Gaming

A new rumor about the PlayStation 5 has turned up on social media, with a couple of details being offered about what could end up being the PlayStation 5 Slim console. According to the source, a new PS5 model will be treated to an APU that is based on the efficient 5 nm manufacturing process. This in turn will apparently negate the requirement for a liquid metal thermal conductor.

With a list price of US$149.99 on Acer's website and US$169.99 on Amazon, the 27-inch SB272 Ebi monitor is now down to a mere US$119.99 thanks to a 29% discount from the world's largest online retailer. The highlights of this FHD IPS monitor include a 100 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms VRB response time, as well as AMD FreeSync support.

AYN Technologies is preparing to release a new gaming handheld. Teased on Indiegogo, the Odin2 will run Android and will feature a Snapdragon chipset with a design reminiscent of the original Odin.

OnePlus has unveiled its latest thermal management system for top-end Android smartphones at an ongoing Chinese tech expo. The new "Aerospace-grade Tiangong Cooling System" incorporates cutting-edge materials such as "next-generation super-thermal graphite" and thermal gel made of diamond, not to mention a vapor chamber about twice the size of those found in existing potential rivals of the first device to feature the system: the Ace 2 Pro.

A new leak from Kopite7kimi says the GeForce RTX 5090 could feature a 512-bit memory bus. The graphics card is due to launch sometime in 2025. It is said be manufactured on TSMC's 3 nm node and feature GDDR7 memory.

There's something unique about the competitive atmosphere of a multiplayer game, whether it be a racing game, a platformer, or a classic shooter. Although these three Steam games find themselves in almost entirely different genres, they're sure to stoke some fiery feuds at any friendly LAN at zero financial cost.

The 2022 Dell G15 5525 is a wallet-friendly gaming notebook that can now be had for cheap thanks to Best Buy which is now selling the device for an awesome 37% off the list price. The Dell G15 configuration on offer include a 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 6600H CPU, a 4GB RTX 3050 discreet board, and 8 GB of DDR4 RAM.

One-netbook has now announced full pricing details and configurations for the ONEXFLY, its next gaming handheld. Available with only the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU, One-netbook plans to offer the ONEXFLY in five SKUs up to a version with 64 GB of RAM and 4 TB of storage.

AYANEO has revealed more details about the SLIDE, a future GPD Win 4 2023 competitor. The AYANEO SLIDE will feature a colour-accurate 6-inch and 1080p IPS display, an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU and will be the first Windows gaming handheld with an RGB-backlit keyboard.

Active PS Plus Essential subscribers can once again download and play three games for free in August 2023, as Sony's latest lineup includes a well-known golf simulation and two lesser-known but highly rated PlayStation games that are definitely worth checking out.

The Meteorish TJD T101 is a new gaming handheld that combines a 10.1-inch display with AMD Ryzen 7040U APUs. The TJD T101 has plenty of other features too, including a 60 Wh battery, two USB4 ports and LPDDR5x RAM. Reputedly, prices will start at US$599 when the TJD T101 goes on sale next month.

One of the few non-curved Odyssey gaming monitors by Samsung currently available on the market, the 43-inch Neo G7 arrived in early March 2023 and sports a 4K resolution, 144 Hz refresh, and 1 ms response time. The ongoing 36% discount pushes it from US$999.99 to US$643.99 on Amazon, while Samsung US has it listed for US$799.99.

The GPD Win Mini appears ready for release, following months of teasers. Sporting a 7-inch display within a compact chassis, the Win Mini should be one of the smallest Ryzen 7040U-powered gaming handhelds around when it lands later this year.

A new financial report from a Chinese-language media site has once again offered up a tasty morsel about the potential Nintendo Switch 2 release date period. This time around, a “Japanese game console” or “Japanese game machine” is mentioned, but evidence in the article points to this being the Switch 2 or next-generation Nintendo Switch.

ASUS is offering a new BIOS update for the ROG Ally aimed at improving the gaming handheld in various areas. The company is not yet ready to patch an outstanding MicroSD card issue though, despite officially acknowledging it before the update's release.

Retroid has released the Retroid Pocket 2S, a compact gaming handheld with a 3.5-inch display and a Unisoc Tiger T610 chipset. Available with 3 GB or 4 GB of RAM, the Retroid Pocket 2S also has hall effect joysticks, runs Android 11 and is available for under US$100.

Available on Amazon since mid-November 2022, the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Trinity OC video card had a price tag of US$1,299.99 less than two months ago. Thankfully, a brand-new discount of 15% has just pushed it to US$1,099.99, which also happens to be the lowest price it had on Amazon so far.

Announced in March, the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 combines the latest AMD Zen 4 mobile CPUs with the GeForce RTX 40 GPUs. Best Buy now has both an open-box and brand-new unit on sale for 38% and 24% off the retail price respectively. The discounted model comes with a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU, an RTX 4060 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.

The would-be next-generation Nintendo Switch leakers have hit Twitter hard recently, with rumors turning up in at least three different and tenuous accounts. Supposed Switch 2 specs have been posted, along with information, including a price limit, about a Nintendo Switch Next. If that wasn’t enough, a regular contributor to the Switch 2 rumor mill has had more to say about the Joy-Con 2.

AYANEO has revealed more details about the KUN, another gaming handheld with an 8.4-inch and 2.5K display. AYANEO will pair the large display with an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, the APU of choice for many of its competitors. However, the company has dropped the idea of offering the AYANEO KUN with a dGPU solution.

For folks in need of a mid-range gaming laptop with an expansive display, Microcenter is now offering the Dell G16 7620 for a respectable 25% off the list price. The notebook comes with a 16-inch QHD+ display alongside a 14-core Core i7-12700H and a 130 W RTX 3060.

The powerful RTX 3080 Ti dGPU in the burly Alienware x17 has a high TGP of 175 watts and packs quite a punch considering that the 17-inch gaming laptop is now approaching the US$1,500 mark thanks to a massive discount at the manufacturer's very own online shop.

Available since 2020, the LG UltraGear 34GP83A-B is a WQHD curved gaming monitor with 144 hz standard refresh rate (160 Hz overclock) compliant with the VESA DisplayHDR 400 specifications, also sporting both G-Sync and FreeSync Premium support. After a 31% discount, its price has fallen to US$549 from US$799.99.

Meta is said to have canceled plans for its Quest Pro 2 headset. The decision comes following recent launch of the Quest Pro, which is also said to be end of life following the exhaustion of current components supplies.

Lenovo's latest Legion-brand product event has introduced a new version of the Y9000X laptop to the Chinese market. It has become a lighter and slimmer PC, if anything, in this generation, yet still boasts gaming credentials such as RTX 4000-series graphics to drive a 3.2K 165Hz display. It also boasts 140W charging for a 99.9kWh battery.

Lenovo has made its second-gen Android gaming tablet official today (July 22, 2023). The 2023 version of the Y700 comes in two colors and three different RAM/storage SKUs, which may be just part of what helps the new version blow its inaugural predecessor away in terms of performance. Then again, their battery and charging stats remain constant.

Project Q, Sony's first handheld after the PS Vita, is confirmed to use a non-detachable controller. It also runs a heavily-modded version of Android. Sony is expected to launch it later in 2023.

The thin-and-light creator and gaming laptop crossover from MSI has finally dropped to a more justifiable price point as a well-known retailer is selling the MSI Stealth 14 Studio configuration with an RTX 4060 dGPU at a discount of US$400 relative to its MSRP.

According to a new report from a previously reliable source, Sony is developing the PlayStation 5 Pro under the codename Trinity with considerably faster RAM and an overhauled GPU. Likely featuring as many Compute Units as an AMD Radeon RX 6800, the same source has also outlined a release window for Sony's next Pro console, among other details.

Sony and Insomniac Games have collaborated on a new Limited Edition Bundle of the PlayStation 5 (PS5) based on the next blockbuster from the latter: Marvel's Spider-Man 2. This version of the console comes with an exclusive new paint-job for the console and DualSense wireless controller that highlights the game's main "threat" as well as its main characters. However, those with an existing PS5 can still get the same effect thanks to new first-party replacement covers.

