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Rayman Origins appears to be getting a new Enhanced Edition, after an accidental Xbox Store listing briefly revealed details about the unannounced release. The listing has since been removed, but it showed a remastered version of Ubisoft’s 2011 platformer with 4K visuals, 60 FPS gameplay, modern improvements, and support for up to four player co op. The leak also showed a strange placeholder price

Xbox appears to be gaining back some positive attention among gamers in the United States, according to new YouGov data that tracks brand perception, word of mouth, value, and satisfaction. The numbers suggest that Xbox’s recent reset may be helping the brand recover after a difficult stretch. The improvement comes during a period of visible change for Microsoft’s gaming business. Xbox has gone through

Halo: Fireteam Raven is now playable on PC through fan preservation efforts, but it is not an official release and the process is not as simple as downloading a normal PC game. The arcade shooter has long been limited to dedicated machines, and its recent appearance online has renewed calls for Microsoft and Halo Studios to bring it properly to Xbox and PC. Fireteam

Factorio is nearing the end of its active gameplay development, with Wube Software confirming that update 2.1 will be the game’s final major content update. The studio is aiming to release the update to the experimental branch by the end of June, before shifting the long running automation game into a lighter support phase. The move comes after more than a decade of development,

Cooler Master and G.Skill are working together on a new line of DDR5 memory kits called MasterDIMM, and the main feature is built in active cooling. The memory sticks use G.Skill RAM with a Cooler Master designed heatsink and fan system that the companies claim can reduce temperatures by up to 15 degrees Celsius compared with conventional DDR5 modules. The idea is to treat

Bambu Lab has teased a new 3D printer called the A2L, and the company appears to be preparing a June 1 launch for what could be a larger and more affordable machine in its lineup. The teaser does not show the printer itself, but it has already started heavy speculation among 3D printing fans. The announcement is unusually light on details. Instead of showing

Nvidia and Microsoft may be preparing to reveal a new Windows on Arm PC platform at Computex 2026, after both companies posted the same “new era of PC” teaser on social media. The posts also included coordinates for the Taipei Music Center, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver his GTC Taipei keynote. The coordinated message has raised speculation that Nvidia’s long

ByteDance is reportedly working on custom AI CPUs as it tries to reduce its dependence on US chipmakers. The TikTok owner is said to be designing chips focused on inference, which means running AI models rather than training them from scratch. The project is still believed to be in the early concept and design stage. According to the report, ByteDance is evaluating both Arm

The Pentagon is reviewing a new 3D printed military boat that could change how small naval vessels are built and deployed. Hawaii based startup Voltage Vessels has submitted a six meter rigid hull inflatable boat for consideration, using large format additive manufacturing to print the hull from a material that combines recycled PETG plastic with chopped basalt fiber. The idea is simple but important.

Lenovo’s G02 retro gaming handheld was supposed to stay in China, but sellers are already finding ways to push the device to international buyers through gray market storefronts. The situation has created an awkward problem for Lenovo, especially after some units were reportedly sold with thousands of pirated games preloaded. The G02 looked like Lenovo’s entry into the retro handheld market, but the company

Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun says US export restrictions have pushed China’s semiconductor industry to grow faster by forcing companies to build more of their own technology stack. His comments came after Huawei discussed its LogicFolding chip architecture, a design the company says was developed under pressure from limited access to advanced foreign chips. Xu said Huawei is grateful for the pressure from the

Kevin O’Leary says opposition to large AI data centers in the United States is being fueled by Chinese propaganda, but the claim has drawn skepticism because many local concerns are already clear. The Shark Tank investor is facing backlash over a proposed $100 billion data center project in Utah, and he argues that foreign influence is helping drive public resistance to projects like his.

Nikon is trying to regain ground in the chipmaking equipment market by offering lower priced ArF lithography machines to major semiconductor manufacturers. The company’s new president and chief executive, Yasuhiro Ohmura, said Nikon is already in talks with large chipmakers in the United States and Asia, with some discussions reportedly close to purchase orders. The move is aimed at a part of the market

MSI has unveiled a new high end gaming monitor ahead of Computex 2026, and its biggest feature is flexibility. The MSI MPG OLED 322URDX36 is a 32 inch 4K QD OLED monitor that can run at 360Hz in 4K, 520Hz at 1440p, and up to 680Hz at 1080p. That makes it one of the most ambitious OLED gaming monitors announced so far. Instead of

Intel is reportedly preparing a new version of its ATX12VO power supply standard, and the biggest changes appear to focus on efficiency, smaller connectors, and better communication between the power supply and the motherboard. The details come from leaked Intel presentation slides, which suggest that ATX12VO V3 could be announced around Computex 2026. ATX12VO stands for Advanced Technology eXtended 12 Volt Only. The idea

A San Francisco robotics startup is facing claims that it secretly used short term rentals as testing sites for home robots, leaving several properties damaged and upsetting hosts who say they were never told the real purpose of the bookings. One host has now filed a lawsuit seeking $12,383.50 in damages and lost income. The company at the center of the dispute is The

California lawmakers have advanced a new 3D printer bill that would require printers sold in the state to include software designed to detect and block firearm related files before a print job begins. The proposal, known as AB 2047 or the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, has passed the state Assembly and now moves to the Senate for review. The bill would make California

China’s attempt to build a serious homegrown gaming graphics card has taken an important step forward, but early performance tests show it still has a long way to go. Lisuan Tech’s LX 7G100, a locally developed GPU aimed at gamers, has been tested across several modern PC titles and failed to match Nvidia’s older GeForce RTX 4060 in most cases. The result matters because

Graphics card prices remain difficult in 2026, and the latest market tracking shows how much the AI boom is still affecting PC gamers. Memory demand from AI data centers and AI GPUs has pushed up costs across the market, making many Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics cards more expensive than their launch prices. The pressure is most visible at the high end. Nvidia’s RTX

Graphics card prices remain difficult in 2026, and the latest market tracking shows how much the AI boom is still affecting PC gamers. Memory demand from AI data centers and AI GPUs has pushed up costs across the market, making many Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics cards more expensive than their launch prices. The pressure is most visible at the high end. Nvidia’s RTX