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Square Enix has confirmed a Dragon Quest 40th anniversary broadcast for May 27, giving fans a short but important look at what comes next for one of Japan’s longest running RPG series. The stream will air at 6 AM PT, 9 AM ET, and 3 PM CET, with both English and Japanese versions planned. The announcement follows an earlier unofficial reveal from Dragon Quest

007 First Light appears to have delivered the James Bond comeback that fans have been waiting for. After nearly 14 years without a major Bond game, IO Interactive’s new third person action adventure has received strong praise for its story, characters, stealth tools, spy fantasy, and technical performance. Wccftech gave the game an 8.5 out of 10, calling it one of the greatest James

PlayStation Plus Essential is getting a multiplayer focused lineup for June 2026, with Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition leading the month’s selection. The survival game from Obsidian Entertainment will be available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 subscribers as part of the new monthly games rollout, joined by Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Sony revealed the lineup alongside its upcoming Days

Apple’s first foldable iPhone, reportedly called the iPhone Ultra, may not be facing the hinge problem that recently appeared in rumors. A new claim from Weibo based tipster Fixed Focus Digital says the device is not struggling with a rattling hinge. Instead, Apple is reportedly dealing with a production bottleneck tied to the phone’s printed circuit board, which could become a bigger issue if

Remedy Entertainment’s new CEO Jean Charles Gaudechon is trying to calm concerns from fans who worry his past at EA could change what makes the studio special. Gaudechon joined Remedy earlier this year after former CEO Tero Virtala stepped down in 2025 following the financial failure of FBC Firebreak. His appointment drew attention because he previously spent several years in EA’s executive ranks, a

NVIDIA is adding another group of games to its DLSS 4.5 lineup this week, with 007 First Light, World of Tanks: HEAT, Starminer, F1 25, and Helldivers 2 all getting different forms of DLSS support. The biggest name in the group is 007 First Light, IO Interactive’s new James Bond game, which is now available early for Deluxe Edition owners ahead of its wider

The Blood of Dawnwalker will let players head straight for the main objective almost immediately, in a structure that sounds similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Developer Rebel Wolves says players can technically storm the antagonist’s castle and attempt to rescue Coen’s family right away, but doing so would mean skipping most of the game’s quests, world building, and character

Capcom has released a free Resident Evil Requiem demo across all platforms, giving more players a chance to try the game before buying it. The demo is available on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch 2. It covers part of the game’s early stages, but there is one important limit: save data

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a new expansion called Songs of the Past, giving players another chance to return to Geralt of Rivia more than a decade after the base game first launched. CD Projekt Red announced that the expansion is being co developed with Fools Theory and is planned for release in 2027 on PC, Xbox Series X and S, and

Warhorse Studios has confirmed that its next Kingdom Come project will remain an open world RPG, easing concerns that the studio could be moving the series into a different format. The game is currently targeting a release window between April 2027 and March 2028, but Warhorse has not officially called it Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3. The clarification came after Warhorse recently outlined a larger

AMD appears to be preparing another Zen 4 X3D processor, with the Ryzen 7 7700X3D now showing up in CPU Z support notes before any formal launch announcement from the company. The chip has been added to CPUID’s database through CPU Z version 2.20.1, which means the software should be ready to identify and report the processor correctly when it reaches reviewers, system builders,

Asus is preparing what appears to be the first WiFi 8 gaming router, the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro. The router has appeared through Computex 2026, where it was listed as a Best Choice Award winner in the Gaming and Immersive Tech category. The listing suggests Asus is getting closer to bringing WiFi 8 hardware from concept stage to real consumer products. The ROG Rapture

Gigabyte may be planning to expand its AORUS Infinity graphics card lineup beyond the high end RTX 5090. A new EEC filing appears to list several unannounced RTX 50 series AORUS Infinity models, including cards based on the RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070, RTX 5060 Ti, and RTX 5060. The filing has not been officially confirmed by Gigabyte, so it should be

Computer chips do not usually become slower simply because they are old. A five year old CPU or GPU should not automatically lose performance every year if it is running at the same clocks, voltages, temperatures, power limits, and software conditions. When an older PC feels slower, the reason is usually something else, such as dust, dried thermal paste, background apps, operating system bloat,

Rambus has announced a new DDR5 9600 client memory module chipset aimed at future desktop, notebook, and workstation platforms. The company says the chipset is designed for clocked DDR5 modules running from 8000 MT/s to 9600 MT/s, which should help prepare the PC market for upcoming processors such as Intel Nova Lake and AMD Zen 6 based Ryzen chips. The announcement comes as PC

Some HP laptop owners are dealing with a serious BIOS update problem that can leave their devices frozen during startup or stuck on a Blue Screen of Death. The issue appears to affect several models, including premium business machines such as the HP ZBook Ultra G1a and EliteBook X G1a, along with reports from some ProBook owners. The faulty BIOS update was reportedly delivered

Logitech has introduced a new Signature Comfort Plus accessory range for people who spend long hours at a desk and want a more comfortable keyboard and mouse setup. The lineup includes two wireless mice, the M850 L and M840 L, along with the MK880 keyboard and mouse combo. All three products are designed around comfort, quieter use, and easier switching between multiple devices. The

The Full Nerd is reaching a major milestone today as PCWorld’s long running enthusiast tech podcast celebrates its 400th episode with a live broadcast. The special episode will stream on YouTube at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific, giving viewers a chance to join the team as it looks back on nearly a decade of weekly PC hardware discussions. The milestone matters because

Xbox controller stick drift may become easier to deal with thanks to a new update from DriftGuard, a third party calibration tool that claims it can now manually and automatically recalibrate any Xbox controller. The app’s team says the breakthrough works by writing calibration data directly to the controller’s memory, making the change permanent and resistant to future firmware updates. Stick drift is one

Steam is best known as a game store, but it also has a large library of non game apps that can make a Windows PC more useful. These tools cover areas such as art, streaming, desktop customization, performance support, and gameplay overlays. For PC players, that makes Steam more than a place to buy games. It can also work as a simple hub for