One-netbook continues to tease the ONEXFLY, its 7-inch and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U-powered gaming handheld. Purportedly, the ONEXFLY will cost slightly more than the ASUS ROG Ally, a gaming handheld to which One-netbook also compares the ONEXFLY.

Intel designed the NUC Extreme mini PCs to accommodate high-end desktop-grade processors, but this might not be the case anymore, as the Meteor Lake models equipping the rumored Asus NUC Extreme only include laptop-grade cores.

With an average rating of 4.4/5 at Best Buy, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is a pretty well-reviewed mid-range gaming laptop. The SKU with an 8-core Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU and an RTX 3060 is now going for only US$999.99, the lowest price to date. For the price, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is worth taking a look at as it is plenty powerful for FHD gaming and offers excellent battery life.

AMD is expected to release the RX 7800 and RX 7700 in September. The cards which could possibly be the last RDNA 3 offerings allegedly feature the mid-range Navi 32 GPU. According to recent 3DMark Time Spy Graphics figures reported by leaker All_The_Watts, the RX 7800 and RX 7700 could outpace the RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 Ti respectively.

Blizzard has announced that Overwatch 2 will be playable via Steam on August 10, the same day as Overwatch 2: Invasion's launch. A Battle.net account will still be required to play the game.

A known tipster has seemingly sparked huge speculation on social media that Sony is just about ready to spring the PlayStation 5 Slim (PS5 Slim) on its legions of fans. While a few details had already been shared about a new PlayStation 5 model, the launch schedule of the console was still somewhat clouded.

Unleashed yesterday and labeled 536.67, the latest driver package from Nvidia comes with support for Portal: Prelude RTX, as well as the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Remnant II. A few G-Sync Compatible gaming monitors and GeForce Experience Optimal Settings presets are also present.

The RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is the latest GPU to come out of NVIDIA’s camp. The card features the same 4,352 CUDA cores, 2.5 GHz boost frequency, and 288 GB/s memory bandwidth as the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB but doubles the VRAM buffer. NVIDIA has priced the board at US$499 in the US and €549 in Europe. However, the ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has been listed for more than some RTX 4070 models in Germany.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 (Gen 8) can now be had for only US$1,336.49 straight from Lenovo thanks to stackable coupon codes. The laptop comes with an 8-core Ryzen 7 7745HX CPU, a next-gen RTX 4070 GPU, 16 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage. Although the RAM and storage are respectable, they can be further expanded thanks to two SO-DIMM and two M.2 slots.

Designed with next-generation systems that could hit the market later this year, the industry's first GDDR7 DRAM has now completed the development stage. According to Samsung, the new GDDR7 design sports a 32 Gbps boosted speed per pin while being 20% more efficient and having 1.4 times the bandwidth of its predecessor.

The Framework Laptop 16, a modular gaming notebook Framework announced in March, is now available for pre-order. While the price for a DIY version starts at US$1399, adding a discrete GPU module bumps the price by $400 to $1799. A fully assembled model starts at $1699 without the dGPU and $2099 with one.

Game Pass Core has been announced as a new way to access Microsoft's Xbox multi-player network for less than US$10 a month. The new Pass is only compatible with a limited and specific range of games, however. It will become active later in 2023, and will also supplant the Xbox Live Gold account type from day one.

It appears that the Navi 32-based RX 7800 and the RX 7700 might be on the horizon as new information from Moore’s Law Is Dead suggests that AMD is getting ready to release the cards in a couple of months. The leaker has also claimed that the RX 7900 based on the cut-down Navi 31 GPU could see an unusual launch with constrained supply.

A Nintendo Switch 2 user interface (UI) has appeared in a new clip posted by a fan seemingly dedicated to creating next-generation Switch concepts. While there are a few clues to show that this is not the real deal, it has still impressed some because of its fluidity and overall design. Nintendo has yet to confirm any physical details about a Switch 2 or NG Switch console.

RedMagic has invited its fans who live outside China to join the "Winners' Circle" with the 8S Pro. It is touted as the ultimate form of the OEM's Android gaming flagship smartphone with the "strongest" version of the top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC to drive its "most advanced" 6.8-inch, 93.7% screen-to-body ratio AMOLED display. However, not all of its most ground-breaking specs have found their way to new markets.