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AMD board partners expect next-gen RDNA 5 GPU launch by mid-to-late 2027

09-Jun-2026, 6:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Gamers anticipating next-generation AMD GPUs should prepare for a wait of at least another year.

According to a report from Tweakers, gamers waiting for AMD’s next generation of graphics cards may have to wait until 2027. Sources among AMD’s board partners suggest that new Radeon GPUs based on the company’s upcoming RDNA 5 architecture - also referred to by some as UDNA - are not expected before then. Launch estimates vary. One partner believes the first RDNA 5 graphics cards could arrive in the second or third quarter of 2027, while another expects a later...

NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER Series tipped for a later-than-expected CES 2027 launch

09-Jun-2026, 5:48 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Reports suggest Nvidia’s RTX 50 SUPER series may debut two years after the initial release of the original models.

Rumors surrounding Nvidia’s RTX 50 SUPER series continue to shift, with a new report suggesting the refreshed GPUs may not arrive until CES 2027, despite earlier claims pointing to a late-2026 launch. According to Chinese publication Benchlife, Nvidia is now expected to unveil its RTX 50 SUPER lineup at CES 2027 in early January. The report does not identify its source but suggests the information comes from industry contacts. This timeline differs from previous speculation, which placed the launch much...

Octopath Traveler 2 and The Riftbreaker lead June 2026 Humble Choice lineup

08-Jun-2026, 9:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals Ended

The June monthly Humble Choice bundle is now live, featuring an impressive selection of new games.

Now that we are in June, the next monthly Humble Choice bundle has arrived, and it has some pretty great games in it, bringing the familiar dilemma of whether to snag everything, skip a month, or wait for a coupon. The June 2026 Humble Choice lineup offers eight PC games for the usual $14.99 / €12.99 / £11.49 subscription price. As always, subscribers can claim all included titles and keep them permanently, while also receiving extra discounts in the Humble Store,...

Xbox Series X25 announced with translucent design inspired by original Xbox

08-Jun-2026, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Launching November 2026, the translucent green XBOX Series X25 Limited Edition celebrates the brand's 25th anniversary.

Microsoft used the Xbox Games Showcase to celebrate 25 years of Xbox by unveiling a new limited-edition console and controller inspired by one of the rarest versions of the original Xbox. The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition and matching Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition are scheduled to launch later this year as part of the anniversary celebrations. The console takes direct inspiration from the original Xbox’s translucent green design. Its standout feature is the return of the iconic green-lit "X"...

Humble IGN Live Bundle 2026 packs nine highly rated games for you to grab

06-Jun-2026, 11:30 am manhkbrady Hot Deals Ended

If you're looking for your next gaming fix, the new IGN Live Bundle 2026 offers a variety of highly-rated titles at an affordable price.

Humble Bundle has brought back its IGN Live Bundle for 2026, celebrating the annual IGN Live gaming and entertainment event taking place in Los Angeles. The bundle features nine highly rated indie games across three pricing tiers, offering a mix of adventure, horror, strategy, and action titles at a substantial discount. The entry-level tier costs $5 / 4,34€ / £3.75 and includes two well-regarded indie adventures. The Last Campfire delivers a heartfelt puzzle-driven journey through a mysterious forest, while...

Valve confirms summer window and new performance claim for Steam Machine

06-Jun-2026, 10:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News

In a recent update, Valve confirmed that the Steam Machine will arrive this summer and introduced a new performance metric for the device.

Valve has provided a fresh update on its long-awaited Steam Machine and Steam Frame hardware, suggesting that both devices are finally approaching release after earlier delays caused by industry-wide memory and storage shortages. According to an update published on the Steamworks Documentation website, the upcoming Steam Machine will feature a semi-custom AMD platform combining a Zen 4-based desktop-class CPU with a custom RDNA 3 graphics processor. Valve is targeting 4K at 60 FPS in select titles,...

Build your next bundle with 16 games in Fanatical’s Platinum Collection

05-Jun-2026, 3:00 pm manhkbrady Hot Deals Ended

The collection spans genres from survival action to management sims and puzzles.

Fanatical has refreshed its popular Platinum Collection for June 2026, giving PC gamers another chance to build a custom bundle of Steam games at heavily discounted prices. This month's lineup features 16 titles, with savings increasing as you add more games to your cart. The bundle is divided into three pricing tiers. Selecting three games costs $3.33 / 3,33€ / £3.33 per title, while choosing five games lowers the price to $3.00 / 3,00€ / £3.00 each. Those who opt for...

