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Nightdive Studios has announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, bringing Looking Glass Studios’ classic stealth game back with modern visual, control, and quality of life upgrades. The remaster is planned for release this winter on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The announcement marks the return of one of the most influential stealth games ever made. The original

Game Freak has shared new details on Beast of Reincarnation, offering a clearer look at the game’s ruined world, its central threat, and the relationship between protagonist Emma and her canine companion Koo. The action RPG is set to launch on August 4 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. The new details came through a video interview with director Kota Furushima, who explained

No Law has received a new preview trailer, giving a closer look at Port Desire, the neon lit city at the center of Neon Giant’s upcoming open world shooter RPG. The game is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC sometime this year, although a firm release date has not been announced yet. The new trailer focuses less on raw combat and more

A sequel to 007 First Light is not officially confirmed yet, but Amazon’s gaming leadership is already speaking positively about the idea. Jeff Gattis, Amazon’s head of gaming, has clarified earlier comments that led to confusion about the future of the James Bond game series and IO Interactive’s involvement. The concern started after Gattis suggested that a future Bond game after 007 First Light

Graphics card deals are still difficult to find in 2026, but there are some useful discounts across Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards if you know where to look. High end GPUs remain expensive because of strong AI related demand and tighter memory supply, but budget and midrange cards are showing better value, especially from AMD and Intel. The best deals right now are not

Gigabyte’s Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC graphics card has dropped to $649.99 in a new Amazon deal, making it one of the more attractive high performance GPU options for 1440p gaming right now. The card was previously listed at $739.99, so the current price cuts $90 from its recent selling price. The deal applies to the Gigabyte Gaming OC Radeon RX 9070 XT,

Graphics card prices remain difficult for PC builders in 2026, with high memory demand from AI data centers continuing to affect availability and pricing across Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs. A new price tracking roundup shows that many popular gaming cards are still selling above launch pricing, especially at the high end, while budget and midrange models remain the most realistic options for buyers

AMD executives are welcoming NVIDIA’s move into the local AI PC space with RTX Spark, but they are also making it clear that they believe AMD already has a strong answer. At Computex 2026, AMD positioned its Strix Halo platform and upcoming Gorgon Halo refresh as serious competitors to NVIDIA’s N1X and N1 systems under the RTX Spark brand. RTX Spark was one of

Computex 2026’s second day brought a mix of major platform updates, future networking hardware, and several PC component announcements, but Intel’s comments around Arrow Lake stood out the most. The company openly acknowledged that its last enthusiast desktop launch did not land the way it needed to, especially with gamers, and said Arrow Lake Refresh is part of its effort to rebuild trust before

Intel’s Core i7 6700K was once one of the best gaming CPUs you could buy, but a new overclocking test shows how far modern games and GPUs have moved beyond the old Skylake flagship. YouTuber TrashBench pushed the decade old quad core chip to extreme voltages in an attempt to reduce CPU bottlenecking with an RTX 3080, and while the results improved, the old

AMD has reached nearly 45 percent CPU share among Windows gaming PCs in the latest Steam Hardware Survey, showing that Ryzen continues to gain ground against Intel’s long standing lead. The May 2026 data lists AMD at 44.97 percent on Windows systems, while Intel remains ahead at 55.02 percent. Across all platforms tracked by Steam, AMD’s CPU share is slightly higher at 46.06 percent.

Intel introduced the 8086 processor on June 8, 1978, creating the foundation for the x86 architecture that still powers most desktop and laptop PCs today. The chip is now 48 years old, and its long legacy is unusual because it began as a practical short term solution rather than Intel’s original long term plan. The 8086 was Intel’s first 16 bit processor and became

Metro 2039 has received a new gameplay trailer, giving fans a closer look at its first person stealth action, new weapons, and darker post apocalyptic setting. The game is now planned to launch in February 2027 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. The new trailer was shown during the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and runs for about three minutes.

Persona 6 is officially in development, and the first teaser suggests Atlus may be taking the next mainline entry in a darker and more supernatural direction. The game was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 with a short but ominous trailer that confirmed a new standalone story for the long running RPG series. The teaser did not reveal many details, and Atlus has

The NYT Connections puzzle for Tuesday, June 9, game 1094, brings a tricky mix of simple words, hidden meanings, and one music related group that may catch many players off guard. Today’s 16 words are Asterisk, Axe, Angel, Surprise, Secret, Trademark, Bone, Dove, Degree, Password, Lamb, Keys, Babe, Skins, Exponent, and Spoiler. The puzzle has four groups, as usual. Each group contains four words

A Reddit user has shared photos of a damaged gaming PC after a lightning strike reportedly entered an apartment through the internet line and reached the system through Ethernet. The surge damaged the router and appears to have burned the motherboard around the Ethernet port, showing that unplugging only the power cable is not always enough during a storm. According to the user, the

GIGABYTE says its in house overclocking team has reached DDR5 13556 MT/s at Computex 2026, claiming a new memory overclocking world record. The result was achieved with CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 memory and GIGABYTE’s Z890 AORUS TACHYON DUO X ICE motherboard, a board built specifically for extreme memory tuning. The run was led by GIGABYTE’s overclocking team under Hicookie, one of the company’s best known

AMD’s next generation Radeon graphics cards may still be more than a year away, according to a new rumor from board partners. Manufacturers reportedly expect the first RDNA 5 gaming GPUs to arrive in 2027 at the earliest, with some sources suggesting retail availability may not happen until late 2027 or even early 2028. The report is based on conversations with several AMD board

Nintendo Switch 2 has completed its first year on the market, and the console has already reached nearly 20 million hardware sales. Nintendo launched the second generation hybrid system on June 5, 2025, and its latest sales data lists 19.86 million units sold as of March 31, 2026. That is a strong start for the follow up to one of Nintendo’s most successful consoles.

GMKtec is preparing a stronger version of its EVO X3 mini PC with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max Plus PRO 495 processor and 192GB of LPDDR5X memory. The company’s current plan is to launch the EVO X3 first with the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395, then follow later this year with the upgraded PRO 495 configuration. That makes the EVO X3 one of the first