Gaming

The Twinkly Matrix, a smart LED curtain, is on sale in North America and the EU. The lighting solution could be used to decorate various rooms in your home, with a wide range of colors and effects offered in the company’s app. Plus, the smart home product supports multiple gaming integrations and voice commands.

As Nintendo announced in an official announcement, almost all online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U will be discontinued in April of this year.

Gamers currently have the opportunity to take part in a Capcom survey and tell the company which game they would like to see a sequel to in the future. Participants from Japan, Taiwan, England and Canada can look forward to exclusive prizes.

The Alienware m16 can now be had for a whopping $600 off the list price straight from Dell. With the discount in place, the 16-inch machine becomes an extremely enticing deal thanks to its strong performance, capable display, healthy port selection, and plenty of upgradability options.

Microsoft could be developing its own Xbox handheld console for launch in 2026. The latest rumor suggests that the handheld console is being prepared alongside a traditional console mimicking the company’s approach of releasing a less powerful and more powerful console.

The latest PlayStation 5 beta firmware update is rolling out to a limited number of consoles in a few markets (Canada, Japan, Germany, France, the US, and the UK). Its highlights include enhanced noise cancellation and controller speaker audio, as well as the improved visual interaction with the host in Share Screen.

Two insiders familiar with Atlus revealed yesterday that Persona 4 and Persona 2 will return soon. The first will get a remake while the latter will be remastered for all consoles, including the next-gen Xbox and the Nintendo Switch 2. Sadly, there no release date was mentioned.

After weeks of rumours about popular Xbox exclusive titles being brought over to PlayStation and Nintendo, it seems Microsoft will finally be sharing its multi-platform plans next week in a “business update event”. Games rumoured to be made multi-platform include Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Starfield.

OLED gaming monitors are becoming increasingly popular, with dozens of new examples having been showcased last month at CES 2024. While WOLED and QD-OLED panels feature various technical advantages over their IPS and VA counterparts, two major gaming monitor manufacturers have now increased their respective warranties and guarantees for OLED panels, including if OLED burn-in occurs.

According to Nintendo's recently published financial reports, the Nintendo Switch is continuing to sell like hot cakes. The total number of Switch units (across all models) hit 139.36 million as of the end of December 2023. However, console sales have declined by roughly 7.8% year-over-year.

Sugar Cubes has presented the Sugar Cubes X Jelly, a project that transforms a popular Android smartphone into a choice of two gaming handhelds. While one serves as more of a Unihertz Jelly Star controller, another overhauls the compact smartphone into a conventional-looking gaming handheld.

The first part of the Gothic series has long since achieved cult status in the RPG community - and now it won't be long before fans can once again immerse themselves in the dark world of Myrtana. A release date can already be seen on Amazon - and the game can be pre-ordered.

Ayaneo has revealed more device specifications for the Pocket S, which it will deliver later this year with a modern Snapdragon SoC running Android. The Ayaneo Pocket S will also feature a 1440p display, plus up to 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 has become one of the better options for extremely frugal gamers as the RTX 4050-equipped configuration of the 15-inch gaming laptop is now on sale for $699 after a massive discount takes $500 off Lenovo's official list price.

ASUS has added even more features to the ROG Ally, not long after it enabled gyroscope controls. This time, the ROG Ally has gained a quick access TDP slider, among other improvements.

ASUS has introduced the ROG Strix XG259QNS, an update on a gaming monitor with a model number similar to the one that it released last year. As such, the ASUS ROG Strix XG259QNS combines a 1080p resolution with a 380 Hz refresh rate and ships with a USB hub, among other features.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 with Ryzen 9 7840HS and RTX 4060 is enjoying a big discount on Best Buy. The gaming laptop is currently available for $1,049.99, which is a $550 drop from the regular $1,599.99 price tag.

Anbernic has now launched the RG556, a relatively powerful gaming handheld that competes with the likes of the Retroid Pocket 4. Launching for $174.99 with Android 13, the Anbernic RG556 also has hall effect triggers and joysticks, along with a six-axis gyroscope.

With up to 240-Hz fast OLED displays, a selection of AMD Ryzen 8000 and Intel Meteor Lake, as well as the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 laptop GPUs in a thin, lightweight housing, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G series promises some strong equipment. Finally, the new G14 and G16 are also available in Germany.

Games as a service is a successful concept that has long been commonplace in mobile gaming. According to a recent survey, there will also be significantly more games with a live service for PC and consoles in the future.

According to Pocketpair’s CEO Takuro Mizobe latest tweet, Palworld’s server maintenance fees cost a fortune. To which lead network engineer Chujo Hiroto responded that they’re never letting the service down, regardless of the cost.

The Gigabyte G6 KF gaming notebook features an Intel Core i7-13620H processor paired with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Its 16-inch IPS display has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 and a 165 Hz refresh rate. Also included is an RTX 4060 Laptop GPU with 8 GB of VRAM, along with a 75 W TGP.

