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2026-05-14 1 story
2026-05-13 16 stories
- "I can only tip my hat to those guys" - BioShock creator Ken Levine praises Baldur's Gate 3 amid fresh talk about his ambitious plans for next game Judas 5 sources
- Marvel Rivals Season 8 release time in your time zone 2 sources
- Xbox mode got overshadowed by this awesome new addition to Windows 11 in the latest Patch Tuesday update
- Windows 11 updates are getting massive, and AI often takes the blame — Here's what's actually happening on your PC and why
- The amazing Dark Souls 2 path tracing mod is now available to download — I'm shocked at how it makes the ugliest Dark Souls look like a modern game
- Subnautica 2 is Steam Deck Verified, as is Forza Horizon 6, Mina the Hollower, and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
- Sony's PS6 pricing crisis might lead to a major change in strategy
- Saros Squashes Trophy Bugs and Other Nasty Issues in Latest PS5 Patch, Available Now
- Review: Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Arrives Surprisingly Intact on Switch 2
- Lenovo’s most powerful RTX 5090 gaming PC just dropped to a record-low price
- I dug into how Microsoft is pushing Windows 11 toward fully native apps, and it could lead to major speed gains
- Dell SupportAssist is crashing some Windows 11 PCs, causing them to enter reboot loops. Here's how to stop it.
- AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is still the best PC gaming CPU, and now it's dropped to a bargain price (with a free power supply!)
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review
- Alabaster Dawn is the kind of 2.5D action-RPG spectacle that makes you question the need for "true" 3D
- "The Geekom Mini IT13 is a fantastic choice for people who just need a basic computer:" it's one of the best mini-PCs that's worth every penny
2026-05-12 13 stories
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's Nintendo Switch 2 port is finally here and it holds up pretty well 4 sources
- Ken Levine Explains Why Judas Isn't Focused on Cutting-Edge Tech 2 sources
- Arc Pro B70 Benchmarks Show The "Big Battlemage" Arc B770 Graphics Card We Never Got 2 sources
- We're starting to get convincing counterfeit DDR5 modules, just in case the memory crisis isn't bad enough already
- Video codecs are a nightmare for game developers, but there's no solution in sight
- This SSD's massive 4TB of storage could jumpstart my gaming PC, as SanDisk's absurd price is finally chipped away
- SATA drives are still going strong as Kingston announces it has shipped 100 million A400 SSDs
- Noctua's iconic beige and brown PC fan now comes in a slightly less iconic all-black version for PC builders who can't stand the original colour
- New testing shows DisplayPort 2.1 is very picky about the monitor cable you're using
- MSI MPG 322UR X24 review
- Microsoft optimizes WinUI 3 framework to increase Windows 11 responsiveness
- AMD reportedly planning a new budget graphics card with a surprising number of cores
- 007 First Light shown at 60fps on PS5 Pro after struggling to hit 30 in initial reveal
2026-05-11 10 stories
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight goes live early for some Xbox players as the PC version gets Denuvo DRM 7 sources
- 007 First Light Will Run at 60fps on PS5 Pro 2 sources
- 'Apple does this and y’all love it': Microsoft defends new Low Latency feature in Windows 11 2 sources
- Sandisk's official Xbox Ally / X microSD card is solid — but should you actually buy it?
- Our "best overall" SSD for 4.0 PCIe gaming PCs is on a 33% discount — If you hate running of space or waiting on loading screens, this SSD is a must
- My PC game library finally broke me — this WD_Black PCIe 5.0 SSD's huge Amazon discount was the upgrade I needed
- Logitech MX Master 4 update lets you feel Windows 11 through haptics
- Keychron calls this 'the next gen mouse switch' and I believe it: optical and magnetic all-in-one
- How Rockstar Squeezed a Whole City into Your PS2
- Every Microsoft Surface should have this tiny app that fixes a battery headache
2026-05-10 5 stories
- Winhanced just made the Xbox app feel outdated on handheld gaming PCs, and I can’t believe how much smoother it is
- Roblox wants AI to make its games photorealistic, but the devs making those games aren't sold on the idea: 'I don't think that your average player right now wants to do that'
- Review: Asus ROG Harpe 2 Ace: A Fantastic All-Round Gaming Mouse That Clears Razer's Best
- Epic Says AI Won’t Replace Jobs, But Increase Efficiency
- "A realm of remarkable efficiency and performance": Lenovo's new Yoga Slim 7x and its Snapdragon X2 Elite chip are a match I've had a blast using
2026-05-09 3 stories
- I dug into the new Windows Update rules coming to Windows 11, and these are the 5 things you need to know
- Gaussian Splatting is my new favourite thing, so I hassled an ex-Epic artist to tell me everything he knows about the low-cost 'photo-real' rendering technique
- Conan Exiles whips out a massive Unreal Engine 5 upgrade that includes an 'enhanced endowment slider' to further improve player penises