Chris Harper
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8BitDo is releasing an evolved version of its Ultimate 3 controller this summer, and it's aimed squarely at the high-end gamepad market—meet the 8BitDo Ultimate 3E. The Ultimate 3E builds upon the foundation of the Ultimate 3 with two...
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Dell's Alienware brand is here at CES 2026, and the biggest highlight is in Alienware's upcoming laptops. Alienware's revived classic Area-51 brand is still going strong, including an updated Area-51 desktop with potent AMD Ryzen X3D CPUs...
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Acer is pulling up to CES 2026 with a surprisingly versatile range of displays, including an impressive laser RGB projector that can pull double duty as a 4K HDR home cinema projector (with an impressive 106% of BT.2020 wide color gamut...
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Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it impossible to activate Windows without an Internet connection.
This is an unwelcome development for users that want to...
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In a poignant reminder that some of a game's biggest fans are the people who actually work on them, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided voice actor Elias Toufexis sounded off about the lack of a Deus Ex sequel, after teasing some...
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Security researchers at Koi have uncovered a massive, coordinated spyware campaign that spans 100+ Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla FireFox extensions, which seem to function legitimately, but (eventually) exhibit malicious...
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The PlayStation 5 has essentially been cracked, just in time for 2026, and it would appear that short of releasing a new hardware revision, there's not much Sony can do about it. This is because PlayStation 5 hackers have found the BootROM...
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Dell raised its prices by roughly 10-30% on December 17th, and ASUS will be following suit on January 5th, per a report from TrendForce. As the report notes, this is not an unexpected move—and previous statements from Acer and ASUS indicate that "passing on soaring memory costs has become an...
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No one is safe from RAMmageddon, including gaming console manufacturers. According to a recent report, console manufacturers are debating whether next-gen devices should be delayed to post 2027-2028, breaking the common 7-year cadence...
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2.3 million user records from the WIRED database have leaked and the hackers who did it claim that millions of other records from other Condé Nast-owned publications (like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and more) will also be released soon...
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Ayaneo Pocket Vert is here, and if you hop on the bandwagon soon enough, you can get it for as low as $269 USD for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration, or $349 for the top-end 12GB RAM + 256GB storage config (or $369 if you want it...
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Ever dreamt of an iPhone that transforms into an iPad? If you have, the iPhone Fold renders leaked by Jon Prosser, aka YouTube's fpt., will be of interest. Jon uploaded a video showcasing the some official-looking renders of the upcoming...
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CES 2026 will be the launching pad for lots of new hardware, including a new wave of enhanced Mini LED TVs, which manufacturers are branding in a variety of ways. Some companies will call them "true color TVs", while others are being more literal -- like Hisense -- and calling out RGB Mini LED...
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Ahead of CES 2026, Sapphire is showing off a pair of "PhantomLink" (its equivalent to ASUS' BTF) AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPUs and motherboards. Both will come in white or black colorways and are (for now) China-exclusives.
This launch...
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For Windows' BitLocker drive encryption, performance has been a long-standing pain point, especially as high-speed NVMe drives have become more dominant in the market. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken note and will soon be introducing...
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Over on X, Kepler_L2, one of the more trusted leakers in the industry, claims that AMD's next-generation RDNA 5 graphics architecture is slated for a mid-2027 release date, with chips being built on TSMC's N3P process. This claim emerged...
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Two recent studies have highlighted gaming's potential benefits for mental health and acuity. The most recent is a study published this month by JMIR Serious Games, named Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games' Affordance of Childlike Wonder...
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Maingear, a well-respected boutique PC builder, has taken note of the ongoing RAM crisis and is attempting to offer a potential solution, beyond simply raising prices. Its solution is a new "BYO RAM", or "Bring Your Own RAM" program, which accepts a user's shipment of DDR5 RAM with an order of...
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One of the most influential names in the FPS genre, Vince Zampella, passed away at the age of 55 on Sunday, December 21st, in a tragic car accident with one other unidentified person. Vince Zampella worked on the Medal of Honor series...
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Spotify is the victim of what may be the greatest act of music piracy in history and the company is not happy. Recently, Anna's Archive released a massive 300 TB of torrents, which reportedly includes the metadata of 265 million tracks...
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Sony Honda Mobility is a joint venture between industry titans Sony and Honda, and its AFEELA line of cars will be offering in-vehicle PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Remote Play functionality. Per Izumi Kawanishi, President and COO of...
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2025 was an eventful year for indie and AAA gaming alike, but what were the most-played new releases of 2025 per actual data? Sales and Steam charts can only tell so much of the story, but Alinea Analytics have published a report with a clear estimate on the top games in 2025 across Steam...
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