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Nintendo Switch 2 has 'the most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device' – Nvidia CEO hails custom chip efforts ahead of launch

2025年6月3日 22:55

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the chip in the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video on Nintendo's YouTube channel.

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Nvidia RTX 4000 and 5000 series owners instructed to lower quality settings in Hell is Us demo — Developer urges users to turn down settings and disable DLSS during cinematic intro to resolve crashing issue 2025年6月3日 19:18

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Nvidia RTX 4000 and 5000 series owners instructed to lower quality settings in Hell is Us demo — Developer urges users to turn down settings and disable DLSS during cinematic intro to resolve crashing issue

2025年6月3日 19:18

A demanding new PC game demo crashes on RTX50 and RTX40 cards, but a workaround is to crank down the visuals to get past the intro, and then restore good quality settings.

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Microsoft shelves first-party Xbox handheld to work on Windows 11 portable performance 2025年5月30日 17:44

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Microsoft shelves first-party Xbox handheld to work on Windows 11 portable performance

2025年5月30日 17:44

Windows Central reports that Microsoft has postponed work on its own Xbox handheld in favor of enhancing Windows 11's handheld gaming support.

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Battlefield 2024 requires secure boot for anti-cheat, following in Valorant's footstepseditors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) 2025年5月28日 00:28

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Battlefield 2024 requires secure boot for anti-cheat, following in Valorant's footsteps

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz)

2025年5月28日 00:28

Battlefield 2042 introduces Secure Boot enforcement, requiring all players to have the security feature turned on to play the game. The change will prevent cheats from sneaking in during the Windows boot process.

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Asus ROG Ally 2 leaks with AMD Z2 Extreme CPU and 64GB RAM — black variant features a dedicated Xbox button

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir)

2025年5月7日 21:05

Asus and Microsoft are introducing a variant of ROG Ally 2, which reportedly features AMD's top-end Z2 Extreme APU and 64GB of RAM.

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Rockstar's hotly anticipated GTA VI delayed — dev confirms release now set for May 2026

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年5月2日 21:50

Rockstar apologized to its fans for delaying the release of this much-awaited title, but at least we finally have a definitive date.

screen cap of the GTA 6 trailer on YouTube

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Microsoft hikes prices of Xbox consoles, controllers, headsets, and games worldwide - cites market conditions and price of development

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)

2025年5月1日 23:22

Xbox hikes Xbox console prices by $80 - $130 along, also raises prices on controllers, headsets and games, citing increased development costs, but forgetting to note newly imposed U.S. import tariffs.

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Doom slithers and dithers its way with a 16-color Atari ST port 2025年4月28日 22:19

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Doom slithers and dithers its way with a 16-color Atari ST port

2025年4月28日 22:19

Jonas Eschenburg shows off Doom running on the classic Atari ST system—complete with 16 color support and more dithering than you can shake a stick at.

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Windows 11 24H2 triggers a 20-year-old bug in GTA San Andreas related to the Skimmer seaplane 2025年4月24日 21:19

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Windows 11 24H2 triggers a 20-year-old bug in GTA San Andreas related to the Skimmer seaplane

2025年4月24日 21:19

Windows 11 24H2 revealed a 20-year-old bug in GTA: San Andreas. Thankfully, fixing it is as simple as adding four values in a game config file in Notepad.

Skimmer seaplane in GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition

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You can save $300 on this prebuilt ABS gaming system with the best gaming CPU and GPU combo — AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

2025年4月23日 00:46

Pick up this powerful gaming PC from Newegg today and save $300. Get in the action with the 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti.

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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start April 24 — the system still costs $449.99 2025年4月18日 21:58

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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start April 24 — the system still costs $449.99

2025年4月18日 21:58

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start on April 24 in the United States, and the price isn't changing from the original $449.99.

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microSD Express cards sell out after Switch 2 announcement — more than 337 units sold per hour 2025年4月17日 21:45

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microSD Express cards sell out after Switch 2 announcement — more than 337 units sold per hour

2025年4月17日 21:45

microSD Express cards sell out in both online retailers and physical stores after the Switch 2 announcement.

The Lexar 1TB MicroSD Express card behind the silhouette of a game console with a dark red gradient background.

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Buried Steam tool shows how much you've spent on your account in your lifetime 2025年4月15日 21:15

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Buried Steam tool shows how much you've spent on your account in your lifetime

2025年4月15日 21:15

You can see how much money you've sunk into your Steam account by going to this page.

