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SteamOS 3.7.14 Beta restores wake-on-Bluetooth to Steam Deck LCD
10-Jul-2025, 1:00 pm
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Software News
The newest SteamOS beta update brings back a popular feature for LCD Steam Decks.
Valve has released the beta version of SteamOS 3.7.14, which is likely to be well-received by owners of the Steam Deck LCD, as it reinstates the wake-on-bluetooth feature. This feature is still experimental, having been completely disabled in the recent SteamOS 3.7.13 update after initially being available in the first SteamOS 3.7 release.
Not long ago, Valve launched the SteamOS 3.7.13 update, named "Out Exploring," which resolved some rather frustrating bugs, the most significant being the inconsistent...
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GameStop is auctioning off the infamous Nintendo Switch 2 stapler
10-Jul-2025, 10:30 am
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Hardware News
The GameStop ‘Staplegate’ stapler and the damaged Switch 2 console are being auctioned for charity, supported by the retailer.
After much excitement and anticipation, Nintendo released the Switch 2 last month, with a price tag of $449. The console was offered at various third-party retailers, such as Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target, many of which held midnight launch events to commemorate the release. Although the Switch's successor has seen a fair amount of popularity among gamers in recent weeks, at least one unit became notably infamous on launch day.
In June, a GameStop employee from a New York...
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Humblecraft RTS Rush Bundle packs Stronghold, Commandos & more
10-Jul-2025, 6:30 am
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Hot Deals
The latest Humble Bundle features Stronghold: Definitive Edition, the Commandos series, Tooth and Tail, and other titles.
The newest Humble Bundle serves as a comprehensive introduction to the realm of strategy games. With a selection of 10 titles, this collection of Steam games highlights RTS gameplay across various times and settings. The Commandos series is a key highlight in the bundle, alongside critically acclaimed titles like Stronghold: Definitive Edition and From the Depths.
This fresh collection from Humble features a range of real-time strategy games, both classic and more recent. If you’re a fan of the genre and...
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Humble's Summer Splash Bundle is live, offering 8 water-themed titles
09-Jul-2025, 7:30 pm
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Hot Deals
The new "Summer Splash" game bundle, comprising eight summer-themed titles, is now available on Humble Bundle.
This Humble Bundle is perfect for your summer break, filled with games centered around fishing, searching for pirate treasure, and exploring underwater realms.
Humble Bundle has launched the Summer Splash game collection, available for as little as $12 / 10,25€ / £8.74. Comprising eight games, it boasts a combined value of $164, and all titles are playable on the Steam Deck. Here’s a summary of the included items: If you’re curious, take a look at the complete list of the Humble...
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Fanatical Platinum Collection July 2025 offers 17 Steam games to pick from
09-Jul-2025, 10:00 am
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July's Platinum Build Your Own Bundle has arrived, letting you pick from exciting titles.
Fanatical’s selection grows once more with a new set of PC games in the July Platinum Collection, offered in three pricing tiers: $9.99 / £9.99 / 9,99€ for three titles, $14.99 / £14.99 / 14,99€ for five, and $19.99 / £19.99 / 19,99€ for seven.
The July 2025 lineup of the Platinum Collection consists of 17 games total, all provided as Steam keys. This bundle remains available until August 6, but supplies are limited, so if anything piques your interest, don’t hesitate.
If you haven’t experienced...
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Latest Humble SGDQ 2025 Bundle includes 9 speedrun-ready games
08-Jul-2025, 11:00 am
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Hot Deals
Explore all nine games included in the Humble Summer Games Done Quick 2025 Bundle.
Humble Bundle has launched yet another games bundle available for an attractive minimum price of only $10 / 8,71€ / £7.46. This particular bundle, named "Games Done Quick," features a total of nine well-rated titles worth $90. As the name suggests, many of these games will appeal to fans of speedrunning.
This time around, there are no tiered pricing options; you can grab everything for $10 / 8,71€ / £7.46. The collection favors niche titles, with the exception of RollerCoaster...
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Intel Diamond Rapids Xeon may have 192 P-cores, 500W TDP
08-Jul-2025, 10:30 am
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Hardware News
Intel's upcoming Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' processors are rumored to feature 192 cores, 16 memory channels, and consume 500 watts.
Next year, Intel plans to launch new Xeon CPU models under the "Diamond Rapids" name. A recently leaked slide has revealed several important specifications for Intel's upcoming "Xeon 7" CPU range.
