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Intel Will No Longer Limit Overclocking To High-End SKUs, Plans To Include More Unlocked CPUs With Future Lineups Intel's Unlocked CPUs have been restricted to high-end desktop models, but that is about to change as the company plans overclocking support on more SKUs. Intel Changes Its Unlocked Desktop CPU Strategy: No Longer Limited To High-End SKUs, Also Coming To Budget & Mainstream Offerings The new Intel client division is making some drastic changes in the desktop segment. Recently, Robert Hallock revealed how Intel is planning to offer AMD-like socket longevity moving forward, while also keeping existing platforms fresh with new refreshes. For this matter, Intel has already launched Arrow Lake "Core Ultra 200S Plus" for LGA 1851, and […]

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Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Leak Shows The Remake Days Early, And Side-by-Side With the 2013 Original Is Massive Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced continues to be one leaky ship. After the game's existence was revealed long before its official announcement (something that Ubisoft itself acknowledged), new footage of the highly anticipated remake leaked online, showing how the game's visuals will be on par with those of the best-looking entry in the series to date: last year's Assassin's Creed Shadows. The leaked footage, shared on X by KAMI, is most likely lifted from the game's official trailer which will officially make its debut in a few days, on April 23. While it does not feature any gameplay, the footage […]

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TSMC Is Pouring $56 Billion Into New Fabs, Yet CEO Wei Admits Shortages Will Drag Into 2027 and Beyond The massive AI cycle has prompted semiconductor giants such as TSMC to invest billions into infrastructure, but even that won't be enough to keep up with demand. TSMC Says It Won't Be Able To Keep Up With AI Demand Despite Billions Being Spent To Bring Up New Production Facilities Earlier this week, TSMC announced in its earnings call that the company's capital expenditures are expected to reach $56 billion in 2026. That's lots of money, and all of this is being poured into the construction of new chipmaking facilities, while upgrading existing lines to sustain more production. Despite all of […]

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Apple Is Working On A High-Resolution Camera Upgrade That Its Chinese Competitors Have Been Investing Millions To Implement iPhones are gradually being treated to camera hardware upgrades to elevate the user experience, with Apple rumored to be testing new, higher-resolution sensors to rival its competitors. The Cupertino firm was earlier said to be evaluating a 200MP primary shooter for the iPhone, and now, a tipster claims that the same treatment is being given to the periscope telephoto camera, an area where Chinese smartphone makers have already invested an estimated $30 million. A 200MP camera could become a standard for every unit on the iPhone, but knowing Apple, it will probably take years to implement The tetraprism telephoto camera first […]

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CAPCOM Sharpens PRAGMATA on PS5 Pro With Official PSSR 2 Support After Hitting 1 Million Sales in 48 Hours Not content with selling more than 1 million units in just 48 hours, which is an excellent result for a brand new IP, CAPCOM has already improved PRAGMATA with a new PlayStation 5 Pro patch. This patch introduces official PSSR support (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) for a noticeably sharper image quality. Patch 1.210, which has gone live today, "adds official support for the upgraded PSSR," the publisher confirmed on the game's official X profile. While some users noted that the game already used the system-wide toggle to enable the tech at launch, this official support brings significant optimizations. According to […]

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Mass Effect TV Writer Pushes Back on Ankler Report Claiming Amazon Is Rewriting the Show for Non-Gamers Earlier this month, The Ankler published a report in which they mentioned that the Mass Effect TV series in development at Amazon Prime Video would have to be partially rewritten to accommodate "non-gaming audiences", as mandated by Amazon's new Head of Global TV, Peter Friedlander. The report added that Friedlander, who took over as Head of TV in October 2025, has apparently been taking an active role in approving script decisions across multiple Amazon Prime projects, with several being delayed as a result. Needless to say, this wasn't exactly thrilling news for fans of BioWare's beloved sci-fi gaming franchise. At […]

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PC OEMs, Like ASUS & MSI, Are Rumored To Make Their Own “Project Helix” Machines, But That Doesn’t Mean Xbox Consoles Won’t Exist PC OEMs, such as ASUS and MSI, are rumored to build their own custom Microsoft "Project Helix" machines besides the official Xbox console. Microsoft's Project Helix Will Exist As Both A PC and A Console, As Rumor Points To OEM Vendors Creating Their Own Custom Designs Recently, there have been reports about Microsoft's Project Helix plans, which is the codename for the SoC powering the next-generation Xbox console. Microsoft is deeply engaged with AMD on its Project Helix SoC, which will feature support for FSR Diamond, a brand new upscaling technology with lots of AI-specific innovations centered around Neural Rendering. […]

