 60% in some cases. But there is a worthwhile alternative.

ViewSonic has announced the VX4518, a 44.5-inch ultra-wide gaming monitor with a 32:9 aspect ratio and a 1500R curvature. The ViewSonic VX4518 outputs at 1440p, 165 Hz and with 450 nits peak brightness, while also delivering HDMI and USB Type-C connectivity, among other ports.

If you fancy immersing yourself in a post-apocalyptic adventure on the occasion of the new Fallout series, the current free-play event gives you the opportunity to play Fallout 76 for free. If you like the game, you can buy it at a heavily discounted price as part of the event.

The entire Fallout franchise is on sale on Steam, with all the top-rated games enjoying a massive discount. Among all, there’s Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition, which is enjoying a heavy 75% price cut, dropping to $4.99 in the US and lower in other regions.

With the MAG 274URFW, MSI presents a mid-range gaming monitor that should impress with a strong price-performance ratio, as the screen offers a 400 nits bright 4K 160 Hz IPS panel, USB-C, and HDMI 2.1 for the equivalent of around 320 euros.

The QHD-capable gaming laptop also features a 240Hz display with 100% DCI-P3 as well as a 1TB SSD. On sale with a massive 36% discount, the Alienware m16 certainly packs a punch for buyers in the $2,000 price range.

First launched for Apple Arcade, the fun-filled adventure racing game What The Car? is making its way to the PC. Triband, the developer, has announced a September 5 launch date, but for now, you can download a free demo on Steam.

Bethesda will launch a new update for Fallout 4 in the coming days. It features new quests, in-game content, cosmetics and QoL improvements for PC, Xbox and PlayStation.

Epic Games has updated its free game giveaway on its Epic Games Store. From today until April 18, the storefront will offer Ghostrunner for free, having last done so during Christmas 2023. Typically, Ghostrunner sells for $29.99.

RKGK, aka Rakugaki, sheds the first-person shooter, MMO gameplay and grim, realistic worlds that have become all too common in recent games, opting instead to tell its rebellion story through colourful, surrealistic visuals and fast-paced platformer action.

Anbernic has showcased yet another compact retro gaming handheld. Having presented the RG35XX 2024 and RG35XX SP last month, the company has now moved on to the even smaller RG28XX. Nonetheless, the Anbernic RG28XX should still be powerful enough to handle games from up to SEGA Dreamcast and Sony PSP libraries, among other use cases.

EA has officially announced that Battlefield 2042 will end with the current Season 7 and the publisher now wants to focus on the planned "Battlefield Universe".

After dropping to the all-time low price of $279.99 last month, the Samsung Odyssey G5 (LC34G55TWWNXZA) is now available for $372. However, this is still a good deal since a 32% discount is involved and the list price tag reads $549.99 while the Camelcamelcamel price tracker shows an average price of $412.05.

With the Nitro 14, Acer is entering the rapidly expanding market for compact 14-inch gaming laptops and offers an interesting overall package with a 120-Hz, 14.5-inch QHD display and state-of-the-art AMD Ryzen and Nvidia GeForce chips.

The latest gaming notebook from Acer is aimed at fans of particularly compact gaming laptops who don't want any compromises. The Helios Neo 14 boasts a Core Ultra 9 185H, a 14.5-inch display in 16:10 format and Thunderbolt 4.

Designed in collaboration with more than 70 professional gamers, the Logitech G Pro X 60 Lightspeed wireless gaming keyboard uses the 60 percent form factor and incorporates the brand's KeyControl tech, which allows up to 15 functions per key via the G HUB software. The MSRP tag reads $179 in the US and €229 in Europe.

The popular pirate game Sea of Seaves is coming to the PlayStation 5 at the end of April, but players can set sail earlier. The closed beta starts on April 12. We explain how to register.

The action shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has not been particularly successful since its release in February of this year. According to leaker Miller Ross, the game has been such a failure that it could be discontinued after Season 5.

Lenovo has given the briefest glimpse into the state of a next-generation Legion Go gaming handheld. In the meantime, the company has also hinted at changes heading to the existing model that it released late last year.

Bungie is set to launch the Into the Light content update for Destiny 2, which will bridge the gap between the last Season of the Wish patch and the forthcoming Final Shape expansion. The update will be live and free to download from 10 AM PDT or 1 AM EDT today, Tuesday, April 9.

Yesterday, North America witnessed a total solar eclipse, which Activision seems to have wanted Call of Duty Warzone players from all over the world to experience. So, it replicated the celestial event on the Rebirth Island. While the atmosphere changed as the moon covered the sun, the battle royale matches played out as usual.

The AMD-powered 2024 version of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has just hit the market a few months ago, but thanks to a notable $150 discount at Best Buy, the 14-inch gaming laptop with a gorgeous 120Hz OLED display has already reached a pretty reasonable price point.

Specifications for the RNDA 4-based Navi 44 and Navi 48 have leaked. In the case of Navi 48, AMD might have a killer mid-range chip on its hands as the RDNA 4 GPU is rumored to not only enjoy more raw horsepower than an RTX 4070 Ti SUPER but also use less power and a smaller die size.

A few days ago, AOKZOE teased a new handheld gaming PC called A2 Ultra. However, the brand didn't shed any light on the processor and the launch date. Well, those two just got revealed today. As confirmed by the company, it will feature an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU and launch in the Chinese market on April 14.

Recently, the well-known gaming insider Tom Henderson reported on a new Prince of Persia game, which is said to be a roguelite from Evil Empire. Now new information seems to have emerged. According to Henderson, the game is to be announced on April 10.

With the D300, Jonsbo presents a stylish PC case that relies on a single, curved window instead of the usual two separate panels, which allows a clear view of the hardware inside.

The day has come when the online services of Nintendo Wii U and 3DS will be shutting down. After today, you won't be able to play online with these gaming consoles anymore. But offline play will work just as it did when the servers were active.

GamerTech has unveiled the heated Magma Glove for avid video gamers to optimize their hand performance. Studies have shown that gaming in environments that is too cold or too hot can result in poor hand performance and gaming scores. The glove utilizes thin film heaters to maintain optimal esports performance.

YouTuber Ross Scott, also known as Accursed Farms, has started a campaign called Stop Killing Games. As the name suggests, it wants to stop the "practice of publishers destroying" the titles sold to customers. This initiative aims to achieve that by placing legal challenges against the practice.

President of Xbox since late October 2023, Sarah Bond has recently set up a special team that will handle future-proofing the digital Xbox game libraries. The task of this team will not end anytime soon, as they will continue to ensure that old titles will remain compatible with future Xbox hardware as well.

A YouTuber named Serg Pavlov has managed to run Red Dead Redemption 2 on Redmagic 9 Pro. While the Android phone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 got the popular title from Rockstar Games up and running, the frames were all over the place. There were also multiple texture glitches throughout the test period.