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2026-04-19 1 story
2026-04-18 7 stories
- Review: Death Stranding 2 PC: The Last Big Sony Single-Player PS5 Port?
- Philips is bringing its 5K dual-mode gaming monitor to the West, and it comes in a neat white shell
- I've already raced through Pragmata 3 times, and it's cemented Capcom's mastery of the modern action game speedrun
- I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC
- “Looking into this” as Xbox’s new CEO steps in after an Insider update reportedly bricks a Series S and raises fresh concerns
- 'I've read your reviews': AOC says its software is 'one of the most highlighted' problems and it's 'finally, finally' updating its OSD
- 'Are monitors anti-inflation?': AOC argues monitors are a better upgrade than graphics cards or memory right now, which seems like the kind of thing a monitor manufacturer would say
2026-04-17 10 stories
- How to get and use Cabin Coins in Pragmata 8 sources
- This is not a drill: All-timer weirdo game Deadly Premonition now playable on Linux as of Valve's most recent Proton beta, plus 17 others and your EA library (until EA breaks it again)
- MSI says its refreshed Raider gaming laptops have been designed to combat the one thing I hate most about portable PCs: fan noise
- Microsoft plans major Start menu upgrades for Windows 11 with better customization and performance: Users will soon be able to resize it and toggle off entire areas of Start
- Meta is raising the price of the Quest 3 and Quest 3S due to memory price rises made worse by Meta
- Intel launches Wildcat Lake Core Series 3 processors: Kitten-sized chips for the business and budget markets only
- If you're still battling to get your Arc B-series graphics card to play nicely with Crimson Desert, Intel's new drivers might help a little
- Firaxis reveal Civilization 7's not good enough at building attack maths, tanking its late-game performance - a patch/tutor is here
- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB review (Asus Prime)
- "Truly one of the best gaming monitors": 480Hz at 1080p or 240Hz at 4K — there's no game this discounted display can't handle
2026-04-16 17 stories
- Metro 2039 Tech First Look: What We Learned From 15 Minutes of Footage 15 sources
- Turtle Beach’s New Stealth Pro 2 Headset Is So Precise It Was Tested Against A Real Ninja 3 sources
- Saros Has "Very Special Haptics" On PS5's DualSense Controller 3 sources
- Xbox's New Dashboard Update Is Now Available For All Users 2 sources
- Review: Pragmata On Switch 2: An Ambitious Port Held Back By Variable Performance 2 sources
- New Starfield hotfix takes aim at those PS5 crashes that happened when players were using Enhanced settings 2 sources
- Feature: "A Huge Balancing Act" - Playtonic Spills The Beans On Yooka-Replaylee's Massive Switch 2 Update 2 sources
- Vampire Crawlers Switch 2 Listing Pops Up On eShop
- TSMC's latest bank report is exactly as you'd expect it to be: mo' wafers, mo' money
- Pulsar actually sold its 500-gram April Fools' Day joke gaming mouse, and despite looking 'extremely sluggish', it's 'really not that bad'
- PSA: Xenoblade Chronicles X Now Available Physically For Switch 2
- Overwatch Is Out Now For Switch 2, But It's Got Some Performance Issues
- Feature: This New Motherboard Feature Makes Building Your Own Gaming PC Effortless
- Even with ray tracing to buff out its bots, Pragmata performs a treat on PC
- "There are over 5,700 combinations.": I attended Panasonic's USS Intrepid press conference and saw 10Gbps, Wi‑Fi 7 and on‑device AI in the new Toughbook 56, but should you swap out your Toughbook 55?
- "Another all-round excellent mini PC:" Beelink's discounted desktop is fantastic for intensive work and even some PC gaming
- "An unmatched upgrade opportunity": Intel's new Core Series 3 mobile CPUs target "value buyers" as PC prices rise
2026-04-15 15 stories
- Overwatch's Switch 2 version is currently missing the promised 60 FPS boost, but a fix is coming soon 2 sources
- Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix Will Benefit From Hardware And Software Teams Working Together, Exec Says 2 sources
- Feature: Forza Horizon 6 Previews: What Have We Learned So Far? 2 sources
- 'Voila, 920GB Of Extra Storage' - Xbox Fan Turns Their 1TB Expansion Card Into A PC SSD 2 sources
- Saros Game File Size and Pre-Load Date, Explained
- Nvidia spent 1003% more on warranty claims in 2025 than the year before according to a new report, with the total cost almost reaching $900 million
- Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB review (Palit Dual)
- Nvidia Is Making Laptops Now: N1/N1X Leak Shows a 128GB Monster Derived From Their DGX Spark Desktop AI Workhorse
- Microsoft veteran says the Task Manager was under 80 KB because "small was fast and fast mattered" — but wishes "we had carried more of that taste, not the suffering"
- Microsoft prepares display upgrades and two stage launch for new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Intel and Snapdragon chips this year
- MediaTek is 'cautiously optimistic' that discrete memory pricing will look less gloomy during 2026
- First-person survival horror Total Chaos is getting a Switch 2 port later this month
- Feature: Nintendo Could Make a Switch 2 Home Console – But Should They?
- As a dual gaming monitor connoisseur, this Acer 1080p pick would be my choice for a second panel now that it's just $90
- Apple rubberstamps an open source driver to allow Nvidia GPUs to run on Macs, though gaming isn't on the table just yet