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Hardware Gaming

Asus ROG Xbox handheld launches October 16 with Steam Deck-like optimizations

Pricing remains uncertain likely due to tariffs

The big picture: Microsoft has finally set a release date for its first Xbox handheld gaming PC, built in partnership with Asus. But while the devices aim to bring Steam Deck – style simplicity to the somewhat messy world of portable Windows gaming – streamlining optimization, shader compilation, and even layering in AI – their future still hinges on a volatile factor outside Microsoft's control: shifting US tariffs that make final pricing a moving target.

Full story By Daniel Sims, August 20, 2025, 9:52 PM

Electronics Gaming

Asus unveils three OLED gaming monitors at Gamescom, including a dual-mode 720Hz model

New ROG monitors deliver faster performance and brighter visuals

By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2025, 9:13 AM

Hardware Gaming

Asus ROG Matrix RTX 5090 30th anniversary edition is a quad-fan monster card with 800W support

Only 1,000 units are being made

By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2025, 6:15 AM 10 comments

Gaming

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 brings four-player co-op campaign, launches November 14

Black Ops 7 keeps $70 price, requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on PC

By Daniel Sims, August 20, 2025, 5:20 AM 11 comments

Gaming Software

Nvidia kicks off Gamescom 2025 with GeForce Now upgrades, new DLSS 4 games, App update

GeForce Now receives RTX 5080 tier and over 2,200 new games

By Daniel Sims, August 19, 2025, 8:13 AM 8 comments

Gaming Mobile

PlayStation Portal's unexpected success may be enough to reignite Sony's interest in handheld gaming

The time may be ripe for a true PSP / PS Vita successor

By Cal Jeffrey, August 27, 2024, 4:24 PM 7 comments

Gaming Hardware

PlayStation 5 Pro could be revealed as soon as next month, possibly for $600

Multiple developers were discussing the console at Gamescom

By Daniel Sims, August 26, 2024, 6:46 PM 11 comments

Hardware

Next-generation motherboards will make swapping SSDs and GPUs easier

Asus and Gigabyte demonstrate easy release mechanisms at Gamescom

By Daniel Sims, August 23, 2024, 9:31 AM 17 comments

Gaming Industry

Gamescom 2024 opening highlights Civilization VII, Peter Molyneux's new game, and many more

Announcements for Path of Exile 2, Indiana Jones, Starfield, Dune: Awakening, Mafia, and other titles

By Daniel Sims, August 21, 2024, 5:10 AM

Gaming

System requirements revealed for inZoi, a life-like The Sims competitor

Users can play with the character creator from August 21 to August 26

By Daniel Sims, August 16, 2024, 4:47 PM

Gaming Hardware

Nintendo Switch 2 was showed off behind closed doors last month

Devs got to see an enhanced version of Breath of the Wild

By Shawn Knight, September 7, 2023, 10:34 AM 19 comments

Hardware Gaming

Watch AMD unveil the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT right here at 11 am EST / 8 am PT

Check out the leaked performance comparisons with Nvidia's equivalents

By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2023, 6:49 AM 32 comments

Gaming Tech Culture

Bethesda and Tempur team up to create "NASA-like" Starfield cockpit gaming chair

Don't hold your breath on owning one, though

By Cal Jeffrey, August 24, 2023, 2:02 PM 11 comments

Gaming Hardware

Asus reveals world's first 32-inch 4K OLED monitor, Z790 motherboards, and a Wi-Fi 7 gaming router at Gamescom

Among other things

By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2023, 9:08 AM 22 comments

Electronics Gaming

Samsung reveals its 57-inch dual UHD Odyssey Neo G9 and new 55-inch Odyssey Ark monitors

Want 57 inches of real estate? Be prepared to pay for it

By Rob Thubron, August 23, 2023, 10:21 AM

Gaming

The incredible new trailer for open-world game Crimson Desert looks too good to be true

Maybe it is

By Rob Thubron, August 23, 2023, 9:11 AM 11 comments

Gaming

Everywhere was one of the most mysterious and intriguing reveals of Opening Night Live

Making the audience go "WTF?" is one way to market game

By Cal Jeffrey, August 25, 2022, 9:36 AM

Gaming

Here's a dozen of the best trailers and reveals from Gamescom Opening Night Live

Everywhere, Dune, Borderlands, Callisto Protocol, and much more

By Cal Jeffrey, August 24, 2022, 4:39 PM

Gaming

'Dune: Awakening' is an open-world survival MMO set on Arrakis

Harvest spice and build fortresses in this ambitious MMO

By Cohen Coberly, August 24, 2022, 2:45 PM 9 comments

Gaming

Dead Island 2 (with Amazon Alexa voice support) and Lords of the Fallen get resurrected at Gamescom

"Alexa, how do I cure a zombie bite?"

By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2022, 6:50 AM

Gaming Hardware

Sony finally answers the Xbox Elite Controller with DualSense Edge

Date and price still to come

By Daniel Sims, August 23, 2022, 7:04 PM 19 comments

Gaming

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leaves Early Access and comes to consoles on October 25th

Pre-orders available now for $49.99

By Daniel Sims, August 23, 2022, 4:42 PM

Industry Gaming

Gamescom will have an in-person element when it returns this August

The world's largest gaming convention returns this summer

By Shawn Knight, March 11, 2022, 11:17 AM

Gaming

Gamescom roundup: All the must-see trailers from Opening Night Live

Everything you might have missed yesterday, all in one place

By Cal Jeffrey, August 26, 2021, 1:38 PM

Gaming

Volition will reveal brand new Saints Row game this week at Gamescom

It is definitely not a remake or remaster of previous games

By Cal Jeffrey, August 23, 2021, 1:43 PM