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The 16-inch gaming laptop from Dell's subsidiary Alienware is currently on sale for its lowest price yet as the powerful RTX 4080 configuration of the QHD-capable m16 R1 falls below the $1,800 mark for the very first time and becomes an attractive deal for affluent gamers.

Nintendo's NES Zapper is a fairly simple light gun, but interesting enough to be the focus of an analysis by the Slow Mo Guys. High-speed cameras allow for a detailed breakdown in a YouTube video.

The Mercedes-Benz A-Class Vibes has been unveiled as a PlayStation-inspired version of the 2024 PHEV. The design features the colors of the game console, with a PlayStation 5 and a copy of Gran Turismo 7 included with each purchase. Other features of the AMG Line vehicle include the Night pack and a sliding panorama roof.

AMD is now offering Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 globally, an update that introduces various bug fixes and support for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, as well as a UI overhaul. The release also sees the introduction of HYPR-RX Eco, a software package that AMD claims can reduce power consumption by over two-thirds in some cases.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has gifted retiring CEO Jim Ryan a unique PlayStation 5. Modeled around the original PlayStation generation, the console even has PS1 PS1-inspired controller cable and recreates the packaging of Sony's first games console, too.

Corsair has announced the MP600 Micro, an M.2 2242 and PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD. Offering up to 4,300 MB/s sequential write and 5,100 MB/s sequential read speeds, the Corsair MP600 Micro retails for $74.99 and is available now in multiple markets.

Sony has finally released its alternative to Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller. Available for $89.99 in the US, the Sony Access Controller is highly customisable and is billed as an 'all-inclusive kit in a box'.

Acer has officially announced the Nitro V 16, the first Ryzen 8040 series gaming laptop. To be specific, it can be configured with up to Ryzen 7 8845HS and Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU, bringing plenty of oomph for heavy applications. It will be available from March 2024 with a starting price of $999.

A leak from a notorious imageboard purports that Shadow of the Erdtree will add "an entire Bloodborne's" worth of content to Elden Ring. FromSoftware initially planned to launch the DLC in two parts but decided to combine it later.

Bethesda has announced the Skyrim Creations community content marketplace. The content store ships in an update to the Skyrim Special Edition and Skyrim Anniversary Edition, and includes freely-available items from the old Mods and Creation Club platform. Creators wanting to sell items on the new shopfront will need to be verified.

It goes without saying that the trailer for the eagerly awaited sixth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series was bound to get a lot of views. But the fact that the trailer has made such an impact and broken almost all records is still a surprise. Only one launch record remains unbroken.

Despite GTA 6’s trailer having already garnered over 100 million views on YouTube and amassing plenty of excitement, it appears some well-known gamers haven’t been particularly taken by the likely gameplay features. Elon Musk, the world’s richest gamer, is unlikely going to be playing GTA 6 in the future after struggling with the moral choices to be made in GTA 5.

AYANEO's CEO has teased new information about the Pocket DMG, its first vertical gaming handheld and one that they claim will be set apart from competing models. Arthur Zhang has hinted at the release of a cheaper retro gaming handheld, too.

One lucky gamer and their friend can win a GeForce RTX 4080 via Nvidia's #GiftRTX holiday giveaway. Those looking for something better can try their luck with CD Projekt Red's contest to win a one-of-a-kind GeForce RTX 4090.

AYANEO has hinted that the Pocket S could soon be with us. In the meantime, the company has shared more images of its second Android gaming handheld, as well as its performance levels in Genshin Impact.

While the CPU and dGPU offer excellent value for this price, do not expect too much from the build quality and the display, as this is still a budget-oriented system after all. Also worth mentioning are the DDR5-5200 speeds on the 16 GB RAM and the 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

A new rumour says Nvidia plans to stop production of the 8 GB GeForce RTX 3050 desktop variant. It will be replaced by the 6 GB version and come with a price cut.

Stray, the game that lets you play as a cat, has landed on the Mac App Store for US$30. It is compatible with Apple's MetalFX and will easily run on most MacBooks.

The November 2023 Steam Survey reveals that both the Steam Deck and Windows 11 are seeing a strong up tick adoption. Meanwhile, Windows 10 saw a staggering loss of users. Curiously, data points to at least a few users switching to Windows on their Steam Decks.

The 14-inch configuration of the RTX 4060-powered Legion Slim 5 has been marked down by 22 percent, which turns Lenovo's well-equipped gaming laptop into a very compelling option for mobile gamers who are in the market for a mid-range machine that weighs less than 4 lbs and sports one of the latest Zen 4 processors from AMD.

Varjo has released the XR-4 mixed reality headsets with 4K displays for each eye that produce a combined 28 million pixel display resolution. This exceeds the resolution of all consumer VR/XR headsets on the market today including the upcoming Apple Vision Pro. Three models are available – the XR-4, XR-4 Focal Edition, and XR-4 Secure Edition.

It appears that Linux support could soon improve for cheap retro gaming handhelds. While the Powkiddy X55 ships with a customised Linux distribution by default, mainline Linux kernel support is actively being developed, which is already available across numerous Anbernic equivalents.

Xiaomi released the Redmi Buds 5 Pro late last month. And during the official debut, Xiaomi teased a fancier-looking edition that would soon be coming out for gamers. Well, the Redmi Buds 5 Pro eSports edition is here, and it’s currently on sale in China for CNY499 (around US$70).

The ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition with an all-AMD CPU and GPU combo is currently going for a whopping 34% discount. The price cut brings the Ryzen 7 7735HS and RX 7600S-powered laptop to less than US$750. At the final rate, the ASUS TUF A16 is a pretty great value thanks to its strong build, good performance, and great endurance.

