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Marathon's first PvP-lite mode offers a tense, unpredictable alternative

Bungie is expanding Marathon with PvE and PvE-adjacent experiments and has unveiled Sponsored Survival, the game's first "PvP-lite" mode, which will run during the inaugural week of Season 2. Only one squad—or a solo player—deploys into the new Night Marsh map, limited to sponsored

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Gabe Newell says gamers have 'enormous choice' amid Steam monopoly claims

In 2023 a court ordered Valve chief Gabe Newell to testify in the long-running antitrust suit brought by Wolfire Games in 2021. A Bloomberg report summarizes parts of that testimony, in which Newell denied that Steam holds a monopoly on PC gaming and said "Customers have enormous choice"

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Router Rebooter: cheap timer that reboots every 24 hours

Consumer-grade routers can become unreliable, and one simple solution is an inline power timer. The Router Rebooter plugs between a router's DC power cable and the router and cuts power every 24 hours for about five seconds. There are no buttons, dials, apps or settings; plug it in

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Escape the Backrooms quietly added to Xbox Game Pass

Escape the Backrooms quietly landed on Xbox Game Pass this weekend, coinciding with Fancy Games finally launching the hit horror game on console and with the release of A24's new film. The game first entered early access on Steam roughly four years ago and quickly built a devoted

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MX Linux Xfce AHS: a ready-made distro for newer PCs

MX Linux's Xfce AHS edition targets newer hardware while retaining Debian Stable's reliability. Created by the antiX and MX Linux communities, the MX-25.2_Xfce_ahs_x64 release ships with the 7.07 kernel and was updated to the Liquorix 7.0.9-2 low-latency kernel to

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Asus unveils gold-plated 82 g Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 with 65K DPI

To mark ROG's 20th anniversary, Asus revealed a black-and-gold line of hardware that includes the ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20. The mouse carries "Authentic 24K gold-plated detailing" beneath a black translucent shell; at first glance the gold-under-black palette can mute the colours, giving a slightly

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Forza Horizon 6's Estate is overrun with pointless XP and Skill Point farms

One of Forza Horizon 6's headline additions is the Estate: a house with a huge empty lot where players can use creation tools to build whatever they want. Many creators have made mansions with parking garages, hangouts, cherry-tree arrangements, drift and race tracks, and even a full-size recreation

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My top 7 laptop-bag essentials now, after decades of remote work

It's getting a bit too hot in the office now, so I'm spending less time there and more time out and about. Work still needs doing, so the trusty laptop comes along; I recently cleaned out my laptop bag, threw out months of detritus, and streamlined

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Nex Playground revives motion-controlled family gaming

For a brief period in the 2000s, motion-controlled games made video gaming a living-room pastime for people who rarely touched a controller. Now a new device, the Nex Playground, aims to bring that spirit back. About the size of two and a half Rubik’s Cubes, the camera-driven console uses

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Anker Zolo Magnetic Wireless Charger 2-Pack $24 on Amazon

The Anker Zolo Magnetic Wireless Charger is a two-pack of compact pads that wirelessly charge iPhones. Each pad is Qi2-certified for up to 15W and snaps onto the back of the phone with magnets, similar to MagSafe. They also support wireless charging for AirPods cases that accept it. At $24

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Yet another rad gaming tool parts ways with Microsoft

Luxtorpeda, a compatibility tool that will automatically download and install open-source engine reimplementations—and other mods—for supported games you run with it, has completed a migration to Codeberg. Dev d10sfan wrote, "The luxtorpeda project has completed a migration to codeberg! This is mainly from the latest issues with

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Chrome ties browser cookies to your device to block hijacking

Browser cookies store login sessions and website preferences, but they can be stolen and used to impersonate you. Chrome is rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to stop cookie‑hijacking attacks. In a typical cookie‑hijacking attack, malware steals cookies so attackers can sign in on their own devices