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This $666 box can play Doom — Limited Run Games unveils the ultimate collector's edition set for Doom fans 2025年4月13日 00:09

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This $666 box can play Doom — Limited Run Games unveils the ultimate collector's edition set for Doom fans

2025年4月13日 00:09

Limited Run Games' "Will It Run" edition is a Doom collector's wildest dream. It features novelties, including a box and a handheld device that can play the iconic game.

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Razer's PC Remote Play app lets you stream PC games to your mobile devices 2025年4月12日 02:36

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Razer's PC Remote Play app lets you stream PC games to your mobile devices

2025年4月12日 02:36

Razer has announce a new PC-to-mobile streaming platform that enables gamers to stream PC games from their gaming PC to a mobile device.

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Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega 2025年4月11日 00:59

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Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega

2025年4月11日 00:59

A Steam Deck prototype has seemingly been sold for $2,000 on eBay, shown to feature different silicon than the retail units we have today.

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Nintendo VP confirms Switch 2 Joy-Cons won't feature Hall effect sticks 2025年4月8日 23:07

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Nintendo VP confirms Switch 2 Joy-Cons won't feature Hall effect sticks

2025年4月8日 23:07

A recent interview with Nintendo's Nate Bihldorff confirms that the new console will not utilize Hall effect sensors in its Switch 2 controllers, a sore spot for Switch's stick-drift sufferers.

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You can now play a real-time AI-rendered Quake II in your browser — Microsoft's WHAMM offers generative AI for games 2025年4月6日 01:08

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You can now play a real-time AI-rendered Quake II in your browser — Microsoft's WHAMM offers generative AI for games

2025年4月6日 01:08

Microsoft's latest WHAMM model builds on its predecessor. It is now capable of delivering a real-time AI-generated gaming experience with user input support.

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Nintendo's Switch 2 pre-orders delayed by Trump tariffs — June 5 launch date still on schedule 2025年4月5日 00:40

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Nintendo's Switch 2 pre-orders delayed by Trump tariffs — June 5 launch date still on schedule

2025年4月5日 00:40

Nintendo indefinitely delayed the start of its pre-orders in the U.S. after President Trump's tariff announcements.

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Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now 2025年4月3日 23:29

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Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now

2025年4月3日 23:29

Nvidia is promising its Nintendo Switch 2 chip offers 10x the peformance of the prior console.

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Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard will hurt your wallet: Here's why

作者 sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed)

2025年4月3日 21:13

The Nintendo Switch 2 uses a memory standard named MicroSD Express, and the pricing of the newly announced products is going to make your wallet sting.

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Nintendo Switch 2 developers confirm DLSS, hardware ray tracing, and more 2025年4月3日 21:00

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Nintendo Switch 2 developers confirm DLSS, hardware ray tracing, and more

2025年4月3日 21:00

At a roundtable with the Switch 2's developers, we learned more about the capabilities that Nvidia's custom chip delivers.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-on: Bigger, faster, and with mouse controls 2025年4月3日 21:00

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Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-on: Bigger, faster, and with mouse controls

2025年4月3日 21:00

We went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2, trying its newest games, mouse mode, and improved Joy-Cons.

Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

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Asus drops teaser for Xbox 'Kennan' handheld — reveals sneak peek days before Switch 2 launch 2025年4月1日 20:52

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Asus drops teaser for Xbox 'Kennan' handheld — reveals sneak peek days before Switch 2 launch

2025年4月1日 20:52

Asus just dropped a teaser video, which seemingly reveals an Xbox gaming handheld.

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CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 brings retro benchmarking to systems from Windows 95 to Windows 11 2025年3月31日 21:00

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CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 brings retro benchmarking to systems from Windows 95 to Windows 11

2025年3月31日 21:00

Crystal Dew World has released a major update to CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0, with its scope extended to cover Windows 95/98/Me systems.

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Microsoft updates the Windows Game Bar to be more user friendly with PC Handhelds 2025年3月28日 00:04

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Microsoft updates the Windows Game Bar to be more user friendly with PC Handhelds

2025年3月28日 00:04

Microsoft announces several updates to its Xbox gaming ecosystem, including a UI update to the Windows Game Bar and quality of life improvements for switching between games with its Xbox Cloud Gaming platform.

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The 'Playstacean' is a crab-u-lous PS One mod 2025年3月23日 21:15

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The 'Playstacean' is a crab-u-lous PS One mod

2025年3月23日 21:15

A games console modder has revealed a crab-themed PS One design dubbed the 'Playstacean.'