The Acer Predator Orion X is a comparatively compact gaming PC at 336 x 257.5 x 179 mm (15.41 litres). Nonetheless, it should handle all triple-A titles with ease thanks to its combination of Intel Raptor Lake processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs.

A new update for Chiaki4Deck has introduced the possibility of streaming PS5 games on a Steam Deck OLED with HDR enabled. The feature is already available to try, albeit with a bit of end-user tweaking.

When it comes to low-cost laptops, customers naturally want to know what compromises and savings the manufacturer has made in order to reach the low price. During our test, we performed the same thing. We'll summarize the results for you.

Multiple players have found their PSN accounts banned out of the blue. Sony support says that it is due to a back-end issue, but the company has yet to make an official statement confirming it.

Naughty Dog has shown off a new game mode that will ship with The Last of Us II Remastered. It is called No Return, and it has players replay in-game areas with different characters and gameplay modifiers.

Rockstar has confirmed that it plans to launch GTA 6 on current-gen consoles only in 2025. If GTA 5 is anything to go by, a PC launch could follow suit next year.

Recent testing revealed that Arch Linux, Pop!_OS, and even Nobara Linux, which is maintained by a single developer, all outstripped Windows for the performance crown on Windows-native games. The testing was run at the high-end of quality settings, and Valve's Proton was used to run Windows games on Linux.

Valve has rolled out a new version of SteamOS, which is intended to fix numerous bugs and thus significantly improve user experience. Performance in certain games should also improve.

The GTA 6 trailer has gone live early due to some of its content having already been leaked online. Rockstar Games has taken the decision to make the trailer available for all ahead of the previously scheduled date of December 5. While the trailer itself is as exciting and impressive as expected, plenty will bemoan the GTA 6 release date window shown at the end.

It appears that Funnyplaying is targeting the Nintendo Game Boy modding community with its next retro gaming handheld, as well as the Analogue Pocket. Dubbed the Funnyplaying Game Boy clone for now, the gaming handheld relies upon an FPGA core to play original Nintendo Game Boy cartridges and is slated to arrive for as little as US$69.

Tens of thousands of people are already waiting to watch the first GTA 6 trailer, the link for which Rockstar has now published. Rockstar's 'Trailer 1' lands tomorrow and will follow alleged footage that surfaced online over the weekend.

Even though the debut trailer of GTA 6 is almost upon us, footage of the game’s location, expected to be Vice City, has leaked online. Additionally, the leaker responsible for the footage has also shared details such as GTA 6 city, size comparison vs GTA V, release date timeline, and pre-order information.

The ASUS ROG Swift Pro PG248QP is now available in multiple markets following an extended gestation. First unveiled in May 2022, the ROG Swift Pro PG248QP retails for US$899.99 in the US and showcases NVIDIA G-SYNC Ultra Low Motion Blur 2 technology. Surprisingly, the new 540 Hz gaming monitor has officially dropped by 22% in Europe.

The LG 34-inch" 21:9 UltraWide Full HD IPS monitor is expected to arrive in the EU soon after a product listing was spotted on the brand's website in Germany. The display works with AMD FreeSync and has other features, making it suitable for gaming. Plus, the device has a USB-C port supporting DisplayPort Alt Mode.

Two Amazon listings shed light on the upcoming Acer Predator Helios 18 and Acer Predator Helios 16. The former is listed for £3,200 (US$4,057) and the latter £2,800 (US$3,550). Both laptops could be unveiled at CES 2024 next year.

The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 features a 59-inch WQHD QD-OLED panel with a refresh rate of 240 Hz and 400 nits peak brightness. It comes with Tizen OS pre-installed, allowing one to use it as a standalone device.

Sony has filed a patent for a new DualSense controller with an integrated screen. It will help players through difficult sections of the game via prompts and per-key illumination.

A listing of the Asus Zephyrus M16 GU605MY powered by the Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra 9 185H has leaked online. While some of the specs such as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU and 16-inch WQXGA are similar to the currently available M16, the new upgrade seems limited to 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM as a result of Meteor Lake's on-package memory unlike the expandable memory in the current iteration.

A modder has successfully replaced the Asus ROG Ally's 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM with 32 GB of LPDDR5X modules. It then requires the BIOS chip to be modded via a specific tool.

Capcom has confirmed that it has plans to remake more Resident Evil games. While remakes have been a part of the franchise since its early days, Capcom has become quite aggressive about them. And it seems the success of the past remakes is fueling the game developer's future plans with the franchise.

A somewhat extraordinary GTA 6 claim has been made by a game developer on social media. It seems the keenly awaited Rockstar Games’ title could be part of a special PS5 marketing deal with a potential PlayStation 5 Pro bundle in the pipeline. On top of that, Grand Theft Auto fans wanting to enjoy the experience on PC may have to wait.

Bitmagic has announced a closed alpha test of its game development system powered by generative AI. By simply typing what you want, users can create playable games in minutes. This will democratize game creation by allowing anyone to make games they envision and enjoy.

CheckMag Despite finer-looking graphics, games released in 2023 aren't in any meaningful way better than what we played 20 years ago. Shoot random people, steal cars, blow things up - is Grand Theft Auto VI really going to be breaking any new ground in terms of gameplay?

Elden Ring's first (and likely only) story-driven DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, is unlikely to be launched to be anytime soon. However, development is moving smoothly, and FromSoftware says it will reveal more about it when the time is right.

Sporting a 27-inch Fast IPS panel with a 180 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms response time, the Alienware AW2724DM is a QHD Display HDR 600-certified gaming monitor with a list price of US$499.99 on Amazon (which is US$100 above its launch price). Thanks to a 34% discount, its price is now down to US$329.99.