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2026-06-06 4 stories

• Review: Logitech's G325 Lightspeed Is a Smart, Colourful and Awfully Good Value Wireless Gaming Headset
• Acer Swift Air 14 is the first Acer in years that I actually might want to use: Another $699 Windows laptop trades blows with MacBook Neo
• 2026's weirdest tech leak involves scuba diving, a Caribbean island, and Gearbox head honcho Randy Pitchford, and no, it's not what you expect
• 'Reinventing the PC' is the concept Nvidia wanted to get across this Computex, but I'm not sure the AI room is being read

2026-06-05 19 stories

• Nintendo Switch 2: One Year Later 6 sources
• Steam Machine and Steam Frame both shipping "this summer", Valve affirms 4 sources
• This snazzy red laptop from HP and Ferrari has a Gorilla Glass underside, costs $5,599, and doesn't have a dedicated GPU
• Thermal Grizzly's experimental direct-die CPU block is '3-4 times better' than most—but it uses diamond sheets that cost €500 each
• The Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis system requirements are here—even if the game just got further away
• Switch 2 sales drop 87% in Japan following surge ahead of cost revisions
• Should Xbox Project Helix Offer a Disc-to-Digital Game Transfer Option?
• RTX 5070 Drops Below Launch MSRP In The UK
• PlayStation 5 hardware sales dropped dramatically in the UK last month vs Xbox
• Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls haven't had a major breakthrough in 1 full year
• MSI's new Strike Alloy has almost every gaming keyboard buzzword thrown at it, with TMR, 8k, and rapid trigger, and you can even use it underwater
• I expected Nvidia's keynote to leave out gaming entirely, but the RTX Spark's purported 5070-like performance is a pleasant surprise
• Hyte's new prototype AIO cooler looks to pack funky RGB and transparent shrouds into an affordable package
• Did this week's PlayStation State of Play host the largest number of games running on PS5 Pro? Not technically, but close
• Cooler Master's concept AIO cooler looks like it could chill Venus into Pluto, and I'm already hunting down the back of my sofa to get the pennies to buy one
• Check out this gachapon-inspired custom PC with a floating heart on top, and mini RAM sticks in its capsules
• Belkin's New Switch 2 Charging Grip Keeps Your Battery Charged
• Be Quiet! unveils huge new PC case designed for 'maximum performance' with room for up to seven HDDs
• AMD says that no decision has been made about bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 GPUs, which seems to contradict AMD also saying that it has no current plans to do so because of hardware reasons

2026-06-04 27 stories

• Nintendo Confirms New Switch 2 Hardware With Replaceable Battery 6 sources
• Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Fall Sharply in Japan Following Price Hike 4 sources
• PS5 UK Sales Dropped by 50% in May 2 sources
• Corsair's slightly-outrageous Warthog PC case is the thing I'd most like to take home from Computex 2026, and I'm not ashamed to say it 2 sources
• This officially licensed Airbus cockpit is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 pilot's dream
• This gaming monitor has a feature that I've never seen before in a display: a slot that you can jam a full graphics card into
• The excess of Computex feels a little more tone deaf than usual this year, as the pricing elephant in the room becomes harder to ignore
• The best quiet gaming keyboard we've tried is getting a smaller TKL version this year
• Talking Point: One Year On, How Pristine Is Your Switch 2?
• Switch 2 has sold 1 million units in the UK, 30 weeks faster than Switch did
• Shut the front door!: Alienware's new 5K2K RGB-stripe OLED could be the gaming monitor, er, endgame
• Report: FSR 4.1 Currently Doubtful For RDNA 3.5 Processors
• Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
• Panther Lake has another powerful iGPU in its lineup but you'll probably never see it
• One of our favorite OLED PC gaming monitors offers jaw-dropping 4K visuals at a lag-free 240Hz — and for a reasonable price
• New report claims Intel is 'struggling' to supply laptop CPUs based on its latest 18A node after speaking to Computex sources
• New data predicts PC sales will tank in 2026 but Apple is doubling MacBook Neo production according to reports
• MSI somehow has both the ugliest and prettiest laptop designs this Computex
• Montech's new shuttered PC case is so odd, I can't decide whether I'm missing the sheer brilliance of it or if it really is totally pointless
• Lost 50th Anniversary Surface repaired and returned to owner — what went wrong and how Microsoft fixed it
• Keychron told us its new gaming mouse switches will have haptics like the Superstrike, but I'll still have to feel them for myself to be convinced
• Gigabyte has shown off a microATX PC case with a 16-inch built-in LCD screen, which I assume would give you the most unique rig at the next LAN party
• Galax shows off 'next generation' GPU concept with actual Swarovski crystals in it, and I fear it may not have got the memo on the state of the market in 2026
• Early Amazon Prime Day Deals Are Rolling In
• Corsair's range-topping AX1600i power supply gets some much-needed upgrades, including pin monitoring, proper GPU power sockets, and a reduction in size
• Belkin’s new Joy-Con grips also boost the Switch 2’s battery life
• ASUS ROG turns 20 at Computex, and I've never seen such a grand reception — Gold-plated peripherals, special-edition devices, and thousands chanting its name