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U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years, has spent $100K+ designing new parts — last original Atari hardware launched 32 years ago

2025年3月16日 21:50

Atari parts and accessories store Best Electronics stands bravely defiant against the march of time and technology, continuing to serve this increasingly niche retro hardware market 41 years after it was set up.

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SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years 2025年3月15日 23:27

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SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years

2025年3月15日 23:27

SNES consoles appear to run faster as they age, thanks to the SPC700 sound chip.

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Xbox announces 'Copilot for Gaming' AI assistant — early access coming to Xbox mobile app, more details to come at GDC 2025 2025年3月14日 03:46

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Xbox announces 'Copilot for Gaming' AI assistant — early access coming to Xbox mobile app, more details to come at GDC 2025

2025年3月14日 03:46

Xbox announces its new "Copilot for Gaming" AI assistant, which will seek to help gamers in real-time with all manner of gaming needs.

An image of Minecraft with Xbox's Copilot for Gaming overlaid. An AI assistant explains through text how to use Minecraft's crafting feature.

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Asus rumored to launch Xbox handheld in 2025 — OEM working with Microsoft to 'unify' Windows and Xbox libraries 2025年3月13日 21:25

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Asus rumored to launch Xbox handheld in 2025 — OEM working with Microsoft to 'unify' Windows and Xbox libraries

2025年3月13日 21:25

Sources say that Asus and Microsoft are working together to build the first Xbox handheld gaming console for launch later this year.

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Control Ultimate gets DLSS 3.7 support and new 'Ultra' settings — cuts performance nearly in half 2025年3月11日 04:19

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Control Ultimate gets DLSS 3.7 support and new 'Ultra' settings — cuts performance nearly in half

2025年3月11日 04:19

Remedy just released the March 2025 update to Control Ultimate Edition that adds DLSS 3.7 support, new 'ultra' settings, and some other extras. The ultra ray tracing adds support for multiple ray bounces and can cut performance nearly in half — or more if you max out the setting!

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Physical game media might perish because of the 25% tariffs on imported discs 2025年3月8日 01:54

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Physical game media might perish because of the 25% tariffs on imported discs

2025年3月8日 01:54

According to analysts, disc-based games may become prohibitively expensive if currently planned tariffs are enacted.

A PlayStation 4 Blu-Ray copy of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection protruding from the console's Blu-Ray drive.

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Nintendo GameCube modified to run PowerPC Windows NT and Doom 2025年3月4日 23:48

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Nintendo GameCube modified to run PowerPC Windows NT and Doom

2025年3月4日 23:48

Nintendo GameCube and Wii's PowerPC architecture makes a barebones functioning port of Windows NT possible.

The Ultimate DOOM running under Windows NT PowerPC port for Nintendo GameCube.

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Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled 2025年3月3日 00:08

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Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled

2025年3月3日 00:08

Sonic Unleashed is the first Xbox 360 game to receive a native port via Recompilation on PC, and the tools used have been open sourced.

Sonic Unleashed: Recompiled running natively on PC.

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Ayaneo Flip DS and Flip KB aren't dead after all — Ayaneo claims a misunderstanding 2025年2月28日 23:58

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Ayaneo Flip DS and Flip KB aren't dead after all — Ayaneo claims a misunderstanding

2025年2月28日 23:58

Ayaneo Flip KB and Flip DS are abruptly un-canceled following a "clarification" from Ayaneo.

Official renders of the Ayaneo Flip KB (left) and Ayaneo Flip DS (right).

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Ayaneo Flip DS & KB was canceled mid-production — only some units exist, the rest won't come 2025年2月28日 01:23

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Ayaneo Flip DS & KB was canceled mid-production — only some units exist, the rest won't come

2025年2月28日 01:23

Ayaneo's much-anticipated Flip DS and Flip KB AMD Ryzen handheld PCs were canceled mid-production.

ETA PRIME on YouTube using the AyaNeo Flip DS' bottom screen to adjust TDP mid-gameplay on the top screen.

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Porting Doom to Typescript Types took 3.5 trillion lines, 90GB of RAM and a full year of work

作者 sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed)

2025年2月27日 20:53

Developer Dmitri Mitropoulos has managed to get Doom running inside of Typescript Types, after a year-long effort, resulting in three and a half trillion lines of types.

Doom key artwork with the lettering "Typescript Types".

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Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs — faviconic leverages tab favicons 2025年2月23日 23:32

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Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs — faviconic leverages tab favicons

2025年2月23日 23:32

A lone developer goes through the excruciating process of developing and documenting the process of a Pong port to 240 browser tabs— the tabs themselves, that is.