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A long running legal dispute involving Destiny 2 streamer Jake Strauss, known online as GernaderJake, has taken another unusual turn after streamer and musician Mitch Jones gave him $180,000. The money covers the original loan Strauss says he made to a boutique PC company and the legal costs he has spent trying to recover it. The situation began in 2022, when Strauss loaned $100,000

99 Nights in the Forest currently has two active codes in June 2026, giving players a small number of free gems that can be used toward classes and talent rerolls. The rewards are not huge, but gems are valuable enough that players should claim them while they are still available. The Roblox survival crafting game sends players into a dark forest filled with danger,

Stars Reach is trying to bring back a kind of MMO that has become rare: a living sandbox where players shape the world, build communities, create economies, and leave lasting marks on the game. Instead of following the usual theme park MMO structure built around fixed zones, scripted quest hubs, and planned raids, Stars Reach is leaning into player freedom, simulation, and social systems.

Arc Raiders is facing renewed scrutiny over duplication exploits and cheating concerns, with a new creator investigation showing how badly the game’s loot economy can be affected when high value weapons and gear are copied or traded outside normal progression. The issue is especially serious because Arc Raiders is built around finding loot, surviving with it, and risking it in future runs. In an

Be Quiet is making a smaller version of its Light Mount gaming keyboard, giving players a tenkeyless option for desks where the full size model takes up too much space. The new Light Mount TKL was shown at Computex 2026 and is expected to launch in August, though Be Quiet has not announced the price yet. The original Light Mount earned strong praise because

Corsair has introduced the TC80 gaming chair, a new model that aims to move away from the loud racing style design that has defined many gaming chairs for years. The company is positioning it as a more affordable seat with a cleaner look, muted colors, subtle branding, and a more professional overall style. That direction makes sense. Many gamers now use the same setup

MSI has shown off a new gaming keyboard called the Strike Alloy TMR, and the company is clearly trying to pack it with nearly every major feature now associated with high end competitive keyboards. The keyboard includes TMR switches, an 8,000 Hz polling rate, rapid trigger support, hot swappable switch beds, and a water resistant design that MSI demonstrated by using the keyboard while

Cooler Master is experimenting with a massive liquid cooling concept designed to handle up to 2000W of heat from both the CPU and GPU. The prototype, called Project AIO Liquid Cooling Solution, was shown at Cooler Master’s Taiwan headquarters during Computex 2026 and looks aimed more at extreme workstations than ordinary gaming PCs. The cooler uses a huge 360 x 360 radiator, which is

Cooler Master has shown a new concept AIO liquid cooler at Computex 2026, and it takes a more aggressive approach than the usual radiator and pump block design. The prototype, called G11M, combines a traditional AIO liquid cooler with a large air cooler style fan mounted above the CPU block. The idea is simple, but it could become important as desktop CPUs continue to

Hyte has shown a prototype AIO liquid cooler at Computex 2026, and its main focus is clear: make a budget friendly cooler look more interesting inside a themed PC build. The cooler does not appear to change the basic AIO formula, but it adds a transparent fan shroud and a fully lit RGB pump cap that could help it stand out in a crowded

Beitong has shown off its PanGu controller, a highly modular gamepad that lets players swap several key parts without reaching for a screwdriver. The controller is being pitched as a kind of building block system for players who want to change how their gamepad feels, looks, and behaves across different games. The main appeal is flexibility. The PanGu includes swappable joysticks, ABXY buttons, back

Google has reportedly placed orders for at least three million AI chips from Intel, a move that could give Intel Foundry a major boost as the semiconductor industry struggles to keep up with demand from the AI boom. The chips are expected to arrive in 2028 and are said to be Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, designed by Google for neural network workloads. The

Gears of War: E-Day is being built from the ground up, with The Coalition confirming that it is not reusing assets, animations, code, characters, enemies, weapons, sounds, or levels from earlier entries. The studio says this is its first project since 2015 to make that kind of clean break from inherited work. That is a major shift for The Coalition. Over the last decade,

Sega has confirmed that Crazy Taxi: World Tour used generative AI during development, but the company says the technology was limited to support work on background assets and that every generated asset was reviewed by the development team before being used. The detail first appeared through the game’s Steam store page, where Sega included an AI generated content disclosure. The company said it uses

Spyro: A Realm Beyond will give Spyro one of the biggest gameplay upgrades in the series so far: true flight without the usual limits of short bursts or simple gliding. Toys for Bob says the upcoming 3D platformer has been designed around making Spyro feel more capable in the air, which is also why the young dragon now has a slightly updated look with

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is bringing DMZ back, and Infinity Ward says it has been watching the extraction shooter genre closely while building its new version. The studio wants this mode to feel more complete than the earlier DMZ beta, with deeper progression, persistent inventory, and a stronger identity inside the broader Call of Duty package. Infinity Ward multiplayer creative director Joe

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 has received a new developer diary, giving players a closer look at Creative Assembly’s approach to building planets, staging large scale battles, and translating the Warhammer 40,000 universe into the Total War format. Closed beta sign ups are also live, although the beta’s start date has not been announced yet. The upcoming strategy game is planned for PS5, Xbox Series

Where Winds Meet is now available on Xbox Series X/S after previously launching on PS5, PC, iOS, and Android. The Xbox version was shadow dropped during the Xbox Games Showcase, giving Microsoft’s console players immediate access to Everstone Studio’s open world Wuxia RPG. The Xbox Series X/S release includes full HDR support, Smart Delivery, and AMD FSR 2 upscaling for 4K on Xbox Series

Valheim will finally leave early access on September 9 after more than five years of development, bringing the Norse survival crafting game to version 1.0 alongside its final major biome, Deep North. The full launch will arrive on PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, and Nintendo Switch 2. The release is a major moment for Iron Gate Studio. Valheim first entered early access

Armatus has received a new trailer, giving players another look at its demon filled version of Paris and its fast third person roguelite shooting. The game is scheduled to launch this winter for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. The new footage was shown during the PC Gaming Show and focuses on the game’s central fantasy: you begin as a powerful