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Dark Souls 2 Path Tracing Mod Reaches Public Beta – Here’s How to Install It Last month, we shared some gorgeous screenshots from the in-development Dark Souls 2 path tracing mod "Lighting Engine". Now, modder Ganaboy has released a beta version that can be downloaded by anyone through the DSLighting Engine Discord channel. This build of the Lighting Engine adds path tracing and also removes almost all of the game's default 'fake lights'. The author recommends playing with as little player light as possible; the torch and light mechanics are crucial in the early game, and timers should be preserved as much as possible when not needed. There is minimal post-processing because the path tracing […]

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China’s Premiere Memory Maker Hits HBM3 Roadblock As Domestic DRAM Makers Rush HBM Manufacturing China's domestic memory manufacturers are rushing to produce HBM chips, but the biggest DRAM maker has run into roadblocks with HBM3 tech. CXMT Is Reportedly Struggling With Its HBM3 Development & Has Delayed The Project To 2H 2026, A Cause of Concern for China's Domestic AI Markets The AI market in China is booming at an incredible pace, led by Huawei and several other chipmakers. Despite facing strict bans on advanced chip production, the AI market has endured, & domestic DRAM makers are now sampling their very first HBM3 solutions, which will be coupled with the latest AI chips. At […]

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Qualcomm CEO Flies to Korea, Hunting 2nm Wafers at Samsung and LPDDR Supply at SK Hynix The CEO of Qualcomm has landed in Korea to discuss crucial plans with the executives at Samsung and SK Hynix. Qualcomm CEO's Visit To Korea Can Be A Push To Secure Chip & Memory Capacity at Samsung & SK Hynix As supply constraints continue to grip the AI and PC markets, chipmakers are rushing to secure supply across the globe. Reports are emerging from Korean outlets that Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, has visited the country today (April 21st), and is likely to hold meetings with executives from Samsung Foundry and SK Hynix. The main agenda that is likely to be […]

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Amazon Doubles Down On Anthropic With $5 Billion Fresh Injection & 6GW Of Trainium Chip Capacity For Claude AI Models Anthropic has just landed a multi-Gigawatt deal with Amazon, where it would train & deploy its Claude models on Trainium chips through 2026. Amazon Is Investing Over $20B in Anthropic, While Also Supplying 6GW of Trainum Chips To Anthropic Last week, Anthropic launched its Claude Opus 4.7 models, bringing faster AI capabilities such as Agentic workflows. Today, Anthropic announced that it is collaborating with Amazon to secure additional capacity for its AI models. The new deal will give Anthropic access to multi-Gigawatt worth of compute capacity. For the first half of 2026, Anthropic will secure up to 5GW of compute […]

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You Now Have A Reason To Upgrade To The Pixel 10 Pro & Pixel 10 Pro XL, As Amazon’s Limited Time Deals Slashes The Price By Up To $300 Google’s Pixel 10 family wouldn’t be the first choice for the majority of U.S. consumers looking to snag themselves a flagship smartphone, but when Amazon brings forth a discount of epic proportions, there will be some considerations. The Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL are the company’s top-end offerings, which have received some salivating price cuts of up to $300, making them viable alternatives if you don’t plan on gravitating to devices belonging to Apple, Samsung, or Motorola. The Tensor G5 isn’t the fastest smartphone chipset out there, powering the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, […]

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Apple’s Tim Cook To Step Aside For Hardware Chief John Ternus, Taking Executive Chairman Role Instead Of Retirement In an announcement that largely came out of the blue, and despite the many assertions to the contrary by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's current CEO, Tim Cook, is preparing to step down as soon as September 2026. Even so, Cook is not heading into the proverbial sunset, but would stay on in an advisory and ceremonial capacity on Apple's board. Apple is now heading towards a high-stakes transition of power at the highest possible echelon Back in November 2025, Reuters and Financial Times both reported that Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, was likely to step down in 2026 after well over […]

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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss – Chapter 1 Guide Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is the latest Lovecraftian horror game to hit the market, but beyond its horror elements, it is first and foremost a puzzle game. Of course, the fun in every puzzle game is solving the puzzle that the developers have put in front of you, but it's also understandable if you need a hint or two. This guide, and the other six on their way, will take you through each chapter of Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss. For more on Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, check out my review. You can also check out our PC optimization guide to […]

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Apple To Make Drastic Changes To Its Base iPhone 18 That Could Threaten Its Popularity Next Year Later this year, Apple has been rumored to alter its launch strategy with the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the highly anticipated iPhone Fold. While we should expect the entire lineup to comprise of the premium materials, early 2027 could witness a major change to this approach. According to the latest rumor, the base iPhone 18 could be the center of cost-cutting, as Apple looks to reduce its manufacturing bill since DRAM and SSD cost increases are forcing an entire re-assessment of launches. The base iPhone 18 could resemble the low-cost iPhone 18e due […]

