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How much are gamers willing to spend on a handheld? OneXPlayer is banking on the fact that buyers who desire arguably the most power chipset and crisp OLED display will gladly pay up for the privilege, even if prices start at an eye-watering $1,340. Called the OneXFly F1 Pro, the gaming handheld console is the first...
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Every gamer on the planet knows that next-generation graphics cards are on the horizon, with NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series hogging the lion's share of headlines (Intel could beat AMD and NVIDIA to the punch with Arc Battlemage, though, with an ASRock Arc A580 recently leaking on Amazon). This means retailers...
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With the renaissance of handheld video game devices during the last few years, Sony may have another delight for your fingers. Nintendo has dominated the console handheld space with its Switch since its 2017 release, having matched flexibility as a TV-console, too. Sony has mostly been watching on the sidelines...
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Regular readers probably think of Gigabyte primarily as a purveyor of motherboards and graphics cards. In the last few years, though, the component vendor has been positioning itself as a provider of premium PC display panels, and it has garnered itself a following among gamers for its reasonably-priced screens with...
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If you've been on the fence about whether or not to buy a handheld PC gaming console, now is the time to take the leap. For one, the market has begun to flesh out with several viable alternatives to Valve's Steam Deck, which played a pivotal role in popularizing the segment. And secondly, some of the best handhelds...
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The next installment in the massively popular Grand Theft Auto franchise won't be out until sometime next year, but be that as it may, it's already winning accolades. In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Grand Theft Auto VI took home the "Most Wanted Game" at the 2024 Golden Joystick Awards, which...
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Xbox is following up its heavily memed “This is an Xbox” campaign with the launch of a beta program for Xbox Cloud Gaming. It’s part of the company’s strategy “to bring more games to more people around the world, across devices.” While users have been able to stream games available on Xbox Game Pass for some time now...
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If you're a gamer who wants to take your peripherals to the next level, especially in fighting games, there is something new afoot. Turtle Beach has announced its Victrix Pro KO Leverless Fight Stick for fans of fighting games. It will come in versions both officially licensed by Sony for the PlayStation, and...
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Fans eagerly anticipating taking to the skies with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are finding themselves grounded instead, as launch day issues are plentiful in what turns out to be a repeat scenario of the previous game’s launch in 2020. This has led to a backlash from irritated gamers who have bombarded the game’s...
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Asus revealed its latest gaming phone today, the predictably named ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro. These devices are the first retail devices to run the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, and you can eke every bit of performance from that chip with the performance-tuned ROG Phone 9. You can even attach a cooling...
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Fans of Rockstar's popular Grand Theft Auto series are chomping at the bit (technically champing, for you grammar purists) for any details they can get regarding the highly-anticipated next installment, Grand Theft Auto VI. The first and still only official trailer for the next installment in the franchise series...
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Do you get the feeling that MSI might be just a tad bit excited to launch its next-generation gaming handheld with Lunar Lake inside? We do, considering that's it been official for about two and a half months now. As for when it will release, it will be another couple of months, with a proper unveiling on tap for the...
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Xbox's newly launched ad campaign that uses the tagline “This is an Xbox,” meant to inform viewers about the company's different platform options, has been met with predictable memes and derision from the core of the console’s userbase. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer knew there might be some pushback, saying that “as we’re...
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Today, the Unreal game engine is everywhere, but it debuted in an iconic, eponymous shooter in 1998. The original Unreal, and the multiplayer followup Unreal Tournament, have maintained a cult following all these years, and now they've got a new lease on life. You can download either of these games from the Internet...
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This is a great time to be in the market for a gaming PC, be it a laptop or a desktop. Why is that? The reasons are two-fold. First, with new hardware on the horizon (like the GeForce RTX 50 series), you can bet that retailers want to make room on store shelves for incoming products. And second, Black Friday (and...
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Watch out, LG, Sony, and others, Amazon is coming for your lunch money. Well, sort of. For the first time ever, Amazon has launched its own-brand TV with mini LED backlighting, which in and of itself is a big deal. But that's not the only draw. Amazon's new Fire TV Omni Mini LED Series (quite the mouthful, eh?) is...
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Fans of Razer's peripherals have one more item to add to the list, and it packs tons of utility. Razer has released its USB 4 Dock, with a staggering 14-ports of varied connectivity. Razer already has a Thunderbolt 4 Dock on the market, which has been popular on both PCs and Macs. Support for dual monitors is here, up...
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Once upon a time, the idea of gaming on a machine without a discrete graphics card was basically a laughable proposition, at least if you were trying to play anything other than decades-old titles or other light weight games like Peggle (remember that gem?). That time has long past, and now we have an entire class of...
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At what point does the refresh rate of a gaming monitor reach diminishing returns, or otherwise become inconsequential? Ask any monitor maker and they'll tell you, 'Get out of here with such silly questions, gaming peasant!'. Okay, they probably wouldn't be as crass in their answer, but the latest evidence that...
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If you're a fan of LEGOs and the Horizon Franchise, your worlds are about to collide. The popular series has been remade in the LEGO world, with a very interesting design approach. As you would expect from LEGO, the entire game is entirely built by blocks, but it is not only superficial.
With the same blocks, you...
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Smartphones powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite beastmode chipset are beginning to trickle in. One of the first is the Nubia RedMagic 10 Pro series, launching initially in China this week with the international version arriving in December. These flagship gaming phones will be packed to the gills with big numbers...
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It's been a long wait for a new installment in the Stalker franchise, and after multiple delays—the most recent of which was to "fix more 'unexpected anomalies' (or simply 'bugs', as you call them)," we're finally just one week away from the release of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Now that we've entered the presumed...
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