Thiago Trevisan
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PlayStation Plus subscribers have some exciting new games to look forward to in July. The popular service allows subscribers to have access to a large amount of games and perks, including notable monthly games. To celebrate PlayStation Plus and its 15-year anniversary, we're seeing some stellar titles like Diablo...
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Microsoft has been on a *ahem* quest recently to define what the Xbox is, and that seems to involve everything but its own hardware. Case in point, a newly released Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is now out in the wild, priced at $399 and themed with the Xbox green. It also comes with a limited edition Xbox controller...
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Fans of Beavis and Butt-Head will be in for a treat if they also like to play the popular Call of Duty game. Now in its 4th season, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone have various characters as skins and themes for fans. For example, Jay and Silent Bob were recent characters added to the game, allowing players to...
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The biggest challenges current facing PC enthusiasts are finding and affording the latest-generation (and even some previous generation) GPUs, especially from NVIDIA. One such GPU, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, released earlier this year with an MSRP of $749 in the US, but that has been a tough number to find due to...
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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX GPUs have launched in full force this year, with the latest Blackwell architecture in place for RTX 50 series lineup. It has not been all smooth sailing, however, with some technical issues popping up here and there. To that end, Zotac is rolling out a new vBIOS for its GeForce RTX 5060 Ti models...
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The trilogy of PC gaming necessities includes your keyboard, mouse, and audio setup. Razer is a brand that focuses on all three (including its recently-unveiled Blackwidow V4 Pro Barebones plank), and now it's announced a new V3 version of its Hammerhead wired earbuds. With dynamic 11mm drivers and an included USB-C...
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You don't have to venture far to hear a gamer's opinion on the current state of GPU pricing and gaming technology. Sky high prices for the latest GPUs raise concerns when the performance difference seems minimal for new generation products. Companies like NVIDIA lead with AI upscaling tech as the primary sales point...
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If you're a PC gaming enthusiast and a fan of NVIDIA's GeForce GPUs, chances are you've dealt with hard-to-find items in the past. Even GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti were sparse during the first few months, which was dwarfed by the frenzy of the GPU shortages later on around 2021. The GeForce RTX 5090 is its...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is the latest next-generation console to release into the wild, continuing the success of its predecessor. The big difference between the Switch 2 and other consoles like Sony's PlayStation 5 is in its portable nature. This spells many potential issues with durability, since the likelihood of...
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Now that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series has been out in the wild for a few months, we're seeing new versions pop up with some interesting and unique features. So it goes with ASUS, one of NVIDIA's leading add-in board (AIB) partners (especially with EVGA having bowed out of the GPU market), with a distinct lineup of...
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The underbelly of PC gaming rests on its peripherals, even if GPUs often get all the hype. Glorious is a popular brand for all sorts of accessories, including keyboards and gaming mice. It has a new model on the horizon, which it calls the Model O Eternal. It aims to make this lightweight mouse affordable and laden...
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You may have seen a few more NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs on store shelves and in stock lately. After the initial rush to purchase this GPU, rapidly increasing prices (on custom models) kept most other buyers at bay. Even so, NVIDIA's add-in board (AIB) partners are reportedly scrambling to ship even more GeForce RTX...
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When the original Call of Duty game released in 2003, little did we know it'd be one of the longest running game franchises in history. The latest iteration is Black Ops 6, which is now in its fourth season. However, Microsoft has just announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is releasing later in 2025, and that it...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out, and I have some first impressions on the experience of both playing and purchasing the console. I was not lucky enough to secure a preorder ahead of the console's June 5th release, but I was hopeful I could score one in-store all the same. While I avoided the late night release...
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As gaming in general has boomed in popularity over the last several decades, so has the focus on mobile gaming. With improving technology on the hardware and software side, this paradigm is even more enjoyable for users to partake in now. Case in point, Fortnite, one of the most popular games on the planet, also has a...
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In the age of AI, all roads lead to the Taiwan based TSMC (directly or indirectly, as the case might be). As the leading multinational semiconductor manufacturer in the world, numerous big tech firms from AMD to NVIDIA (amongst others) are vying for allocation for its chips. Meanwhile, tariffs don't appear to be...
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Gamers typically focus on the GPU as the primary component in a gaming PC setup, and rightfully so. A very close second has to be the monitor, since the GPU is a pricey paper weight without one. ASUS, a brand known for both GPUs (including ones wrapped in gold!) and a plethora of PC components, is introducing its TUF...
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The Call of Duty franchise is one of the crown jewels of Microsoft's various acquisitions during the last several years. It also serves as a big incentive to lure gamers over to its popular Game Pass subscription service. Upping the ante, there is a new update out, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 4, that is chock...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT released to some fanfare earlier this year, adding to an ongoing discussion over the general pricing and availability situation in the GPU market as a whole. While the GPU shortage is showing signs of improvement, it is always nice to see more niche models make their way to the market. Enter...
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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 remains a fascinating GPU, and continues to interest us as we learn more about it. Case in point, a prototype design that is packing four power connectors recently came into view, and it looks like something engineers would have a fun time with.
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is an interesting GPU for this Blackwell generation. On one hand, it's by far the fastest gaming GPU we've ever seen, aided in part by a generous 32GB of fast GDDR7 VRAM. On the other hand, the same GPU has experienced a monumental shift in early pricing since its release a few short months...
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Apple has some smart glasses coming, after dabbling in the augmented reality space, according to the folks at Bloomberg. The question of how it will fare against Meta and its own Ray-Ban smart glasses will be interesting to witness in this new field. Furthermore, Apple's own complicated history with its Vision Pro may...
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