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Asus unveils hefty ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20

Asus revealed the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 at Computex, a notably large card that pairs a curved AMOLED display with a quad-fan design that delivers up to 20% improved airflow. Its expanded surface area is a selling point, but the card will likely occupy multiple PCIe slots

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RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC shows value beyond raw performance

For $1,299 at B&H Photo, this RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC offers more than just a decent GPU. The system ships with the 8 GB version of the card, but balances that with other components that should help its longevity. Eight gigabytes of VRAM can limit max-settings

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Why I built my own DIY cyberdeck straight out of 80s sci-fi

Everyone seems to be talking about cyberdecks. The name comes from William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer, where hackers called "console cowboys" used custom, rectangular, deck-like computers with red and green LEDs to jack into cyberspace. In practice a cyberdeck is a portable computer and can be

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Tekken director Kohei Nakatsu Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years

After long-time Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada departed last year to start a studio under SNK, the game director behind the last two entries has now left Bandai Namco as well. Kohei "Nakatsu" Ikeda, who joined the team behind Soulcalibur 4 and later served as game director for Tekken

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Lenovo's new gaming laptop wants you to ditch the headset, fans be damned

Gaming laptop speakers have long been workable but seldom preferable, with fans getting in the way and high volumes often producing a distorted mess. Audioscenic has announced a partnership with Lenovo to bring its 3D beamforming tech to the Legion 7a. The company says the spatial audio tech "creates

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Tekken 8 director Kohei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years

Kohei Ikeda, the producer and director behind recent Tekken entries, announced on Monday that his role as Tekken 8’s game director is coming to a close and that he has officially left Bandai Namco after 20 years. His statement was posted on X in the early hours of June

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GMKtec G3 Pro Mini PC Drops to $320 for Amazon Prime Members

The GMKtec G3 Pro Mini PC is currently discounted by 30% on Amazon, bringing the price down from $460 to $320 for Prime members. Shoppers without Prime will still see the regular $460 listing. Smaller than a typical desktop box, the unit fits in the palm of your hand and

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Three takeaways from Jensen Huang's Computex keynote

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote to unveil several products aimed at putting AI directly on personal computers and to offer a bullish view of the software job market. He introduced the RTX Spark, a chip designed to run AI agents natively on PCs, and said Nvidia has

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Noctua to sell Carbice carbon nanotube CPU thermal pads

Noctua has announced a long-term partnership with Carbice, a U.S.-based expert in vertically-aligned carbon nanotube thermal interface materials. Revealed at Computex, Noctua will be the exclusive retail distributor of Carbice's carbon nanotube thermal pads. A dedicated cooling pad for AMD Ryzen processors, the NT-CP1 AM5/4,

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Texas AG sues Meta over WhatsApp end-to-end encryption

The Texas attorney general has sued Meta, alleging that WhatsApp does not provide the end-to-end encryption the company has long promised. Meta has said since at least 2016 that WhatsApp encrypts messages on a sender’s device with keys available only to the receiver, and the company has maintained it

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Elder Scrolls Steam sale cuts prices up to 75%

Steam is running its annual Elder Scrolls event with steep discounts across the franchise, including cuts of up to 75% on select titles. The full Elder Scrolls franchise bundle, which includes six games, is available for $65. Individual discounts include The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition

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Tekken 8 director Kohei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco

Kohei Ikeda, the game director behind Tekken 7 and Tekken 8, has announced he is leaving Bandai Namco. Ikeda joined the company in 2007 and, in a heartfelt message, recounted his early days as a fighting game fanatic and expressed pride and gratitude for having the chance to work on

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Tekken director Kouhei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years

Kouhei Ikeda, a longtime Tekken director, has left Bandai Namco after 20 years. He worked on Soul Calibur 4, moved to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as a designer, and later directed Tekken 7 and Tekken 8. His departure was posted on Twitter on June 1, 2026. The announcement arrives during