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Lenovo Unveils the ThinkVision P27UL-40 IJP OLED Professional Monitor
Lenovo recently unveiled the ThinkVision P27UL-40 IJP (Inkjet Printing) OLED professional monitor—the brand's first 27" UHD IJP OLED Thunderbolt docking monitor for commercial environments and remote collaboration. Created for professionals who demand exceptional visual accuracy, the new display produces sharper text, uninterrupted workflows, and all-day comfort across office work, content creation and multimedia entertainment.
Titan Quest II Launches January 2027 on PC and Consoles
The Moirai have woven a long thread - after roughly a year and a half of hard Early Access labor, that thread is finally nearing its final knot. Hermes, herald of the gods, has descended to the mortal realm to announce the decision of the Pantheon: the Olympians are pleased with the efforts of hundreds of thousands of mortal adventurers, who already faced their Nemesis. In their eternal, divine greatness, they are granting us: a release date!
Logitech G Unveils New Sim Racing Lineup Including the RS50 McLaren Racing Bundle
At Logitech G PLAY 2026, Logitech G unveiled a new sim racing lineup built around a breakthrough in awareness and accessibility: the Logitech G RS50 McLaren Racing Bundle, PC-only versions of the RS50 System and G923, and the RS Pedals SE. Together, these launches make sim racing more accessible to motorsport fans, more attainable for aspiring racers, and more flexible for PC players who want to pay only for what they need and upgrade at their own pace.
Xbox Layoffs Devastation: Halo Studios Down to 20 Staff, Age of Empires Dev Cut Nearly in Half
When Xbox confirmed the latest round of layoffs to come from its year-long Xbox Reset, it said that "a small team" would remain at Halo Studios in order to support Activision in the development of future Halo games. It seems as though "small" might have been the most apt description possible, as notable Halo influencer and occasional leaker, LaSinity, claims that, per an insider source, less than 20 employees remain at Halo Studios after the layoffs.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Director Questions 120 FPS Demands, Says PC Optimization Work Continues
The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz seems unconvinced that a story-driven RPG needs to run at 120 FPS. Speaking to Eurogamer, the Rebel Wolves boss said the studio is still working on PC performance, but that he doesn't see high frame rates as especially important for a game like this. Discussing the many PC hardware configurations that make optimization difficult, he said:"We're observing this, we're trying to ask people about the hardware, and we are trying to do the fixes.
Taped Out Xbox Helix Chip Reportedly Reaches 56 TFLOPS, Surpassing PS6
Prominent AMD leaker Kepler_L2 says the chips for both the PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's Xbox Project Helix have taped out. Posting on the NeoGAF forums, he also put the PS6 at 40 TFLOPS and the Xbox Helix at 56 TFLOPS, which works out to roughly 40% more for Microsoft's machine on paper. Kepler was replying to a thread claiming the PS6 would hit 80 TFLOPS, which he dismissed before giving the new figures. Earlier estimates had put the PS6 at 34 to 40 TFLOPS, so 40 sits at the top of that range.
Logitech G Marks 10 Years of PRO With a New Generation of Competitive Gear
At Logitech G PLAY 2026, Logitech G marked 10 years of PRO with the introduction of four new products: the PRO X3 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset, PRO X2 RAPID Wired Gaming Keyboard, PRO X CONTROL Gaming Mouse Pad, and PRO X3 SUPERSTRIKE Gaming Mouse. Together, they reflect a decade of design and engineering innovation shaped in close collaboration with pro players whose feedback helped guide decisions across the lineup.Thadeous Cooper, Head of PRO Series Marketing at Logitech G"The best PRO gear is designed with players, not just for them.
Logitech G Unveils Fifteen New Products at Logitech G PLAY 2026
There has never been a more exciting time to be a gamer. Today at Logitech G PLAY 2026, Logitech G unveiled fifteen new products, along with new software experiences and breakthrough designs created to elevate how competitive players, creators, and everyday gamers play. As blockbuster releases,
Undead Labs Suffers Layoffs After Xbox Split
It was recently confirmed that Undead Labs, the game studio behind the State of Decay series, had successfully split from Microsoft's Xbox in what appears to be a management buyout of some sort, leaving the studio to fend for itself and with creative control over the upcoming State of Decay games. Unfortunately, as was the case with Double Fine Games, Undead Labs has not come away unscathed.