Claim a free roguelike and 4X strategy title from Epic for a limited time

05-Jun-2026, 1:00 pm manhkbrady Hot Deals Ended

The giveaways for Lonestar and Calico from last week have concluded, with Rogue Waters and Songs of Conquest now available for PC players to collect.

The Epic Games Store has unveiled the final week of its latest mystery giveaway promotion, replacing last week’s free offerings with two new titles: Rogue Waters and Songs of Conquest. As always, players have seven days to claim the games and keep them permanently in their Epic Games Store libraries. The first free title is Rogue Waters, a pirate-themed roguelite developed by Ice Code Games. Players take command of a growing crew and sail treacherous seas in search of...

Build your bundle with 7 strategy hits in GMG’s Master Builders Collection

04-Jun-2026, 11:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals Ended

For those moments when you just want to relax and create your own world, this collection is the perfect fit.

Green Man Gaming has launched a new game bundle aimed at fans of city-building and management titles. The Master Builders Collection includes seven Steam games spread across four pricing tiers, offering a mix of survival, strategy, and simulation experiences at a relatively low cost. The entry-level Timber tier costs just $1 / 0,86€ / £0.75 and includes Flooded. In this survival city builder, players must guide a group of survivors as rising waters gradually consume the world. The goal is...

NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction launches this August supporting 27 games

04-Jun-2026, 10:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Nvidia’s neural ray tracing denoiser now delivers enhanced detail, greater dynamism, and more realistic visuals.

Nvidia has announced a major update for DLSS Ray Reconstruction, with the new DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction model arriving this August for all GeForce RTX graphics cards. The update brings improvements to image quality, motion handling, and ray-traced lighting while remaining compatible with every RTX generation, from the RTX 20 series through to the latest RTX 50 series. The new model features an expanded training dataset, additional developer controls, and a larger parameter count. Nvidia says DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction...

ASUS targets esports dominance with its first-ever OLED Esports monitor

03-Jun-2026, 5:00 pm manhkbrady Hardware News

ASUS ROG kicked off Computex 2026 by unveiling the world's first 24.5-inch OLED gaming monitor, which is specifically designed for competitive esports.

ASUS has officially introduced the ROG Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace, claiming the title of the world’s first OLED monitor specifically designed for esports. Built with competitive gaming in mind, the display combines a 540Hz refresh rate with an ultra-fast 0.02ms response time, offering the speed and responsiveness professional players demand. The monitor features a 24.5-inch Full HD panel, a screen size and resolution combination that remains highly popular in the esports scene due to its ability to keep all on-screen action...

PlayStation expands hardware lineup with three new gaming devices this year

03-Jun-2026, 3:00 pm manhkbrady Hardware News

Sony has confirmed the long-awaited launch dates for some of its new gaming accessories

Sony is expanding its gaming hardware lineup this summer with three new accessories aimed at PlayStation and PC players: the PlayStation Gaming Monitor, the FlexStrike Wireless Fight Stick, and the upcoming Pulse Elevate wireless speakers. With monitor pre-orders opening on June 5 and FlexStrike pre-orders following on June 12, Sony is building a more complete desktop gaming ecosystem around the PlayStation brand. The centerpiece is the new 27-inch PlayStation Gaming Monitor, which features a built-in DualSense charging hook and is scheduled...

NVIDIA unveils RTX Spark Windows on Arm superchip for compact PCs & laptops

02-Jun-2026, 10:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Nvidia’s RTX Spark “Superchip” ARM SoC announcement took the internet by storm, aiming to usher in a new era of Windows PCs beyond traditional x86 chips.

Ahead of Computex 2026, Nvidia teased the arrival of “a new era of PC,” and the company has now officially unveiled RTX Spark, a new Windows-on-Arm platform that marks Nvidia’s expansion beyond graphics cards and into full PC systems. At the heart of the platform is the RTX Spark Superchip, which combines a 20-core Grace CPU with a Blackwell-based GPU featuring up to 6,144 CUDA cores and up to 128GB of unified memory. Notably, that GPU core count matches Nvidia’s...

ASUS unveils ROG Xbox Ally X20 with OLED display and advanced TMR joysticks

02-Jun-2026, 9:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News

At Computex 2026, ASUS unveiled the ROG XBOX Ally X20 Bundle, pairing the upgraded handheld with XREAL R1 Edition 20 AR glasses.

