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Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 preorders, reveals cover art

Rockstar Games said it will open preorders for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, June 25, following the reveal of the official cover art. The move reinforces the game's planned Nov. 19 release this fall, which now appears all but set in stone. Pre-orders will begin "on

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Valve's Steam survey reclassifies AMD Radeon 9070 XT to 1.33% share

Valve's Steam Hardware Survey shows an abrupt change for AMD's Radeon 9070 XT, which appears in the May data with 1.33% of users and sits 23rd among discrete GPUs. The card had essentially been absent from previous surveys, making such a sudden rise hard to

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Teardown images suggest Steam Frame controller may be repairable

The FCC has released exhibits for the left Steam Frame controller, and Valve supplied iFixit-style teardown photos of the unit. The pictures show internals made up of multiple small PCBs rather than a single large, delicate board like the Index, with numerous threaded screws and components that look relatively easy

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Google Home Speaker vs Amazon Echo Dot Max: smart hub specs compared

Google has announced the new Google Home Speaker, which goes on sale June 25 at $99. The device includes Gemini for Home, offers 360-degree sound and can double as a smart home hub. Its direct rival is Amazon's Echo Dot Max, listed at $100 (currently on sale for

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Gabe Newell buys $70.8m Florida mansion with dock and ocean tunnel

Gabe Newell, a yacht enthusiast and the founder of one of the biggest videogame storefronts and developers, has bought a property in Manalapan, Florida, for $70.8 million from Cindy and Ron McMackin. The home's previous owners paid $39 million in 2020. The estate measures about 20,000

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Blizzard will add Discord chat to World of Warcraft guilds

Blizzard will integrate Discord chat directly into World of Warcraft in patch 12.1, Curse of Ula'tek, enabling cross-platform guild chat. Messages will appear both in the game and in Discord, and guilds can choose either a single combined chat or separate channels. Players must link their Battle.

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Epic’s PC store roadmap promises many Steam-like features

Epic has spent a lot of money building a PC gaming store that, if I’m being charitable, could best be described as “functional.” But it isn’t giving up: at Unreal Fest in Chicago on June 18 the company outlined a roadmap and promised a big redesign plus a

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Midjourney unveils underwater full-body ultrasound scanner and spa

Midjourney, the AI lab best known for image generation, announced an unexpected healthcare project: an underwater, full-body ultrasound scanner called "Midjourney Medical." In a blog post the company wrote, "Today we're gonna announce something a little weird and a little crazy, but also spectacular and

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Developer asks players to try other Next Fest demos instead of wishlisting

Of the thousands of demos at Next Fest, About Fishing stands out as The Water Museum's Lynchian "fishing mystery game"—surreal, psychological, eerie, absurd and endearing. Its tackle box contains a conspiracy board, the town church hides a prison ward in the basement, and you can

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SanDisk's Optimus gaming SSDs carry steep MSRPs despite Gen 4 specs

SanDisk's new Optimus gamer-focused SSDs arrive with notably high prices while offering PCIe Gen 4 performance. The Optimus GX 7100X is a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 drive rated up to 7,250 MB/s reads and 6,900 MB/s writes, with a list price of $800

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Meccha Chameleon breakout popular for players hiding as horse cocks

Meccha Chameleon has become one of Steam's latest viral breakouts, circulating across social platforms. The Prop Hunt-style multiplayer game from lemorion_1224 lets players paint their otherwise bright white characters to blend into the environment, turning everyday objects into hiding spots. One of the surfaces is a horse

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Turn old tech into Amazon gift cards and discounts before Prime Day

Prime Day 2026 is less than a week away, and Amazon's Trade-In program can convert unused gadgets into Amazon gift card credit and discounts, such as 20% off a qualifying Amazon device. The offer helps cut e-waste while giving you credit to spend on new devices. To start,

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SteamOS 3.8 adds initial support for Steam Machine hardware

Valve has released SteamOS 3.8, its Arch-based Linux distribution for the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame. The update brings "initial support" for the upcoming Steam Machine and adds the ability to wake a SteamOS device from sleep with a connected Steam Controller. The patch notes

