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TechnologySony added $100-150, Microsoft $100-150, Nintendo $50. Valve added $240 to a 512GB Steam Deck OLED and said nothing. Only one of those companies has no software subsidy to hide the memory bill behind.
TechnologyAI teammates that fight, loot, and revive are finally shipping — but they only work in the specific games their publishers built them into. Universal companions exist too, but they're spectators. Neither fully solves what a solo player actually needs.
TechnologyMeta announced it was killing Horizon Worlds in VR, reversed course 48 hours later, and accidentally wrote the eulogy for a $80 billion bet on virtual reality. Here's what went wrong — and what VR actually needs to survive.
TechnologyMSI is hiking prices up to 30%, Nvidia confirms RTX 50 shortages through year-end, and DRAM costs have quadrupled. Here's your no-nonsense buying guide for every budget.
TechnologyNintendo is developing a revised Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries for Europe, forced by EU regulation. This isn't just a regional tweak — it could reshape how every console maker thinks about hardware design.
TechnologyMeta is shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds on June 15, 2026. After billions in losses, mass layoffs at Reality Labs, and a pivot to AI, the company that literally renamed itself for the metaverse is quietly walking away from it.
TechnologyJensen Huang's two-hour GTC 2026 keynote delivered a $1 trillion demand forecast, the Vera Rubin supercomputer platform, DLSS 5 neural rendering, a Groq acquisition bombshell, robotaxis with BYD and Uber, and a surprise appearance by Disney's Olaf. Here's everything that happened.
TechnologyAnnounced at GTC 2026, NVIDIA's DLSS 5 introduces real-time neural rendering that fuses traditional 3D graphics with generative AI — and the results look like Hollywood VFX running at 4K in real time.
TechnologyGeForce NOW is streaming VR at 90 FPS, SoftBank's AI cut mobile latency by 35%, LG's new OLED plays AAA games without a console, and Microsoft put a competitor inside its own Xbox app. The industry has decided cloud gaming is the future. Nobody asked gamers first.
TechnologyAt its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference, Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer — software that transforms an idle Mac Mini into an always-on AI worker that manages your files, apps, and workflows around the clock.
TechnologyValve is building a 4K living room PC in a six-inch cube with AMD Zen 4 and RDNA3 — but memory shortages, anti-cheat headaches, and a leaked $950 price tag are already complicating its second shot at the console market.
TechnologyApple just announced the $599 MacBook Neo and the M5-powered MacBook Air. We break down the specs, the GPU upgrades, and whether either machine can finally make Mac a real gaming platform.
TechnologyFrom 4K OLED panels to ultrawide beasts, here are the gaming monitors worth your money this year.