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New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma “Would Love to Chat” With Former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden There's a lot that has been said about Microsoft's new head of its gaming division and the Xbox platform, Asha Sharma, particularly with regard to the fact that she's coming into the world of video games from an outsider's perspective. But by the same token, she's also (at least publicly) made it abundantly clear she is trying to listen and learn from those already ingrained in the industry, and she just showed that same sentiment once again by reaching out to one of PlayStation's former bosses, Shawn Layden. While Sharma represents the next era of leadership for one of the […]

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For Just $549, You Can Grab AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Coupled With GIGABYTE B650 Gaming X AX V2, and 32GB DDR5 Memory On Micro Center This is an excellent bundle deal you shouldn't miss, offering parts that would cost you a couple of hundred dollars more if you buy them individually. Micro Center Hosts an Amazing CPU Bundle Deal: Includes GIGABYTE B650 Gaming X AX V2, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, and Corsair Vengeance DDR5 Memory for Just $549, Valid Till April 30 If you have been looking for an awesome deal on PC parts, Micro Center is hosting an amazing bundle deal for Ryzen lovers. Right now, you can get a Ryzen 9700X bundle deal for an incredibly low price, which would cost you several […]

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PRAGMATA PC Tweak Guide: How to Fix HDR and Unlock Field of View The PC version of PRAGMATA delivers very solid performance and excellent visuals, as outlined in our review and detailed performance analysis. However, there are still a few things that advanced users may want to tweak. How to Tweak FoV in PRAGMATA For instance, the game only has three Camera Distance options: Near, Standard, and Far. Those who would like to tweak the Field of View (FoV) even further must download the latest nightly release of Praydog's REFramework, which unlocks new settings in games powered by the RE Engine like PRAGMATA. Follow the instructions below: Optimize Your HDR Experience in PRAGMATA […]

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Starfield Topped US Weekly Game Sales Charts for the First Time Since Its Initial 2023 Launch Thanks to PS5 Release Despite Starfield's arrival on PS5 landing directly in the middle of the pack when it comes to sales numbers compared to other recent ports of Xbox-published games to PlayStation, its sales were enough to bring the game back to the top of the United States sales charts. Its weekly sales charts, that is. Circana executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella reported that for the week ending on April 11, 2026, which was the week during which Starfield arrived on PS5, it was the best-selling game in the US for the weekly sales charts. Not only did the […]

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AMD FSR Multi-Frame Generation “MFG” Launch Imminent, Early Support Lands In FidelityFX SDK AMD seems to be preparing its own Multi Frame-Generation "MFG" technology for FSR, as hinted at in the newest additions to the FidelityFX SDK. Soon, All Three GPU Vendors Will Have MFG "Multi-Frame Generation" Support As AMD's FSR Suite Sees A New Addition AMD's FSR Redstone is the latest technology suite for Radeon GPUs. The new update brought several updates, including updated upscaling, updated frame-gen, & Ray Regeneration support, all of which leverage AI and Machine Learning for better performance and visuals. But there's one area that AMD has so far lagged, and that's Multi-Frame Generation of MFG. With MFG, […]

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Ubisoft Confirms “Gaming’s Worst Kept Secret” Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Will Get Its Full Reveal This Week After it was first rumored to get its full reveal last week, only for a new set of rumors to push the reveal to this week, today Ubisoft finally came out and confirmed that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will get its full reveal this week in just two days time on April 23, 2026, with a full premiere on YouTube. The company also acknowledged that the remake has long been the video game industry's biggest open secret, and in a post on the official X (formerly Twitter) account announcing the premiere, a short teaser opened by calling it "Gaming's […]

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Xbox Delivers April’s Second Game Pass Wave, Stacking Final Fantasy V, Aphelion, Trepang2, and More Xbox has revealed the second batch of games joining Xbox Game Pass for the remainder of April 2026, and it's a much more solid wave of entries compared to the first batch, if only because the games listed are actually new entries to the service and not just a bunch of games previously already available at the Game Pass Ultimate tier moving down to Premium. The new entries include a wave of games launching directly into Xbox Game Pass, including titles previously announced like Double Fine's upcoming Kiln and Poncle's new Vampire Crawlers. It also includes Aphelion, the upcoming sci-fi […]

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Xbox Project Helix Has 0 GPU Customization, Leak Claims, Abandoning the Last Thing That Made an Xbox Feel Like One Although little is currently known about the next-generation Xbox Project Helix, it's clear the system will be quite different from the Xbox One and the Xbox Series X|S, as it is set to bridge the gap between PC and console gaming. How this will be achieved remains to be seen, but in terms of hardware, according to known AMD leaker KeplerL2, Microsoft has decided to abandon the last thing that made an Xbox feel like an Xbox: custom hardware. "MS has 0 customization on the GPU side this time," the leaker said on the NeoGAF forums in a thread discussing […]

