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The 531.61 driver package has 735.7 MB in size and comes with full support for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, a GPU that delivers top performance across multiple titles at 1440p resolution with all eye candy enabled. This piece of code also includes GeForce Experience optimal settings for an additional four titles.

The ROG Phone flagship mobile gaming devices is back in 2023 with a new series. It starts with the vanilla 7 with rear-facing RGB logos set into a new two-tone finish – and then goes right up to the 7 Ultimate with a rear-mounted OLED “ROG Vision” secondary display and an AeroActive port to augment the series' new GameCool 7 thermal management system for its “no-compromises” internals. The 7 and 7 Ultimate have debuted alongside the new AeroActive Cooler 7 accessory that integrates a sub-woofer for the first time.

CDProjekt Red has released RT Overdrive mode for Cyberpunk 2077 with the game's Patch 1.62 update. While still an early preview of what path traced lighting is capable of, comparisons with it and existing ray tracing showcase a leap in visual fidelity.

Nvidia launches the RTX 4070 with 12 GB VRAM, but AMD does not have the RX 7800 cards ready just yet. As a backup plan, Team Red is now lowering the prices on its high-end RDNA2 cards to match and even sink under the RTX 4070 pricing while offering 16 GB VRAM and a free game.

With a list price of US$1,799.99, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-powered Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 gaming desktop PC also sports NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics, 16 GB DDR4-3200 memory, and a 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. Dell US slashed its price to a more wallet-friendly value of US$999.99, which translates to a massive US$800 discount.

PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium game catalogue for April includes Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Doom Eternal, The Evil Within, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and more. PS Plus Premium subscribers also get to play the original Doom Games and Dishonored. All the games will be playable on April 18.

Arkane has confirmed Redfall will run at 4K 30 FPS on the Xbox Series X and 1440p 30 FPS on the Xbox Series S, prioritizing visual fidelity over performance. A post-launch patch will add the 60 FPS option later.

NVIDIA has presented the GeForce RTX 4070, its latest mid-range graphics card. Based around the AD104 GPU and Ada Lovelace architecture, the GeForce RTX 4070 is billed as delivering strong value for money thanks to 5,888 CUDA cores, 12 GB GDDR6X VRAM and DLSS 3.0 support, among other features.

Available with three color choices, the Razer BlackShark V2 Pro wireless gaming headset is discounted between 11% and 38%. While those who choose the Six Siege finish have to pay US$178.57, customers who choose the black version only need to cash out US$111.99. The retail price is US$199.99, regardless of color.

Serial leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead has alleged in a recent video that AIBs partners aren’t stoked to see NVIDIA marking the RTX 4070 price down significantly from the initial US$749.99 to US$599.99. However, Team Green might have made arrangements to take some of the burden caused by this price adjustment off AIBs.

A job listing for the upcoming game Dune Awakening has triggered Nintendo Switch 2 speculation thanks to the platforms mentioned in the advert. Some intriguing detective work by a YouTuber points to the potential of the Switch 2 or next-gen Nintendo Switch coming out “soon”, with late 2023 still on the cards.

Dead Island 2 will run on a wide gamut of PCs thanks to its relaxed system requirements. However, those looking to play at higher resolutions will require some beefy hardware. The game launches worldwide across all platforms on April 21.

This is excellent value for a 32-inch gaming monitor. It comes with a decent IPS panel capable of almost 100% sRGB reproduction and the contrast ratio is higher than average.

Depending on where you live, April could mean cooler weather ahead, or the beginning of the warmer part of the year. Either way, here are a few games that released on Steam in early April that might pique your interest if you're looking for something to distract you from the changing weather.

Syntech pitches its new 6-in-1 Dock at the Steam Deck owner "on the go". The accessory is designed to "expand" the console with ports for Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 via type-C and HDMI 2.0 for 4K/60Hz external monitor support, as well as triple type-A ports. It is available on Amazon with generous launch-day discounts for a limited time.

