Samsung's Odyssey G8 4K 240Hz OLED monitor is available for pre-order, now features AI upscaling
The 1440p/360Hz G6 is also available
The Rise and Fall of Sega: A Legendary Gaming Journey
Before the PlayStation and Xbox, Sega was Nintendo's main rival in the console market, pioneering 3D graphics and online features. The rise and downfall of Sega is filled with drama and fond memories.
Team Fortress 2 players drop review bomb on Valve for ignoring game's bot problem
The community is fed up with the cheaters and started a petition demanding developers nip the issue in the bud
What just happened? Team Fortress 2 just got review-bombed so hard that its "recent review" ranking is now "mostly negative." Despite being 17 years old, the team shooter is still very popular, even more so with its recent update. It still ranks as one of the most-played games on Steam.
Palmer Luckey's FPGA Game Boy clone lands just in time for the holidays
Something to look forward to: A race between FPGA-based retro handhelds is looming. The Analogue Pocket has been the standard for years, but former Oculus designer Palmer Lucky plans to release a similar device later this year to commemorate the original Game Boy. Meanwhile, hardware modder Taki Udon is currently developing options that could lower the barrier to entry for the emerging FPGA emulation market.
This Saturn handheld borrows heavily from Sega's Project Venus prototype
There are still plenty of mini retro consoles to be made
Hypercharge: Unboxed goes viral, available on Steam and now Xbox
Hypercharge: Unboxed is a Toy Story-like FPS that features a story mode campaign and PvP for up to 8 players. Following its Xbox release it's gone viral, and with crossplay support, PC and console gamers can battle each other.
LG UltraGear 45GS95QE is the first gaming monitor to get VESA DisplayHDR 1.2 certification
A massive 4K monitor to properly play HDR content through OLED display technology
Nvidia's G-Assist offers real-time gameplay and optimization tips
Developers can customize a large language model to give players real-time hints and tips
Sony's PC adapter for PS VR2 headset is confirmed, coming in August for $60
Not all features will work on the PC
Asus ROG Ally X is here with massive 80Wh battery, 24GB RAM
Asus dials up battery, cooling, and ergonomics with this one
Panic somehow recovered $400,000 of stolen Playdate handhelds after botched delivery
Company employees rooted out the robbers with old fashioned "detective work"
Ubisoft's free-to-play FPS XDefiant debuts to mixed reviews
Some reviewers are calling XDefiant the "free Call of Duty." They also say the game is fun at times, but lackluster mechanics, way too large maps, and missing features (ping system and skill-based matchmaking) prevent it from truly standing out from the crowd, for now.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 tape-out rumors: smaller than the 4090, 448-bit bus, monolithic die
Next-gen Founders Edition flagship might slim down to a two-slot cooler
Activision awarded $14.5 million in lawsuit against Call of Duty cheat maker
EngineOwning must also hand its website to Activision
Sony confirms September PC launch for God of War: Ragnarok, will require PSN account
Sony thinks releasing its games on PC will encourage people to buy a PS5 for the sequel
Microsoft is bringing Tencent's Android games to Windows
Hasn't Microsoft completely given up on making mobile apps run on Windows?
Microsoft DirectSR aims to unify competing upscaling technologies under a single DX12 graphics library
Something to look forward to: Nvidia introduced its deep learning super sampling technology a few years ago, and other GPU makers soon followed with their own solutions for graphics upscaling. Now, Microsoft is planning to bring the three main competing upscaling algorithms under the same DirectX 12 roof.
PS5 becomes Sony's biggest money maker, cruising past PlayStation sales
PlayStation is the cash cow that keeps on giving
More than 3 years after release, CDPR finally ends work on Cyberpunk 2077 and moves on to other titles
A Cyberpunk sequel and a new Witcher game
PC compatibility for PS VR2 is one step closer with recent adapter certification
PS VR2 headsets may start performing double duty any day now
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 to launch on Game Pass from day one
Something to look forward to: When Microsoft announced that its June 9 Xbox showcase would be followed by a separate presentation for an unnamed game, no one doubted it was Call of Duty. Since Activision started to unveil teaser trailers, Microsoft has now confirmed the game's title and plans to release it simultaneously at retail and on Game Pass.
2K Sports may be developing FIFA 2K25, set for release later this year
Moving on from the long-time EA partnership?
Microsoft shares first 12 games that use Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) out of the box
Auto SR lowers resolution and uses AI to boost frame rates
Would 3D V-Cache Help Intel CPUs? 14th-gen Cores vs. Cache
"Why doesn't Intel develop their own kind of 3D V-Cache?" It's a thought-provoking question, especially given how beneficial 3D V-Cache has been for AMD Ryzen chips. Let's benchmark and check that out.
Doom: The Dark Ages could be the next major title in the popular gaming franchise
A new first-person shooter featuring the constantly pissed Doom Slayer is coming