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More than 1,000 unused voice lines from Resident Evil 4 Remake and Resident Evil Requiem have surfaced through community data mining, revealing abandoned dialogue, character details and ideas that never reached the finished games. Community modder Keff0 recently shared two collections of unused audio. More than 600 lines were reportedly found in Resident Evil 4 Remake, while almost 400 came from Resident Evil Requiem.

Final Fantasy 14 has released the final main story quests for Dawntrail, and Patch 7.56 does more than close the current expansion. The new quests move directly into the setup for Evercold, the MMO's next expansion, which is expected in January. Rather than offering only a brief teaser, Patch 7.56 introduces players to the Fourth, the frozen reflection that will play a major role

Wooting is preparing an updated version of its 80HE gaming keyboard, with the new Wooting 80HE+ adding revised switches, a rotary control, a new internal plate and an optional split spacebar system. Preorders for the Wooting 80HE+ are scheduled to open on September 17, 2026. The company has not yet announced an exact final price, but says preassembled versions will cost almost the same

Razer has introduced the Reclusa X Mini, a compact 65% mechanical gaming keyboard priced at $50 in the US and £60 in the UK. Despite its entry level price, the keyboard includes several features usually found on more expensive enthusiast models, including hot swappable switches, doubleshot keycaps and support for competitive input features. The keyboard uses Razer Gen 3 Orange tactile mechanical switches as

The Scuf Omega is a premium controller designed for both PC and PlayStation 5, with a familiar DualSense inspired shape, TMR thumbsticks, mechanical buttons, wireless support, and a large number of customizable inputs. It is comfortable to use and offers plenty of flexibility, but its $220 price makes several limitations difficult to overlook. The biggest issue is value. The Omega reaches up to 1,000

The Alienware 15 is designed as a single laptop for students who want enough performance for coursework, creative tasks and gaming without carrying separate machines. It combines Intel Core Series 2 or AMD Ryzen 200 Series processors with Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics in a 15.3 inch chassis that weighs up to 2.25 kg. Configurations start with an Intel Core 5 210 or AMD Ryzen

Gaming laptop prices remain high in 2026, but several current discounts are bringing RTX 50 series machines into more reasonable territory. The strongest deals range from an RTX 5050 laptop below $1,000 to powerful RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 systems for buyers willing to spend more. One important detail is GPU power. Two laptops carrying the same GeForce RTX model can perform differently

Valve may be getting closer to opening reservations for the Steam Frame, with new backend findings suggesting that a queue and reservation system has already been prepared for the upcoming VR headset. The information comes from data miner Brad Lynch, who reportedly found what appears to be a Steam Frame reservation email template inside Valve's backend. The template is not active yet, and the

The ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi motherboard has dropped to $202.99, giving builders a 22% discount on a white themed AM5 board with support for modern Ryzen processors, DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 7 and multiple M.2 SSDs. The board uses AMD's B850 chipset and is designed for Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000 and Ryzen 9000 processors. Its feature set puts it in the

The Pokémon Company has reportedly posted its strongest financial year yet, reaching about 531 billion yen, or roughly $3.4 billion, in sales during fiscal 2026. The figure represents a 29% increase from the previous year and continues a much longer period of growth for the company. Sales have reportedly increased around 4.4 times compared with fiscal 2021, when revenue stood at approximately 120 billion

SteelSeries has launched the Aeon Pro, a premium controller for Xbox and PC that combines an onboard OLED display, four rear paddles, Hall Effect thumbsticks, a charging dock and a hot swappable battery system. The controller is priced at $259.99 in the US and £229.99 in the UK, placing it well above many established pro controllers. Its high price means SteelSeries is relying heavily

A new experimental ReShade add on called MGPU Bridge can move NVIDIA DLSS 5 Neural Rendering from the primary graphics card to a second GPU, helping recover much of the performance normally lost when Neural Rendering runs on the same card as the game. The setup was demonstrated with two GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics cards. The primary GPU handled normal game rendering,

Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing to improve Windows 11 performance, with work focused on faster boot times, better Windows Hello responsiveness, and smoother operation on PCs with 8GB of RAM. The company has not shared benchmark figures or a firm release date for these improvements, so it is still unclear when you will see the full set of changes on your PC.

A Reddit user in Australia says he discovered 30 sticks of 64GB DDR4 memory sitting unused in his garage, adding up to 1.92TB of server RAM. The modules had been removed from an old server that was no longer needed. The user's former employer reportedly allowed him to keep the hardware, including the memory. Based on current market conditions, the collection has been estimated

A hardware enthusiast has rebuilt an aging HP ProLiant MicroServer with a custom motherboard designed around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, giving the old server chassis a much more modern internal platform. The original HP ProLiant MicroServer used an N40L motherboard with an older AMD processor and DDR3 memory. Rather than discard the system, the owner created a replacement board that preserves the

LG has introduced its Gram Book AI 2026 laptop lineup with Intel Core Series 3 processors, a lightweight aluminium chassis, and a claimed battery life of up to 30.5 hours. The new 14 inch models are designed for portability, measuring 14.9mm thick and weighing about 1.29kg. LG plans to begin selling the Gram Book AI 2026 series in South Korea on September 7, 2026,

Chinese computer maker Sugon has introduced the N50 Pro, a premium laptop aimed at AI and professional workloads with support for up to 64 CPU threads, 128GB of memory, 8TB of storage, and a dedicated GPU with 16GB of VRAM. Sugon is calling the machine the "Thread Beast" and is positioning its unusually high thread count as the main advantage. The company has not

AMD used IFA 2026 to showcase a new Threadripper Halo Station for local AI development alongside a wider range of Ryzen AI MAX 400 systems. The Threadripper Halo Station is a prototype desktop workstation built around AMD's Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX and Instinct MI350P accelerators. AMD is positioning it for developers and professionals who want to train, fine tune, and run very large AI

OpenAI's GPT 6 Astra is being positioned as a more capable computer operator that can coordinate multiple agents across browsers, desktop applications, coding environments, and other software. While the model's main reasoning workload runs in the cloud, this kind of agent based computing can still create substantial work for the local PC. Virtual machines, containers, code compilation, browser sessions, testing tools, and local orchestration

An unusual GeForce RTX 3060 has appeared online in an extremely compact single slot design that draws power only from the PCIe slot. The card uses the RTX 3060's 12GB memory configuration but removes the external power connector normally required by the GPU. That makes the design suitable for very small systems, but the tradeoff is severe performance loss and high temperatures. In testing,