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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Returns With a Frozen New Nightmare
Dark Arisen brings Norgan, the Fallen Dragon and twelve new dungeon challenges.
AMD · FSR 4 · HandheldsAMD Says FSR 4 Is Coming to Handhelds. Which Ones?
AMD plans a lighter AI upscaler for APUs and handheld PCs, but device support remains unconfirmed.
NVIDIA · Microsoft · Windows on ArmNVIDIA Just Entered the Windows CPU War
Surface Laptop Ultra brings NVIDIA Grace CPUs, Blackwell RTX graphics and unified memory to Windows laptops.
Pimax · PC VR · 60GHzWireless VR Just Ditched the Codec — In the Pixels That Matter
Pimax Crystal Pro uses eye tracking and a 60GHz link to rethink wireless VR image delivery.
AMD · World Labs · Spatial AIAMD Just Bought Into the Future of 3D AI
AMD's $8.2 billion World Labs deal puts spatial-intelligence research beside the hardware and software roadmap that will run it.
The Witcher 3 · PC Gaming · RemasteredThe Witcher 3 Remastered Is Gorgeous — And PC Already Needed a Rescue Patch
CDPR's huge free upgrade brings path tracing and modern upscalers, while Hotfix 5.00c tackles launch-week problems.
PlayStation · AI Graphics · QSSRYour Regular PS5 Just Got an AI Graphics Upgrade
QSSR brings AI-guided upscaling to the standard PS5 — starting with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei.
South Africa · CS2 · Comic Con AfricaKitsune Conquered Comic Con Africa — Inside the VS Gaming Masters 2026 Aftermath
Kitsune took the trophy, HighBorn made their statement, and South African Counter-Strike got one of its biggest stages of the year.
Gears of War · PC GamingGears of War: E-Day Is Live Early — PC Gets the Full RTX Treatment
Unreal Engine 5.8, DLSS 4.5, Lumen, MegaLights and a hard ray-tracing hardware floor.
Call of Duty · PC GamingModern Warfare 4 Wants 90 FPS to Be the New Recommended
RTX 3060 Ti-class hardware targets 90 FPS at High while ray tracing reaches every major mode.
Xbox · Game PassXbox Just Made Game Pass Very Hard to Ignore
Dune: Awakening, Minecraft Dungeons II and Gears of War: E-Day headline a stacked run.
South Africa · EsportsSA Esports Is Leveling Up — Nearly 500 Students Are Fighting for Pretoria
Varsity Esports Split 2 sends South Africa’s strongest university competitors to UP-Tuks.
AMD · CPUsAMD Just Made Budget PC Building Interesting Again
The Ryzen 5 5500F keeps AM4 alive while the Ryzen 5 7500 lowers the entry point to AM5.
Blizzard · StarCraftStarCraft Is Back — But Blizzard Just Left RTS Behind
Blizzard’s long-dormant sci-fi giant returns in 2030 as a story-driven open-world shooter.
South Africa · Counter-Strike 2South African CS2’s Biggest LAN Is Coming
Our pre-event look at the Top 8 VS Gaming Masters teams and the R340,000 showdown.
Nintendo · MetroidMetroid Ravenous Makes Samus the Predator
Nintendo’s next 2D Metroid turns Samus’s Metroid powers into a central combat system.
Xbox · Kojima ProductionsKojima’s PHYSINT Just Switched Sides
Xbox expands its Kojima Productions partnership beyond OD.
Apple · Mobile TechApple’s First Foldable iPhone Is Finally Real
A 7.6-inch folding iPhone with A20 Pro and iOS 27.
PC Gaming · ValheimValheim 1.0 Launches — Deep North Ends Early Access
Deep North, achievements and full crossplay.
Nintendo · ZeldaZelda Turns 40 — Nintendo Gives the Series Its Own Stage
Nintendo’s anniversary presentation puts Zelda’s next era in focus.
EmulationRPCS3 Can Now Play PS3 Games Straight From the Disc
Compatible drives can launch original PS3 discs.
XboxXbox Is Putting a Monthly Clock on Game Pass Cloud Gaming
New monthly cloud gaming limits change the value equation.
PC GraphicsDLSS 5 Is Here — And Rendering Is Changing
Nvidia’s neural rendering moves into shipping games.
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