Best Buy has an Open-Box ASUS ROG Flow X16 convertible for US$234 off the price for the brand-new unit. The discounted configuration comes with an 8-core Ryzen 9 6900HS, a 125 W RTX 3060, 16 GB of DDR5-4800 memory, 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage, and a 16-inch, touch-capable 2560x1600 resolution IPS panel with a 165 Hz refresh rate and 500 nits of peak brightness.

Half-Life: Alyx No VR mod now allows players to finish the game's campaign in its entirety with a keyboard and mouse. Some in-game mechanics, however, are disabled.

According to new leaks, AOKZOE is preparing to use new AMD Zen 4 APUs in its forthcoming A1 Pro and A2 gaming handhelds. Reportedly even the smaller AOKZOE A2 will utilise the Radeon 780M, an RDNA 3-based iGPU that succeeds the popular Radeon 680M.

The 34-inch BenQ Mobiuz EX3415R curved gaming monitor has been available on Amazon since March 28, 2021. Now, its price is down from the list value of US$999.99 to US$749.99, thanks to a generous 25% discount. Its highlights include a 2.1 speaker system with a 5 W subwoofer, HDRi optimization, AMD FreeSync Premium support, and more.

Featuring a gaming dial and a small secondary display for easy control and monitorization of its current status, the MSI Optix MEG381CQR Plus curved gaming monitor is now down by 22% on Amazon. Thanks to it, this 38-inch monitor that comes with a camera cradle and mouse bungee can be acquired for US$1,399.99.

Although the 15-inch machine still doesn't provide a convincing bang for the buck, the comparatively budget-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 is one of the very few RTX 4050-equipped gaming laptops that is already available on sale for less than US$1,000.

Early April means time off, and for many the best way to spend time off is by unwinding with the company of a good video game. Fortunately, there are a host of Steam publisher sales running in the first weeks of April where you can snag some truly scenic cheap games for a discount.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor could prompt PC and console owners alike to get rid of some existing games on their devices. Its storage requirement shot up from 130 GB earlier to 155 GB.

The endgame loop will include a World Tier progressive difficulty system, a modified Paragon skill system, the Aspects of Power that can be applied to weapons, modifiable Nightmare dungeons with affixes, Helltide zones with hard monsters and big rewards, a Tree of Whispers bounty system plus PvP-enabled Fields of Hatred areas.

NVIDIA debuted the RTX 40 “Ada Lovelace” boards late last year. While the mid-range RTX 4070 and RTX 4060/Ti are still not up for sale, the rumor mill has already moved on to the next big thing. To that end, RedGamingTech has published a slew of information about the upcoming RTX 50 “Blackwell” boards including preliminary specs and performance targets.

The high-end configuration of the 7th generation Lenovo Legion 5 Pro comes with a powerful CPU and GPU paring that delivers a noteworthy price-performance ratio, especially since the RTX 3070 Ti-powered QHD gaming laptop is now on sale for US$1,299.

The SF2000 is a new retro gaming handheld, albeit one that is priced particularly aggressively. Shaped like a Super NES controller, the SF2000 has a 3-inch IPS display, 1 GB of RAM and is said to be powerful enough to emulate GBA and GBC games, as well as other game libraries.

It seems Sony is building a larger PlayStation 5 ecosystem with rumors now making mention of at least five pieces of hardware, including two new PS5 consoles. There is more news about the purported PlayStation handheld, although it appears it won’t be the Vita 2-style device many had hoped for. The PS5 Pro could end up being the jewel in the crown of this potential ecosystem.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS integrates the Radeon 680M for light gaming and the 32 GB of RAM recommend this mini PC for content creation tasks. Additionally, the configuration includes a 500 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and a USB4 connector for external graphics.

The Gen 8 Lenovo Legion Pro 5i is a 16-inch gaming laptop with understated looks and plenty of horsepower under the hood. At US$2,000 for an RTX 4070 GPU and a Core i7-13700HX CPU, the laptop may not be a tempting deal. Thankfully, you can now bring the price of this variant down by close to US$400 by stacking coupon codes at checkout.

