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Xbox has shipped its first small feature in response to the new Xbox Player Voice feedback program. The change switches playtime tracking on Xbox consoles from days to total hours, making it easier for players to understand and compare how much time they have spent in a game. The request had recently reached the top 10 list on the Xbox Player Voice website. It

Humble has launched a new 4X strategy bundle aimed at players who enjoy long, layered games built around exploration, expansion, resource control, and conquest. The Humble 4X: Xplore, Xpand, Xploit, Xterminate Bundle includes eight strategy games, several DLC packs, and a few discount coupons, with many of the included titles marked as Steam Deck Playable or Verified. The bundle is split into two main

Valve has released new SteamOS updates for both the stable and beta channels, giving Steam Deck owners another round of security, stability, and device specific fixes. The stable update is smaller and focuses on general security and stability work, while the beta update includes more visible fixes for Steam Deck OLED, Desktop Mode, discrete GPU systems, and ASUS ROG Ally controls. The stable release

Darksiders Warmastered Edition has received a surprise update nearly 10 years after its last major patch, and the biggest improvement is much better Steam Deck performance. The update adds Vulkan rendering support, which is especially useful for Linux based systems such as SteamOS because Vulkan works more naturally on the platform than DirectX through Proton. The patch is unexpected because Darksiders Warmastered Edition launched

Tavern Keeper has received a major update that makes the management sim much better on Steam Deck. The game was already playable on Valve’s handheld, but it had a few issues that made it less comfortable than it should have been, especially around interface scaling and controller support. The latest update fixes those problems and helps the game earn its Verified status more convincingly.

Valve has released another Steam Deck beta client update, and this one continues the recent focus on fixing Steam Controller problems. The May 21 update improves controller detection, adjusts trigger haptics, fixes gyro polling stutter, and cleans up layout issues linked to the newer settings changes from the May 13 beta. The update is aimed at Steam Deck owners who are using the Beta

Fanatical has brought back its BYO Bethesda Bundle for GOG, giving PC and Steam Deck players a low cost way to pick up several classic Bethesda published games. The bundle includes Fallout, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, The Evil Within, The Elder Scrolls, Prey, Quake, and DOOM 3, with prices starting at $3.50 per game and dropping to $3 each if you buy five or more titles.

Devil May Cry 5 may be getting a new PC update, years after the platform missed out on most of the Special Edition content released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Capcom has not announced anything yet, but recent Steam backend activity has raised hope that the company may be testing a new build for the PC version. The original PC

TSMC employees are reportedly voicing anger over rumors that the company may reduce employee bonuses, even as the chipmaker continues to benefit from the global AI boom. The dispute has drawn attention because TSMC is not a struggling company. Its profit jumped 58 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2026, reaching a new record as demand for advanced chips remains extremely

Forza Horizon 6 is already shaping up to be one of Xbox’s biggest releases of 2026. According to a new report from Alinea Analytics, Playground Games’ latest open world racer is nearing an estimated 5 million copies sold in its first week, with gross revenue estimated at around $325 million. That result is especially notable because Forza Horizon 6 launched directly into Xbox Game

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV will launch on PC on September 17, 2026, giving the long running strategy series its first new main entry in years. The release date was confirmed during Warhammer Skulls 2026, where developer KING Art and publisher Deep Silver also revealed the game’s first year roadmap. The announcement came with a new gameplay trailer and the start of preorders.

Fable may still be on track for 2026, and new age ratings from South Korea and Australia suggest Playground Games could be aiming for a late September or October release window. The ratings do not confirm an exact date, but they are a useful sign that the game is moving closer to launch, especially after recent concerns that the RPG could slip into 2027.

The third Super Mario movie is not expected to reach theaters until 2029, according to Toad voice actor Keegan Michael Key. The wait may be longer than some fans hoped, but Key said the team wants to get the details right and believes the next movie will be worth the delay. Nintendo and Illumination have already turned Mario into one of the most successful

Lian Li has launched the HydroShift II Curved 360, a new all in one CPU cooler built around a large curved OLED display and a cleaner hidden tubing design. The cooler starts at $279.99 and comes in black and white versions, with different fan configurations depending on what kind of build the buyer wants. AIO liquid coolers have become more focused on screens and

Nvidia may use Computex 2026 to show how its Vera CPUs can compete with traditional x86 chips from Intel and AMD in the next phase of AI computing. Analysts from GF Securities expect Nvidia to highlight the Vera Rubin platform during the Taiwan trade show, with claims that Vera CPUs can deliver up to 1.5 times the computing performance of rival x86 processors. The

ASUS is preparing a new wave of Republic of Gamers hardware for ROG’s 20th anniversary, and its latest teaser appears to include a special gold and black ROG Astral graphics card based on Nvidia’s RTX 50 Series. The product has not been fully announced yet, but the short teaser video gives an early look at the kind of premium hardware ASUS plans to show

Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD prices have reached unusually high levels at Micro Center, with one store listing the 8TB model at $4,139. The pricing is especially surprising because SATA SSDs are much slower than modern M.2 NVMe drives, yet some of these Samsung 870 EVO listings are now more expensive than faster high end storage options. The report is based on a Reddit

A new SecureBoot folder has appeared on some Windows 11 PCs after Microsoft’s May update, but it is not malware. The folder is part of Microsoft’s preparation for upcoming Secure Boot certificate changes, and it is mainly meant for IT administrators who manage many Windows devices at once. The folder appears under C:\Windows\SecureBoot after installing the May Windows 11 update, KB5089549. Some people noticed

Firefox 151 is now available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, bringing a mix of privacy upgrades, PDF tools, VPN improvements, and security fixes. The update also arrives for Firefox ESR versions, which is important for people and organizations that stay on long term support releases instead of moving to every main Firefox version. The biggest security point is that Firefox 151 fixes more

Microsoft’s May security cycle has become more serious than it first appeared. Patch Tuesday did not include a major zero day fix, but several issues have emerged since then, including active attacks on Exchange Server, three Defender vulnerabilities, a BitLocker bypass proof of concept, and security problems involving Edge and Microsoft Authenticator. The most urgent issue is a critical Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability tracked