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ASUS has shown off a custom ROG Xbox Ally X inspired by Cyberpunk 2077, and it may be one of the best looking versions of the handheld so far. The bad news is that you cannot buy it. The special unit was created by AK Mod, a custom hardware artist known for detailed case mods. ASUS describes it as a one of a kind

Forza Horizon 6 has not fully launched for standard edition players yet, but it is already giving Xbox one of its strongest first party moments of 2026. The game has received excellent reviews, drawn a large early access audience, and now Xbox’s top leaders are publicly praising Playground Games for its rare consistency. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma congratulated Playground Games after Forza Horizon 6

Microsoft’s new Xbox Presents format has started with a much bigger result than expected. The first episode, focused entirely on Stranger Than Heaven, has become the most viewed livestream ever on Xbox’s YouTube channel. The stream was already impressive when early numbers showed about 7.5 million views, but it has since climbed to around 12 million views. That puts it far ahead of Xbox’s

Forza Horizon 6 is off to a huge start, with Metacritic currently listing it as the highest rated new video game of 2026 so far. The latest entry from Playground Games has reached a 92 score, putting Xbox at the top of the year’s multiplatform rankings. That is a strong result for Microsoft, especially at a time when Xbox is trying to rebuild confidence

Xbox players have a large batch of cheap games to check this week, with more than 50 titles currently discounted by 90 to 95 percent across the latest Xbox sales. Many of the deals are part of the ID@Xbox Mega Sale, which has brought steep discounts to a mix of indie games, older AAA releases, co op titles, shooters, fighting games, sports games, and

Microsoft has admitted that faulty third party drivers have been causing Windows laptops to lose battery life, slow down, and run worse than expected for years. The company is now changing how it checks and approves drivers so these problems can be caught earlier. The issue is not limited to crashes. Until now, Microsoft mainly judged driver quality by whether a driver caused serious

Diablo 4 has spent a long time fighting complaints about its cash shop, but the Lord of Hatred season may have found a better answer than any pricing change. Blizzard has added rare, strange, and deeply hidden rewards that players actually want to earn. That matters because one of the biggest criticisms of Diablo 4’s shop has always been about prestige. Many paid cosmetics

Valve’s new Steam Controller may be built for PC gaming, but it does not currently work properly with Xbox app games or PC Game Pass titles on Windows without extra third party software. The controller works best inside Steam, where Steam Input can translate its touchpads, sticks, buttons, and grip controls correctly. Outside Steam, the controller falls back to a basic “lizard mode,” which

Sony may be changing its PlayStation strategy in a major way by keeping future single player games fully exclusive to PlayStation consoles. If accurate, this would mark a sharp turn away from the company’s recent approach of bringing major PlayStation games to PC months or years after their console release. According to a new report, PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst told employees that Sony will

Valve is updating Steam’s tag system again, adding 17 new tags and removing 28 older ones as it tries to improve game discovery and store recommendations. Steam tags are used by developers and players to describe games by genre, theme, style, and content. They also help Steam decide how games appear in recommendations and store hubs. Valve says the latest update is meant to

Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices again, with new and returning subscribers in select regions set to pay more from May 20. The company says the change is due to “ongoing market conditions,” but it did not give a detailed explanation. The price hike affects one month and three month PlayStation Plus plans. The monthly plan is going up by $1, while the three

Ubisoft is preparing Rainbow Six Siege’s Year 11 Season 2 update, Operation System Override, and it brings one of the game’s biggest competitive changes in a long time. The update launches on June 2 for all players, with test server access starting on May 18. The new season does not add a brand new operator. Instead, Ubisoft is reworking Dokkaebi, adding a fresh map

PC gamers have a busy weekend of deals, with Epic Games Store opening its Mega Sale mystery giveaway season by offering two free games: The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition and Sunderfolk. The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition includes both seasons of Telltale’s story driven Batman games. It follows Bruce Wayne and his life as Batman through a choice based adventure format. Sunderfolk is a co

Microsoft has launched a new feedback hub called XBOX Player Voice, giving Xbox players a more direct place to share ideas, requests, and complaints with the Xbox team. The new hub is designed to make feedback easier to follow. Instead of sending comments into social media posts or scattered support channels, players can submit suggestions in one place and track whether those ideas gain

A new study is raising concerns about the fast growth of satellite megaconstellations, warning that rocket launches and satellite reentries may be creating an unregulated climate problem high in Earth’s atmosphere. The issue is not only the number of launches. It is where the pollution is released. Researchers say rocket emissions such as soot, metal oxides, and ozone affecting compounds can have a stronger

Intel’s first Wildcat Lake laptops are starting to appear at retail in China, with prices ranging from around $449 to $675 when converted to US dollars. The early listings suggest Intel and its PC partners are moving quickly to challenge Apple’s MacBook Neo in the low cost laptop market. The most notable model is the Honor X14 Battle Edition. Honor lists the laptop for

Sucker Punch Productions is already moving on from Ghost of Yotei: Legends, with the studio confirming that last month’s raid update was the final major planned content update for the multiplayer mode. Lead designer Darren Bridges said the raid was the last major update planned for Legends and that it finishes the story of the Yotei Six in that mode. The mode will remain

Gravity Rush 2 is becoming much easier to play on PC through ShadPS4, thanks to a new GR2fork 3.0 update focused on performance, stability, and Steam Deck support. The update brings up to 30 percent better performance through a redesigned GPU communication system. The developer has changed the gpucomm thread from a single heavy design into a dual core setup, reducing one of the

A new AI remake concept for Final Fantasy VI has caught the attention of series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, but the response around it has been far from unanimous. The video recreates several famous moments from Final Fantasy VI with modern looking visuals, including Sabin suplexing the Phantom Train and scenes from the Opera House sequence with Celes. The clip has gained major attention online,

Forza Horizon 6 is getting strong early praise ahead of its May 19 launch, with one review awarding the game a rare 10 out of 10 score. The review calls it the best entry in the series so far, pointing to its Japan setting, improved progression, huge activity list, and polished driving feel as the main reasons. The game moves the Horizon Festival to