One-netbook has announced plans to refresh the ONEXPLAYER 2, which it originally equipped with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U. Now, the company is finalising a new model powered by the Intel Core i7-1370P, a 14-core and 20-thread processor.

Available on Amazon since early October 2020, the 1 TB WD_BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD add-in card is capable of sequential read/write speeds up to 6,500/4,100 Mb/s. This piece of hardware is covered with a 5-year limited warranty. Its US$299.99 list price is now down to US$199.99 thanks to a generous 33% discount.

A 10-percent coupon code brings the powerful configuration of the HP Omen 17 with an i7-13700HX and RTX 4080 very close to the US$2,000 mark, which is a more or less reasonable price considering the sky-high MSRPs for the 2023 models of most gaming laptops.

A PlayStation Vita 2 or Sony INZONE handheld gaming computer could be released at some point in 2023. In addition, it has been mentioned that this Sony handheld will turn up before the much-rumored PlayStation 5 Pro console. Interestingly, a prediction that a PlayStation 5 Portable device would hit the shelves this year was made back in 2017.

AOC has showcased the AGON Pro AG276QZD in China ahead of its launch. While the company has not confirmed pricing details yet, it has outlined all key specifications. The AGON Pro AG276QZD will combine a 1,000-nit peak brightness with a 240 Hz refresh rate and a 1440p resolution across a 26.5-inch OLED panel.

Powkiddy has launched the X55, a 5.5-inch gaming handheld equipped with a Rockchip RK3566 chipset, 2 GB of RAM and a 4,000 mAh battery. The Powkiddy X55 starts at US$139.99 and has a 720p display, among other features.

The first 3D Pokémon game will hit Nintendo's Switch Online service via the Expansion Pack, which includes other Nintendo 64 titles. Players will be able to battle friends online and face off in the myriad of minigames included in the title.

New details about the ASUS ROG Ally have been confirmed, just a few days after ASUS started teasing the gaming handheld. The ASUS ROG Ally will combine a 120 Hz display with a Zen 4 and RDNA 3-based custom AMD Ryzen APU, among other features.

The new Intel and Nvidia generations - a Core i9-13900H as well as a powerful RTX 4090 - are doing the work in the new Asus M16 gaming laptop and the result is an increase in performance and efficiency. However, the real highlight of the forthcoming laptops is the improved display technology!

The ultra-fast 240 Hz refresh rate helps to distinguish the Innocn 27G1S from other 27-inch QHD gaming monitors in the same US$300 to US$400 price range. Hopefully the 1 ms response time holds true for this VA panel.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is up to 31% faster than the Intel Core i9-13900K in AMD's in-house benchmarks. Some of the games tested include Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, CS: GO and Far Cry 6. All of the aforementioned tests were performed at 1080p with High settings.

AYA NEO is now selling the AIR Plus, a gaming handheld series that is available with a choice of AMD and Intel processors. All SKUs come with the same 6-inch IPS display, as well as a 46.2 Wh battery, hall-effect joysticks and front-firing speakers, among other features.

AOKZOE has started teasing two new gaming handhelds. Allegedly both equipped with flagship AMD Ryzen 7000 APUs, the AOKZOE A1 Pro and AOKZOE A2 will feature different screen sizes from each other, among other differences.

RedMagic has unleashed a number of its PC gaming range alongside the latest colorway for its 8 Pro Android smartphone on markets such as the US and Canada for the first time. The accessories include the brand's Gaming Mouse and Keyboard as well as its 4K Monitor. Most of them are available to order from the OEM's website.

It seems that ASUS is preparing to release the ROG Ally, a Windows gaming handheld that should be a match for the likes of the GPD Win 4, ONEXPLAYER 2 and the Steam Deck, among others. The device will support ASUS's proprietary ROG XG Mobile eGPU solution and will feature a custom AMD APU with rumoured Zen 3 CPU cores and an RDNA 3-based iGPU.