At Computex 2026, ASUS celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Republic of Gamers brand by unveiling a range of special-edition products, including the new ROG Xbox Ally X20. Designed as a premium collector’s edition handheld, the X20 combines upgraded hardware with a distinctive black-and-gold aesthetic inspired by the early days of gaming hardware. One of the biggest upgrades comes in the form of its display. Unlike previous ROG Ally models, the Xbox Ally X20 features a 7.4-inch OLED Nebula...

AMD unveils Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition and alongside 7700X3D

01-Jun-2026, 9:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News

AMD has officially reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition for the AM4 platform, alongside the competitively priced Ryzen 7 7700X3D.

AMD’s AM4 platform is officially celebrating its 10th anniversary, and despite the arrival of AM5, the company is showing that it still has plenty of life left. With many PC gamers looking for affordable upgrade paths, AM4 remains an attractive option thanks to low motherboard costs, inexpensive DDR4 memory, and a vast ecosystem that has supported more than 125 Ryzen processors across over 500 motherboards during the past decade. To mark the occasion, AMD has announced the return of one of...

Nvidia N1X specs leak reveals powerful Arm chips for PCs and laptops

01-Jun-2026, 7:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News

Leaked specifications detail Nvidia's Arm-based N1 laptop chips, which combine Arm CPU architecture with powerful Blackwell graphics.

Detailed specifications for Nvidia’s upcoming Arm-based N1 processor family have surfaced online ahead of the company’s expected announcement. According to leaked internal documents obtained by VideoCardz, Nvidia is preparing several N1-series processors aimed at everything from premium performance laptops to more affordable and power-efficient devices. Leading the lineup is the flagship N1X processor, which reportedly shares much of its architecture with the GB10 chip used in Nvidia’s DGX Spark AI desktop platform. This top-tier model is said to feature a...

Acer unveils Nitro Blaze Link handheld tailored solely for game streaming

30-May-2026, 10:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News

The Nitro Blaze Link is designed to stream games from a host PC via a local network instead of processing them on the device itself.

As gaming handheld prices continue to rise due to increasing memory and storage costs, Acer is taking a different approach with its latest portable gaming device. Instead of competing directly with premium handheld PCs like the Steam Deck or Lenovo Legion Go, the company has unveiled the Nitro Blaze Link, a lightweight handheld designed primarily for streaming PC games. Introduced at Computex 2026, the Acer Nitro Blaze Link is built around local game streaming rather than native gaming, unlike...

Intel Arc G3 series processors launch to power next-gen gaming handhelds

30-May-2026, 9:17 am manhkbrady Hardware News

The handheld processor market, long controlled by AMD's Ryzen Z-series, is now facing genuine competition from Intel.

Intel has officially launched its Arc G-Series processor family, marking the company’s first lineup of chips designed specifically for gaming handheld PCs. Announced on May 28, the series debuts with two models: the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme, both based on Intel’s Panther Lake architecture and built using the company’s advanced 18A manufacturing process. Both processors feature the same 14-core CPU configuration, consisting of 2 Cougar Cove performance cores, 8 Darkmont efficiency cores, and 4 low-power Darkmont efficiency cores....

Grab a cozy cat café sim and a space roguelike for free on Epic Games Store

29-May-2026, 12:00 pm manhkbrady Free Games Ended

You have until June 4 to grab these two free games and add them to your permanent collection.

Epic Games Store has refreshed its ongoing mystery giveaway promotion once again, replacing last week’s Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and Down in Bermuda offers with two new free PC games: Lonestar and Calico. The first giveaway, Lonestar, is aimed at fans of sci-fi roguelikes and tactical deck-building gameplay. Developed by Math Tide, the game places players in the role of a bounty hunter traveling across the galaxy tracking down dangerous criminals. Combat revolves around strategic card-based mechanics, allowing...

Acer launches Predator Atlas 8 handheld powered by Intel ARC G3 graphics

29-May-2026, 12:00 pm manhkbrady Hardware News

Equipped with up to Intel Arc B390 graphics, the upcoming Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld is designed to deliver a fast and fluid 1080p gaming experience.

Acer has officially confirmed that it will unveil its next-generation gaming handheld, the Predator Atlas 8, during Computex 2026. The upcoming device will be powered by Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme SoC and aims to compete with premium handheld gaming PCs by combining strong graphics performance with modern AI-powered gaming features. The Predator Atlas 8 will support up to 24GB of LPDDR5X-7467 memory and feature up to 12 Xe GPU cores based on Intel’s latest Arc graphics architecture. Built using Intel’s...

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