Orange Pi, known for having a comprehensive SBC lineup, is venturing into the gaming handheld market. The company’s first offering in this segment is called Orange Pi Neo, which will soon debut with a Linux distro called Manjaro OS and the same AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU that has become quite popular among handheld gaming devices.

The sale of physical games is becoming less and less worthwhile. According to rumors, some retailers have already started to take them off the shelves completely.

A couple of known Nintendo Switch 2 commenters have either directly or indirectly stated that an event of some kind is incoming, which could possibly be a Switch 2 reveal event. In one case, the source is adamant that a trusted insider has given them exciting information that points to the Switch successor coming soon. However, another well-known commenter seems unconvinced.

Moore's Law Is Dead reports that Microsoft has always tried to shop around before turning to AMD just to obtain a better deal. For the next gen console contract, however, Microsoft sure seems to be taking its sweet time picking a production partner, giving Intel the opportunity to try and secure a big win for its foundry business.

While Microsoft adds new games to the Xbox Game Pass every month, a few games also have to leave the subscription service on a regular basis. This month, this affects two games.

The ASUS ROG Ally models are on sale up to $200 off MSRP at BestBuy US before Valentine's Day. Powered by an AMD Ryzen Z1 series CPU, the Ally models deliver tweakble handheld performance to gamers today on a smooth 7" Freesync Premium LCD with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD.

The latest promotion on the Playstation Store is titled 'Critic's Choice Sale' and features hundreds of discounted blockbusters for the Playstation 4 and Playstation 5, including crowd favorites such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Last of Us Part I.

GTA 6 is set to establish new standards in the gaming cosmos. The developers have already secured new AI patents that could make one of the biggest fan wishes come true.

The action role-playing game Stellar Blade, formerly known under the working title Project EVE, has been given a release date and a new gameplay trailer. The game will be released on 26 April 2024, exclusively for PS5.

Sony could be in the early stages of developing a new handheld console per the latest report from Moore’s Law is Dead. Sony’s latest portable gaming device, the PS Portal, only streams games over the network leaving players who want a truly portable system like the PSP of yesteryear only with options from third-parties like Nintendo Switch, Valve, and ASUS to name a few.

Tianbao, internationally known as AOOSTAR, has launched the GOD88 gaming mini PC in China. It's a successor to the GOD78 that debuted last year. But not much has changed, with the only noticeable difference being the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. The other specs of the tiny gaming computer are identical, including the same Cyberpunk-themed design and USB 4 connectivity.

Hideo Kojima has finally provided a glimpse at the follow-up to Death Stranding. Eventually arriving as Death Stranding 2 On The Beach, the sequel contains a new game world and a different operations base for Sam Bridges.

Initial reviews comparing the R7 5700X3D to Intel's i5-12600K and i5-13600K models reveal that AMD's latest 3D V-Cache processor is ~8% slower than the R7 5800X3D for $59 less.

It turns out that, despite OCulink's higher bandwidth, it still chokes high-end GPUs like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 by up to 23% when used in an external GPU enclosure, but Thunderbolt's limitations are far more obvious. As with the older standard, the eGPU setup suffered more when the graphics output was sent back to the laptop.

The RTX 4070-powered version of the 2023 HP Omen 16 has been put on sale for its most affordable price yet as the Ryzen 9 7940HS-equipped gaming laptop can now be ordered with a whopping 41 percent discount.

The CEO of Electronic Arts, Andrew Wilson, was asked by an analyst to comment about the Switch 2 in a recent earnings call. The executive was careful not to offer up any substantial details about the rumored Nintendo Switch 2 console, but he did offer the statement that “new platforms are good for us”, especially for some of EA’s major titles.

Following the popularity of the Stormcloud Vapor Special Edition of the Xbox Wireless Controller, Microsoft is expanding the collection with six new colors that combine the swirl pattern with some more colorful accents.

ViewSonic has presented the VX2758A-2K-PRO, a 27-inch gaming monitor built around a 'SuperClear' IPS panel. The ViewSonic VX2758A-2K-PRO also combines a 1440p resolution with a 170 Hz refresh rate but only 250 nits peak brightness.

AOC has lifted the lid on the Q27G3Z/D, a new 1440p IPS gaming monitor. Measuring 27-inches across, the AOC Q27G3Z/D also delivers a 260 Hz refresh rate and 450 nits peak brightness, among other features.

It only took eight months, but ASUS is now selling the ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD in Europe. Following a 2023 launch in other markets, the monitor's European introduction coincides with a Chinese release of the MPG 491CQP QD-OLED with which it shares a Samsung Display panel.

AYANEO has now opened orders for the NEXT Lite, another 7-inch gaming handheld but one that relies upon older AMD Renoir-U series APUs instead of much newer and more powerful alternatives. As a result, the AYANEO NEXT Lite starts at $299 with 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and a choice between HoloISO or Windows 11 installations.

A renowned YouTuber has revealed early details about an OLED display mod for the Switch Lite, Nintendo's second-best-selling Switch console released to date. Not only has the YouTuber detailed rough pricing, but they have shown various examples of the 'Nintendo Switch Lite OLED' and mentioned HDMI output support, too.