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Intel’s new Core 9 273PQE has arrived with the kind of design many desktop enthusiasts have wanted for years, but early testing shows that more performance cores are not enough to beat older gaming CPUs. The Bartlett Lake flagship has 12 P cores and no E cores, yet it failed to clearly outperform the four year old Core i9 13900K in game benchmarks. That

The best gaming CPU in 2026 depends on your budget, your graphics card, and whether you only play games or also need strong productivity performance. Right now, AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D remains the strongest overall gaming pick because it delivers top tier frame rates, strong efficiency, and better value than the newer Ryzen 7 9850X3D. AMD still has the strongest position in gaming because

A new Newegg bundle is offering an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor and an MSI RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC graphics card for $439, giving PC builders a cheaper way to put together a capable 1080p gaming system. The deal also includes a free Gamdias BOREAS M2 510WH air cooler, which adds more value for anyone starting a fresh build or upgrading an older

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a new expansion called Songs of the Past, and fans are already trying to work out what the story could mean for Geralt, Ciri, and the future of the series. The expansion is planned for 2027 and is being described as a full new adventure, with CD Projekt Red working alongside Fool’s Theory. The main question right

Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus Essential games for June 2026, and the lineup includes a notable Xbox published title. The three games coming to the service are Grounded Fully Yolked Edition, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2, and Warhammer 40,000 Darktide. The selection arrives as part of Sony’s Day of Play 2026 campaign, giving subscribers an early look at what they can claim in

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will bring Captain Price back for a new campaign built around a major conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed that the game will launch on October 23, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. The new entry is being presented as a more grounded Modern Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is shaping up to be more than another annual sequel. The developers are describing it as one of the biggest and most technically ambitious Call of Duty games they have worked on, with major changes across campaign, multiplayer, movement, gunplay, UI, and DMZ. The game launches on October 23, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s upcoming Songs of the Past expansion will bring more than a new story. CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the 2027 DLC will also add new Gwent cards, giving longtime players another reason to return to one of the game’s most loved side activities. The studio also says cross platform mod support is still in development, although it has

CD Projekt Red’s next Witcher saga may not follow the same expansion model that helped make The Witcher 3 so beloved. Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski has suggested that the studio’s plan to release three new Witcher games within six years could make expansions for The Witcher 4 and its sequels difficult to fit into the schedule. That does not mean The Witcher 4 will

Nintendo has quietly released a new mobile game called Pictonico, and it feels like a playful cousin to WarioWare. The game is available on iOS and Android, and it uses photos from your phone’s gallery to create short, silly minigames built around faces and snapshots. The launch is unusual because Nintendo did not make a big event out of it. There was no major

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle for Saturday, May 30, brings a mix of simple word groups and one much harder music category. Game 1084 includes words such as LUCID, WITCHCRAFT, IMPOSSIBLE, PIPE, FEVER, CARET, GIGI, VOLARE, and more, with the final answers covering rejection phrases, sensible words, typographical symbols, and Song of the Year nominees from the first Grammy Awards. The yellow group is probably

ONEXPLAYER has announced two new high end Windows gaming handhelds, and the most interesting one for Intel fans is the ONEXPLAYER 3. The device will use Intel Arc G3 Extreme graphics, making it one of the first handhelds built around Intel’s new gaming focused Arc G series platform. The ONEXPLAYER 3 is built around an 8.8 inch OLED display with a native landscape layout,

ASRock Industrial has updated its fanless iBOX mini PC lineup with Intel’s new Panther Lake H processors, giving businesses a compact silent system for embedded, industrial, and edge computing use. The new models are the iBOX 358H and iBOX 325, and both use larger passive aluminum chassis designs instead of traditional cooling fans. This is different from ASRock’s earlier NUC Ultra 300 BOX series.

AOC has launched a new 27 inch dual mode monitor in China that gives buyers two very different display options in one screen. The AOC U27V6RL/WW can run at 4K resolution for sharper image quality or switch down to 1080p for a much higher refresh rate, making it a flexible option for people who want one monitor for both work and fast gaming. By

Seasonic is preparing to show a massive 5200W server power supply at Computex 2026, giving a clear sign of how fast power demands are rising in AI and high performance computing. The new unit is part of a wider CRPS server PSU lineup ranging from 1300W to 5200W, aimed at AI servers, inference systems, training workloads, and professional platforms that run under heavy load

Titan Army is reportedly working on a 57 inch ultrawide gaming monitor with a dual 4K style resolution, giving players another possible option in the growing market for giant single screen desktop setups. The monitor appears in a product planning slide with a 32:9 aspect ratio, 7680 by 2160 resolution, 1000R curvature, and a 240Hz refresh rate. That resolution is often described as Dual

NVIDIA has brought back its Summer of RTX campaign for 2026, giving PC gamers a chance to win GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, gaming PCs, laptops, Steam Cash, gift cards, and other rewards during the summer gaming event season. The campaign is running under the hashtag “#RTXPowersPlay” and will be tied to livestreams, social media prompts, game showcases, and major events such as

Noctua appears to be getting close to launching its first all in one CPU liquid cooler, and the company is putting the focus exactly where you would expect: noise. A new teaser video highlights pump acoustics ahead of Computex, suggesting Noctua may be preparing to show or launch the cooler during the event. This is not the first time the cooler has appeared. Noctua

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED has become much more expensive, and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is using the moment to take a public shot at the company. The new pricing raises the 512GB Steam Deck OLED from $549 to $789, while the 1TB model has jumped from $649 to $949. That means buyers are now paying $240 more for the 512GB model and $300

ASRock appears to be preparing a special Taichi 10th Anniversary Edition graphics card, and the early teaser points to a custom Radeon RX 9070 XT design. The company has only shown a small teaser image so far, but the card looks like a limited Computex showcase model built to celebrate 10 years of the Taichi brand. The card keeps the familiar triple fan layout