SteamOS beta adds ROG Ally and Legion Go support, new controller compatibility
Early support arrives for non-Steam Deck handhelds in beta channel
First look at Asus ROG Ally 2 and Microsoft's Project Kennan handheld
The rumored portable Xbox could launch as soon as this month
Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is Even Slower than the Intel Arc B580
We test Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti to reveal why the 8GB version struggles badly in modern games – and how it stacks up against Intel's much cheaper Arc B580 in VRAM-limited scenarios.
Former PlayStation boss says gaming price hikes are inevitable, but lack of value is the real issue
Is it me, or is the industry as a whole missing the point?
Editor's take: Game prices are climbing to $70 and beyond, with publishers blaming inflation and rising development costs. However, players are pushing back against the price hikes because current big-budget games consistently fail to deliver comparable value. Current prices are a symptom of a much bigger problem.
Minecraft Bedrock Edition gets Flat World presets
As the Minecraft community counts down to the highly anticipated Summer Drop 2025, Mojang is setting the stage with the Bedrock 1.21.80 update, introducing new Flat World presets. The update also brings improvements to gameplay, the UI, and greater parity between the Bedrock and Java editions.
GTA VI trailer 2 arrives: Vice City looks amazing, new gameplay revealed
New footage unveiled as fans brace for the extended countdown to 2026 launch
AMD patents hint at significant ray tracing improvements in future GPU architectures
Next-gen UDNA expected to lower the barrier to advanced ray tracing
Original Fallout source code survived thanks to "rogue" Interplay co-founder
Original team was told to destroy all records, but thankfully overlooked Mac porting team
Epic challenges Steam with zero percent fee for first $1 million per game
Valve is still cutting a better deal to larger game studios
Intel Arc Xe3 Celestial GPU enters pre-validation, Battlemage B770 tipped to launch at Computex 2025
The hardware team is already working on Xe4 "Druid"
Despite rising game prices, 2025's best-reviewed titles are budget hits
Higher prices doesn't mean better games
A hot potato: Video games are becoming more expensive – Microsoft announced last week that it would be selling some of its upcoming titles for $80, while Nintendo will be doing the same with Switch 2 releases. One of the companies' arguments for this increase is that games now have enormous budgets with massive teams, all of which supposedly benefit the players, yet the three best-reviewed games of 2025 so far are all budget titles.
The Asus TUF Gaming T500 is a mobile CPU-powered desktop for better thermals
Up to Intel Core i7-13620H mobile CPU means to deliver desktop-level gaming
Half-Life 3 reportedly playable end-to-end, possibly launching this year
"HLX" project uses a new kind of procedural generation, future Steam hardware also discussed
Microsoft shocks with hefty Xbox price hike, games to cost $80
Facepalm: As of today, the entry-level Xbox Series S will cost $379.99 for the 512GB model and $429.99 for the 1TB version – an $80 to $130 increase over last year's pricing. Meanwhile, the Xbox Series X Digital has jumped to $549.99, and the flagship Series X now carries a hefty $599.99 price tag. Even premium models like the limited-edition 2TB Galaxy Series X haven't been spared, rising from $599.99 to a steep $729.99.
Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU prices drop below MSRP in Germany as demand wanes
Strong euro and weak demand push GPU prices down
Nvidia bundles Doom: The Dark Ages with RTX 50-series GPUs... if you can find one
Nvidia also unveiled the game's path tracing implementation
Blizzard and Nexon working on new StarCraft game and a mobile version of Overwatch
Overwatch Mobile will likely be the first to launch
EA lays off around 300 employees – including 100 at Respawn – scraps new Titanfall game
EA has let go of 1,800 workers since March 2023
GPU tourism is a thing: Japan blocks RTX 5090 and 5080 sales to tourists amid global GPU chaos
Four months later, Nvidia's top GPUs remain critically scarce
Original Fallout creator was ordered to destroy source code, then Interplay lost its official archive
Archives should always have redundancies
Russian authorities threaten World of Tanks developer for its alleged "extremist activities"
Wargaming studio said there are no assets to seize
GPUs are so bulky now that Asus is using gyroscopes to detect sagging
Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 includes an accelerometer that ties into GPU Tweak software
The Atari ST was eight years too early for Doom, but not anymore
A native port to an emulated 8 MHz processor