To begin with, Intel's new Diamond Rapids CPUs are expected to include as many as 192 CPU cores distributed across four tiles. These processors will all employ Intel's P-Core (Performance Core) architecture. Additionally, these CPUs may have thermal design power (TDP) ratings reaching 500 watts.
The Diamond Rapids system-on-chip (SoC) is...
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT's new drivers offer up to 27% higher frame rates
07-Jul-2025, 2:00 pm
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Hardware News
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is up to 27% faster in many games compared to its launch, showcasing remarkable longevity.
New tests from Hardware Unboxed show that AMD’s latest GPU drivers have provided notable performance enhancements for the Radeon RX 9070 XT in a broad array of games.
AMD is putting effort into optimizing the performance of its RDNA 4-based graphics cards, leading to improved framerates in numerous titles. In the accompanying video, Hardware Unboxed reported performance increases reaching up to 27%, demonstrating the impact that updated GPU drivers can achieve. It seems that AMD’s GPU drivers...
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Fanatical Mystery Box Bundle offers up to 25 surprise Steam keys
07-Jul-2025, 2:00 pm
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Hot Deals
Over 500 games and rare rewards are hidden in the new mystery collection, starting from just $1.
Mystery boxes have shown up on Fanatical’s website, signaling the kickoff of another bundle promotion where purchasers can unveil random Steam keys and cross their fingers for some luck.
The Fanatical Mystery Box Bundle offers the opportunity to score various games, including Elden Ring Nightreign,...
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Intel is now prepared to directly challenge AMD’s Ryzen X3D chips
04-Jul-2025, 7:00 am
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Hardware News
Rumors suggest Intel's bLLC strategy indicates a focus on Nova Lake for gaming dominance.
There are rumors circulating that Intel is aiming to achieve gaming supremacy with Nova Lake by utilizing its bLLC technology. The term bLLC refers to "big Last Level Cache." At present, this technology is exclusively found in Intel’s Clearwater Forest Xeon processors, where bLLC enhances the cache on a CPU’s base tile.
AMD’s dominance in the gaming CPU sector is attributed to the company’s successful X3D gaming technology. By implementing its X3D technology, AMD has included additional L3 cache in...
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Deck builder and musical adventure now free on Epic Games Store
04-Jul-2025, 6:30 am
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Free Games
Two indie adventure games are now available for free in this week's Epic Games giveaway.
The Epic Games Store has just updated its weekly giveaway promotion, offering two new games for players to claim this week. Following last week’s free offering of Sable, Backpack Hero and Figment are now available for all PC gamers to acquire. As usual, you have a week to permanently add these latest indie titles to your Epic Games Store library.
First up, Backpack Hero, developed by indie creator Jaspel, delivers a distinct roguelike experience centered around inventory management. Similar to other...
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Humble Choice July 2025 features Rogue Trader, Death’s Door & more
03-Jul-2025, 9:30 am
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Hot Deals
The calendar has turned, and with it, the July Humble Choice is officially here.
The July 2025 selection of PC games for Humble Choice subscribers has been announced, featuring Zelda-like adventures with a charming crow, intense mech warfare, and some intense business dealings.
If you haven't heard, Humble Choice is a monthly subscription service priced at $14.99 / £11.49 / 12,99€ that provides subscribers with a collection of PC games to keep forever, even upon canceling their membership. This subscription also comes with various benefits, such as exclusive discounts in the Humble store and access to the...
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Nvidia RTX 5090 D v2 launches in China, meets US export rules
03-Jul-2025, 6:30 am
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Hardware News
Renamed from "Double D," this specialized RTX 5090 variant will be known as the 5090D V2.
Earlier this year, Nvidia’s graphics card designed exclusively for China, the RTX 5090D, vanished from retail shelves in the country. We now understand that this was a result of new export regulations from the US that restrict the AI capabilities of PC exports to that region. To replace this GPU, Nvidia has introduced the RTX 5090D v2 graphics card, which aims to bypass these US export restrictions once more.
Previous leaks had indicated that this new GPU would be called the...
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Inno3D has released official benchmarks for its RTX 5050 GPU
02-Jul-2025, 12:00 pm
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Hardware News
First benchmarks from Inno3D show the NVIDIA RTX 5050 8 GB GPU lagging behind the RTX 4060.