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Some top gaming mice drop DPI when moved very slowly

A YouTuber, pandahling, says some leading gaming mice that use PixArt PAW3395, PAW3950, and PAW3399 sensors reduce their effective DPI when moved at very low speeds. The firmware feature—intended to prevent stationary cursor jitter—appears to throttle higher DPIs down to a lower setting when velocity is very low,

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A ray of hope for PC builders — favorite motherboard bundled with 32GB RAM

PC gamers hoping to upgrade their rigs are facing a lean Prime Day as RAM shortages push up prices and reduce stock. Newegg's FantasTech early offering, which includes a price guarantee for the remainder of the sale, is listing motherboard bundles that could help secure the specifications builders

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Alien: Isolation 2 aims for bigger spaces and smarter tech

The Xenomorph’s design still dominates: a creature of coiled strength and savage practicality, built to stick in the memory. In a Summer Game Fest 2026 preview, Creative Assembly’s sequel to its 2014 stealth horror showed the same meticulous care that went into that creature, and pushed the series

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Marathon season 2 loot progression outpaces season 1

Just over two weeks into Marathon season 2, players and Bungie are grappling with an inflated loot economy. The studio confirmed that after the first week of season 2 players had obtained about the same amount of loot that took until week 11 in season 1, and a bug is

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Snapdragon Reality Elite promises up to 60% higher GPU performance for AR/VR

Qualcomm has just revealed the Snapdragon Reality Elite, a SoC it pitches as enabling "longer-lasting, sleeker, and cooler devices." The Reality Elite will debut in the Xreal Project Aura, offering "better optical see-through, improved power efficiency, and better hand and head tracking" on the Android-based XR

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Nightdive team saved System Shock remake after it 'ran out of money'

Nightdive's System Shock remake finally launched in 2023 after a long development that began as a remaster; eight years passed between the announcement and the release. Producer Daniel Grayshon revealed the project had run out of money in 2018 and at one point looked unlikely to finish. Some

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Amazon 50″ Ember 4-Series Fire TV With Dolby Audio 40% Off

Amazon has reduced prices on its devices ahead of Prime Day, with Prime members receiving the steepest discounts. The 50-inch Amazon Ember 4-Series Fire TV is 40% off, dropping $160 from its $400 price to $240, and new users also get a free one-month trial of Xbox Game Pass. The

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Melgeek Real 81: solidly built competitive keyboard with notable downsides

The Melgeek Real 81 sells for $140 and targets competitive players with a compact, blocky design and strong build quality. It’s a simpler, more practical alternative to Melgeek’s flashier Centauri 80, swapping gimmicks for a sturdy, no-nonsense approach. Under the hood it offers 81 keys with Honey magnetic

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Former Destiny 2 devs call working at Bungie "toxic, dysfunctional"

Since Bungie revealed Destiny 2 is being sunset, a wave of tributes from former developers has appeared, gathered by Aftermath. Among them, former lead narrative designer Michael Zenke called the experience "the most toxic, dysfunctional experience of my professional life." He added that the people he worked with

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Lumen Lite boosts ray-traced lighting performance but risks becoming a default

Epic unveiled Unreal Engine 5.8 with a new scalability option, Lumen Lite, designed to bring ray-traced global illumination to the Nintendo Switch 2 with a 60 fps goal. Because the mode also runs on PCs, I ran quick tests to see how it behaves outside the console context. In

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Amazon aims to win gaming without becoming another Xbox

Amazon has spent years building a presence in games: it founded Amazon Game Studios in 2011, bought Twitch in 2014, launched the cloud-gaming service Stadia in 2018, shut it down and followed it with Luna in 2022, then fully rebranded that service in 2025. The company chased blockbusters, hired veteran

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Beats Solo 4 drop to $130 ahead of Amazon Prime Day

Prime Day approaches next week, running Tuesday, June 23 through Friday, June 26, and Amazon has already started rolling out early deals. The Beats Solo 4 have been discounted 35%, falling from $200 to $130 — a $70 reduction for a limited time. These on-ear headphones do not support active noise