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ASRock Pushes Into The Premium PSU Fight With Pro Series Units Backed By 10-Year Warranty And Cybenetics Gold Rating The new Pro series PSUs will bring excellent reliability for modern PC builds, particularly for enthusiasts with high-end RTX 50 series GPUs. ASRock Launches Pro Series PSUs in 750W, 850W, and 1000W Capacities, Offering PCIe 5.1 and ATX 3.1 Compliance Popular hardware manufacturer, ASRock, has launched its latest power supply units in the new Pro series, featuring various capacities and fully modular design for PC builds. These units will bring all the modern features for better reliability and support for latest-gen hardware that makes running the system more reliable than ever. The PRO series offers power supply units in three […]

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Liquid Swords’ Samson Arrives on Consoles in Fall 2026, Flurry of Updates With Bug/Performance Fixes Coming in the Meantime Samson: A Tyndalston Story is the debut game from developer Liquid Swords, the studio founded by Christofer Sundberg, the founder of Avalanche Studios and one of the creators of the Just Cause series. Now, after a less-than-ideal launch earlier this month, Sundberg and the team are committed to making Samson work, with a flurry of bug and technical fixes on the way, and a console release scheduled for its 2026 roadmap. Samson was meant to be a smaller-scaled, double-A sized game, according to Liquid Swords, but even within that scope, the game still launched with a lot of technical issues. […]

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Tackle All Workloads Faster With The Apple’s M5 Pro MacBook Pro lineup, With The 18-Core CPU & 20-Core GPU Configuration Now Up To $200 Off On Amazon Apple switched to its new Fusion Architecture for the M5 Pro and M5 Max, meaning that both of its chipsets can now pack up to an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU in the latest MacBook Pro lineup, bringing increased multi-core and graphics performance to the table. However, these improvements would typically mean that the machines will become more expensive, but Amazon has taken a different direction, slashing the 14-inch and 16-inch models by up to $200. Now, you get to tackle the most intensive workloads while pocketing some savings. The more attractive discount is applied on the 16-inch M5 Pro […]

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One Analyst Breaks From The Herd, Says Apple’s DRAM Buying Spree Won’t Crush Margins Despite 2.4 Exabyte Appetite When multiple analysts cite various supply chain sources to assert that Apple is apparently buying up all the DRAM it can get its hands on, you should pay attention. And now, Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng has become the latest to add to this chorus, albeit taking a much more benign stance on the topic of Apple's margins. A Goldman Sachs analyst takes a benign stance towards the impact on Apple's margins from its rampant DRAM-buying activities We reported on a specific bit of supply chain chatter in early April, which suggested that Apple was actively buying up "all available mobile […]

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Alex Garland and A24’s Elden Ring Movie Premieres in March 2028, Cast Includes Nick Offerman, Kit O’Connor, and Cailee Spaeny Ex Machina, Civil War, Warfare, and 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland is leading the charge on an upcoming Elden Ring movie being made by A24 with Bandai Namco collaborating - this much we've known since May 2025. Now, the latest update from Garland and company is that the film has a release date set for March 3, 2028, and the full cast has been selected, though it's unclear what roles everyone will be playing. In a press release Bandai Namco confirmed that the film is in production (though that much was already obvious after footage of the set leaked […]

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NVIDIA Improves Path Tracing Performance By 3x With Enhanced ReSTIR Algorithms, Prepped For Next-Gen Gaming NVIDIA has shared a new and improved ReSTIR algorithm, which improves Path Tracing performance by 2-3x, setting the stage for next-gen gaming. Ray Tracing Is Cool, But Path Tracing Is Cooler & NVIDIA Is Making PT Faster by 3x With Its New ReSTIR Algorithms PC games are rapidly adopting Path Tracing as a means to deliver next-generation visual fidelity. Just like Ray Tracing, NVIDIA is the one who has paved the way for Path Tracing on PCs first. However, just like Ray Tracing in its early days, Path Tracing faces a challenge, and that's the requirement of faster hardware. As […]

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Micron 3 GB GDDR7 Memory Rolling Out Now – Will Be Great To Expand Memory On Entry-Tier GPUs Not just Samsung and SK Hynix, the third major memory maker, Miron, has also joined the race in producing the high capacity GDDR7 memory. Micron Starts Sampling 24 Gb (3 GB) GDDR7 Memory Modules Rated At 28 GT/s and 32 GT/s As Spotted on the Official Website Finally, the third major memory maker has also started working on its own 24 GB or 3 GB GDDR7 (we will use 3 GB instead of 24 GB throughout the article for making it simple) memory modules. Micron, which recently exited the consumer market as it aimed to focus more on the data […]

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