Oblivion gamer uses Claude AI to boost average FPS gains up to 48%, stutters slashed by 90%
Oblivion gamer uses Claude AI to boost average FPS gains up to 48%, stutters slashed by 90%

The new Oblivion Remastered Performance Fix mod is a pure code fix, with no changes to game assets or the game’s visuals, yet it offers massive gains.

French rioters ransack eSports team premises and are seen looting RAM sticks from PCs

Leading French eSports club Team Vitality has confirmed that its Paris HQ has been smashed up, with trophies, computer equipment, and more looted over the weekend.

Lenovo’s fast, comfy SteamOS handheld is hundreds off
Lenovo’s fast, comfy SteamOS handheld is hundreds off

The Legion Go S with SteamOS is a pretty solid alternative to the $789 Steam Deck OLED. It runs identical software, but ships in a design with two-stage triggers, a bigger eight-inch IPS screen (1080p and up to 120Hz versus 800p and 90Hz in the Deck OLED), and it’s got double the RAM and storage […]

Web-based chip fab engineering game goes viral in Taiwan
Web-based chip fab engineering game goes viral in Taiwan

A new 3D web game where you live ‘A Day in the Life of a Semiconductor Wafer Factory Worker’ has gone viral in Taiwan, where it was developed.

A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops
A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops

Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we’ve been collectively testing a small fortune’s worth of powerful laptops sporting this new “superchip.” RTX Spark is designed to be a high-performing Arm-based SoC for laptops and small desktop computers, rivaling the best from Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. It has loads of cores, Nvidia […]

Epic introduces an improved version of anti-cheat for Linux

Epic wants to work with developers and maintainers to find the best solution to making anti-cheat work seamlessly on Linux.

Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’

Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called “achievement sets” that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. “In games that support sets, you still unlock achievements by playing the game as usual,” Valve says. “But when you browse what you have unlocked afterward, Steam will […]

Alienware’s latest 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is $50 off
Alienware’s latest 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is $50 off

The Alienware AW3426DW is discounted to $742.22 at Amazon, just over $50 off its usual price of $799.99. It’s not quite the lowest price we’ve seen on this well-equipped gaming monitor, but still a decent discount. The 34-inch screen just came out a couple months ago, and is equipped with Penta Tandem quantum dots for […]

Epic Games vibe codes new launcher because ‘programming is hard,’ claims it starts 46% faster than Steam
Epic Games vibe codes new launcher because ‘programming is hard,’ claims it starts 46% faster than Steam

Epic Games has introduced a redesigned launcher into preview, which the company says it vibe coded because “programming is hard.”

Nvidia dramatically improves DLSS 5 — but gamers want it on more GPUs

Nvidia says 2026 is a ‘year of relentless DLSS innovation’ as it boosts DLSS 5 frame rates by up to 40%, and ramps up frame generation too.