News

Intel has released graphics driver 32.0.101.9034 with support for Gears of War: E Day and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, two major PC releases arriving in October 2026. The driver is available for Intel Arc B Series and A Series graphics cards, along with Intel Core Ultra processors featuring integrated Arc graphics. It is a non WHQL release, meaning it has not completed

The developers behind Gears of War: E Day say they are proud that the upcoming game remains an Xbox console exclusive, describing the franchise as an important part of Xbox's identity. During a recent discussion about the game's development, members of The Coalition said they feel honored to continue carrying the Gears legacy forward. The studio views the series as one of Xbox's major

Razer has returned to its unusual one handed gaming keypad with the Tartarus V2 Pro, a $199.99 model that combines 27 analog optical keys, an ergonomic wrist rest and a TMR thumbstick. The hardware delivers impressive customization and comfort, but several software and control decisions prevent the keypad from reaching its full potential at launch. The Tartarus V2 Pro is primarily aimed at players

Qualcomm's standard 18 core Snapdragon X2 Elite is showing strong results against Intel and AMD in premium 14 inch Windows laptops, suggesting that the company's performance gains are not limited to its more expensive Extreme processor. A recent benchmark study compared the Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E 88 100 inside a Lenovo Slim 7x with Intel's Core Ultra X7 358H in a Dell XPS 14

Elon Musk has indicated that SpaceXAI could be renamed SpaceXSI as the company increasingly uses the term “super intelligence” for its artificial intelligence work. The possible branding change comes after the US government began promoting “super intelligence,” or SI, as an alternative term for artificial intelligence. Musk subsequently described SpaceX as a “super intelligence company” and expressed support for changing the name of its

An Amazon customer reportedly ordered an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor twice and received an old Intel Core i3 chip on both occasions, raising questions about how returned computer hardware is inspected before being sent to another buyer. The customer originally purchased the Ryzen 7 9850X3D along with an MSI MAG X870E Carbon motherboard for a new PC build or upgrade. Both products were

Vincent D’Onofrio has defended Deborah Ann Woll after criticism of her character design in the upcoming PlayStation 5 game God of War Laufey sparked another round of debate around the title. D’Onofrio, who worked with Woll on Daredevil, responded after a player called for a boycott of God of War Laufey and criticized how Woll’s character, Faye, looks in the game. The actor rejected

Jagex has officially announced RuneScape 4, giving players their first look at a new Unreal Engine powered version of its long running MMORPG series. The reveal took place during RuneFest 2026, where the developer showed an early trailer featuring a rebuilt world running on Unreal Engine. Details about gameplay remain limited, but the project is expected to continue the broader RuneScape universe rather than

A mysterious AMD processor known internally as Gainsborough is fueling new speculation about the hardware that could eventually power Valve's Steam Deck 2. The chip has reportedly appeared in AMD driver references and shipping records, confirming that Gainsborough is more than an invented codename. Internal information shared by a hardware leaker suggests the SoC will be manufactured using TSMC's N3P process. Beyond that, confirmed

Valve has released a new Proton Experimental update with fixes for several Windows games running through Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. The latest update addresses a crash affecting Terminator: Dark Fate Defiance, along with problems in Plan B: Terraform, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Locoland and several other games. If you already have Proton Experimental installed, the new version should download

Valve has released a new Steam Deck Beta Client update with several improvements for Remote Play, Steam Input, the game overlay and Steam Controller connectivity. The biggest changes focus on Pyrowave, Valve's newer streaming codec. The update improves automatic bitrate calculation, raises the maximum manual bitrate and addresses latency and audio problems that could appear during Remote Play sessions. The update is available through

A Canadian buyer who ordered a used GeForce RTX 5090 reportedly received a graphics card with its entire PCB removed, leaving behind little more than the cooler assembly. The buyer paid around CAD $4,500, which works out to roughly $3,159 USD, for the used RTX 5090. Because high end graphics cards remain expensive, used and open box listings can look attractive to buyers trying

HP has introduced the OmniBook 5 14, a new thin and light laptop built around Intel's Wildcat Lake processors. Pricing starts at $699.99 in the United States, with the base model offering a Core 5 315 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD. One of the more notable features is the display. HP is using an OLED panel across the OmniBook

Valve's Steam Autumn Sale has 12 games that cost under $10 and carry the company's own Steam Deck Verified badge, with cuts running as deep as 90 percent. The awkward part is that Steam's own Verified filter cannot be trusted to return Verified games. Hades drops to $6.24 in the Autumn Sale and is rated Verified by Valve. Image: Supergiant Games Valve's published schedule

Rockstar Games is asking $399.99 for a Grand Theft Auto VI collector's box that does not include the game. The sharper comparison arrived on September 30, 2026, when a content creator published a video of a free Rockstar package that was never meant for sale. The closed Vice City Collection box as pictured on the Rockstar Store. Image: Rockstar Games The retail set is

The fix for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered's rendering faults on Radeon cards came from AMD, not from CD Projekt Red. It is Adrenalin 26.9.2, an optional driver AMD dated September 29, 2026, the same day the remaster went live. Radeon owners reported Geralt's hair and skin shading rendering incorrectly after the update. Image: CD Projekt Red That distinction matters, because the two

CD Projekt Red released Hotfix 5.00c for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on October 1, 2026. One line in the patch notes matters more than the rest for players who never wanted the remaster in the first place. A burned stretch of Velen at dusk. Hotfix 5.00c adjusts bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation and path tracing lighting in this region. Image: CD Projekt Red

Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said on September 27, 2026 that the FEX code cache is now switched on in the Arm build of Proton Experimental. The post is one sentence long, and the device it lands on is the Steam Frame. One of the Steam Frame's tracking cameras. The headset runs Windows games through FEX and Proton on an Arm64 chip. Image: Valve The

Deck Buttons, a one-person workshop that states it has no connection to Valve, has opened pre-orders for custom Steam Controller button sets priced from $49.99. The number that matters more is zero, because that is how many fitting guides the shop has published for the controller so far. A Steam Controller fitted with the maker's cast resin buttons. Image: Deck Buttons Each set replaces

Winhanced, the controller-first shell that Windows handheld owners can run instead of the Xbox app, shipped version 0.9.9.9 on September 27, 2026. It is the last large feature drop of the 0.9 line, and the one that turns the app into a destination rather than a launcher. The friends list, which moved from supporter-only Early Access to the free build in version 0.9.9.9. Image: