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AOC has introduced two premium AGON PRO gaming monitors at Gamescom 2026, expanding its OLED lineup with a massive 48.9 inch SuperWide model and a faster 34 inch ultrawide display aimed at high refresh rate gaming. The larger AGON PRO AGP497UCZD uses a 32:9 aspect ratio and Dual QHD resolution, effectively combining the workspace of two 27 inch QHD monitors into a single seamless

Intel has shared new details on its 18A P process technology, showing a measured 30 percent frequency improvement at 0.5V on production silicon compared with equivalent FinFET based cores. The process combines Gate All Around RibbonFET transistors with backside power delivery, additional metal layers, improved thermal characteristics and a new Power Boost design. Intel says the first products expected to benefit include Diamond Rapids

An aging GeForce RTX 2080 Ti reportedly recovered a large amount of lost performance after its owner replaced dried thermal paste, showing how severe thermal throttling can affect an older graphics card. The card had been reaching a hotspot temperature of around 107°C under heavy load while the regular GPU temperature remained below 80°C. After the thermal paste was replaced, hotspot temperatures dropped by

AMD has officially confirmed several upcoming Ryzen processor families based on its Zen 6 architecture, including Olympic Ridge and Medusa1 for desktops as well as Medusa1 and Medusa2 for mobile systems. The names appeared in AMD's Technical Information Portal, giving official confirmation to product families that had previously been discussed mainly through leaks and reports. For desktop PCs, AMD is preparing Olympic Ridge as

OpenAI's first generation Jalapeno AI accelerator is reportedly showing strong inference efficiency, with benchmark results suggesting it can complete 1.5 to 1.9 times more AI work per watt than current NVIDIA Blackwell based systems in selected tests. The chip combines a reticle sized compute die built on TSMC's N3P process with an N3E I/O chiplet and HBM4 memory. The design reportedly provides 15.4 TB/s

Dune: Awakening is heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on September 22, 2026, with Funcom confirming two graphics modes for the PS5 and PS5 Pro versions. The developer has also released around seven minutes of PS5 Pro gameplay, giving a clearer look at how the survival game will run on consoles. Performance Mode will target 60 FPS at a dynamic 4K resolution,

Where Winds Meet is expanding its ongoing 2.0 era with new story chapters, a fresh martial arts style, folklore themed events and an extraction mode built around risk, stealth and survival. The free to play open world Wuxia RPG entered its 2.0 phase on July 23 with the Hidden Mountain expansion. That update introduced a new region filled with ancient Mohist technology, environmental puzzles,

SEGA used a private summer showcase in Los Angeles to present a broad selection of upcoming games, including the first hands on opportunities for Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and Crazy Taxi: World Tour, alongside another playable build of Stranger Than Heaven. The event also featured Persona 4 Revival, upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 ports and several games scheduled across 2026 and 2027. The showcase offered

The global video game market is forecast to reach $213.9 billion in 2026, representing 6.1% year over year growth as mobile, console and PC spending all increase. Mobile remains the largest segment by a wide margin, with projected revenue of $121.1 billion, up 6.8%. Console revenue is expected to reach $46.9 billion with 5.1% growth, while PC is forecast at $45.9 billion, up 5.3%.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on PC is set to receive another major visual upgrade through the unofficial Shader Injector mod, with version 3.0 now in development. The upcoming update will introduce a dynamic sky and an experimental time of day system, two features that are not available in the original game. The mod is being developed by David Mathos, who has already used earlier

Gamescom 2026 is set to become the largest edition in the event’s history, with every exhibition hall fully booked for the first time and more than 1,600 exhibitors preparing to attend in Cologne. Around 70% of those exhibitors are coming from outside Germany, while the indie area has grown to 420 studios, an increase of 16% compared with the previous year. Beyond the record

CD Projekt RED is now targeting 2028 for the release of The Witcher 4, giving you the clearest official launch window yet for the next major entry in the series. The update came from joint CEO Michał Nowakowski, who said more than 500 developers are currently working on the project. He described The Witcher 4 as the studio’s biggest and most ambitious game to

Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live takes place on August 25, bringing another major round of game announcements, trailers and world premieres ahead of the main Cologne event. The showcase begins at 11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm BST and 8:00 pm CEST. It will be streamed through the official Gamescom channels on YouTube and Twitch. Several major games are already confirmed for

Wuthering Waves continues to face serious technical problems on Xbox, with players reporting crashes, visual glitches and noticeably lower image quality compared with other versions of the game. The free to play action RPG arrived on Xbox after establishing a large audience across PC, PlayStation and mobile. However, the Xbox release has drawn criticism since launch, and a recent content update appears to have

Classic Transformers games are seeing renewed demand from Xbox players, with more than 58,000 votes now calling for the franchise to return through backward compatibility. The requests are being tracked by a fan run game preservation project, where Transformers has become the most requested third party franchise. Only Skylanders ranks higher overall, with more than 163,000 votes. Much of the interest is focused on

Take Two is escalating its response to recent Grand Theft Auto VI leaks by seeking information from Microsoft, Discord, Google and other services that could help identify the people behind the unauthorized material. A subpoena filed in New York asks several companies to produce records connected with an online persona associated with the leaks. The request forms part of Take Two’s effort to identify

Microsoft’s limited edition Xbox Series X25 could launch at a significantly higher price than the standard Xbox Series X, according to a new report. The translucent green console was revealed earlier this year as part of Xbox’s 25th anniversary celebrations, but Microsoft has not yet announced an official price. A new leak now claims the console will cost €899.99 in Europe and launch on

Grand Theft Auto IV is getting a major visual overhaul on PC through an RTX Remix project that adds full path tracing, improved lighting and support for high resolution texture mods. The project is being developed by modder xoxor4d, with version 1.4.2 recently released for GTA IV: The Complete Edition version 1.2.0.59. Combined with a separate 4K texture pack, the mod can make the

Mattel is celebrating Xbox’s 25th anniversary with a large buildable recreation of the original 2001 console, complete with a matching Duke controller and hidden game themed displays inside. The set is called the Microsoft Xbox Building Toy Kit for Collectors and contains 3,509 pieces. It recreates the original Xbox at approximately 1:1 scale rather than shrinking the design into a smaller display model. The

Microsoft is rolling out another set of Xbox Series X and Series S dashboard improvements to members of the Xbox Insider Program, with new controls for recent games, local saves, profile badges and wishlists. The update is initially available to Alpha Skip Ahead and Alpha members, giving Microsoft another round of feedback before the features reach a wider audience. The changes follow several recent