Supermicro Now Shipping NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Racks
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and 5G/Edge IT Total Solution Provider, is now shipping NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks integrated with Supermicro's Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) and its direct liquid cooling stack (DLC-2).Charles Liang, president and CEO, Supermicro"We have spent years building the liquid-cooling stack, the manufacturing capacity, and the deployment teams for exactly this moment.
NVIDIA Smooth Motion Reaches GeForce RTX 30-Series “Ampere” GPUs Through Mods
Modders have gotten NVIDIA's Smooth Motion frame generation running on GeForce RTX 30 series cards, VideoCardz reports. Smooth Motion is NVIDIA's driver-level frame generation feature, similar in spirit to AMD's AFMF, and NVIDIA only exposes it officially on RTX 40-series and newer through the NVIDIA App. Ampere owners have been left out, at least officially. Two unrelated projects are apparently working to close that gap.
SteelSeries Unveils Limited-Edition Cyber and Steel Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 Keyboards
SteelSeries, the original esports brand that fuses gaming & culture, is leading the way in defining a “gaming lifestyle.” The worldwide brand creates industry-defining esports and gaming peripherals with a focus on premium quality, innovation, and functionality. The brand added the new LTD
Biostar Shows Industrial Motherboards and EdgeComp Systems at Embedded World North America 2026
BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of consumer and industrial motherboards, edge computing solutions, graphics cards, and storage devices, is currently presenting its latest innovations at Embedded World North America 2026, running from September 22 to 24 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, USA.
TechPowerUp GPU-Z v2.71.0 Released
TechPowerUp released the latest version of GPU-Z, our lightweight graphics subsystem information, diagnostics, and monitoring utility for gamers, engineers, and enthusiasts. Version 2.71.0 introduces NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" hot-spot temperature monitoring, which tells you how hot the hottest spot on the GPU is. GPU-Z also introduces RTX 50-series memory chip temperature reading.
KDE Begins Drafting AI Guidelines: “Don’t Be a Meat Proxy”
Despite the immense popularity of LLMs and AI coding agents in software development, the open-source community seems to be quite divided on the topic at times. On the one hand, you have projects like GIMP banning AI from its codebase entirely, while other projects, like Nobara Linux and Omarchy, are very much all-in on AI coding.
The Blood of Dawnwalker To Get Easier Mode and PC Performance Boost in Update
The Blood of Dawnwalker launched at the start of September with a strong start, selling over a million copies within the first week of launch. Following that success, it was confirmed that a sequel was already in the works, however, apparently one sticking point for many players was that the game didn't launch with enough difficulty options—especially not ones that make the gameplay more approachable.
Micron’s 2 GB GDDR7 Memory Chips Reportedly Reach End of Life
Micron has reportedly discontinued its 2 GB GDDR7 memory chips, the same modules used on several GeForce RTX 50 series cards. Spotted by UNIKO's Hardware, Micron's 28 Gbps D8FHL chip (MT68A512M32DF-28:A) is now listed as end of life on the company's own website. Every 2 GB GDDR7 chip in Micron's catalog, both the 28 Gbps and 32 Gbps variants, now carries the same EOL status, leaving 3 GB modules as the only option going forward.
CyberPowerPC Launches RTX Founders Edition Pre-Built PCs Starting at $1,549
NVIDIA's Founders Edition graphics cards are generally restricted to its own retail channels, but it seems as though CyberPowerPC has a limited run of RTX 50-series GPUs available in its pre-built gaming PCs for a GeForce Week event, which is slated to run until September 27. The CyberPowerPCs are currently available at Walmart with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition, RTX 5080 Founders Edition, or RTX 5090 Founders Edition, with CPU configs including both AMD and Intel variants.
Raspberry Pi Confirms Boards Are Locked to Factory RAM Size via Firmware
Raspberry Pi has confirmed its boards are firmware-locked to their factory RAM configuration, closing off a popular DIY upgrade path. The disclosure came from PhilE, a Raspberry Pi engineer and forum moderator, responding to a user who couldn't get a newly soldered-in 4 GB chip to register on a Compute Module 5. Apparently, the lock isn't new. According to the forum thread, it has been in place for some time, just not spelled out this plainly before.
StarCraft Revival Shooter “Won’t Be Exclusive”—PlayStation 6 Launch Seems Likely
Blizzard recently revealed that it is working on a new open-world shooter as a continuation of the StarCraft series, and, given the recent push from Xbox for Xbox exclusives, the expectation was that the StarCraft would be an Xbox exclusive of some sort. However, new information has emerged that this may not be the case for the RTS-turned-shooter.
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