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Lenovo is reportedly preparing a new ThinkBook laptop called the Aeroblade, with leaked images showing an unusually thin chassis that appears to push portability further than the company's existing business notebooks. The design is notable because the main base looks extremely slim, while the rear section becomes visibly thicker to accommodate two USB C ports. The keyboard also appears flatter than on a typical

Noctua has created a new compatibility database for CPU air coolers after finding that official case clearance specifications do not always match real world measurements. The company manually measured more than 100 PC cases and found examples where actual CPU cooler clearance was either higher or lower than the number published by the case manufacturer. That matters because a difference of only a few

AOOSTAR has introduced a lower specification version of its NEX395 mini PC, reducing both memory and storage capacity as rising component costs continue to affect high performance systems. The revised model includes 64 GB of LPDDR5X memory and a 1 TB SSD. The original configuration launched with 128 GB of memory and 2 TB of storage, making it significantly better suited to demanding workstation

NVIDIA's old CMP 170HX mining card has suddenly become far more valuable after a new software tool reportedly unlocked significantly more of its hidden HBM2e memory and restored additional compute functionality. The card originally launched in 2021 for cryptocurrency mining and was sold with only 8 GB or 10 GB of accessible memory. It uses a cut down version of NVIDIA's GA100 Ampere GPU,

Tesla is recruiting a Memory Process Integration Engineer for the Terafab semiconductor project, indicating that the planned manufacturing complex could eventually expand beyond logic chips into DRAM and newer memory technologies. The position covers advanced memory process integration, including DRAM cell development, high volume manufacturing readiness and future technologies such as MRAM, RRAM and 3D DRAM. That is a significant addition to the scope

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has received its first PC patch after players reported serious performance problems that made it difficult to maintain the 60 FPS required for smooth fighting game play. The PC version launched with noticeably worse performance than the PlayStation 5 edition, with some systems suffering from slowdowns during both offline and online matches. Because fighting games depend heavily on consistent frame

No Man’s Sky has reached its tenth anniversary, with Hello Games revealing that the game recorded its strongest player numbers since launch during 2026. The space exploration game first launched on August 9, 2016 and has changed considerably over the past decade. Hello Games says it has now released 40 major updates, all offered for free, while expanding the game across most major gaming

Valve has warned some European customers that personal information connected to recent Steam hardware orders may have been exposed after a cyberattack hit its shipping partner CEVA Logistics. The incident took place between July 29 and August 1, 2026. Valve said it learned on August 7 that customer data was likely affected. The exposed information was limited to details required for hardware deliveries. Valve

Beast of Reincarnation has received its first major post launch update, bringing several technical improvements to the action RPG on PC and consoles while making only a small change to the story pacing issues criticized by players. Patch 1.0.7 adds support for NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 and AMD FSR 4.0 on PC, adjusts the camera, increases text size, changes the default cutscene performance mode and

Final Fantasy VII Revelation could still arrive before the end of Square Enix's current fiscal year even though the publisher has left its full year financial forecast unchanged. The final chapter of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy is officially scheduled for Spring 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. That window creates an important question because Square Enix's

Blizzard has reportedly finished Microsoft's 2026 fiscal year as the top performing studio within Xbox's game development organization, helped by strong results from Diablo 4 and Overwatch. The claim comes from an internal message attributed to Blizzard president Johanna Faries. According to the message, fiscal 2026 became Blizzard's third highest year ever for top line revenue, while fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026 marked its

Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick believes cloud gaming could become commercially viable within the next three years and significantly expand the number of devices capable of running major games. Speaking during the company’s latest earnings call, Zelnick said rising console and PC hardware prices are not ideal, but he does not currently view them as a major obstacle for Take Two. He argued that

Take Two says GTA 6 has already generated an unusually strong preorder response ahead of its November 19 release, with CEO Strauss Zelnick describing early sales as unprecedented for both the company and the wider games industry. The publisher has not disclosed an exact preorder figure, but management says demand is well above anything it has seen before. At the same time, Take Two

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is the next mainline entry in Nintendo’s tactical RPG series, launching exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17, 2026. Developed by Intelligent Systems, the game keeps the familiar turn based grid combat of earlier Fire Emblem titles while introducing a campaign built around four protagonists, separate story routes and a time travel system that lets you revisit key events

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is set to gain co op multiplayer on PC through the upcoming DD2gether mod, giving players a feature that has long been requested for the series. The mod is preparing for an early alpha release and is designed to let multiple players share the same world, fight large enemies together and synchronize parts of the environment that were originally built around

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember will move away from the linear structure of the original game and adopt an open world format when it launches in early 2027. Team NINJA says the sequel will feature a dynamic battlefield where conditions can change during play and influence other parts of the environment. The Morale system will also return, but it is being redesigned to

Halo Studios has reportedly avoided layoffs among its full time employees following the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved, although some external contractors have lost their roles as work shifts after release. The distinction matters because early reports suggested the studio itself had started another round of job cuts. A later account said no internal layoffs had taken place and that the departures involved contractors

Ubisoft has returned to Ghost Recon Wildlands with a free anniversary update that adds a new standalone mission, major console improvements and the long requested option to play at 60 FPS. The update, called Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites, arrives as part of the franchise’s 25th anniversary celebrations. It introduces a new mission set in a darker version of Bolivia while also improving image

NVIDIA is adding 26 PC games to GeForce NOW throughout August 2026, expanding the cloud gaming library with a mix of new releases and older titles. Eight games are joining during the first week, led by World of Warships: Legends. Other additions include Big Walk, Beacon Pines, Sovereign Tower, Expeditions: Samurai, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, The Incident at Galley House and

Phantom Blade Zero has reached the end of its main development phase, with S GAME confirming that the action RPG is essentially complete ahead of its October 29 release. Preorders will open on August 11 at 7 PM Pacific Time through the PlayStation Store, Steam and Epic Games Store. A new trailer will also be released alongside the preorder launch, showing additional story content,