Inno3D has unveiled official performance metrics for its GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card, benchmarking it against Nvidia’s popular RTX 3060 and RTX 4060 GPUs.
Nvidia’s RTX 5050 is set to launch later this month at a price of $249. The GPU is equipped with 8GB of GDDR6 memory and 2560 CUDA cores, specifically targeting esports athletes and budget-friendly gaming systems.
When reviewing its technical specifications, the RTX 5050 has fewer CUDA cores compared to Nvidia’s RTX 4060, but it includes...
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Nvidia is ending driver support soon for several legendary GPUs
02-Jul-2025, 11:00 am
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Hardware News
Nvidia's R580 driver series will be the final release to support Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 and 1000 series are often regarded as some of the finest generations of contemporary graphics cards. Despite being nearly a decade old (launched in 2016) and lacking support for newer technologies, many users continue to utilize their GTX 1080s, 1060s, and various other GPUs for PC gaming. Unfortunately, Nvidia has delivered some unfortunate news: the driver support for these graphics cards is coming to an end.
Nvidia has revised its official schedule...
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Fanatical's latest Summer 2025 bundle lets you pick from 19 games
01-Jul-2025, 11:00 am
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Hot Deals
Celebrate summer with a bundle of fan-favorite games.
Steam enthusiasts are now taking advantage of the Summer Sale, which stands as one of the most significant sales events of the year for PC gamers. At the moment, hundreds of games are available at discounted prices, so you can fill your library without breaking the bank.
Though the sale is impressive, Fanatical has a bundle that can provide even greater savings on a large selection of games, primarily featuring indie titles.
This bundle, known as Fanatical Favorites, includes a collection...
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RTX 5080 SUPER may feature 24GB memory and higher power limits
01-Jul-2025, 10:00 am
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Hardware News
Leaked specs for the GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER reveal it will feature 24GB of VRAM, faster GPU and memory clocks, and a power draw of 415W.
Specifications for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER have been revealed, indicating a significant enhancement in both memory size and TGP (Total GPU Power), pointing towards a notable boost in GPU performance.
As reported by @kopite7kimi, the forthcoming RTX 5080 SUPER will come with a TGP of 415W and 24GB of 32 Gbps GDDR7 memory. In comparison to the existing RTX 5080, the new SUPER version will offer 50% additional VRAM capacity, a 6.6% increase in memory...
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NVIDIA is reportedly preparing RTX 5070 Super and RTX 5070 Ti Super GPUs
30-Jun-2025, 7:30 am
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Hardware News
Full details for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER and RTX 5070 Ti SUPER graphics cards have surfaced, revealing significant improvements.
Respected GPU leaker kopite7kimi has disclosed the specifications for memory and cores of Nvidia’s new RTX 5070 replacement. According to these details, the upcoming SUPER GPU will utilize 3GB GDDR7 memory modules, giving the refreshed RTX 5070 a total memory capacity of 18GB. This represents a 50% increase in memory.
The Nvidia RTX 5070 SUPER is receiving more than just a memory boost; it is also equipped with an upgraded GPU core. With 6400 CUDA cores, the new GPU sports...
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Intel leak teases "Leadership Gaming Performance" for Nova Lake
30-Jun-2025, 7:00 am
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Hardware News
Leaked slide suggests massive multi-threaded performance boosts for Intel Nova Lake CPUs.
With its upcoming Core Ultra 300 series “Nova Lake” processors, Intel appears to be prioritizing gaming performance significantly. A recent leak suggests that Intel aims to achieve “Leadership Gaming Performance” with these next-gen CPUs, indicating that they have addressed the issues that affected their Arrow Lake series, which were generally slower than previous models in gaming tasks.
In addition to enhanced gaming capabilities, Intel asserts that its new processors will provide over 1.1x improvements in single-threaded performance and 1.6x advancements in...
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Steam Summer Sale 2025 is here with thousands of discounts for PC gamers
27-Jun-2025, 8:30 am
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Steam Summer Sale 2025 is live, offering thousands of discounts across all genres.
It's time to dive into another Steam Summer Sale. The 2025 edition of this annual massive sale at the largest PC gaming storefront has just begun, showcasing thousands of discounts across everything from timeless classics to the latest titles and everything in between.
The front page is the ultimate destination for anyone seeking recommendations, as it highlights new games daily. However, be aware that the discounts will remain unchanged throughout the duration of the sale.
Several recent hits such as Metaphor:...
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