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- Holiday Hardware Shortage: Consoles and GPUs Vanish Before Black Friday
PS5, Xbox Series X, and RTX 30-series cards remain sold out at major US retailers days ahead of Black Friday, squeezed by pandemic demand and chip supply limits.
- PS5 Goes Global: Sony's Console Finally Lands Everywhere
PlayStation 5 rolled out today to Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and remaining markets, a week after its US debut.
- PS5 vs Xbox Series X: the next-gen console race begins
Both next-gen consoles are finally out and impossible to buy, so here's what the early reviews actually tell us.
- Apple Says Goodbye to Intel, Microsoft Ships New Boxes
Apple's M1 chip debuts in redesigned Macs, ending 14 years of Intel inside, the same day Xbox Series X and S launch worldwide.
- AMD's Ryzen 5000 Chips Just Took the Gaming Crown Back From Intel
AMD's new Zen 3 architecture powers the Ryzen 5000 desktop lineup, with the company claiming double-digit gaming gains and the fastest gaming CPU title.
- How Among Us Took Over 2020
A 2018 indie game about space imposters became October's biggest entertainment story, fueled by streamers and pandemic boredom.
- The Console Countdown Is On, and So Is the Panic Buying
With PS5 and Xbox Series X/S launch dates weeks away, October has turned into a preorder scramble over price, stock, and silicon.
- Ubisoft Connect Replaces Uplay, Just in Time for Valhalla
Ubisoft rebrands Uplay as Ubisoft Connect, unifying achievements and rewards across PC, console, and Stadia as it courts players away from Steam and Epic.
- AMD's Ryzen 5000 Chips Just Made Zen 3 the Gaming Story of the Year
AMD unveiled four Zen 3 desktop CPUs claiming a 19% IPC gain and up to 26% faster gaming, all drop-in compatible with existing AM4 boards.
- Newegg Relaunches ABS as a Standalone Gaming-PC Brand
Newegg is repositioning its ABS label as a dedicated prebuilt gaming desktop brand, aiming at CyberPowerPC and iBuyPower right before the holidays.
- Nvidia's RTX 3090 Arrives as the New 'BFGPU'
Nvidia's $1,499 RTX 3090 lands with 24GB of GDDR6X and 10,496 CUDA cores, aimed at 8K gaming and creative pros.
- Microsoft Just Bought Bethesda's Parent Company for $7.5 Billion
Microsoft is acquiring ZeniMax Media, parent of Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion, adding Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and Doom to Xbox Game Studios.
- The RTX 3080 Launched This Week. Good Luck Actually Buying One
Nvidia's $699 RTX 3080 promises huge performance gains, but bots and crashed storefronts meant almost nobody could check out at retail price.
- PS5 and Xbox Series X: The Console War Finally Has Numbers
Sony's $499/$399 PS5 pricing and November 12 launch date close out weeks of speculation, setting up a direct clash with Microsoft's Series X/S.
- What We Know About Nvidia's Incoming RTX 30 Series
Nvidia's Ampere-based RTX 30 series promises double the performance-per-watt of Turing, with the $699 RTX 3080 leading the charge on September 17.
- PS5 and Xbox Series X Pricing Speculation Reaches a Fever Pitch
With launch two months away, Sony and Microsoft still won't say what their consoles cost, and the internet is losing its mind trying to guess.
- Get Ready to Pay More: Next-Gen Games Are Heading to $70
Take-Two's $69.99 NBA 2K21 and comments from Sony's CEO suggest $70 could become the new standard price for next-gen games.
- AMD Teases Zen 3 and 'Big Navi' Ahead of a Busy Fall
AMD keeps dropping hints about Zen 3 CPUs and RDNA2's 'Big Navi' GPU, both pointing toward October launches.
- Epic Games Declares War on the App Store Model
Epic slipped a direct-payment hotfix into Fortnite, got booted from both app stores within hours, and immediately sued Apple and Google.
- Nvidia's Ampere Leaks Have PC Gamers Counting Down to September
Leaked details on RTX 3080 and 3070 point to a big generational leap for Nvidia's Ampere GPUs, with AMD's RDNA2 waiting in the wings.
- Snapdragon 865+ Arrives to Power a New Wave of Gaming Phones
Qualcomm's 865+ chip bumps clock speeds and GPU performance for the next round of Android gaming phones.
- The Medium Locks In as an Xbox Series X Launch Exclusive
Microsoft's showcase confirmed Bloober Team's dual-reality horror game The Medium as a launch-window Xbox Series X exclusive.
- ASUS ROG Phone 3 Lands in India with a 144Hz Display
ASUS brings the gaming-focused ROG Phone 3 to India with a 144Hz AMOLED screen and Snapdragon 865 Plus.
- Ampere vs. Big Navi: The Next-Gen GPU Rumor War Heats Up
Fresh leaks on Nvidia's RTX 3000 series and AMD's Big Navi suggest the biggest GPU generational leap in years is coming this fall.
- Sizing Up the Next-Gen Console Fight So Far
Comparing what's public about PS5 and Xbox Series X two weeks after Sony's reveal, with Microsoft's own showcase still a month out.
- Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Mixer, Hands Streamers to Facebook Gaming
Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and pushing its streamers and viewers toward a new partnership with Facebook Gaming.
- Fortnite's Splashdown Update Floods the Chapter 2 Map
Epic Games launches Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 today, submerging much of the island and adding boats, sharks, and swimming.
- AMD Teases 'Big Navi' as Nvidia Preps Ampere for a Second-Half Showdown
Lisa Su reaffirms AMD's high-end RDNA2 'Big Navi' GPU is coming in 2020, setting up a collision with Nvidia's next-gen Ampere cards.
- Sony Finally Shows Us the PS5, and It's a Weird-Looking Beast
Sony's delayed 'Future of Gaming' showcase revealed the PS5's design and 26 games, including Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
- Xbox Confirms Its Next Big Showcase Slips to July
Microsoft says its next Xbox Series X event lands in July, letting Sony's PS5 reveal own June's news cycle.