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Nacon held its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase after delaying the event from March, but the presentation arrived under difficult circumstances. The publisher postponed the original show after filing for insolvency. Since then, concerns around Nacon have grown as several of its studios have also filed for insolvency. Spiders, the studio behind Greedfall, has already shut down, while Cyanide and Kylotonn remain under pressure. Even

Werewolf: The Apocalypse gets a new top down action game from the makers of Session Werewolf: The Apocalypse is getting another video game adaptation, and this time it is coming from Crea-ture Studios, the team best known for the skateboarding simulator Session. The new game is called Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Rageborn. It was revealed during Nacon Connect 2026 and is planned for release sometime

Cyanide Studios has revealed Dracula: The Disciple, a new first person puzzle game planned for release in 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game was shown during Nacon Connect 2026 and gives Cyanide its own take on the Dracula myth. Instead of playing as a vampire hunter, you play as Émile Valombres, a French archivist suffering from an incurable disease.

Valve is changing how it sells the new Steam Controller after the first batch sold out almost immediately and scalpers began listing units at much higher prices. The 2026 Steam Controller launched on May 4 and sold out in about 30 minutes. Demand was high, but many people who wanted one could not buy it through Steam. Soon after, resale listings appeared online with

Cold Iron Studios has officially revealed Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, with the sequel planned for release in summer 2026. The first Aliens: Fireteam Elite launched in 2021 as a co op third person shooter built around fighting waves of Xenomorphs. It had a strong idea, but the final game received mixed reactions. Many players liked parts of the action and atmosphere, but the game

Crimson Desert is getting unusually fast post launch support, and Pearl Abyss says that is because the studio is not locked into a rigid roadmap. Since launch, the developer has fixed major issues and added features requested by the community. Some of the biggest additions include letting enemy factions reoccupy strongholds and giving players the option to rematch defeated bosses. Pearl Abyss PR Will

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis may not have been delayed after all, despite recent uncertainty around its release window. A support studio connected to the project has reportedly reaffirmed that the game is still planned for 2026. That suggests earlier concerns about a possible delay may have been premature. Details on the game remain limited, but the title points to another major adventure for

Resident Evil Requiem may have been more ambitious earlier in development, based on details found in the game’s files. Dataminers have reportedly uncovered several unused systems and mechanics that suggest CAPCOM once planned more investigation gameplay, a merchant style character, side missions, and stronger connections between the Leon and Grace sections. The findings were shared by Dusk Golem, who said the unused data includes

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii hopes AI powered game characters can become more than simple help systems. He wants them to feel like personal companions for each player. Square Enix and Google announced in March that Dragon Quest X would receive a Gemini powered NPC called Chatty Slimey. The character is described as a conversational AI companion that can answer questions and help players

The Sinking City 2 is now planned for release in summer 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Frogwares has also shown new gameplay and explained how the sequel is changing from the first game. The original Sinking City leaned heavily on investigation, with horror built around the story and atmosphere. The sequel is moving closer to full survival horror, with combat,

Microsoft Edge is facing fresh criticism after a security researcher found that the browser loads saved passwords into plaintext memory when it starts. The issue does not mean passwords are stored in plain text on your drive. The concern is about what happens in RAM after Edge launches. According to the researcher, Edge loads all saved passwords into memory in readable form, and Edge

The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 is now selling for $1,199.99, down from its usual $1,599.99 price. That cuts $400 off this 16 inch 2 in 1 laptop, making it a stronger option if you want one device for work, drawing, notes, and media. This model uses an Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 256V, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. It is also

Windows Phone may be long abandoned by Microsoft, but fan developers are still finding ways to keep the platform usable in 2026. A new Telegram client called Vianigram is now in development for Windows Phone. The app is still early, but it already supports several modern Telegram features, which makes it one of the more interesting recent projects for old Lumia devices. The app

TerraTech Legion is now available on Xbox Game Pass, and it gives the survivorlike genre a clever mechanical twist. Instead of simply picking weapons from a menu and watching your character grow stronger, you build your own combat vehicle piece by piece. The game comes from Payload Studios and is available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox on PC, Steam, and Xbox Cloud Gaming. It

Samsung and SK hynix are reportedly working on different ways to build future DRAM chips as AI demand puts more pressure on the memory market. AI data centers need large amounts of memory, including HBM and advanced DRAM. That demand has tightened supply across the industry and pushed memory makers to find new ways to increase density and performance. The challenge is that DRAM

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new Windows 11 feature that could make apps, menus, and parts of the interface feel much faster. The feature is called Low Latency Profile. It is designed to briefly push your CPU to higher clock speeds when Windows needs quick responsiveness, such as when opening an app, launching the Start menu, or using context menus. The idea is

Skymizer has announced the HTX301, a PCIe AI accelerator card designed to run large language models locally without needing a large GPU cluster. The Taiwan based company says the HTX301 can run inference for 700B parameter models on a single PCIe card. If the claims hold up in real testing, that could make the card interesting for companies that want on premises AI without

AMD has introduced the Instinct MI350P, its first PCIe based Instinct accelerator in years. The new card is built for enterprise AI workloads and is designed to fit into standard air cooled servers without requiring a full infrastructure change. The MI350P gives companies a simpler way to add AI compute to existing data centers. Instead of needing a more complex platform built around large

The update fixes 127 vulnerabilities across Chrome. That is more than twice the number fixed in Chrome 147, making this one of the larger recent security updates for the browser. Three of the flaws are rated critical. One is an integer overflow issue in Blink, Chrome’s HTML rendering engine. The other two are use after free flaws affecting Mobile and Chromoting, the technology behind

Microsoft’s Mark Russinovich recently explained that the Win32 API remains a core part of Windows in 2026. Win32 became widely known during the Windows 95 era, though it also appeared earlier in Windows NT. Today, it still supports many basic desktop functions and remains essential for a huge number of Windows apps. That means when you do simple things like right click a file